Commonly used in Scottish Slang to criticizes one or more persons based on their manliness or lack there of. Since it is not used in any other culture, the usage has become almostnon-existent. :(
1.) "thats a lovely porteous!"
"why thankyou. I got it from Waterstones."
"why I shall simply have to go and buy my own."
"you can't, they've sold out."
*despair*
When a man will search for hours to find something that is laying out in the open on a table. Items are often easily found by a women.
Man: "I have been searching for hours for keys."
Woman: "You mean the ones sitting there on the coffee table?"
Man: "Where?"
Woman: "Right there in the middle of that table."
Man: "oh, must have been Male Pattern Blindness"