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The word 'bampot'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bampotOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.73113
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 185.5 4 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 23 5 2
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bampot in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
f pints on this nicht bit yon bampot barmaid has turned the pace i(2019)
wondered fit why yon blooming bampot o'a bar manager lassie sticks(2019)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
tell the king tae stap bein a bampot but he held his wheesht. on page 13
ly. Ye must be thinkin ah'm a bampot or somethin. But see me, ah'm on page 21
haein tae dae everythin that bampot tells ye. Here's ma belt. Tak on page 40
"Aye, weel, ya wee bampot. You dinna scare me," said He on page 50

4 matches

(South) East Central

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ct wi Doric an English - fake bampot! Tak the North-East: wha spea
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
, 'Whit did ye dae it fur, ya bampot! It looks like a dug's bahook on page 56
oot. Ah wis blabberin like a bampot.' on page 100

2 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
scrieve, ya fucking ignorant bampot they micht shoot (but bampot
they micht shoot (but bampot isnae an ‘official’ word
ase it when a pal’s being a bampot. Is that no richt, ya tube? O
3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ister jist didnae happen. The bampot Brexiteers were stoppit in th on page 7
es o America nae maitter whit bampot they hae as their Commander-i on page 119
ae pey fer - things like the bampot bedlam o the Hoose o Lords, H on page 148

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
RB, staunin for Thick Redneck Bampot which wis a bittie unfair for on page 47

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Let’s wait an’ watch this bampot
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Concerns a cheeky wee bampot. on page 29
That bampot's broke the bairnie's seat! on page 32

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e's jist gane up the pipe! Ya bampot!' she skraiched, pointin her on page 86

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
d o Coont Olaf's, Whit kind o bampot, Violet wunnered, cairves an on page 21
Coont Olaf wis a first-class bampot and his hoose a depressin pig on page 28

2 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
The Bampot Bat's a brammer, on page 16

1 matches

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
get ma pinky oot in public ya bampot! Goan home the now hen, how m (2022) twitter link
s, that's the curry I made ya bampot! (2022) twitter link
he Clyde oan a banana boat ya bampot! (2022) twitter link
ootered an fall in the sea ya bampot! (2022) twitter link
Dinnae go all mushy oan me ya bampot! (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
wi eet as tae gaun efter yon bampot Queen: sae she waited. on page 92

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
nae ken ye, micht think yer a bampot on page 74

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
away yah bampot, yir huvin me oan.' on page 49

1 matches

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