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The word 'pissed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pissedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.73121
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.5 8 4
WCE - West Central 32.2 7 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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 pissed in Corpus

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Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@RedValkyrie84 Sam here, so pissed aff wi it aa!(2020)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Man alive IÂ’m wakened on da pissed aff side o bed daday ?? (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
g hers, she’d defiantly git pissed off! Yi divna even ask for sh
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
@AbzPodcast I get a bit pissed aff at the sniping at Ant Ste (2022) twitter link

@daleser23 tweeted
ge them so nae too bad. Still pissed off im here(2013)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
d. 'They're managin fine. I'm pissed aff.' on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
' huv ah goat. Ever since she pissed oaff, ah've no even left the on page 62
ty seconds and Aldo's awready pissed oaff maist the folk in the ro on page 103
end ae the half and he looks pissed. on page 110
cted the hoose rules. He's no pissed or shat anywhere and nuttin h on page 152

4 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
sat there in the pourin rain pissed aff, since he just wastit a n
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ays for bonnyrigg - just get pissed aff wae awe the attention kel (2020) twitter link
@rorywalker_10 totally pissed off wae it noo m8 - any reco (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
That wid hae pissed the thrawn auld bugger aff. on page 222

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
her face that said ah'm pure pissed. She held the fag oot tae me on page 37
Kelly Marie an they wur pure pissed. The last thing ah remember a on page 41
ah; it wis that way ah wis so pissed off that on page 169

4 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
hich fair pleased me and fair pissed aff his ma. Ah cudnae huv pis
aff his ma. Ah cudnae huv pissed her aff mair if ah’d marrie
2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
her seat. Evidently, she’s pissed oaff that ah’ve ended her b
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
He looks pissed as he jumps doon fae the couc
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ver n jogs behind him, lookin pissed aff he has tae run. We're aw on page 60

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rds but the lassies ur gettin pissed aff, an mare tellingly, the g
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
o' ivry day, ye'd be wabbit, pissed auf an' crawlin' oan yer haun on page

1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
anay evening.. Dinnae get too pissed... ?? (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
” reputation. The lassiesÂ’s pissed aff. The auld bloke thinks, Â(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
el_Cortese Dinnae forget he's pissed. An he's angry at Ric. Ah wid(2020)

South East (Borders)

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
7 Certainly sounds it. I'd ah pissed masel laughing ?? (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the Thrice Pissed, forbad Christianity yince an on page 18

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
ack late. Faither wis already pissed oot his face, clean tear trac
1 matches

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