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The word 'boost'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
boostOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71915
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 26.6 6 3
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of boost in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
t day o votin. If ye want tae Boost the Bairns o Banff, would lov (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
cm partnership is a big bonus boost. In previous mens national te(2020)
is defensive fear but attack boost https://t.co/GGkS57Tqyf(2020)

@daleser23 tweeted
@MikeyForbes1 boost eh? Abdy got downmanned efter(2013)
lumC19 aye i saw that online. Boost like. I thot aboot that but i(2013)
@CallumC19 @Bleu_Innes boost. Kane fit im dein later(2013)

@Franwella tweeted
ed chinese. Awa tae snaffle a boost noo....oh yum......(2011)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
thum, tae gie the community a boost. He wadnae budge. Then three
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lit oan tae ma wee confidence boost. Ah cannae help but feel a we on page 141

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Tae kill the pests an boost the yields,
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
p m8 - we r awe needin a wee boost the noo (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
see yir breath, I speed up an boost at a semi depressed pace tae on page 3

1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
So we're aw gonnae boost we're heavy healthy
1 matches

General Central

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ists! Aggie gied a muckle $25 boost tae ma earnins, houever, when on page 8

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
an ane that is like tae gie a boost tae Syriza’s allies i Spain
1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
air content in Scots is a giy boost an ats jist fit @handsupfortr(2020)

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
y Ahoghill could dae wi a wee boost! (2015) twitter link