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The word 'dick'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dickOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus24.78229
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 42 4 3
DOR - General Northern 44.3 10 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 90.2 37 5
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 66.6 13 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dick 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.

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
. Yer man sounds like a right dick(2020)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
oomin o at his last fee, caad Dick, fa'd sired 5,000 foals in hi
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
A Skittery-dick sound a bittie rude, can you (2014)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
r lowped oot his skin. 'Govey dick!' he cried. 'Thon cairt's awa on page 42

1 matches

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
since Dick persuaded Bush on page 17
Fucking dick. on page 21

2 matches

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
immy Oot amon' Harry, Tam an' Dick on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
oon at yer flat wi' Flick and Dick? on page 86

2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
Olssen @JimSpenceDundee Fit a dick (2022) twitter link
@PeatWorrier Fit a dick (2021) twitter link
@JimSpenceDundee Fit a dick (2020) twitter link
ggerty Appears tae be a right dick that @Warburydude (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
eese Foo mony oot o 10 fur is dick? https://t.co/hdWAITxekg(2020)

@daleser23 tweeted
a di canio. Take at ye fuckin dick(2013)
At hulk is an absolute dick(2013)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
tuff tae worry about than aht dick.(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
, though. Sookin a polisman's dick's no ma thing.' on page 1

29 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rt doesnae add inches tae yur dick." on page 37

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
cert is wi Brian MacNeill and Dick Gaughan. Findlay is pairt o t
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
d job and that. Crap! Her and Dick (her aptly named husband) hav
they widnae even hae the dug. Dick is the only fifty year auld m
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tyRustling @CoreyHook1 mans a dick - says it awe ffs lol (2021) twitter link
@FamousFive1875 luv it m8 - dick emery wis a legend! (2021) twitter link
@Ryanflanagan97 dick by name n dick by nature m8 (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
walked away shakin his heid. Dick, said Charlene, under her bre on page 25
Lyndon's best pal an a total dick. Jamie MacLintock. Another di on page 169

3 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eis a bit o a dick, on page 45

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
doubt it. ' 'Yer maw, ya wee dick' on page 11
this fuckin firework, ya eld dick' on page 13
AKNOW WHERE YOU STAY, YA WEE DICK. Taz is handin the boys fags on page 20
"Mon, Addison, ya dick, Broonie says. Addison is sta on page 24
'Sit doon, Dickson, ya fuckin dick' He looks ragin. "That's Kenz on page 25
Also on pages 27, 28, 33, 42
12 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
waitin list that's less ae a dick? on page 13

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
epiphany an seen that ye're a dick? on page 14

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
wis burnin his taes. 'Goavie Dick! he skirled, waggin his airms on page 61

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
e dominie and meenister Tamas Dick (1774-1857) fae the Hilltoun
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
Aifter that Irene Dick, weel kent motivational speak

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
An, govie dick, there’s cutty sark!
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
A mean, whit?? Glamour tie...Dick and the boys...??(2019)
eeeebzy @murzinho89 Think the dick in the white trainers is Morr(2020)

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
Unreal patter aff that posh dick Jambo Oliver to go oot his wa (2018) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
rs ago that ye made wae/aboot Dick Gaughan(2020)
w Westlin Winds (when sang by Dick Gaughan)(2020)

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
aid “fuck off yi bald,ginger dick.” Ee please make up yir mind(2018)