Glasgow Patter: fighting it out...
doof To doof someone is to punch him: 'He never says a word, just reached over an doofed him wan, the cheeky wee ratbag.' A doof is a punch: 'You're askin fur a doof in the coupon an ye're gauny get it.' melt To melt a person is to strike him powerfully: 'He jumped ower the table an meltit him wan.' This comes from the earlier Scots use of the term to mean to hit someone in the origin of the melt or spleen. The phrase get inty his melt is used to encourage another person to attack a third party or, if a fight is already in progress, to put more effort into it: 'Are you gauny take that crap aff the likes a him? Get inty his melt!' © Michael Munro	'Getting right inty them' (ie. tearing opponents apart) is part of the local macho culture, even though street-fighting or gang-fighting might be less common today than in the 60's and 70's. In most industrial environments toughness is high on the hit-parade of respected qualities and fighting is part of the mythology. For those who know Billy Connolly's sketches, 'Ivan the Terrible' comes to mind as a ready reference.

Glasgow Patter: fighting it out...

doof: To doof someone is to punch him: 'He never says a word, just reached over an doofed him wan, the cheeky wee ratbag.' A doof is a punch: 'You're askin fur a doof in the coupon an ye're gauny get it.'
melt: To melt a person is to strike him powerfully: 'He jumped ower the table an meltit him wan.' This comes from the earlier Scots use of the term to mean to hit someone in the origin of the melt or spleen.
The phrase get inty his melt is used to encourage another person to attack a third party or, if a fight is already in progress, to put more effort into it: 'Are you gauny take that crap aff the likes a him? Get inty his melt!'

'Getting right inty them' (ie. tearing opponents apart) is part of the local macho culture, even though street-fighting or gang-fighting might be less common today than in the 60's and 70's. In most industrial environments toughness is high on the hit-parade of respected qualities and fighting is part of the mythology. For those who know Billy Connolly's sketches, 'Ivan the Terrible' comes to mind as a ready reference.

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