Glasgow Patter: on the bevvy...
rubber man To do a or one's rubber man is to be so drunk that you cannot stand upright without swaying around, holding onto something, or looking as if your legs might buckle: "Ah seen your wee brother daein his rubber man in George Square last night." stotious (pronounced stoe-shuss) This is another word, probably an import from Ireland in this case, for drunk: "Get him up tae his bed, he's stotious." bendy juice A slang term for alcoholic drink, from the effect this has on such parts of the body as the legs. © Michael Munro	Hard drinking must be the favourite local sport, apart from 'fitba' (ie. soccer), if we are to judge from the proportion of drink-related terms in the Patter... In fairness, it must be said that where the work is tough and the climate is rough, a tradition of hard drinking is not uncommon - Glasgow certainly met these criteria and there is no lack of incentives to imbibe the occasional 'wee goldie'.

Glasgow Patter: on the bevvy...

rubber man: To do a or one's rubber man is to be so drunk that you cannot stand upright without swaying around, holding onto something, or looking as if your legs might buckle: "Ah seen your wee brother daein his rubber man in George Square last night."
stotious: (pronounced stoe-shuss) This is another word, probably an import from Ireland in this case, for drunk: "Get him up tae his bed, he's stotious."
bendy juice: A slang term for alcoholic drink, from the effect this has on such parts of the body as the legs.

Hard drinking must be the favourite local sport, apart from 'fitba' (ie. soccer), if we are to judge from the proportion of drink-related terms in the Patter... In fairness, it must be said that where the work is tough and the climate is rough, a tradition of hard drinking is not uncommon - Glasgow certainly met these criteria and there is no lack of incentives to imbibe the occasional 'wee goldie'.

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