Glasgow Patter: casting doubts on a person's sanity
doowally A slang term meaning an idiot, someone not right in the head: "There's me staunin oot in the rain lik a doowally an the door's open aw the time." This is probably related to the general British slang word doolally, meaning crazy, with the influence of the Scots wally thrown in. © Michael Munro	Always in evidence in gutsy urban dialect, terms of abuse hinting at mental deficiency are numerous in The Patter, from terms almost of endearment to terms reserved for those thought to be severely deranged...

Glasgow Patter: casting doubts on a person's sanity

doowally: A slang term meaning an idiot, someone not right in the head: "There's me staunin oot in the rain lik a doowally an the door's open aw the time."
This is probably related to the general British slang word doolally, meaning crazy, with the influence of the Scots wally thrown in.

Always in evidence in gutsy urban dialect, terms of abuse hinting at mental deficiency are numerous in The Patter, from terms almost of endearment to terms reserved for those thought to be severely deranged...

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