Glasgow Patter: daily life
gowpin or goupin This means extremely painful, as if throbbing: "Ma erms're gowpin wi humphin aw they messages." "That's me aff the bevvy. Ma heid's been gowpin aw mornin!" hingy or hingin A graphic term applied to someone who, while perhaps not actually ill, isn't feeling very well: "She's no hersel, the wee soul, she's been hingy aw week." © Michael Munro	Words in The Patter are not all related to aspects of life specific to Glasgow or particularly relevant to local habits - there is no shortage of local terms for everyday things or activities that are universal.

Glasgow Patter: daily life

gowpin or goupin: This means extremely painful, as if throbbing: "Ma erms're gowpin wi humphin aw they messages." "That's me aff the bevvy. Ma heid's been gowpin aw mornin!"
hingy or hingin: A graphic term applied to someone who, while perhaps not actually ill, isn't feeling very well: "She's no hersel, the wee soul, she's been hingy aw week."

Words in The Patter are not all related to aspects of life specific to Glasgow or particularly relevant to local habits - there is no shortage of local terms for everyday things or activities that are universal.

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