A lighthearted Scottish or Northern English expression used to assess whether someone is acting childishly or immaturely — calling out baby behavior in a situation.
A lighthearted Scottish or Northern English expression used to assess whether someone is acting childishly or immaturely — calling out baby behavior in a situation. Often said ironically when an adult throws a tantrum or refuses to cooperate.
Bairn check — he actually cried because they ran out of his sauce.
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The state of regressing to full childlike behavior — whining, sulking, refusing to engage like a rational adult. Used in British and Scottish slang when someone switches off their grown-up brain and starts behaving like a toddler, often due to stress, hunger, or not getting their way.
(Scotland, rare) Bairnlike; childish.
(Scotland, and, Northern England, rare) Like a bairn; childlike.
Someone who acts younger than their age — a grown adult with the emotional temperament of a small child. Rooted in Scottish dialect slang, used affectionately or mockingly to describe an immature person who still throws fits or wants constant coddling.
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