granda
(informal, Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) grandfather.
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That tifo last night delighted me for personal reasons, too. Just before my granda, the man responsible for my love of football, died, I got a tattoo of a ship not unlike those ones, with his signature in the clouds a…
You can basically map this generationally onto Scottish Celtic families too. My Granda cheers for Everton but all his grandchildren pick Liverpool as their big 6 team.
My granny and granda had a quip for every occasion, and it definitely rubbed off on their two children, my mother and uncle. I've been well schooled. My uncle on the phone just now - "If she was a pastry she'd eat he…
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(informal, Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) grandfather.
“That tifo last night delighted me for personal reasons, too. Just before my granda, the man responsible for my love of football, died, I got a tattoo of a ship not unlike those ones, with his signature in the clouds above it.”
“You can basically map this generationally onto Scottish Celtic families too. My Granda cheers for Everton but all his grandchildren pick Liverpool as their big 6 team.”
“My granny and granda had a quip for every occasion, and it definitely rubbed off on their two children, my mother and uncle. I've been well schooled. My uncle on the phone just now - "If she was a pastry she'd eat herself"”
“That tifo last night delighted me for personal reasons, too. Just before my granda, the man responsible for my love of football, died, I got a tattoo of a ship not unlike those ones, with his signature in the clouds above it.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“You can basically map this generationally onto Scottish Celtic families too. My Granda cheers for Everton but all his grandchildren pick Liverpool as their big 6 team.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“My granny and granda had a quip for every occasion, and it definitely rubbed off on their two children, my mother and uncle. I've been well schooled. My uncle on the phone just now - "If she was a pastry she'd eat herself"”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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