messin
Scottish dialect for a mongrel dog or cur — a scrappy mixed-breed of uncertain parentage.
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Messin' The Blues | Robin Trower | Essential
Flustered as she is in the last panel, the fact that even SHE aint messin' with it says plenty--gotta put him back (and whip Charming's ass, just cause)
It's always languages and programmers messin stuff up man
messin around with photo studio again :P
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Scottish dialect for a mongrel dog or cur — a scrappy mixed-breed of uncertain parentage. The term carries a slightly dismissive edge but can also be used with rough affection for a scruffy, low-pedigree but loveable mutt. In Scottish speech, a messin isn't a thoroughbred — it's the street-smart, tough, probably a bit rough around the edges dog that somehow ends up being everyone's favourite anyway. Think personality over pedigree.
That wee messin from down the road followed me home again — I'm starting to think he's adopted us.
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(Scotland) A mongrel dog; a cur.
“Messin' The Blues | Robin Trower | Essential”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Flustered as she is in the last panel, the fact that even SHE aint messin' with it says plenty--gotta put him back (and whip Charming's ass, just cause)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It's always languages and programmers messin stuff up man”
— Bluesky· May 2026“messin around with photo studio again :P”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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