(colloquial, chiefly, _, Scotland) Posh, pretentious or stuck-up.
(colloquial, chiefly, _, Scotland) Posh, pretentious or stuck-up.
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In Scotland a pan loaf is bread baked in a tin rather than on an open shelf, giving it a softer crust all around — considered posher than a plain loaf. But the real cultural action is in its second meaning: in Scottish slang, 'pan loaf' rhyming-slang for 'talk' means speaking in an affected, posh, or overly refined accent — putting on airs. Telling someone they're 'talking pan loaf' is calling out their pretentiousness with a bread metaphor, which is deeply Scottish.
(Scotland) A loaf of bread baked in a tin or pan.
A Scottish dialect word meaning spongy, soft, or fat and puffy — typically applied to food that has gone soft when it should be firm, or to a person with a flabby physique. The word has a slightly unflattering connotation when applied to people. Still in occasional use in Scottish English.
(Scotland) spongy; soft; fat and puffy.