(slang, Liverpool, Manchester, Scotland) To eat.
(slang, Liverpool, Manchester, Scotland) To eat.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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Geordie slang for food. Simple, practical, and instantly recognizable in Newcastle and the northeast of England. Scrawn covers anything edible — a full meal, snacks, whatever's in the fridge. It's the kind of word that sounds exactly right in a Geordie accent but needs explaining everywhere else. If someone from Tyneside asks if you fancy some scrawn, they're offering you food, not a fight.
(Ireland, archaic) A mild malediction of wishing that someone may have bad food.
(Geordie) food.
(UK, Ireland, slang) Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
Let we gan and get some scran. Aw’m starvin man!
Scran means: Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.. It is mainly Irish English and may not be understood outside that context. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. This is a food-related word and harmless in itself. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
scran means: Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.. Register: very informal, slang. Suitable only for casual conversation, chat and social media. Do not use in business, academic or news writing. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
“Let’s face in the yanks have fucked everything up haven’t they. Telly scran and politics.”
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Refuse; rubbish.
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