slaister
A Scottish dialect word with a cluster of related meanings all circling around messiness and sloppy work.
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A Scottish dialect word with a cluster of related meanings all circling around messiness and sloppy work. As a noun it means a mess or a muddle — the kind of sticky, wet disorder that's unpleasant to deal with. As a verb it means to bedaub or smear something messily, or to do work in a slovenly, half-hearted way. The word has a squelchy, descriptive quality — it sounds like what it means. Still used in parts of Scotland, it carries vivid colloquial energy for anyone who knows it.
The toddler had made a complete slaister of the kitchen, smearing porridge across the table and halfway up the wall.
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(Scottish) work.
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(Scottish) Mess.
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(transitive, Scottish) To bedaub.
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