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Do you think people live in Twathats? And is Bawheid a real town?

Is This A Dirty Phrase Or A Real Place Name In Scotland?

It might sound like a word you'd shout at someone who was wearing shit headgear, but Twathats is a real place in Dumfries and Galloway. Other notable names from the same area include Little Cocklick and Cocklicks Farm.

Correct answer: Place

It literally means "ball-head", and is an ideal insult to shout at anyone who looks like a saggy scrotum.

Correct answer: Slang

This is Shaggart Farm in Sauchen, Aberdeenshire. Shaggart actually means "fragments" in Scots, so stop sniggering.

Boysack is a village in Angus, Scotland, not far from Arbroath. It's not, and this is important to remember, a young guy's ballsack.

It's the name of a stream in Perth and Kinross, not something you accidentally do to yourself when you have sex on a nylon carpet.

It's Scottish rhyming slang for wank, as in "gies a hamshank, doll."

It's a Glasgow term meaning someone who's a total headcase, hooligan, or trouble-maker.

It's a delightful small village in North Lanarkshire, not far from Crindledyke.

It's a wee village in East Renfrewshire. Spunkie actually means "will-o'-the-wisp" in Scots. Not spunk.

Peerie Breast is on Orkney, and it isn't too far from Mirky Hole and Twatt, if you fancy visiting several rude place names in one day.

It means penny sweets, or, occasionally, drugs. As in "ah wis’ pure swedgered oot ma nut last night man".

It's a beautiful, partially flooded sea cave on Shetland, not far from Longa Tonga, Flae-ass, and Tittynans Hill.

Oh dear, that wasn't very good, was it? You should probably brush up on your Scottish slang. Or buy a map.

You don't know your Bawheids from your Bonkles

There were a couple you weren't too sure about, but you certainly know your (Peerie) Breast from your Boaby. Good job!

You're a rude place name expert

You definitely know your Twathats from your Boabys and your Bonkles from your Bampots. Well done!

You're a rude place name genius

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