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Not to know wtf Shoogle means

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CrapBucket · 12/10/2023 22:32

Keep getting a sponsor thread shown to me - ‘You can shoogle it like a pram’ - that’s lovely but I have no idea what that means and I clicked the link and still don’t know…

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JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 12/10/2023 22:33

Just Googled it... it means shake or wobble.

2chocolateoranges · 12/10/2023 22:33

I’m Scottish, we use the word shoogle, it means to gently shake or rock.

Invisimamma · 12/10/2023 22:34

It means wobbly or to shake or to rock. 'i shoogled the baby to sleep' or 'the peg is a bit shoogly' or 'give it a shoogle.'

TheSpikySpinosaurus · 12/10/2023 22:34

Then you could have filled the answer in the ent it yuk you to post this!!🙄😂

AngryBirdsNoMore · 12/10/2023 22:35

Same. I clicked to find out and it didn’t enlighten me. Really pissed me off.

TheSpikySpinosaurus · 12/10/2023 22:35

Oh ffs. Stupid posting button. 'You could have googled the answer in the time it took you to post this', I meant.

Fionaville · 12/10/2023 22:36

I've never heard of it! And I like to think I'm a bit of an accent/regional dialect connoisseur 😆

Sassy306 · 12/10/2023 22:56

Scottish here too.... To shoogle is to shake/rock softly.
Example... Gie the bairns pram a wee shoogle to help her get tae sleep 😊

Ejismyf · 12/10/2023 22:58

I know it, but I am Scottish too.

Indiana2021 · 12/10/2023 23:01

This bridge is a bit shoogly. I hope it's safe.
Open the air fryer drawer and give it a wee shoogle.
The SNP in Scotland are currently on a shoogly peg.
See also Rishi Sunak Wink

MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 12/10/2023 23:06

TheSpikySpinosaurus · 12/10/2023 22:35

Oh ffs. Stupid posting button. 'You could have googled the answer in the time it took you to post this', I meant.

But where is the fun in that? This is a talk board, we need topics.

I have also never heard the word before, I thought it was a brand name (not remotely interested in prams)

StaySpicy · 12/10/2023 23:06

I can't believe I've lived over 40 years and never heard this verb before! Love it, I am going to try and use it in conversation tomorrow!

MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 12/10/2023 23:07

I like it- but I bet I do not say it correctly!

CesareBorgia · 12/10/2023 23:07

I love Scottish words, they always seem perfectly descriptive.

Saisong · 12/10/2023 23:09

Have you never met anyone on a shoogly peg?

Peepshowcreepshow · 12/10/2023 23:09

It's not a word I know or use, but I do know it's what you do to sprouts in butter.

TheChosenTwo · 12/10/2023 23:09

Didn’t know it was a Scottish word but I always thought it meant to shake and jiggle and wobble at once! Like jelly, that shoogles (repulsive stuff).

ditalini · 12/10/2023 23:10

MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 12/10/2023 23:07

I like it- but I bet I do not say it correctly!

I bet you do!

Shoogle like google
Shoogly like googly (as in cricket, or eyes)

KingsleyBorder · 12/10/2023 23:10

Out of interest, do you know what “squint” means, when it’s not referring to an eye condition?

It means “crooked”, as in “that picture’s squint”. I only found out recently that it’s not used outside (outwith 😀) Scotland. Took me 30 years living in England to realise!

Barbiegirl2013 · 12/10/2023 23:10

I had a wee shoogle on the dancefloor at the weekend OP! ;)

Barbiegirl2013 · 12/10/2023 23:12

KingsleyBorder · 12/10/2023 23:10

Out of interest, do you know what “squint” means, when it’s not referring to an eye condition?

It means “crooked”, as in “that picture’s squint”. I only found out recently that it’s not used outside (outwith 😀) Scotland. Took me 30 years living in England to realise!

I only learnt recently squint and outwith were Scottish words!! 😂 who knew?!

LorraineBainMcFly · 12/10/2023 23:12

@Indiana2021 oooo is awfy bad to be on the shoogly peg oor Wullie says!

KingsleyBorder · 12/10/2023 23:12

Barbiegirl2013 · 12/10/2023 23:12

I only learnt recently squint and outwith were Scottish words!! 😂 who knew?!

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Warum · 12/10/2023 23:13

I always thought it was a Scottish word - the old Glasgow Trams were fondly called 'the Shooglies' because the carriages shoogled (shook/wobbled) about as they ran along the tracks. Giving something 'a wee shoogle' means to shake it quite gently.

FoghornUnicorn · 12/10/2023 23:13

I’m Scottish and didn’t realise it was a Scottish thing. My English colleagues must think I’m weird when I say it, which is often 😂