Richt, there's twa #Scotstober / #Scotstober2026 wird leets. Guid! A'm gonnae try an antedate as mony as A can.
First yins - MOLLICATE (1985) an BAFFIES (1975; baffied 'slippered' is earlier - 1956)
Got MOLLICATE back tae 1983 an BAFFIES back tae 1936
First yins - MOLLICATE (1985) an BAFFIES (1975; baffied 'slippered' is earlier - 1956)
Got MOLLICATE back tae 1983 an BAFFIES back tae 1936
October 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Richt, there's twa #Scotstober / #Scotstober2026 wird leets. Guid! A'm gonnae try an antedate as mony as A can.
First yins - MOLLICATE (1985) an BAFFIES (1975; baffied 'slippered' is earlier - 1956)
Got MOLLICATE back tae 1983 an BAFFIES back tae 1936
First yins - MOLLICATE (1985) an BAFFIES (1975; baffied 'slippered' is earlier - 1956)
Got MOLLICATE back tae 1983 an BAFFIES back tae 1936
So, today’s #Scotstober2026 word is #Mollicate (batter in English). Here’s my #Haiku
“Ah’ll mollicate ye!”
Sez ih loon fa’s affa foo.
But he’s foo, so ca
“I’ll batter you!”
Says the boy who’s very drunk
But he’s drunk, so can’t.
“Ah’ll mollicate ye!”
Sez ih loon fa’s affa foo.
But he’s foo, so ca
“I’ll batter you!”
Says the boy who’s very drunk
But he’s drunk, so can’t.
#Scotstober2026
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@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
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@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
October 1, 2026 at 7:05 AM
So, today’s #Scotstober2026 word is #Mollicate (batter in English). Here’s my #Haiku
“Ah’ll mollicate ye!”
Sez ih loon fa’s affa foo.
But he’s foo, so ca
“I’ll batter you!”
Says the boy who’s very drunk
But he’s drunk, so can’t.
“Ah’ll mollicate ye!”
Sez ih loon fa’s affa foo.
But he’s foo, so ca
“I’ll batter you!”
Says the boy who’s very drunk
But he’s drunk, so can’t.
#Scotstober2026
Tak yer haun aff me
Or ah'll mollicate yer heid
Tak a tellin maun
#haiku
#ScotsHaiku
#poem
#poetry
Tak yer haun aff me
Or ah'll mollicate yer heid
Tak a tellin maun
#haiku
#ScotsHaiku
#poem
#poetry
#Scotstober2026
Missing
@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
Missing
@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
October 1, 2026 at 7:24 AM
#Scotstober2026
Tak yer haun aff me
Or ah'll mollicate yer heid
Tak a tellin maun
#haiku
#ScotsHaiku
#poem
#poetry
Tak yer haun aff me
Or ah'll mollicate yer heid
Tak a tellin maun
#haiku
#ScotsHaiku
#poem
#poetry
1st October: mollicate
#Scotstober2026
Missing
@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
Missing
@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
October 1, 2026 at 7:09 AM
1st October: mollicate
#Scotstober Day 1 & 2
Nae anely a body can be mollicatit. A mind can aw be. As can a nervish seestem. Wheen need a lang time tae mend frae it. Wheen nivver will. The scars ur nae easily see't.
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*Ah'm nae native spikker
**wirds: mollicate, wheen
@leftpeggers.bsky.social
Nae anely a body can be mollicatit. A mind can aw be. As can a nervish seestem. Wheen need a lang time tae mend frae it. Wheen nivver will. The scars ur nae easily see't.
-
*Ah'm nae native spikker
**wirds: mollicate, wheen
@leftpeggers.bsky.social
October 2, 2026 at 10:55 AM
#Scotstober Day 1 & 2
Nae anely a body can be mollicatit. A mind can aw be. As can a nervish seestem. Wheen need a lang time tae mend frae it. Wheen nivver will. The scars ur nae easily see't.
-
*Ah'm nae native spikker
**wirds: mollicate, wheen
@leftpeggers.bsky.social
Nae anely a body can be mollicatit. A mind can aw be. As can a nervish seestem. Wheen need a lang time tae mend frae it. Wheen nivver will. The scars ur nae easily see't.
-
*Ah'm nae native spikker
**wirds: mollicate, wheen
@leftpeggers.bsky.social
My best mate was asked how he kept the racoons out of his corn, by an American mate, to which he replied, "We put up signs saying "Get tae France ya wee Malkies or we'll mollicate yiz wi a shitty shovel an a galvie bucket." That did the trick." And that's why he's my best mate.
September 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My best mate was asked how he kept the racoons out of his corn, by an American mate, to which he replied, "We put up signs saying "Get tae France ya wee Malkies or we'll mollicate yiz wi a shitty shovel an a galvie bucket." That did the trick." And that's why he's my best mate.
I invented a new word: mollicate. It combines mollify with placate, and it means the exact same thing as both those words. Useful! 😜
November 5, 2024 at 12:57 PM
I invented a new word: mollicate. It combines mollify with placate, and it means the exact same thing as both those words. Useful! 😜
Call it what it is- assisted suicide or bumping someone off. I’m retired from medicine now but chilled to the bone that I could have been asked to kill somebody. I’m past my Best before but could mollicate any dr who suggested that.
UK ‘behind curve’ on assisted dying among progressive nations, says Kim Leadbeater
UK ‘behind curve’ on assisted dying among progressive nations, says Kim Leadbeater
Exclusive: On eve of Commons vote, MP says legislators may not get another chance to ‘do the right thing’ for 10 years
The UK is “behind the curve” on assisted dying among progressive nations, the bill’s sponsor Kim Leadbeater has said on the eve of one of the most consequential votes for social change in England and Wales.
The Labour MP told the Guardian that the circumstances may never be right again to pass such a bill, which would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales for those terminally ill with less than six months to live, subject to approval by two doctors and a panel of experts. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Call it what it is- assisted suicide or bumping someone off. I’m retired from medicine now but chilled to the bone that I could have been asked to kill somebody. I’m past my Best before but could mollicate any dr who suggested that.
Set phazers to mollicate!
a man singing into a microphone with the words " are you ready " behind him
ALT: a man singing into a microphone with the words " are you ready " behind him
media.tenor.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Set phazers to mollicate!