Scotland · noun and form of address
min
A familiar Doric form of address similar to man or mate.
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What min means
Min is a familiar form of address associated with Aberdeen and Doric-speaking north-east Scotland. Depending on tone, it can work like man, mate, or an emphatic conversational tag.
How it is used
It often appears in greetings and reactions such as fit like, min, or come on, min.
- Part of speech
- noun and form of address
- Pronunciation
- Usually /mɪn/
- Register
- Informal Doric and north-east Scots.
- Variants
- man
Examples
Each example is followed by its intended plain-English meaning.
Fit like, min?
How are you, mate?
Come on, min, we're late.
Come on, man, we are late.
What to watch for
It is strongly regional and should not be presented as a universal Scottish form of address.
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