Tim, n.3 Sc. slang.
(tɪm)
[Familiar diminutive of the forename Timothy; in this use, largely confined to Glasgow.]
A Protestant nickname for a Roman Catholic; esp. a supporter of Glasgow Celtic football club.
| 1958 C. Tully Passed to You xxii. 92 You'll go a long way before you meet a better bunch than the Tims of Parkhead. 1973 ‘J. Patrick’ Glasgow Gang Observed xiv. 126 Big Johnny, later identified as ‘a Tim’. 1982 P. Turnbull Dead Knock iv. 65, I had..four daughters. I gave them all sensible names, Orange names, so nobody could mistake them for fucking Papes... The fourth,..she goes Green.., she goes and marries a fucking Tim... She's probably pregnant by now, they breed like rabbits, the Tims. 1989 J. Kelman Disaffection 283 And as I say Paddy they're all fucking Orangemen bitter as fuck. Wouldni let a tim in the house. |