jannie

See also: Jannie

English

Etymology

janitor +‎ -ie

Noun

jannie (plural jannies)

  1. (chiefly Scotland, colloquial) A janitor.
  2. (Internet slang, derogatory) An Internet janitor; a moderator of an online forum.
    Clean it up, jannie!

Scots

Noun

jannie (plural jannies)

  1. (slang) janitor
    • 2004, Sheena Blackhall, The Wizard o the North, ‘Letter fae a distressed heidie’:
      Aa throw Science he played his trannie, / Gied a Glesga kiss tae the jannie, / Pit the gerbil up May Webster's kilt, / Kennin fine she's allegric tilt.
    • 2013, Donal McLaughlin, translating Pedro Lenz, Naw Much of a Talker, Freight Books 2013, p. 32:
      If the rain disnae stop soon, ah'll be stayin in here till wan ae the librarians or – fur aw ah care – the jannie [translating Abwart] chucks me oot.
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