Talk:Scran

Lets have Scran is wool for sex eg. "Babe am horney lets have Scran"

Scran is also a Northern English word for food.

Scran is also a Scottish word for food eg. gis a bit of scran im starvin'

It has recently caught on in Dublin and more recently Stockholm where the word is being used to describe absolutely anything. This slang word was born in Oxegen music festival where 4 good friends Dave, Luke, Justin and Damian bummed each other so hard they took 'scran' to new levels. Phrases such as "Show us your scran!" "Are ya scrannin' it over to see the Magic Numbers?" "Shut your scran ya scraneatin' scranhead!!" and the ever popular "Dave, will ya stick your scran up my scran again and Luke you can pull your scran until you scran, while Damien scran" became popular amongst the music loving folk. My other close friends John, Dave and another Damien have taken 'scran' to Sweden with them. The word scran is ever growing and we are all hoping that one day it'll make it into the everyday dictionary. Keep up the good scran!

According to 'Chambers Concise Scots Dictionary the word originated in Scotland in the 19th century, and referred to either just food, or scraps of food gained by begging. It is frequently used by Edinburgh school children to mean "what can be scrounged". As in "what do want? I'm on the scran for some money to go out". This meaning must derive from its use as a form of "to beg".

Scran is actually a Naval expression. Sailors used to have SCRAN rations (Sultanas, Currents, Raisins and Nuts).
 * An urban myth, sorry! The word's origin, from many sources (including Oxford Dictionaries), is an early 18th Century synonym for a tavern bill/"tab". Its uptake and use to mean "food" by both the British military (both Navy and Army), and in Northern England and Scotland, came later. Jonsg (talk) 19:51, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Scran has also been in use in Northern Ireland, particularly Co. Antrim, for some significant time too, refering to food. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.131.122.151 (talk) 14:20, 24 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Scran is certainly a word for food, but Wikipedia is not a dictionary, so there is no need to add this information to the page. Thanks, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 10:19, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * "Not a dictionary" and so not a source for meanings of slang / vernacular? how very narrow of you! "I glanced at my watch. 1700. Looked like we'd be missing scran tonight." from "Immediate Response" by Maj. Mark Hammond - Google Books --BenTrem (talk) 23:25, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
 * scran originates as the travellers' cant word for food.
 * Scranny can also mean hungry.
 * Cant words are common in Edinburgh because many traveling families "settled" there in the late 19th century and into the 20th. 77.97.227.202 (talk) 21:23, 25 January 2024 (UTC)