Fashing

/ˈfæʃɪŋ/ verb

Definition

Present participle of 'fash'; worrying or bothering; or used as an adjective meaning bothersome or troublesome.

Etymology

Standard -ing form of 'fash,' forming both gerunds and present participles in Scottish and Northern English dialects.

Kelly Says

'That's pure fashing' (that's really bothersome) shows how Scots creates adjectives from verbs dynamically—it's not in the dictionary officially, but native speakers understand it perfectly through morphological rules.

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