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English
Etymology
From janitor + -ie.
Noun
jannie (plural jannies)
- (chiefly Scotland, colloquial) A janitor.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 474:He was the jannie. He couldnae not know.
- (Internet slang, derogatory) A moderator of an online forum.
Clean it up, jannie!
Scots
Noun
jannie (plural jannies)
- (slang) janitor
2004, Sheena Blackhall, “Letter fae a distressed heidie”, in The Wizard o the North: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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2013, Pedro Lenz, translated by Donal McLaughlin, Naw Much of a Talker, Freight Books, page 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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)