Category:Scottish Gaelic terms by usage

Scottish Gaelic terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Scottish Gaelic colloquialisms: Scottish Gaelic terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic dated terms: Scottish Gaelic terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic derogatory terms: Scottish Gaelic terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic dialectal terms: Scottish Gaelic terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic formal terms: Scottish Gaelic terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic higher register terms: Scottish Gaelic terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic humorous terms: Scottish Gaelic terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic informal terms: Scottish Gaelic terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic nonstandard terms: Scottish Gaelic terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic offensive terms: Scottish Gaelic terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic poetic terms: Scottish Gaelic terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic rare terms: Scottish Gaelic terms that are rare in general use, for whatever reason.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic short forms: Scottish Gaelic terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic slang: Scottish Gaelic colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic superseded forms: Scottish Gaelic forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic terms with archaic senses: Scottish Gaelic terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic terms with historical senses: Scottish Gaelic terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic terms with obsolete senses: Scottish Gaelic terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic terms with rare senses: Scottish Gaelic rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic terms with uncommon senses: Scottish Gaelic uncommonly used terms or terms with uncommonly used senses.
• Category:Scottish Gaelic vulgarities: Scottish Gaelic terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.