A local government district of the Scottish Borders Region, Scotland, formed in 1975 from Selkirkshire and parts of Berwickshire, Midlothian and Roxburghshire. It was abolished in 1996 when Scottish Borders became a unitary authority.

Black people and white people should not form relationships; an admonition against miscegenation. / (more generally) Some people, things or characteristics do not go together.

a local government area in Grampian region, north-east Scotland, created in 1975 and abolished in 1996. It was absorbed into the Aberdeenshire council area.

plural of information and communications technology

(politics) In a parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster system, an agreement by a party or individual members to support the government in motions of confidence and appropriation or budget (supply) votes, by either voting in favour or abstaining.

A surname from Basque.

(idiomatic, often ironic) Ideal romance.

plural of Andaya

(informal) An intensifier of cool (socially acceptable or extraordinary).

Alternative form of spic and span