In the Scots National Dictionary: http://www.dsl.ac.uk/getent4.php?plen=2390&startset=1656504&query=BAP&fhit=bap&dregion=form&dtext=snd#fhit Sense 2: "a stupid person" ... from Ulster, I guess. -- Doug Wilson ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org