phrase General Slang

taps aff

TAPS-AFF · phrase · slang

Warm enough to take your top off — a rare hot day

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Literally 'tops off'; used to mark the (rare) hot, sunny weather when Scots strip to the waist.

“Sun's oot, it's a taps aff day the day!”
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taps aff In A Sentence

Sun's oot, it's a taps aff day the day!

Origin & Usage

Modern Scots colloquial phrase, 'taps' (tops) + 'aff' (off), popularised online.

Variants taps-afftapsaff

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What does 'taps aff' mean?

Literally 'tops off' — it marks a rare hot, sunny day in Scotland warm enough to strip to the waist.

Where did 'taps aff' come from?

It's a modern Scots colloquial phrase that was popularised online, especially on social media during heatwaves.

How is 'taps aff' used?

As in 'Sun's oot, it's a taps aff day the day!' — the sun's out, it's a top-off kind of day.

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