If you don’t end up het in a game of tig, you’re jammy. Aye, or naw?

Glaswegian words are about to get a starring role in a new art installation in the heart of the city.

And it’s not just the everyday phrases that will be featured – organisers are looking for words you would associate with the city itself – from ‘dear green place’ to ‘squinty bridge’, from ‘clockwork orange’ to ‘the barras’…

The project is the brainchild of St Enoch Centre, who are hoping Evening Times readers will get involved by contributing their favourites to a new ‘waterfall of words’ being created on the glass wall at the mall’s central lift area.

It’s part of the centre’s refurbishment plans to upgrade the food court, which is Scotland’s biggest.

The new food area is due to officially launch in April.

The centre, home to leading retailers such as H&M, Debenhams and TopShop, is also offering one lucky contributor the chance to win an £150 shopping spree.

Anne Ledgerwood, general manager, explains: “Evening Times readers are experts when it comes to Glasgow so we’re inviting them to put their thinking caps on and give us their best phrases and descriptions concerning the city.

“We all have our favourites – mine is ‘dear green place’, because I love Glasgow’s parks – so I’m excited to see what readers come up with.

“We want to know about your city, in your words.”

Graham Shields, Evening Times editor, agrees.

“Our readers buy the Evening Times because they want to know want to know what is going on in their city and also, to be a part of what is going on in their city.

“This art competition will give them the chance to pay tribute to our fantastic city in their own language and in their own way.”

A number of other walls in the centre will display similar graphic artworks with shoppers, staff, local schools and literary groups all invited to get involved.

At Gowanbank Primary in Pollok on the south side of Glasgow, pupils in primary four and five were eager to get involved.

“My favourite Glasgow word is shortbread because it tastes good,” smiles Kadey Hughes, who is nine.

“I like the word AYE! Because it’s very Scottish,” says eight-year-old Keigan Cassidy.

Anna Stevenson, eight, adds: “The word muckle is very funny – it means big.”

St Enoch Centre, along with other Glasgow businesses, helped Gowanbank pupils and staff recover from a devastating vandalism attack last summer.

The shopping centre donated art materials to replace some of those ruined in the attack.

The school was hit again in December, when a fire caused more damage to the school, so head teacher John Daly and deputy head Amanda Clubley are delighted to be taking part in the waterfall of words project.

Deputy head Amanda Clubley explains: “It’s fantastic to see our pupils getting the chance to take part in something so positive.

“Our focus is on reading and literacy, so this is a really fun way of helping the children learn, boosting their confidence and self-esteem at the same time, and having some great fun.”

The pupils spent the afternoon with artists Erin Busswood, Elizabeth Murphy and Fe Houston from Wave Particle, who showed the children a huge map of Glasgow to identify local landmarks.

As well as shouting out their favourite places around the city, the pupils created colourful signs based on their own suggested words and phrases.

Peter McCaughey, lead artist for Wave Particle, says: “We are looking forward to building a significant artwork for St. Enoch Centre from the words and phrases that we gather; for we know that words, phrases, nicknames for places and wee sayings contribute so much to Glasgow’s very particular sense of place.”

Do you need some inspiration?

When the spotlight shone on Glasgow in 2014 to mark the arrival of the Commonwealth Games in the city, the Evening Times asked its readers to send in suggestions for the top 100 best loved and best known Glaswegian words and phrases.

Some of the best ones ended up on our website - visit www.eveningtimes.co.uk for more information.

In the meantime, let us inspire you with a few suggestions:

Be’n - the location of an item, as in, be’n the loaby which means ‘in the hall;

Clatty - dirty, as in ‘her kitchen is pure clatty’;

Hoachin’ - busy, as in ‘this place is hoachin’’;

Swally - alcoholic beverage, as in ‘fancy a swally?’

That rips ma knittin’ - that really, really annoys me, as in, ‘See him, he really rips ma knittin’’

Ginger - bottle of fizzy drink;

Sook - teacher’s pet;

Dreepie - to manoeuvre your way down from a height, as in ‘I needed to dreepie doon fae the roof’;

Scunnered - fed up;

Wean - bairn, or child;

Coorie in - cuddle in, or keep cosy with, as in ‘it’s a cold night, let’s coorie in by the fire’.

If that doesn’t inspire you to think up your own, pop in to one of the consultation sessions which are being held in the centre and across the city throughout February and March.

Shoppers will be able to contribute by completing suggestions forms now available at the centre’s customer services desk or via social media, by using the hashtag #YourCityYourWords.

Entries can the also be submitted by emailing enquiries@st-enoch.com.

For more information, visit www.st-enoch.com.