Humanist Archives Vol. Students often refer to classwork being a doddle, meaning that it was very easy. I'm not sure of the origins of the word but feel confident in saying that I've only rarely heard it used outside Scotland. I've heard the word used on a couple of occasions in England, but then by people with Scottish links of one sort or another. Rod Macrae at Glasgow.
Someone feels it connotes something positive and someone else something negative.
It sounds like it should mean 'foul up' to me, though I've never run across it before. As an American living in Britain, I am intrigued and heartened by this recent exchange of information on local slang.