diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 1e4b2b1..3681337 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -871,6 +871,9 @@ command! -range=% TrimWhitespace let b:wv = winsaveview() |
   \ keeppattern <line1>,<line2>s/\s\+$// |
   \ call winrestview(b:wv)
 
+command! Scratch new | setlocal buftype=nofile | setlocal bufhidden=hide | setlocal noswapfile
+command! ScratchVertical vnew | setlocal buftype=nofile | setlocal bufhidden=hide | setlocal noswapfile
+
 "}}}
 " #settings {{{
 scriptencoding utf-8