Scouse-English Dictionary

magneto · April 10, 2007

I did a search on Scouse in Wikipedia and came across some of these words that make the Scouse dialect so unique.

As with all dialects, there are many words in Scouse that would be strange to an outsider, some of the more common being:

ackers - (money/cash)
ace - (amazing,great)
ale 'ouse - (pub)
ali - (barber/hair dresser)
antwakky - (antique/old fashioned)
are-eh - pronounced "R A" - A complaint of misfortune or unfairness (e.g. "are-eh, that's proper arlarse that!")
arlarse - (mean, unfair or crafty person or act, also 'arl')
auld - (old)
aul'fella - father
bag'ead - (heroin addict)
bail - (run away)
base van (police cctv vehicle)
beak - (cocaine/the judge)
beast/beastie - (great/boss)
bevvie/bevvy - (alcoholic drink)
bevvied - (drunk)
bezzy - (best)
biddie - (woman (normally old))
biff - (a poor person/idiot)
bifta/bifter - (cigarette/splif)
big girl's blouse (wimp [male])
bill - (alone/on one's own e.g. 'I'm on my bill')
bills - men's underpants.
billy - (a loner)
binnie - (binman)
bizzies - (the police)
blue-nose - a person who supports Everton Football Club
blurt - (semen/idiot)
boff - (fart)
boss - (excellent)
bombdy - Burnt out or wrecked buiding
boxer - (coffin maker)
brass - prostitute
bute - (a smug self righteous know-it-all/snob)
cackhanded - (inept person or left-handed person)
casey - (leather football)
chief - (thief)
chiefed - (stolen)
class - (really good)
cob on - (sulking / angry as in "He has a cob-on")
come 'ed - (come on, contraction of "come ahead")
cozzy - (costume, usually swimming-)
dead - (really, e.g. 'dead smart')
dipper - (pickpocket)
divvy - (stupid person)
do in - (to damage something e.g. 'I'll do you in!'/'I did in my back')
Doris - Old woman
duff up - (beat up)
enog - entry/alley way
emmy oggie - (empty house)
firebobby - (a fireman)
freemans - (someone else paying for the ale)
gary - (ecstasy [tablet]. Named after Gary Ablett)
geg - (to interrupt or be nosey)
get - (idiot, sometimes preceded with "dozey" or "dopey")
get onto - have a look at
gob - (persons face/to spit)
go 'ed - (shortened form of "go ahead", "go on", or "ok then")
gozzie/gozzing - cross eyed/looking
grock - (Phlegm. Also a large intimidating person)
in a bit - (goodbye)
is right - (an expression of support/approval/agreement)
jarg/jay'go - (fake, awful)
jigger - (back alley of a house.)
jigger rabbit - (a cat)
joey - (an idiot)
judy - (young woman)
judy scuffer - (a policewoman)
kecks - (underpants or trousers)
knackers - (testicles)
khazi - (toilet)
kidda - (lad, mate)
la - (lad, friend)
latchlifter - (price of half a pint of ale)
laughin' - (good)
'leccy - (electric)
leg it - (run away)
legger - (chase from somebody)
made up - (happy/pleased)
meff - (idiot)
nob'ead - (idiot [offensive])
oller - piece of wateland
on toes - to run
ozzie/ozzy - (hospital)
penguin house - (a convent)
pure - (meaning really, or a lot, e.g. 'I was pure embarrassed lerd'. Sometimes pronounced 'Pee-arr' e.g. 'That's pee-arrly jarg la')
privvy - (the toilet)
Red - a supporter of Liverpool Football CLub (e.g. "I'm a Red")
Scally/Scal - (sub grouping of youths, similar to chav, shortened from scallywag meaning 'mischievous youth')
scatty - (dirty/disgusting)
scone 'ead - (idiot)
scran - (food)
scrat end - (Burnt chips)
scuffer - (a policeman)
shady - (dubious, unfair)
sketchy - (dodgy)
skinny - (sly/unfair)
smart - (great, brilliant)
snaff - (a lie, a snaffer is someone who tells tale tales)
snaffer - (multiplicitous)
soft lad - (idiot - a term of endearment or aggression depending on context)
sound - (good, well, I agree)
sly - (devious, nefarious, sordid e.g 'That's sly that')
spends - (money)
spoon - (To kick a ball badly, to make a mistake)
swerve - (to avoid e.g "swerve tha lad")
ta - tar (thank you)
takey (a lift on someones bike)
tatty'ead - (somebody with an objectionable/scruffy haircut)
tod - (alone/on one's own e.g. 'I'm just on my tod')
trainies/trabs - (sports footwear)
twirlie/twirly - (a female pensioner, a contraction of the question "Am I too early?" - asked of the bus driver, referring to the use of a free bus pass at off-peak times.)
tax - (to steal e.g. 'I taxed it')
Walter - Old man
whopper - (prone to exaggeration)
Wool/Woollyback - (Non-Liverpudlians living in areas surrounding Liverpool)
yews/youse - (plural version of "you")

Has anyone else got any interesting words?

Got the list from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse

April 10, 2007

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