List of British regional nicknames
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In addition to formal demonyms, many nicknames are in common use for residents of the different countries, regions and places of the United Kingdom.
For example, residents of Liverpool, formally referred to as Liverpudlians, are also referred to by the nickname Scousers.
Some nicknames are a badge of pride; in other cases they may be regarded as offensive.
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Contents
A - B
- Aberdeen
- A Don
- Arbroath
- Red Lichtie or Lichtie, Codheid
- Barnsley
- Tykes,[1] Colliers (a former mining community), Dingles (by people from Sheffield)
- Barrow in Furness
- Shipbuilder
- Bedford
- Barfordian
- Birmingham
- Brummie[2]
- Birkenhead
- BirkenVegas
- Black Country
- Yam Yam,[3] Ninehead
- Blackburn
- The unchosen ones
- Blackpool
- Sand grown 'un, Donkey Lasher
- Bolton
- Trotters
- Bramley (West Yorkshire)
- Villager
- Brighton
- San Francisco
- Bristol
- Ciderheads.
- Britain
- Limeys in Canaday and the United States,[4] Pommies in Australia and New Zealand.[5]
- Burnley
- Dingles, a reference to Burnley's proximity to Yorkshire and the family from the TV soap operaEmmerdale (normally used by people from Blackburn, Preston and other parts of Lancashire)
- Bury
- Shakers
C - D
- Caithness
- Gallach[6]
- Carlisle
- Carliol
- Cardiganshire
- Cardi[7]
- Chester
- Cestrian.
- Chesterfield
- Spireite.
- Colchester
- Colchie, Roman, Camuloonie, Steamie, Castler. Cross'n'Crowner (after Colchester's coat of arms).
- Cornwall
- Kernowick, Merry-Jack, Mera-Jack, Uncle Jack or Cousin Jack (when abroad).
- Coventry
- Godivas
- Cranfield
- Fr.Damien, Gummy bear, Mountain Fakoor (Dummy version)
- Crawley
- Insect[8]
- Crewe
- Chip Eater
- Devon
- Janner
- Doncaster
- Flatlander (especially by people from Sheffield), Knights
- Dumfries
- Doonhamer
- Durham
- Posh Geordie, Pitt Yakker (due to Durham's mining heritage)
E - G
- East Anglia
- Inbred Farmers
- Edinburgh
- Edinbourgeois, Edin, The Burgh, Edinbugger, Embra
- England
- Sassenach (offensive, used by Scottish and Irish; Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic word "sasunnach", meaning "Saxon"), Red Coat, Inglish,[9] Nigel, Guffie (in Northeast Scotland), Sais, Englandshire (in Scotland), The Shire (in Scotland).
- Essex
- Essex Calf (archaic), Eastie, Esser, wideboys, Saxon, slags, Scimitars (from the County Arms)
- Fraserburgh
- Brocher[10]
- Glasgow
- Keelie,[11][12] Weegie,[13]
- Golder's Green, London
- Yid
- Goole
- Goolie
- Grimsby
- Cod Head (after the fishing port in Grimsby)
- Gillingham
- Chavs, Medwayers
- Gosport
- Turk-towners
- Great Yarmouth
- Yarcos, Scum
H - K
- Halifax
- Haligonian
- Hampshire
- Hampshire Hog, Bacon Face (reference to Hampshire as a pig-raising county in former times)
- Hartlepool
- Monkey Hanger,[14] Poolie
- Hinckley
- Tin Hatter
- Kent
- Yellow Tails (French nickname for people from Kent)
- Kirkcaldy
- Langtonian
- Ipswich
- Twelve Toes, Tractor Boys
- Isle of Wight
- Caulkhead (named after the caulking of boats) Historically Corkhead - Caulkhead is an urban myth perpetrated after the Isle of Wight County Press received no replies to its inquiry on the origins of Corkhead in the 1970s
- Heywood Greater Manchester
- Monkey town [15]
L
- Lancashire
- Yonner (specifically south-eastern Lancashire)
- Leeds
- Loiner,.[16]
- Leicester
- Rat-eye (from the Roman name for the city: Ratae), Chisits (from the pronunciation of "how much is it," which sounds like "I'm a chisit"); Foxes, Bin Dippers (named after Foxes)
- Leicestershire
- Beanbelly (from the eating of broad beans)[17]
- Leigh
- Lobbygobbler, Leyther
- Lincolnshire
- Yellow belly (after a species of frog common in the Lincolnshire and East Anglian Fens)[18]
- Liverpool
- Scouse or Scouser,[19] Mickey Mouse[20]
- Plastic Scouser: a person who purports to be from Liverpool, but is not.[21]
- Woolyback, or Wool: anyone not from Liverpool, but in particular refers to people living in the surrounding towns such as Birkenhead, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Warrington, Widnes, Wigan and St Helens.[22][23]
- Llanelli
- Turk
- London
- Del Boy, Shandy, Cockney (East End)
- Luton
- Hatter
M - N
- Macclesfield
- Maxonian
- Manchester
- Mancunian
- Mansfield
- Scabs, The Stags.
- Malmesbury
- Jackdaw
- Middlesbrough
- Smoggie,[24] an abbreviation of Smog Monster[25]
- Milton Keynes
- Cattle, Plastic Cow-Jockey, Thief (reference to the transfer of Wimbledon football club to Milton Keynes).
- Montrose
- Gable-endies
- Nantwich
- Dabber
- Neath
- Abbey-Jack, blacks, black-jacks.
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Geordie, Magpie, Mag
- Northern England
- Northern Monkey
- North Wales
- Gog[26]
- Norwich
- Carrot Cruncher, Country Bumpkin, Norfolk Dumpling
- Nottingham
- Bogger
- Nuneaton
- Codder, Treacletowner
O - R
- Oldham
- Yonner (from Oldham pronunciation of 'yonder' as in 'up yonner') Roughyed
- Paisley
- Buddie,[27]
- Peterhead
- Bluemogganer, Blue-Tooner
- Plymouth
- Janner. Originally a person who spoke with a Devon accent,[28][29] now simply any West Countryman.[28] In naval slang, this is specifically a person from Plymouth.[29]
- Portsmouth
- Pompey, Pomponian, Plastic Cockney/Skate, Pompeyite
- Redcar
- Codhead
- Rotherham
- Chuckle
- Royston, Hertfordshire
- Crows
S
- Scotland
- Scottie, Jocks[30] Mac, Sweaties (offensive), Scotch (sometimes considered offensive)
- Scunthorpe
- Scunthonian
- Shavington
- Tramp
- Sheffield
- Dee daa, Steelmekker.
- South Shields
- Sand dancer
- Southampton
- Mush, Scummer (used by people from Portsmouth)
- Southern England
- Southern Fairy, Shandy Drinkers, People who shop at Waitrose
- Southport
- Sandgrounder
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Potter, Clay Head, Stokie, Jug Head
- Stockport
- Stopfordian
- Strood
- Long tails, Stroodle
- Sunderland
- Mackem[31]
- Sutherland
- Cattach
- Swansea
- Jack, Swansea Jack
- Swindon
- Moonraker
T - V
- Tarbert, Loch Fyne
- Dooker (named after guillemot and razorbill, sea-birds once a popular food among Tarbert natives)
- Teesside
- Smoggie, 'Borough Boys (after Middlesbrough)
W
- Wales
- Taff (sometimes considered offensive),[32] Taffy[citation needed],[33] Trog[citation needed], Sheep-Shagger (considered offensive)
- Wallingford
- Wally
- Walsall
- Saddler
- Warrington
- Wire, Wirepuller (after the local wire industry),
- Watford
- Vegetable, YellowBellies
- Welshpool
- Souped
- Westhoughton
- Keawyeds (Cowheads, after local legend)
- West Riding of Yorkshire
- Wessie (in other parts of Yorkshire)
- Weymouth and Portland
- Kimberlin (Portland name for a person from Weymouth)
- Whitehaven
- Marra, Jam Eater
- Widnes
- Chemic
- Wigan
- Wiganer, Pie-eater, Purrer,[34] Woolyback
- Wiltshire
- Moonraker
- Winchester
- Wintonian
- Winsford
- Plastic Scouser
- Workington
- Jam Eater
- Wrexham
- Goat
Y - Z
- Yorkshire
- Tyke, Yorkie
See also
- List of regional nicknames
- Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia
- Demonym
Citations
- ↑ "tyke", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 674)
- ↑ "Brummie", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 95)
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- ↑ "limey", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 401)
- ↑ "pommy", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 506–507)
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- ↑ "Cardi", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 119)
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- ↑ "Sassenach", (Robinson 1985, pp. 581)
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- ↑ "keelie", (Robinson 1985, pp. 335)
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- ↑ "Loiner", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 406)
- ↑ Evans, Arthur Benoni (1881) Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs; enlarged edition, edited by Sebastian Evans. London: N. Trübner for English Dialect Society; p. 101
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- ↑ Fazakerley, p. 24
- ↑ "Mickey Mouse" - rhyming slang for "Scouse", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 429)
- ↑ www.allwords.com, Plastic Scouser
- ↑ www.Slang.org.uk, Woolyback
- ↑ www.allwords.com, Woolyback
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- ↑ "gog", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 295)
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- ↑ 28.0 28.1 "janner", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 363)
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- ↑ "jock", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 369)
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- ↑ "taff", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 369)
- ↑ Cf. the nursery rhyme "Taffy was a Welshman / Taffy was a thief / Taffy came to my house / To steal a piece of beef."
- ↑ Dialect term for "kicker"
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