adjective General Slang

brassic

· adjective · scouse

Skint. Not a penny on you.

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Completely broke — no money whatsoever. From the Cockney rhyming slang 'boracic lint' = 'skint', which made its way north and embedded itself in Scouse and wider working-class British speech. Sky's 'Brassic' series put the word back in the national conversation.

“Can't come out tonight lad, I'm absolutely brassic till payday.”
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brassic In A Sentence

Can't come out tonight lad, I'm absolutely brassic till payday.

Origin & Usage

From Cockney rhyming slang 'boracic lint' (a medical dressing) rhyming with 'skint'. Shortened and corrupted to 'brassic', spread well beyond London.

Variants boracic
Tags #scouse#liverpool#british#money

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