adjective General Slang

scatty

· adjective · scouse

Filthy, manky, in a right state.

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Very dirty, scruffy or messy. In Scouse this is the dominant sense — used for grim flats, knackered trainers, or someone who looks like they've slept in a bin. Note: the standard British 'scatty' meaning scatterbrained exists too but isn't what Liverpool means by it.

“State of his trainers, they're proper scatty.”
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Scatterbrained, disorganised, all over the place. The standard British English sense — less common in Scouse but does turn up.

“She's lovely but a bit scatty, always losing her keys.”
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scatty In A Sentence

State of his trainers, they're proper scatty.
She's lovely but a bit scatty, always losing her keys.

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