#liverpool
66 words tagged “liverpool”
Full form of 'wool' — someone from outside Liverpool proper.
A narrow alleyway between Liverpool terraces.
Scouse for something that's gone wrong, weird, or pear-shaped.
Freezing cold.
Fake, plastic — often aimed at someone faking the Scouse.
Hospital.
A Liverpool street kid with attitude — tracksuit, swagger, mischief.
Scouse for 'bye' — warm, sing-song, never formal.
A cigarette — universal British shorthand.
On my own, by myself, flying solo.
Your best mate.
Scouse exclamation of agreement, approval, or pure good news.
Go on / go ahead — Scouse encouragement.
Older Scouse for a girl or girlfriend.
My girlfriend — fond, casual, no airs.
Bail on plans last-minute without bothering to explain.
Scouse for 'come on' — let's go, get on with it, or you're joking.
Your mum — usually deployed as a winding-up insult.
A taxi — Liverpool's word for flagging a cab.
Being mean, sly, or unfairly harsh — a proper miserable so-and-so.
Trousers — or, depending on company, underpants.
A sandwich. That's it. That's the post.
Absolutely steaming drunk.
Scouse for grim news or a rough situation.
Old-fashioned, dated, out of touch.
Drunk. As in 'on the bevvies'.
A non-Scouser from the towns surrounding Liverpool.
Scouse for laughing your head off.
Affectionate Scouse for 'you idiot'.
Scouse for sulking — a visible mood that everyone has to tiptoe around.
What did you just say? — said with proper Scouse incredulity.
A scruffy, smelly, generally unwanted human being.
Off the rails — either kicking off in a mood or out partying hard.
Boiling hot weather — sun so fierce the pavement's splitting.
Your dad — or any old bloke.
Fake, counterfeit, knock-off.
Dole money — the weekly benefits cheque.
Scouse for sticking your nose into a conversation that isn't yours.
The police, in Scouse.
To dodge something — a plan, a person, a pint you don't want.