![]() ![]() Middlesbrough: Smoggie, an abbreviation of Smog Monster Mansfield: Scabs (very offensive, linked to the divisions during the UK miners’ strike (1984-1985)), The Stags London: Del Boy, Shandy, Cockney (East End) (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) (Plastic Scouser: a person who purports to be from Liverpool, but is not) Liverpool: Scouse or Scouser, Mickey Mouse Littlehampton: LA, from the local accent being unable to pronounce the h in hampton Linlithgow: Black Bitch, from the burgh coat of arms Lincolnshire: Yellow Belly (after a species of frog common in the Lincolnshire and East Anglian Fens) Leicestershire: Beanbelly (from the eating of broad beans) 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) ![]() Lancashire: Yonner (specifically south-eastern Lancashire) Heywood (Greater Manchester): Monkey town 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 Kent: Yellow Tails (French nickname for people from Kent) Highlands and Islands (of Scotland): Teuchter, used by other Scots and sometimes applied by Greater Glasgow natives to anyone speaking in a dialect other than Glaswegian Hampshire: Hampshire Hog, Bacon Face (reference to Hampshire as a pig-raising county in former times) Grimsby: Cod Head (after the fishing port in Grimsby), Grimmy Damien, Gummy Bear, Mountain Fakoor (Dummy version)ĭoncaster: Flatlander (especially by people from Sheffield), Knights, Doleiteĭurham: Posh Geordie, Cuddy, Pitt Yakker (due to Durham’s mining heritage)Įastbourne: Winnicks or Willicks (dialect name of a guillemot or wild person)Įssex: Essex Calf (archaic), Eastie, Esser, wideboys, Saxon, sexy, Scimitars (from the County Arms)įrodsham: Cheshire, Jowwy/Jowie Head (from old Cheshire/Runcorn meaning Turnip, reference to the rural position of the town) ![]() So read the following, and start affectionately calling your mate from Hull a ‘cod-head’ at every conceivable opportunity.Īberdeen: A Don, (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Aberdeen and surrounding area)Īrbroath: Red Lichtie or Lichtie, Codheidīarnsley: Tykes, Colliers (a former mining community), Dingles (by people from Sheffield)īacup: Bacupian (this name has developed as there is a popular joke in the area that people from Bacup are their own separate species)īlackpool: Sand grown ‘un, Donkey lasher, seasiders,īurnley: Dingles, a reference to Burnley’s proximity to Yorkshire, Lancashire/Lancs and the other family from the TV soap opera Emmerdale (normally used by people from Blackburn, Preston and other parts of Lancashire)Ĭolchester: Colchie, Roman, Camuloonie, Steamie, Castler, Cross’n’Crowner (after Colchester’s coat of arms).Ĭornwall: Kernowick, Merry-Jack, Mera-Jack, Uncle Jack or Cousin Jack (when abroad).Ĭranfield: Fr. Yes, that’s a list of British regional nicknames, aka the ridiculous words we’ve come up with over the centuries to describe people from various parts of this Sceptred Isle.Īnd, and you’d expect, they are ridiculous. I imagine that before Wikipedia, whenever anyone was asked about a fact or something, they’d just freeze, like a computer that’s gone wrong, judder about a bit and then collapse to the floor until someone gave them a kick to restart them.Īnyway, as well as being the best place to find out anything at all (academics may disagree but, let’s face it, it’s true isn’t it), it’s also the absolute best place to discover lists of things that you never knew existed.Įxhibit B: a list of humourous units of measurementĪnd Exhibit C: a list of British regional nicknames Before Wikipedia, how did anyone know anything at all? Sure, I’ve heard about these things called ‘books’, but honestly, who’s got the time or the patience to go reading one of those. ![]()
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