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List of British regional nicknames

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In addition to formal demonyms, many nicknames are used for residents of the different settlements and regions of the United Kingdom. For example, natives and residents of Liverpool are formally referred to as Liverpudlians, but are most commonly referred to as Scousers (after their local dish). Some, but not all, of these nicknames may be derogatory -especially those exchanged by post-industrial towns too close to each other. Many derive from sports clubs, especially football ones. Involved demonyms tend to attract offensive parodies, for example "Bumholian" for "Dundonian" (an inhabitant of Dundee).

A - B

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Aberdeen
Dorics, Donians (football team are nicknamed The Dons), Teuchters, Sheepshaggers (pejorative).
Accrington
Akkies, Ringpieces (pejorative)
Acle
Asses[1]
Aldershot
All-the-Shit (collective, pejorative)
Arbroath
Red Lichties or Lichties, Codheids
Ascot
Arse Caughts (pejorative, mocking the "refined" accent)
Ashford, Kent
Slashers
Ashton-under-Lyme
Flashers (pejorative)
Ayr
Ayr-souls (pejorative)
Bacup
Turd-bakers (pejorative)
Baldock
Baldricks (pejorative, after a scruffy little side-kick in the sitcom Blackadder)
Bamber Bridge
Bum Boys (pejorative, and very offensive nowadays)
Banbury
Bandies, Bangers
Barking
Pooches, Mads
Barnsley
Barnzolians, Tykes,[2] Colliers (a former mining community), Dingles (pejorative, by people from Sheffield)
Barnstaple
Barneys (pejorative when alluding to Barney Rubble of the Flintstones)
Barrow in Furness
Barrovians, Shipbuilders, Basras
Basildon
Basras, Basghanistanis
Basingstoke
Amazingstokers, Bas Vegans (after Las Vegas), Basingjokers, Stokies
Batley
Dingbats, Batshit Crazies (pejorative)
Barnoldswick
Barlickers, Bollockers (pejorative)
Bath
Bathonians, Tubbies, Spiders (pejorative)
Beccles
Becklers, Feckless Becklers
Bedford
Bedpans (pejorative, but the town's railway to London used to be called that)
Bedworth
Layabouts, Bedsores (pejorative)
Belfast
McCooeys, Dunchers
Berkhamsted
Berkies, Berks (pejorative, from rhyming slang "Berkeley Hunt")
Beverley
Bevsters
Bicester
Bisexuals, Bis
Billericay
Bilbos
Bilston
Billies, Silly Billies (pejorative)
Bingley
Bingles
Birkenhead
Birkos, Plastic Scousers (or Plazzies)
Birmingham
Brummies[3]
Bispham
Spammers
Bix
Bikkies, Biscuits
Black Country
Yam Yams,[4] Nineheads
Blackburn
Sooties, Horse Botherers (pejorative, by people from Burnley and other Lancashire towns, after bestiality convictions)[5]
Blackpool
Blackpudlians, Sand Grown 'Uns, Seasiders, Donkey Lashers / Botherers (the town has been rumoured to feature a donkey brothel)[6]
Bloxwich
Bollockers
Blyth
Sparts (after the football club), Blitherers
Bognor Regis
Boggers, Bog Buggers (pejorative, alludes to the last words of King George V)
Bolton
Trotters (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Bolton and surrounding area), Noblot (collective noun, anagram for Bolton)
Bo'ness
Bo'neds (pejorative)
Bournemouth
Bomos, Coffin Dodgers (due its popularity as a retirement area)
Bracknell
Brackens, Cracknellers (pejorative, alluding to crack cocaine)
Bradford
Bradfordians, Bradistanis (pejorative)
Braintree
B-towners, Brain-deads (pejorative)
Bramley
Villagers (by people from other areas of Leeds)
Brentwood
Woodlice (pejorative)
Bridgwater
Smellophaners
Bridlington
Briddlies, Piddly Briddlies (pejorative)
Brierfield
Pricklies
Brighton
Jugs (archaic)[7]
Brill
Brillbillies
Bristol
Bristolians, Brizzlies, Wurzels (pejorative)
Britain
Limeys in Canada and the United States[8] : Pommies in Australia and New Zealand[9] : Les Rosbifs in France[10]
Tommy, Island Monkey in Germany[11]
Bromsgrove
Grovellers
Bromyard
Yardies, Yardbirds
Buildwas
Builders, Cowboy Builders (pejorative)
Bungay
Bungholes
Burnham-on-Crouch
Burning Crotches
Burnley
Burnleyites, Yorkies, Dingles (pejorative, by people from other Lancashire towns, notably Blackburn. From a family in the Emmerdale soap opera, set in Yorkshire)
Burton upon Trent
Brewers, Burbles
Bury
Shakers (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Bury and surrounding area)
Bury St Edmunds
Teddies

C - D

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Caernarfon
Cofi
Caithness
Gallach[12]
Cambridge
Fenners, Swamp People
Cardiff
Bluebirds, Diffies
Carlisle
Carlers, Gypsies
Ceredigion
Cardi[13]
Chatteris
Chatterboxes, Gobshites
Chorley
Charladies
Chorleywood
Charley Wouldn'ts
Chatham
Chavs[14]
Chelmsford
Chelmos
Cheltenham
Nammers
Chesham
Cheesies
Chester
Cestrians, Chezzies, Incestrians (pejorative, the etymology is false which derives "incest" from the Latin "In Cestria" meaning "What goes on in Chester")
Chesterfield
Spireites, Chessies
Chew Magna
Maggot Munchers
Chichester
Chis (long i), Chitterlings, Chi-chis (pejorative)
Chipping Norton
Chippies, Chipsticks, Greasy Chippies, Gnaw-tongues
Chipping Sodbury
Sodding Chippies
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Cum-hardlies (pejorative)
Cirencester
Sirens
Clacton-on-Sea
Clackers, Clicketty-Clacks
Cleethorpes
Meggies
Cleobury Mortimer
Clomos
Clun
Clungies
Clitheroe
Clitherovians, Clit Heroes (pejorative)
Coalville
Coalvillers, Hole-fillers
Colchester
Colchies, Romans, Camuloonies, Steamies, Castlers, Cross 'n' Crowners (after Colchester's coat of arms).
Colne
Colons (pejorative if an allusion to the large intestine is intended)
Congleton
Beartowners[15], Congos
Corby
Plastic Jocks (the new town was populated by Scottish immigrants)
Cornwall
Kernowicks, Merry-Jacks, Mera-Jacks, Uncle Jacks or Cousin Jacks (when abroad).
Coupar Angus
Cowpat Funguses
Coventry
Peeping Toms
Cramlington
Cramps
Crawley
Creepy Crawlies, Insects[16]
Cromer
Crabs
Cuckfield
Cuckolds
Curry Rivel
Curry Farts
Dagenham
The Nam (collective)
Darlaston
Darlos, Daleks
Darlington
Quakers, Darloids, DCs, Monte Darloes
Denton
Hatters, Dentists
Derby
Bockers, Sheep Shaggers, Rams
Desborough
Desperates
Devon
Janners, Devos (pejorative when pronounced with a long "e")
Dewsbury
Ragpickers
Didcot
Dead Cats, Diddlers (pejorative)
Dingwall
Gudgies
Diss
Diss-entery (collective, pejorative)
Doncaster
Donnies, Flatlanders (especially by people from Sheffield), Knights, Doleites
Dorchester
Magpies (after the football club), Maggies, Maggots, Dorch-vegasers
Dorking
Dorks, Orcs, Chicken Botherers (pejorative, after the Dorking chicken breed)
Dorset
Dorset Knobs (from the famous biscuit), Dumplings
Dover
Dovorians, Dovakians (pejorative)
Driffield
Dribblers
Droitwich Spa
Monners
Droylesden
Droids
Dudley
Duds (pejorative)
Dukinfield
Duck Botherers
Dumfries
Doonhamers, Queenies
Dundee
Dundonians (demonym), Dumb Deevos, Bumholians (pejorative)
Duns
Dingers
Dunstable
Dung-stablers, Dunwuns
Durham
Durhamites, Posh Mackems, Posh Geordies, Cuddies, Pit Yackers (due to Durham's mining heritage)

E – G

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Earby
Wingnuts (pejorative)
Eastbourne
Winnicks or Willicks (dialect name of a guillemot or wild person)[17], Coffin Dodgers, Piddlies (pejorative, alludes to the many elderly residents)
East Dereham
Derelicts
East Grinstead
Grinners
East Kilbride
Polo Mints (the town has too many roundabouts)
Eastleigh
Beastlies (pejorative)
Eccles
Thumpers (see Kung Fu Kapers)
Edinburgh
Edinburgers or Edinbourgeois (used more so when referring to people from more affluent suburbs of Edinburgh), Dunediner (Gaelic Origin), Toonies (Scots), Reekies, Freakies (alludes to those involved in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe)
Ellesmere Port
Smellies, Tinnies
Ely
Slipperies ("slippery as an eel")
England
Sassenachs (used by Scottish and Irish; Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic word "Sasannach", meaning "Saxon"), Sassies, Red Coats, Inglish,[18] Nigels, Guffy (primarily in Northeast Scotland from the Scots 'pig'), Sais (Welsh), Englandshire (in Scotland), The Shire (in Scotland), Poms (Australia)
Essex
Essex Calves (archaic), Easties, Essers, Wideboys, Saxons, Scimitars (from the county Coat of Arms)
Exeter
Grecians (especially those from around the St Sidwells area and Exeter City FC fans generally)
Eye
Eyeballs
Failsworth
Jailsworths (pejorative)
Fakenham
Fakers
Fareham
Fairies
Faringdon
Farting Donkeys
Farnborough
Farnians
Faversham
Faffers
Felixstowe
Fillies
Fleetwood
Codheads
Folkestone
Fucked Stoners (pejorative)
Forest of Dean
Foresters, Deaners, Offers
Fort William
Farting Billies
Fraserburgh
Brochers,[19] (not to be confused with people from Burghead)
Frinton-on-Sea
Master Gaters (pejorative; the town used to hide behind a set of railway crossing gates)
Frodsham
Jowie Heads (from old Runcorn area Cheshire meaning turnip, reference to the rural position of the town), Frodos (a character in The Lord of the Rings)
Galashiels
Pale Merks (from the claim that Gala was the last major town in Scotland to have plumbing/running water)
Gateshead
Knockoff Geordies (slightly pejorative, "wrong side of river")
Gerrards Cross
Crosstitutes
Glasgow
Glaswegian, Keelies,[20][21] Weegies[22]
Glastonbury
Glastoids, Ding-a-Lings (a centre of New Age activity)
Glossop
Hillmen (due to its proximity to the Peak District), Tuppies (after the P. G. Wodehouse character Tuppy Glossop)
Gloucester
Gloucestrians, Glozzies
Godalming
Godalmingers, God-all-mingers (pejorative)
Golborne
Gollums
Goole
Goolies
Grassington
Grassy-arses
Gravesend
Boneyarders
Great Dunmow
Flitchers, Dung-mos (pejorative)
Grimsby
Codheads, Haddocks, Grimmies
Gillingham
Medwayers, Jills
Gosport
Turk Towners, Guppies
Great Malvern
Grot Mavens (pejorative)
Great Yarmouth
Yarcos
Guildford
Guiltys
Guisborough
Guys, Woollybacks

H - K

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Halesworth
Worthy-of-hell's
Halesowen
Yeltz
Halifax
Haligonians (demonym), Wally Gonads (pejorative)
Hampshire
Hampshire Hogs, Bacon Faces (reference to Hampshire as a pig-raising county in former times)
Hartlepool
Monkey Hangers,[23] Poolies
Haslemere
Mere Nutters
Haslingden
Hasbeens (pejorative)
Havant
Akloos (pejorative, "Haven't a clue")
Haverfordwest
Long-necks
Hawick
Teris
Haydock
Yickers
Haywards Heath
Heathens
Hazel Grove
Bullocks (the original name was Bullock Smithy)[24], Nutters
Hedon
Shoulders
Henfield
Chicken-runners, Free-Range-Chickens
Hereford
Ciderheads
Heywood
Monkeys[25]
Higham Ferrers
Ferrets
High Wycombe
Chairboys (from the football club, and the town's former industry), Willyous (Wycombe as an acronym: "Will You Come Over, My Bed's Empty")
Highlands and Islands (of Scotland)
Teuchters, used by other Scots and sometimes applied by Greater Glasgow natives to anyone speaking in a dialect other than Glaswegian
Hinckley
Tin Hatters
Holmes Chapel
Sherlocks, The Chaps
Holyhead
Hole-in-heads (pejorative)
Horbury
Dead Horses
Hornsea
Hornys, Porny Hornys (pejorative when applied to the womenfolk)
Horsham
Shams
Horwich
Whores (pejorative; Blackrod is nearby and "they go together")
Hove
Hovellers, Hove Actuallys (pejorative - "We're not Brighton but...")
Huddersfield
Hudders, Dog Botherers (pejorative)
Hyde
Hydeyhos
Hull
Codheads, Hully Gullies, 'Ullites, Hullbillies
Ince-in-Makerfield
Incy-wincies, Spiders (from the nursery rhyme Incy Wincy Spider)
Inverness
Sneckies
Ipswich
Binners, Tractor Boys, Carrot Crunchers
Irthlingborough
Irthlings
Isle of Wight
Caulkheads (named after the caulking of boats), Boat People (pejorative, refers to those commuting to the mainland for work)
Keighley
Keiths
Kenilworth
Everetts (after Kenny Everett)
Kettering
Holies, Sheep shaggers, Ketteringer pansies
Kendal
Kendalians, Kennys, Dolls
Keswick
Kezzies
Kidderminster
Kiddies, Kiddy Fiddlers (pejorative)
Kings Lynn
Linnets
Kilbarchan
Habbies
Knutsford
Nutters, Cnuts

L

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Lancashire
Lankies, Yonners (specifically south-eastern Lancashire around the Oldham and Rochdale areas)
Leeds
Loiners[26]
Leamington Spa
Lemons, Phlegms
Leek
Leakies
Leicester
Rat Eyes (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
Leicesterites, Bean Bellies (from the eating of broad beans)[27]
Leigh
Leythers, Lobby Gobblers (from lobby)
Leominster
Lemons
Letchworth Garden City
Lechers
Leyland
Ley-abouts
Lincoln
Imps (see Lincoln Imp), Impotents (pejorative), Missing Links
Lincolnshire
Yellow Bellies (after a species of frog common in the Lincolnshire and East Anglian Fens)[28]
Linlithgow
Black Bitches, from the burgh coat of arms
Lichfield
Bitchy Litches
Lingfield
Ding-a-Lings
Littleborough
Little Buggers (not necessarily pejorative)
Littlehampton
LA, from the local accent being unable to pronounce the 'h' in Hampton[citation needed]
Liverpool
Scousers (from the stew known as scouse),[29][30]
Plastic Scousers or Plazzies (a person who falsely claims to be from Liverpool),[31]
Woolybacks or Wools (a person from the surrounding areas of Liverpool, especially St Helens, Warrington, Widnes, or the Wirral)[32][33]
Llanelli
Turks [citation needed]
London
Cockneys (Traditionally those born within the sound of the bells of St Mary le Bow, Cheapside)
Looe
Looneys, Looby Loos (from Andy Pandy, a children's television programme)
Lossiemouth
Codheids [citation needed]
Loughborough
Loogabaroogas (from attempts by foreigners to pronounce it)
Louth
Luddites
Lowestoft
Trawler Boys, Slow Stuffers (pejorative)
Ludlow
Bloody Low-lifes (pejorative)
Luton
Hatters, Looneys, Harpic Dodgers (pejorative, equating the town to a toilet)

M - N

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Mablethorpe
Maybos
Macclesfield
Maxies[34], Treacle Towners
Manchester
Mancs (the shortened version of the demonym Mancunians), Mankys (pejorative)
Mansfield
Mannies, Stags, Deer Botherers, Scabs - offensive, linked to the divisions during the UK miners' strike (1984–1985)[35]
Malmesbury
Jackdaws
March
Slow Marchers (pejorative)
Margate
Maggots (pejorative), Dee-effells (acronym, "Down From London", refers to relocators)
Melton Mowbray
Porkies (famous for pork pies)
Middlesbrough
Smoggies.[36]
Middleton
Piddly Middlies (pejorative)
Midsomer Norton
Zombies
Mirfield
Smurfs
Monmouth
Monsters, Monster Mouths, Mongs (pejorative)
Montrose
Gable Endies
Nantwich
Dabbers[37], Nannies
Neath
Abbey-Jacks, Blacks, Blackjacks.
Nelson
Smelly Nellies (pejorative)
Newark-on-Trent
Trentsiders, Wankers (anagram)
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Big'uns
Newcastle upon Tyne
Geordies, Barcodes (the football team play in black and white striped shirts)
Norfolk
Norfolk Dumplings ("Dumplings being a favourite food in that county")[38], Turkey Botherers (pejorative)
Northampton
Cobblers, after the ancient shoe industry that thrived in the town.
Northern Ireland
Paddies, Huns (sectarian offensive term for pro-British Unionists), Taigs (sectarian offensive term for pro-Irish Nationalists)
North Shields
Cods Heeds, Fish Nabbers[citation needed]
North Wales
Gogs[39]
Northwich
Salter Boys[citation needed]
Norwich
Nodgies, Canaries, Budgies (the football club colours are green and yellow)
Nottingham
Snotties, Boggers, Scabs (insult; see Mansfield)
Nuneaton
Codders, Treacle Towners[40]

O - R

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Okehampton
Okey Dokeys
Oldbury
Oldies, Dead Oldies
Oldham
Yonners (from Oldham pronunciation of 'yonder' as in 'up yonner'), Roughyeds, Biffos
Ongar
Mongers (pejorative)
Oswaldtwistle
Gobbins (but only "above the lamp")[41]
Oxted
Cockstoods
Padiham
Paddywhacks, Irish Piggies (pejorative - "Paddy Ham")
Paisley
Buddies,[42]
Peacehaven
Plotters[43], Piss Mavens (pejorative)
Penistone
Penistoners, Penis Toners (pejorative)
Penzance
Peezeders
Peterborough
Peterpatchers, Peterphiles (pejorative), Posh (collective, from the football club)
Peterhead
Bluemogganers, Blue Tooners
Petworth
Muppets (pejorative)
Pewsey
Spewers
Pickering
Nose Pickers
Plymouth
Janners. Originally a person who spoke with a Devon accent,[44][45] now simply any West Countryman.[44] In naval slang (where the place is referred to as Guz[46]), this is specifically a person from Plymouth.[45]
Poole
Poodles
Portsmouth
Pompey (collective, shared by the city, the naval base and the football club), Skates (pejorative, alluding to frustrated sailors raping skates)
Port Talbot
Port Toileteers
Prescot
Prekkies
Preston
Nob-enders (pejorative, from Preston North End F.C.)
Pudsey
Pud Pullers (pejorative)
Queensbury
Quims (pejorative)
Ramsbottom
Woollybums
Ramsgate
Hovellers (refers to hoy boats used to supply sailing ships)
Raunds
Randies
Rawtenstall
Rotten-balls (pejorative)
Reading
Dingbats (pejorative), Dingoes
Redcar
Codheads
Redditch
Radishes
Reedham
Rats[47]
Rickmansworth
Rickies, Prickies (pejorative)
Rochdale
Rochies, Cockroaches (pejorative)
Ross-on-Wye
Rosstitutes (pejorative)
Rotherham
Chuckles, Rotherbirds
Royston
Crows
Royton
Royds, Destroyers
Rushden
Bog Brushes
Ryde
Riders, Easy Riders (pejorative when applied to the womenfolk)
Rye
Mudlarks[48]

S

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St Agnes
Aggies
St Albans
Snorbennies[49], Snore Bennies (pejorative, alluding to the character Benny in the soap opera Crossroads)
St Andrews
Andy Pandies (from Andy Pandy, a children's television programme)
St Austell
Snozzles
St Helens
Nellies, Woollybacks[50]
St Neots
Snotties
Salford
Dots (acronym, from the song Dirty Old Town by The Pogues)
Sandown
Rundowners, Sad Downers (pejorative)
Sandwich
Sarnies
Scarborough
Scarbs, Algerinos, Bottom-enders (for those born or raised in the old town)
Scotland
Scotties, Jocks[51] Macs, Sweaties (offensive; from rhyming slang "Sweaty Sock" for Jock).
Scunthorpe
Scunnys, Scuntys
Selkirk
Souters
Shackerstone
Shaggers
Shankhill
Shankys, Wanky Shankys (pejorative)
Shavington
Tramps[citation needed]
Shaw
Gorbies
Shelf
Stackers
Sheffield
Dee Dars, Steelmekkers[citation needed]
Shepshed
Sheep-shits (pejorative)
Sheringham
Shannocks
Shifnal
Shifties
Shipley
Shipworms (pejorative)
Shirley
Temples (after Shirley Temple)
Shrewsbury
Salops (shortened version of the demonym Salopians), Shrews, Plastic Sheepshaggers (pejorative, especially from Telford folk: "Not in Wales, but might as well be")
Skegness
Skeggies, Scaggies (pejorative)
Skelmersdale
Skemheads, Skemmers, Skummers (pejorative), Woolybacks or Wools (in Liverpool)
Skipton
Skiprats (pejorative)
Skye
Sgitheanachs
Slough
Sluffers, Paludians (Latin; Slough means "marsh")
Smethwick
Smeggies
Solihull
Silhillians, Silly Hillbillies (pejorative)
Southampton
Sotoners, Scum (collective, pejorative), Scummers
Southend-on-Sea
Mudlarks (the "beach" is a mudflat)
South Ockendon
Cock-in-Dungs (pejorative)
South Shields
Sand Dancers
South Wales
Hwntws (by people from North Wales)
South Woodham Ferrers
Sex With Friends (acronym, collective)
Southern England
Southern Fairies, Shandy Drinkers, United Supporters
Southport
Sandgrounders, Groundies, Shit-pots (pejorative)
Spalding
Splods
Stalybridge
Staleys, Staly-vegasers
Stanford-le-Hope
No-hopers
Stafford
Staffies, Stuffers
Stockport
Stopfordians (from an old name for Stockport), Stockies, Stockpots, Hatters
Stockton on Tees
Smoggies
Stoke-on-Trent
Potters, Clay Heads, Stokies, Jug Heads, Kidsgrove Spiders, Pisspots (pejorative)
Stowmarket
Stowmartians
Stranraer
Cleyholers
Stratford-upon-Avon
Fads (acronym, "Fat American Dodgers"; the town is over-touristed)
Strood
Long Tails, Stroodles
Stroud
Stroudies
Sunderland
Mackems[52], Jamrags (pejorative, the football team play in red and white striped shirts)
Surrey
Capons
Sutherland
Cattach
Swansea
Jacks
Swindon
Moonrakers, Pighillers (what the name means)

T - V

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Tamworth
Tammys, Tampons (pejorative)
Tarbert, Loch Fyne
Dookers (named after guillemot and razorbill, sea-birds once a popular food among Tarbert natives)
Teignmouth
Muffians
Telford
Telfies, Tel-chavs, Overspills (pejorative), Skelly-tels, Teletubbies
Tetbury
Tits
Thame
Tame Rats
Thirsk
Thir-skis
Tideswell
Tidsas[53]
Tidworth
Tiddlers, Tiddly Widdlys, Shiddly Tiddly Widdlys (the town hosts an army camp)
Tilbury
Tillbillies
Tipton
Fly-tips
Tiptree
Tipplers
Tottington
Totties, Totters, Totty Totties (the young womenfolk)
Towcester
Toasters, Tossers, Toe-suckers
Tring
Tring-a-lings
Uckfield
Uckers, Noeffs
Urmston
Worms (pejorative)
Ventnor
Ventriloquists (pejorative; "they talk out of their arses, and their heads are the dummies")

W

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Wales
Taffs [Mid/West Welsh] (sometimes considered offensive),[54] Taffies.[55]
Wallingford
Wallies
Walsall
Saddlers, Wallys (pejorative)
Walton-on-Thames
Tame Wallies
Walton-on-the-Hill
Wally Hillbillies
Walton-on-the-Naze
Wally Noses
Warrington
Wazzas, Wires, Wirepullers (after the local wire industry),[56] Woolybacks or Wools (in Liverpool)
Washington
Washers, Shingles
Watford
Watties, Wotsits, Twats (pejorative)
Wednesbury
Wedgies, Dead Wedgies (see below)
Wednesfield
Wedgies[57], Muddy Wedgies (see above)
Wellingborough
Smelly Wellies (pejorative)
Welshpool
Soup Heads
Welwyn
Cock-well-ins
Welwyn Garden City
Weeds (also see above)
Wem
Wembats (pejorative; wombats are slow, thick, mostly arse and good at digging)
Wendover
Bendovers
West Brompton
Baggies
Westhoughton
Keawyeds (Cowheads, after local legend)
West Kirby
Wekkas
West Riding of Yorkshire
Wessies (in other parts of Yorkshire)
Weymouth
Kimberlins (Isle of Portland name for a person from Weymouth), Weybizas (due to the wild nightlife the town has adopted)
Whitehaven
Marras, Jam Eaters, Wetties, Glow-Worms (allegedly contaminated by radioactivity from Sellafield)
Whitby
Codheads, Spookies
Whittle-le-Woods
Widdlies
Whitworth, Lancashire
Shit-worths (pejorative)
Widnes
Chemics, Stinkies, Woolybacks or Wools (in Liverpool)
Wigan
Pie-eaters (having to eat humble pie after a strike, also pies are central to the cuisine there), Pie-noshers, Purrers,[58]
Willenhall
Willies
Wiltshire
Moonrakers
Wisbech
Wisbekistanis (pejorative)
Witham
Shit'ems (pejorative)
Wolverhampton
Wolvos, Yam Yams (from local dialect where people say "Yam" meaning "Yow am" meaning "You are"), Yammies, Dingles (pejorative)
Wombwell
Wombats
Woodbridge
Woodworms (pejorative)
Worcester
Woos
Worth
Nothings (pejorative)
Worthing
Pork Bolters[48]
Workington
Jam Eaters
Wymondham
Windies (short first "i", following local pronunciation)

Y - Z

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York
Yorkies, Old Yorkers, Yoricks
Yorkshire
Tykes, Yorkies, Yorkie Bars, Tight (epithet varies)s (the inhabitants have a reputation for frugality)

See also

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Citations

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  1. ^ Notes and Queries Vol 7 1853 p. 452
  2. ^ "tyke", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 674)
  3. ^ "Brummie", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 95)
  4. ^ "Wolverhampton researches Black Country dialect". The Guardian. 27 January 2003. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  5. ^ "Man Charged with Having Sex with Horse". Lancashire Telegraph. 9 July 2012.
  6. ^ "BBC report 2011 Blackpool Councillor Sorry for Donkey Botherer Jibe". Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  7. ^ Augustus Hare: Sussex 1894 p. 136
  8. ^ "limey", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 401)
  9. ^ "pommy", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 506–507)
  10. ^ "Why do the French call the British 'the roast beefs'?". BBC News Online. 3 April 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Few laughs for 'humorous' Kraut". BBC News Online. 24 October 2001. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  12. ^ Transactions of the Gaelic Society. Gaelic Society of Inverness. 1907. p. 97. Retrieved 30 September 2010. Gallach caithness.
  13. ^ "Cardi", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 119)
  14. ^ Yvette Taylor: Classed Intersections 2016 p. 109
  15. ^ Head, R: Congleton Past and Present, 1887, p.67
  16. ^ "MOST Crawley residents have probably, at some time, referred to the town by its well-known nickname – Creepy Crawley". This Is Sussex. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  17. ^ Wales, Tony (2000). Sussex as She Wus Spoke, a Guide to the Sussex Dialect. Seaford: SB Publications. ISBN 978-1-85770-209-5.
  18. ^ "Sassenach", (Robinson 1985, pp. 581)
  19. ^ Room, Adrian (2003). Placenames of the world: origins and meanings of the names for over 5000 natural features, countries, capitals, territories, cities, and historic sites. McFarland. p. 426. ISBN 978-0-7864-1814-5.
  20. ^ Brewer, E. Cobham. "Nicknames". Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Retrieved 29 September 2010 – via Bartleby.com.
  21. ^ "keelie", (Robinson 1985, pp. 335)
  22. ^ Castillo, Michelle (20 August 2009). "Off the Brochure Travel Guide: Glasgow, Scotland". Peter Greenberg Travel Detective. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  23. ^ "The Hartlepool Monkey, Who hung the monkey?". This is Hartlepool. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  24. ^ Advertiser Notes and Queries Volumes 1-2 1882 p. 16
  25. ^ Dawson, Chris. "Hey, Hey, We're Monkey Town". Ten Thousand Years in Monkey Town.
  26. ^ "Loiner", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 406)
  27. ^ Evans, Arthur Benoni (1881). Evans, Sebastian (ed.). Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs (enlarged ed.). London: N. Trübner for English Dialect Society. p. 101.
  28. ^ Brewer, E. Cobham. "Yellow-belly". Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Retrieved 30 September 2010 – via Bartleby.com.
  29. ^ Fazakerley, p. 24
  30. ^ "Mickey Mouse" - rhyming slang for "Scouse", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 429)
  31. ^ "Plastic Scouser". Allwords.com.
  32. ^ "Woolyback". Slang.org.uk.
  33. ^ "Woolyback". Allwords.com.
  34. ^ Notes and Queries 1894 p. 94
  35. ^ Emery, Jay (1 January 2018). "Belonging, memory and history in the north Nottinghamshire coalfield". Journal of Historical Geography. 59: 77–89. doi:10.1016/j.jhg.2017.11.004. hdl:2381/42989.
  36. ^ Harley, Shaun (16 July 2007). "I was made in Middlesbrough". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  37. ^ White, Jonathan (3 May 2020). "A Dabber Debate - what's your preferred derivation?". Nantwich News. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  38. ^ Grose. "Dictionary of the vulgar tongue". Words from old books. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  39. ^ "gog", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 295)
  40. ^ Kieran and Jordison: Crap Towns Returns 2013 p. 103
  41. ^ LA Record Vol 100 p. 431
  42. ^ "Paisley Buddies". Paisley Scotland. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  43. ^ Miles, M: Paradoxical Urbanism 2020 p. 41
  44. ^ a b "janner", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 363)
  45. ^ a b Tawney, Cyril (1987). "Glossary". Grey funnel lines: traditional song & verse of the Royal Navy, 1900–1970. Taylor & Francis. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-7102-1270-2.
  46. ^ "Plymouth's nickname 'Guz' and the reasons behind it". Plymouth Live. 29 September 2019.
  47. ^ Notes and Queries Vol 7 1853 p. 452
  48. ^ a b Arscott, David (2006). Wunt Be Druv - A Salute to the Sussex Dialect. Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-006-0.
  49. ^ Bishop, J: The Illustrated Counties of England 1985 p. 34
  50. ^ "Who are the woollybacks?". St Helens Star. 9 February 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  51. ^ "jock", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 369)
  52. ^ "Quiz: How Much of a Mackem are YOU?". Sunderland Echo. 4 January 2009. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  53. ^ Notes and Queries 1894 p. 94
  54. ^ "taff", (Partridge, Dalzell & Victor 2007, pp. 369)
  55. ^ Cf. the nursery rhyme "Taffy was a Welshman / Taffy was a thief / Taffy came to my house / To steal a piece of beef."
  56. ^ Hayes, J: Celebrating Warrington 2022 p. 87
  57. ^ Notes and Queries 1894 p. 94
  58. ^ Dialect term for "kicker"

References

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