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plazzy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈplæzi/

Etymology

From plastic + -y. Compare spazzy from spastic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Synonym of plastic (“made of plastic”).
    • ‘Nar, listen, ’e foun’ these postcards in a plazzy bag. Two ’undred a’ fifteen pee each from this shop in town. […] 1987, Arthur Perkins, Trash, London: Robert Hale, →ISBN, page 22:
  2. (not-comparable) Synonym of plastic (“fake”).
    • Fucken plazzy gangsters, the lot of them. Deal a bit of weed and they think they’re the fucken boys. 1998, Kevin Sampson, Awaydays, London: Vintage, published 1999, →ISBN, pages 33–34:

Forms

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plazzie alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

plastic · plastic

plazzy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈplæzi/

Etymology

From plastic + -y. Compare spazzy from spastic.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:Liverpool, slang) A plastic (fake) Scouser; a person from the area around Liverpool but not the city itself, especially one who claims to be Scouse.
    • Scousers hate 'plazzies' because they aren't real Scousers but cheap wannabes with no style. 2008 September 4, Stuart Maconie, Pies and Prejudice: In search of the North, Random House, →ISBN, page 62:

Forms

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Synonyms

woolly back · wool