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Here are a few phrases you might need to know and use if you are going to Goodison Park on Saturday
Bizzies - Everyone in Liverpool and the surrounding areas will know that Bizzies refers to the police.
The dictionary suggests this phrase was first recorded from the early 20th Century, and probably came from the word 'busy' or 'busybody'.
Recorded uses include Mclure 1980: "Jesus, look at the busies, police officers are appearing from nowhere."
Beaut - Someone from elsewhere might think being labelled a beaut is a compliment, when it is actually the opposite.
The Liverpool English dictionary says beaut refers to 'something or someone unpleasant' and has been recorded from the late 20th Century. It derives from an 'ironic reversal of beaut -meaning someone or something desirable.'
An example phrase says: "Take care of these beauts that's bothering our Stephen."
Bevvy - If you are recovering from being called a beaut, you might want to go for a bevvy.
This of course refers to an alcoholic drink, the dictionary says it was recorded from late 19th Century onwards, but was popularized in the early 20th Century.
It is of course an abbreviation of the word beverage.,
One of the citations suggests it may have been borrowed from the Cockney phrase Bivvy.
Bevvy is also in the dictionary as a verb, as in to drink alcohol, with an example stating: "One of your committee members was seen bevvying with the gaffer."
Boss - We all know this means good - or really good.
The Liverpool English Dictionary says this term has been recorded since the mid 19th Century and is an American extension of boss.
A citation provided from 2003 simply states: 'F****** boss it was."
La/Lah/Lar - The dictionary has these different versions down as a way of saying lad or mate.
But the dictionary says that la ranges from 'signalling genuine friendliness to outright hostility or condescension."
Recorded from the early 20th Century, the dictionary reports it as having 'mainly Liverpool use.'
Meff - If you have ever been called a meff, you will know it is certainly not a term of endearment!
According to the dictionary, meff is a term of abuse, but its derivation is unknown.
One recorded example from 1998 states: 'Poelly smacked this big f**** meff, really t****** him."
Scran - When you are feeling hungry in this part of the world, you need a scran.
The Liverpool English Dictionary says scran in this form was first recorded from the 19th Century and is a nautical extension of 18th Century cant or slang in which scran actually meant 'a reckoning at a boozing-ken (a pub).'
An anonymous quotation from 1917 reads: "A surfeit of nicknames with which to describe the stuff of life. It may have the general name of 'scran' or 'mungy.'
These are of course just a select few Scouse words and phrases from the extensive Liverpool English Dictionary, written by Tony Crowley and published by Liverpool University Press.
Wool - If you are labelled a wool, you are not considered a true Scouser.
The dictionary says this one is an abbreviated form of 'woolyback' and refers to 'someone who lives outside of Liverpool, eg: St Helens, Skelmersdale, Prescot, Wirral etc.'
It was first recorded from the late 20th Century.
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