plazzy

English

Alternative forms

• plazzie

Etymology

From plastic +‎ -y. Compare spazzy from spastic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplæzi/
• Rhymes: -æzi

Adjective

plazzy (not comparable) (Liverpool, slang)

1. Synonym of plastic (“made of plastic”)
   • 1987, Arthur Perkins, Trash, London: Robert Hale, →ISBN, page 22:

     ‘Nar, listen, ’e foun’ these postcards in a plazzy bag. Two ’undred a’ fifteen pee each from this shop in town. […]

2. Synonym of plastic (“fake”)
   • 1998, Kevin Sampson, Awaydays, London: Vintage, published 1999, →ISBN, pages 33–34:

     Fucken plazzy gangsters, the lot of them. Deal a bit of weed and they think they’re the fucken boys.

Noun

plazzy (plural plazzies)

1. (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.

   Synonyms: woolly back, wool

   • 2008 September 4, Stuart Maconie, Pies and Prejudice: In search of the North, Random House, →ISBN, page 62:

     Scousers hate 'plazzies' because they aren't real Scousers but cheap wannabes with no style.