Brummy
Brummy is the alternative form of Brummie.
Meaning of Brummie
Noun
Brummie (plural Brummies)
- A person from Birmingham, United Kingdom.
- They are in Worcestershire [...] about a mile from the rather comically named Lickey Hills, so called, I suspect, because at week-ends they attract thousands of young Brummies licking either ice-creams or each other.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 81
- The accented variety of English spoken in Birmingham.
- An easy mistake to make though, you'll hear more Brummie in Welshpool in August than Welsh that's for sure.2000 August 11, TerryD, "Skinny-Dipping Midlands", uk.rec.naturist, Usenet
Forms of Brummy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Brummies |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | Brummier |
| comparative | more Brummy |
| superlative | Brummiest |
| superlative | most Brummy |
Origin of Brummy
From Brum + -y.
Questions about Brummy
- What is Brummy the alternative form of?
- Brummy is the alternative form of Brummie.
Words near Brummy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Brummy (page history and authors); Brummie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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