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Scouserati

Scouserati noun: notable or influential people whose place of birth or residence is in the city of Liverpool or its surrounding region.

Noun

Scouserati pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, colloquial, neologism, plural, plural-only) Notable or influential people whose place of birth or residence is in the city of Liverpool or its surrounding region.

Origin of Scouserati

From a blend of Scouser (“person from Liverpool”) + literati (“well-educated people, intellectuals”). Usage is noted in 2007, then gained acceptance by a supplement to the Liverpool Echo newspaper on 1 January 2008, the day Liverpool began its year as European Capital of Culture. The supplement listed 366 people as "The Scouserati - the 366 most influential Scousers on the planet".

Questions about Scouserati

What does Scouserati mean?
Scouserati means notable or influential people whose place of birth or residence is in the city of Liverpool or its surrounding region.
What part of speech is Scouserati?
Scouserati is a noun.

Words near Scouserati in the dictionary

  1. Scouse brow
  2. Scouse brows
  3. Scouseness
  4. Scousepop
  5. scouser
  6. Scouserati
  7. scousers
  8. scouses
  9. scout
  10. Scout Area
  11. scout balloon

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