Meanings
- UKcolloquialneologismpluralplural onlyNotable or influential people whose place of birth or residence is in the city of Liverpool or its surrounding region.
Origin
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".
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Scouserati. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scouserati
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