plazzy

alternative plazzie

1. not comparableSynonym of plastic (“made of plastic”).

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

   1987, Arthur Perkins, Trash, London: Robert Hale, →ISBN, page 22

   Synonyms: plastic

2. not comparableSynonym of plastic (“fake”).

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

   1998, Kevin Sampson, Awaydays, London: Vintage, published 1999, →ISBN, pages 33–34

   Synonyms: plastic

plural plazzies · alternative plazzie

1. slangLiverpoolA plastic (fake) Scouser; a person from the area around Liverpool but not the city itself, especially one who claims to be Scouse.

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

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

   Synonyms: woolly back, wool