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Brummy

Brummy

1 9.7
A person from Birmingham, England
  • noun
  • /ˈbrʌmi/
: brummie
  • He is a true Brummy, having lived in Birmingham all his life.

Examples

  • As a Brummy, she always enjoyed sharing stories about her hometown.

  • Given that she was sponsored by her university, University of Birmingham, the Brummy bastard, it's a good name for a boat.

  • There's a terrible Brummy accent in there, if you listen hard enough.

    An Education (2009)

  • I think a lot of people sort of did see the the whinging brummy sort of caricature of him.

  • Many people from Birmingham, known as Brummys, take pride in their local culture.

Synonyms

Brit
vsBrummy
  • Informal
39 6.5

A person from Britain

means a local city resident instead of a national identity
Midlander
vsBrummy
  • UK
1 7.1

Relating to the Midlands region and the people who live there

refers specifically to people from that single city
Brummie
vsBrummy
9.4

A person from Birmingham, England

has identical meaning but uses a different informal spelling

Surface Forms

Brummy singular
Brummies plural

Morphology

Brummy = Brum (semi-transparent) = Brum + y

Formed by the demonym-forming suffix '-y' (or -ie) attached to the clipped place-name 'Brum'; the relation to Birmingham is regular but requires knowledge of the local nickname and spelling variants.

Etymology

Brummy comes from the nickname Brum, the short name for Birmingham, and the ending -y that makes a friendly name for a person. So, a Brummy is simply someone from 'Birmingham'.