Flourish have partnered with YouTube dialect sensation Korean Billy to help our Liverpool Click Shift workers master the art of 'Scouse'. If you haven’t heard of Billy, he’s famous for his fun and insightful YouTube videos where he dives into the unique dialects of the UK.
In this video, Billy brings his expertise to teach you some essential Scouse words and phrases to help you feel right at home in Liverpool. We know how important it is for care workers to connect with the local community, and what better way to do that than by learning a bit of the local jargon? Get ready to pick up some classic Scouse expressions, understand the slang, and maybe even impress a few locals along the way!
Check out the video below and see if you can master these Scouse essentials – trust us, it’ll make your day on the job a lot more fun (and maybe even earn you a few extra smiles!).
Watch Korean Billy's Scouse Jargon Buster video
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Want to learn more Scouse jargon?
Here's an extensive list of Scouse jargon phrases to help you in your day to day care work when caring for locals:
- A&E - Accident & Emergency (ER)
- Auld - Old (used for elderly people)
- Arl/Auld feller – My father or elderly man “My arl/auld feller has the keys”
- Bandage up - Wrapping injuries
- Bladdered - Drunk
- Butty – A sandwich
- Bifter – Means cigarette
- Bird – Means woman or girlfriend. For example, a lad may say, “I’m off to see me bird.”
- Bunged up - Congested or blocked up, usually related to nose or sinuses
- Boss – really good
- Bevied/bevvy – Means alcoholic drink or I’m drunk
- Barm – a bread roll
- Buzzers - Call buttons for assistance
- Chocker - Very busy (e.g. hospital ward)
- Compo - Compensation for injuries
- Clobber – Clothes “Can you help me get my clobber out the washing machine?”
- Cob On – Not happy “She’s got a cob on”
- Dead - Very (e.g. "I feel dead ill")
- Docs – Doctors
- Done in – really tired
- Doing me head in – Something’s really annoying
- Devvoed – Means devasted
- Daft – stupid or silly person “Don’t be daft”
- Dodgy - Unwell or in bad shape
- Eeyar/ E R– Means “here you are”
- Faffin’ about - Wasting time
- Full of cold - Suffering from a cold
- Giz a hand - Give me help (common in care)
- Gobbing off - Talking back
- Go Ed / G’Werd= Yes that's ok.
- Gonna explode – Something’s really distressing “My heads gonna explode”
- In bits - Emotionally/physically distressed “My (Me in Scouse) is in bits”
- Is Right! – When hearing good news or something goes well, it’s a celebratory term for “Yes, great”
- Jab - Injection or vaccine
- Jarg – Means fake. For example, if someone is wearing fake designer trainers, a Scouser will say, “Your trainers are jarg.”
- Knackered - Exhausted
- Kip – Sleep “I haven’t had any kip”
- Killing me – Something is really sore
- La – “Lad” An endearing term for a male
- Lemsip - Cold/flu medicine (popular)
- Lingo - Language, dialect
- Made up - Very happy (with care received)
- Mate - Friend
- Maccys – Means McDonalds restaurant
- Made up – really happy, “I’m made up you’re here to help”
- Mobility scooter - Transport for the elderly
- Nana/Nan – Grandmother
- No need – Disapproval “There’s no need for that!”
- Out of it - Unconscious/Confused "He's out of it him!"
- Ozzy – Short for Hospital
- On me bill – On my own
- Our kid – younger brother or sister
- Proper - Genuine or serious (e.g. “my back’s proper killing me”)
- Pulled a sickie - Pretended to be ill (staff slang)
- Rest up - Recover, often used by nurses
- Run down - Feeling weak, needing care
- Sorted - Taken care of (problem solved)
- Sound – Everything’s okay, “I’m feeling sound”
- Suss out - Figure out
- Shattered – really tired
- Snide – Means someone is being shady or unkind
- Soft Lad – An affectionate term used to call out any male who doesn’t something stupid,
- Swerve – Can mean to avoid someone or that you have been dumped by your girl/boyfriend.
- Scran – Food “I’m dying for some scran”
- Tablets – Medication
- Trabs – Shoes/Trainers
- Ta – Thanks, “Ta for that mate”
- Webs – shoes/trainers “Can you help me find my (me) webs”
- Walk in – The local “walk in” doctors service, “I need to go the walk in about my sore foot”
- Yer head’s battered - Mentally exhausted, often due to stress
- Youse/Yous - The plural form of "you," used to address a group (e.g., "Are youse/yous coming out tonight?").
