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In addition to formal demonyms, many nicknames are used for residents of the different settlements and regions of the United Kingdom. For example, natives and residents of Liverpool are formally referred to as Liverpudlians, but are most commonly referred to as Scousers (after their local dish). Some, but not all, of these nicknames may be derogatory -especially those exchanged by post-industrial towns too close to each other. Many derive from sports clubs, especially football ones. Involved demonyms tend to attract offensive parodies, for example "Bumholian" for "Dundonian" (an inhabitant of Dundee). Owing to the oral nature of the tradition, much of it (but not all) lower-class, citations are haphazard.

A - B

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Aberdeen
Aberdonians (demonym), Dorics, Donians (Aberdeen F. C. football team are nicknamed The Dons), Sheep-shaggers (pejorative)[1]
Abingdon-on-Thames
Abos
Accrington
Akkies, Ringpieces (pejorative)[2]
Acle
Asses[3]
Aldeburgh
Old-buggers
Aldershot
All-the-Shit (collective, pejorative)
Alnwick
Manics
Alston
Lead-diggers (after the old lead-mining industry), All-stoners
Alton
Brewers (after the former industry)[4]
Amersham
Magpies, Maggots (from Amersham Town F. C. football club)
Arbroath
Red Lichties, Lichties, Codheids[5]
Arundel
Mullets[6]
Ascot
Cottagers, Arse-Caught-s (pejorative, mocking the "refined" accent)
Ash, Surrey
Urns
Ashford, Kent
Slashers
Ashton-under-Lyme
Flashers (pejorative)
Atherstone
Blatherers (pejorative)
Aylesbury
Duck-botherers (from the Aylesbury duck breed)
Ayr
Ayr-souls (pejorative)
Bacup
Buttercups,[7] Turd-bakers (pejorative)
Bagshot
Shag-bots, Shitbags (pejorative)
Bakewell
Tarts (see Bakewell tart)
Baldock
Baldricks (pejorative, after a scruffy little side-kick in the sitcom Blackadder)
Bamber Bridge
Bum Boys (pejorative, and very offensive nowadays)
Banbury
Bandies, Bangers
Barking
Pooches, Mads
Barnsley
Barnzolians (demonym), Bumholians, Tykes,[8] Colliers (a former mining community), Dingles (pejorative, by people from Sheffield)
Barnstaple
Barneys (pejorative when alluding to Barney Rubble of the Flintstones)[9]
Barrow in Furness
Barrovians (demonym), Wheelbarrows, Shipbuilders, Basras
Basildon
Basras, Basghanistanis
Basingstoke
Amazingstokers, Bas Vegans (after Las Vegas), Basingjokers, Stokies
Batley
Dingbats, Batshit Crazies (pejorative)
Barnoldswick
Barlickers, Bollockers, Bunglesnatchers, Bimwits (pejorative)[10]
Bath
Bathonians (demonym), Tubbies, Spiders (pejorative)
Beccles
Becklers
Bedford
Vans (after Bedford Vehicles), Bedbugs, Bedpans (pejorative, but the town's railway to London used to be called that)
Bedworth
Layabouts, Bedsores (pejorative)
Belfast
McCooeys (from a radio series featuring a family of that name)[11], Dunchers (refers to a type of cap)[12]
Berkhamsted
Berkies, Berks (pejorative, from rhyming slang Berkeley Hunt)
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Tweedsiders, Wee Gers from the football club, Berwick Rangers F. C., Smacks (refers to a type of boat)[13]
Beverley
Bevsters, Hillbillies (after the Beverly Hillbillies sitcom), Beavers, Beaver-lickers (pejorative)
Bexhill-on-Sea
Sick-Beckies-on-Coke
Bicester
Bizzies, Bisexuals, Bi's
Bideford
Biddies, Little Whiteys (from the town’s nickname “Little White Town”, falsely deprecated owing to apparent racist connotation)[14]
Biggar
Bigfoots
Biggleswade
Biggies, Big-uns, Waders (from Biggleswade Town F. C.)
Billericay
Bilbos (see Bilbo Baggins)
Bilston
Billies, Stoned Billies
Bingley
Bingles, Binners, Bing-Bongs
Birchington-on-Sea
Masochists
Birkenhead
Birkos, One-eyes, Plastic Scousers (or Plazzies)[15]
Birmingham
Brummies[16]
Bishops Castle
Pissed-up Arseholes (pejorative)
Bishops Waltham
Piss-up Wallies (pejorative)
Bishops Stortford
Extorters
Bispham
Spammers
Bix
Bikkies, Biscuits
Black Country
Yam Yams,[17] Nineheads
Blackburn
Dodos,[18] Sooties, Horse Botherers (pejorative, by people from Burnley and other Lancashire towns, after bestiality convictions)[19]
Blackpool
Blackpudlians (demonym), Black Puddings, Sand Grown 'Uns, Seasiders, Donkey Lashers / Botherers (the town has been rumoured to feature a donkey brothel)[20]
Bloxwich
Bollockers
Blyth
Sparts (after the Blyth Spartans A. F. C. football club), Blitherers
Bognor Regis
Boggers, Bog Buggers (pejorative, alludes to the last words of King George V)[21]
Bolton
Trotters (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Bolton and surrounding area), Noblot (collective noun, anagram for Bolton)[22]
Bo'ness
Bo'neds (pejorative)
Bootle
Bootlickers, Bugs-in-Clogs[23]
Borehamwood
Boring-Woodworms
Boston
Stumpies (see St Botolph's Church, Boston)
Bourne, Lincolnshire
Bourne-Deads (pejorative)
Bournemouth
Bomos, Coffin Dodgers (due its popularity as a retirement area), Porners (pejorative)
Brackley
Bracklings
Bracknell
Brackens, Cracknellers (pejorative, alluding to crack cocaine)
Bradford
Bradfordians (demonym), Bradistanis (pejorative), Bakrichodan (by South Asians from other places, can vary according to language)
Bradford-on-Avon
Gudgeons[18]
Braintree
B-towners, Brain-deads (pejorative)
Bramley
Villagers (by people from other areas of Leeds), Apples
Brentwood
Brenterz
Bridgwater
Smellophaners[24]
Bridlington
Briddlies
Bridport
Ropeys (after the former rope-making industry), Silly Bees (from the Bridport F. C. football club)[25]
Brierfield
Pricklies
Brighton
Brightonian - pronounced Bri-tonian, Jugs (archaic),[26] Las-Gayvans (after Las Vegas; there are other nicknames alluding to the city's large gay community which are homophobic and offensive)
Brill
Brillbillies
Bristol
Bristolians, Brizzlies, Wurzels, Piss-tools (pejorative)[27]
Britain
Limeys in Canada and the United States[28] : Pommies in Australia and New Zealand[29] : Les Rosbifs in France[30]
Tommy, Island Monkey in Germany[31]
Broadstairs
Bradstows (former name)[32]
Bromsgrove
Grovellers
Bromyard
Yardies, Yardbirds
Buckie
Blethers, Tonics (from Buckfast Tonic Wine)[33]
Buckingham
Pig-botherers (“fucking ham”)
Budleigh Salterton
Buddies, Sex-Buddies (pejorative)
Buildwas
Builders, Cowboy-Builders (pejorative)
Bulwell
Bullwinkles (pejorative when applied to the womenfolk, see Bullwinkle J. Moose)
Bungay
Bungholes
Buntingford
Buntys, Bunnies, Rabbits
Burford
Burps-and-farts
Burgess Hill
Buggers-Holes[34]
Burgh le Marsh
Burglers
Burnham-on-Crouch
Burning-Crotches
Burnley
Burnleyites (demonym), Yorkies, Dingles (pejorative, by people from other Lancashire towns, notably Blackburn. From a family in the Emmerdale soap opera, set in Yorkshire)[35]
Burton upon Trent
Brewers (from town’s dominant industry), Burbles
Bury
Shakers (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Bury and surrounding area)[36]
Bury St Edmunds
Teddies
Bushey
Pubics
Buxton
Buggy-Stoners

C - D

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Caernarfon
Cofi[37]
Caithness
Gallach[38]
Calne
Lilywhites (from Calne Town F. C. football club), Sausages (from former industry); acronym CALNE Cocks Always Limp, Never Erect[39]
Camberley
Cambos, Cam-pros
Cambridge
Camshafts, Fenners, Swamp People
Cannock
Cannots
Canterbury
Turbos, Scammers (the city depends on income from tourists)
Cardiff
Diffies, Bluebirds (from Cardiff City F. C. football club)
Carlisle
Carlers, Gypsies
Castleford
Arsehole-fodder (collective, pejorative, means “toilet paper”)
Ceredigion
Cardi[40]
Chard
Beets (from Chard, the vegetable)
Chatteris
Chatterboxes, Gobshites
Chatham
Chavs[41]
Chelmsford
Chelmos
Cheltenham
Nammers
Chesham
Chezzies, Chezz (collective, from old pronunciation), Chezz-puffs (pejorative, alludes to cheese puffs)[42]
Chester
Cestrians, Chezzies, Incestrians (pejorative, the etymology is false which derives "incest" from the Latin "In Cestria" meaning "What goes on in Chester")
Chester-le-Street
Chezzie-la-Rues (alludes to Danny La Rue; "Rue" is French for "street")
Chesterfield
Spireites, Chessies, Losers, Pet-Eaters, Arthur’s Little Lemmings – last three offensive, linked to the divisions during the UK miners' strike (1984–1985). “Arthur” is Arthur Scargill. See Mansfield.[43]
Chew Magna
Maggot Munchers
Chichester
Chis (long i), Chitterlings, Chi-chis (pejorative)
Chippenham
Ham-and-Chips, Washbasins (from town nickname of Little Bath)[44]
Chipping Norton
Chippies, Chipsticks, Greasy Chippies (pejorative), Gnaw-tongues
Chipping Sodbury
Sodding Chippies
Chorley
Charladies
Chorleywood
Charley Wouldn'ts
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Cum-hardlies (pejorative)
Cinderford
Sinners, Cinderellas
Cirencester
Sirens
Clacton-on-Sea
Clackers, Clicketty-Clacks
Cleethorpes
Meggies[45]
Cleobury Mortimer
Clomos
Clevedon
Clefts[46]
Clun
Clungies
Clydebank
Bankies, Boakies[47]
Clitheroe
Clitherovians (demonym), Clit-Heroes (pejorative)
Coalville
Coalvillers, Hole-fillers
Cockermouth
Cockermouthers -an offensive nickname replaces "er" with "in"
Colchester
Colchies, Romans, Camuloonies, Steamies, Castlers, Cross 'n' Crowners (after Colchester's coat of arms).
Colerne
Hoof-polishers[48]
Colne
Colons (pejorative if an allusion to the large intestine is intended)
Congleton
Beartowners,[49] Congos
Consett
Rusties (from former steel industry)
Cookham
Cookies, Cookie-Crumbs
Copthorne
Yellow-bellies[18]
Corby
Cobras, Plastic Jocks (the new town was populated by Scottish immigrants)
Corfe Castle
Coarse Arseholes
Cornwall
Kernowicks, Merry-Jacks, Mera-Jacks, Uncle Jacks or Cousin Jacks (when abroad).
Coupar Angus
Cowpat Funguses
Coventry
Peeping-Toms, Covids (pejorative)
Cowes
Monkeys, Boat-Monkeys (East Cowes is Monkey Town)
Cramlington
Cramps
Crawley
Creepy Crawlies, Insects[50]
Crewe
Croutons, Trackies, Trainers (from the town’s railway industry)
Crewkerne
Crooks
Cromer
Crabs[3]
Crosby
Crockys, Crozzers
Crowborough
Corvids
Crediton
Cruddy Creddies
Cuckfield
Cuckolds
Dagenham
The Nam (collective), Dags
Darlaston
Darlos, Daleks
Darlington
Quakers (from the football club Darlington F. C.), Darloids, DCs, Monte Darloes
Dartmouth
Dirt-mos
Darwen
Darrenerss (from old pronunciation)[51]
Daventry
Daves, Deevos-in-trees
Denton
Hatters (from former industry), Dentists
Derby
Derbians, Bockers,[52] Rams, Sheep Shaggers (from Derby County F. C. football club)
Desborough
Desperates
Devizes
Deevos, Devices
Devon
Janners, Devos (pejorative when pronounced with a long "e")
Dewsbury
Ragpickers (after the former shoddy industry)
Didcot
Dead Cats, Diddlers (pejorative)
Dingwall
Gadgies, Gudgies[53]
Diss
Dissenters, Diss-entery (collective, pejorative)
Doncaster
Donnies, Flatlanders (especially by people from Sheffield), Knights (from the Doncaster Knights rugby club), Doleites (pejorative)
Dorchester
Magpies (from the Dorchester Town F. C. football club), Maggies, Maggots, Dorch-vegasers
Dorking
Dorks, Orcs, Doggers, Chicken Botherers (pejorative, after the Dorking chicken breed)
Dorset
Dorset Knobs (from the famous biscuit), Dumplings[54]
Dover
Dovorians, Dovakians (pejorative)
Downham Market
Dung-home Maggots
Driffield
Dribblers
Droitwich Spa
Monners (from Droitwich RFC rugby club), Droids-switched-off
Droylesden
Droids
Dudley
Duds (pejorative), Dursleys (after Dudley Dursley, a Harry Potter character)
Dukinfield
Duck Botherers
Dumfries
Doonhamers, Queenies (after the Queen of the South F. C. football club)[55]
Dundee
Dundonians (demonym), Coagies,[18] Bumholians (pejorative)
Duns
Dingers[56]
Dunstable
Dung-stablers, Dunwuns
Durham
Durhamites, Posh Mackems, Posh Geordies, Cuddies, Pit Yackers (due to Durham's mining heritage)
Dursley
Durbos

E – G

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Earby
Earwhacks, Wingnuts (pejorative)
Eastbourne
Winnicks or Willicks (dialect name of a guillemot or wild person),[57] Coffin Dodgers, Piddlies (pejorative, alludes to the many elderly residents)
East Dereham
Derelicts
East Grinstead
Grinners
East Kilbride
Polo Mints (the town has too many roundabouts)[58]
Eastleigh
Beastlies (pejorative)
Eccles
Thumpers (see Kung Fu Kapers)
Edinburgh
Edin-burgers, Edinbourgeois (used more so when referring to people from more affluent suburbs of Edinburgh), Dunediners (Gaelic Origin), Toonies (Scots), Reekies, Freakies (alludes especially to those involved in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Ken-folk (collective, from “ken” being put on the end of everything they say), Ed-inbreds, Cunts-frae-Embra
Egham
Cosies (acronym EGHAM Easy Girls Having Awesome Mammaries)
Ellesmere Port
Smellies, Tinnies, Smells-Me-Farts
Ely
Slipperies ("slippery as an eel")
England
Sassenachs (used by Scottish and Irish; Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic word "Sasannach", meaning "Saxon"), Sassies, Red Coats, Inglish,[59] Nigels, Guffys (primarily in Northeast Scotland from the Scots 'pig'); Sais, Twll-tin (Welsh), Englandshire (in Scotland), The Shire (in Scotland), Poms (Australia)
Epsom
Salts, Shitters (the spa water contains Epsom salts -a drastic purgative.[60] Acronym EPSOM Extremely Perverted Sex Orgy Maestros)
Essex
Essex Calves (archaic)[61], Easties, Essers, Wideboys, Saxons, Scimitars (from the county Coat of Arms)
Evesham
Shams, Shambles (collective)
Exeter
Ecstatics, Grecians (especially those from around the St Sidwells area and Exeter City F. C. fans generally), Sex-with-Sisters (pejorative)
Exmouth
Sex-bots[62]
Eye
Eyeballs
Ewell
Eeews (pejorative)
Failsworth
Failers, Jailsworths (pejorative)
Fakenham
Fakers
Fareham
Pharaohs, Fairies
Faringdon
Farting Donkeys
Farnborough
Farnians (alludes to Narnia, the land of the talking animals), Fart Buggers
Farnworth
Fart-whiffs
Farnham
Nammers, Fart-namese
Faversham
Faffers
Felixstowe
Fillies
Ferring
Ring-ferrets
Fleetwood
Codheads
Folkestone
Folking-hell-s, Toke-Stoners (pejorative)
Forest of Dean
Foresters, Deaners, Offers
Forfar
Brosies[63]
Formby
Georgies (after George Formby)
Fort William
Farting Billies
Fraserburgh
Brochers[64] (not to be confused with people from Burghead), Puddlestinkers[33]
Frinton-on-Sea
Master Gaters (pejorative; the town used to hide behind a set of railway crossing gates), Incontinents (from the old tag “Harwich for the Continent, Frinton for the Incontinent”)[65]
Frodsham
Jowie Heads (from old Runcorn area Cheshire meaning turnip, reference to the rural position of the town), Frodos (a character in The Lord of the Rings)
Frome
Dodgers (from the Frome Town F. C. football club), Ooz (collective -"it's pronounced Froom"), Shrooms (alludes to Magic mushrooms)
Galashiels
Pail Merks (from the claim that Gala was the last major town in Scotland to have plumbing or running water, and so used buckets as toilets) [66]
Gateshead
Heeds, Knockoff Geordies (slightly pejorative, "wrong side of river")
Gerrards Cross
Jerrys, Crosstitutes
Gillingham
Medwayers, Jills
Glasgow
Glaswegian, Keelies,[67][68] Weegies[69]
Glastonbury
Glasses, Glastoids, Ding-a-Lings (a centre of New Age activity), Body-Mass (collective, acronym BODIMAS Burned Out Druggies In Mud And Shit, alludes to the Glastonbury Festival -although that is held at Pilton and not in the town)
Glossop
Hillmen (due to its proximity to the Peak District), Tuppies (after the P. G. Wodehouse character Tuppy Glossop)
Gloucester
Gloucestrians (demonym), Glozzies
Godalming
Godalmingers (demonym), Godgers, Gobble-minges, God-all-mingers (pejorative)
Golborne
Gulpers, Gollums (pejorative)
Goole
Goolies
Goring-by-Sea
Gory-rings
Gosforth
Gossies
Gosport
Turk Towners, Gozzies, Guppies[70]
Govan
Goons
Grantham
Grunters, Grunty-piggies
Grassington
Grassy-arses
Gravesend
Bone-yarders
Grays
Grazers
Great Dunmow
Flitchers, Dung-mos (pejorative)
Great Harwood
Turbans (the town used to weave them)[71]
Great Malvern
Grot Mavens (pejorative)
Great Yarmouth
Yarcos[72]
Grimsby
Codheads, Haddocks, Grimmies
Guildford
Guiltys
Guisborough
Guys, Woollybacks

H - K

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Hailsham
Stringers (from former rope and string industry)[73]
Halesworth
Worthy-of-hell's
Halesowen
Yeltz (from Halesowen Town F. C.)
Halifax
Haligonians (demonym), Wally Gonads (pejorative)
Halstead
Humbugs (from the Halstead Town F. C. football club)
Hampshire
Hampshire Hogs, Bacon Faces (reference to Hampshire as a pig-raising county in former times)
Harlow
Harlots, Jeans (after Jean Harlow
Harpenden
Harps, Hard-ons (from old pronunciation “Harden”.[74] Acronym HARPENDEN Hot And Randy Persons Enjoying Naked Delights Every Night)
Hartlepool
Poolies, Monkey Hangers,[75]
Harwich
Shrimpers (from the Harwich & Parkeston F. C. football club)
Haslemere
Mere Nutters, Smears
Hastings
Stingers, Stinkers (from Hastings United F. C.)
Haslingden
Hasbeens (pejorative)
Hatfield
Shit-filled (collective)
Havant
Akloos (pejorative, "Haven't a clue")
Haverfordwest
Long-necks[76]
Haverhill
Have-a-gos, Chavvy-Hillbillies
Hawick
Teris[77]
Haydock
Yickers[78]
Haywards Heath
Heathens
Hazel Grove
Bullocks (the original name was Bullock Smithy),[79] Nutters
Heanor
Ha-ha-hee-hee-s
Hedon
Shoulders (collective)
Hemel Hempstead
Treacle-Bumsteaders (see Treacle mining)
Henfield
Chicken-runners, Free-Range-Chickens
Henley-on-Thames
Chicken-lovers-on-tabs
Hereford
Ciderheads, Hairy-fuds (pejorative)
Herne Bay
Hernias
Hertford
Her-farts[80]
Heswall
Hezzies
Hexham
Birnies[81]
Heywood
Monkeys[82]
Higham Ferrers
Ferrets (“skinny, smelly, and they get into any hole”)
High Wycombe
Chair-boys (from the Wycombe Wanderers F. C. football club, and the town's former industry), Willyous (WYCOMBE as an acronym: "Will You Come Over, My Bed's Empty")
Highlands and Islands (of Scotland)
Teuchters, used by other Scots and sometimes applied by Greater Glasgow natives to anyone speaking in a dialect other than Glaswegian
Hinckley
Tin Hatters[83]
Hindley
Myras (from Myra Hindley
Hipperholme
Hippos
Hitchin
Canaries, Tweetys (from the Hitchin Town F. C. football club), Hitchy-Bitches
Hoddesdon
Hoddies, Hod-carriers
Holmes Chapel
Sherlocks, The Chaps (collective)
Holt
Stoppers
Holyhead
Hole-in-heads (pejorative)
Honiton
Huns
Horbury
Dead Horses
Horley
Hee-Haws
Hornsea
Hornys, Porny Hornys (pejorative when applied to the womenfolk)
Horsham
Shams, Horribles (acronym HORSHAM Horrible Offensive Retarded Shit Headed Arse Merchants)
Horwich
Whores (pejorative; Blackrod is nearby and "they go together")
Hove
Hovellers, Hove Actuallys (pejorative - "We're not Brighton but...")
Hoylake
Gulls (after the rugby club)
Hucknall
Huckers, Huck-em-alls
Huddersfield
Hudders, Dog Botherers (pejorative)
Hyde
Hydeyhos, Hyde-aways
Hull
Codheads, Hully Gullies, 'Ullites, Hullbillies
Ilfracombe
Frackers
Ilkeston
Ilcos
Ilkley
Ickies, Milk-leaks
Ince-in-Makerfield
Incy-wincies, Spiders (from the nursery rhyme Incy Wincy Spider)
Inverness
Sneckies[84]
Ipswich
Binners, Tractor Boys, Carrot Crunchers
Ilchester
Sickies
Irthlingborough
Irthlings
Isle of Wight
Caulkheads (named after the caulking of boats), Boat People (pejorative, refers to those commuting to the mainland for work)
Jedburgh
Jetharts, Jobbies[85]
Keele
Christines (after Christine Keeler)
Keighley
Keiths
Kenilworth
Kennys, Everetts (after Kenny Everett)
Kettering
Holies, Sheep shaggers, Ketteringer pansies (pejorative)
Kendal
Kendalians (demonym), Kennys, Dollies
Keswick
Kezzies
Kidderminster
Kiddies, Kiddy Fiddlers (pejorative)
Kidlington
Kiddies, Kevins (acronym KIDLINGTON Kevin Incel, Desperate, Lonely, Isolated, No Girlfriend, Tossing Off Nightly)
Kilmarnock
Kimons
Kimberley
Kims, Walshes (after Kimberley Walsh)
King's Sutton
Kinky Sluts
Kings Lynn
Linnets, Kinky Lindas (the womenfolk)
Kilbarchan
Habbies[86]
Kirkintilloch
Kirkie-Toalies (pejorative)
Knebworth
Knob-warts
Knutsford
Nutters, Cnuts

L

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Lancashire
Lankies, Yonners (specifically south-eastern Lancashire around the Oldham and Rochdale areas)
Lancaster
Planks
Lauder
Lousies[85]
Ledbury
Lebbers, Lepers, Used-tubbies (from a tourism slogan “England As It Used To Be”)[87]
Leeds
Loiners[88]
Leamington Spa
Lemons, Phlegms, Limping-Spastics
Leek
Leakies
Leicester
Rat Eyes (from the Roman name for the city: Ratae), Chisits (from the pronunciation of "how much is it," which sounds like "I'm a chisit"); Foxes, Bin Dippers (named after Foxes)
Leicestershire
Leicesterites, Bean Bellies (from the eating of broad beans)[89]
Leigh
Leythers, Lobby Gobblers (from lobby)[90]
Leominster
Lemons
Letchworth Garden City
Lechers
Lewes
Rooks (after Lewes F. C.)
Leyland
Ley-abouts
Lincoln
Imps (see Lincoln Imp), Impotents (pejorative), Missing Links
Lincolnshire
Yellow Bellies (after pool frogs once common in the Lincolnshire and East Anglian Fens)[91]
Linlithgow
Black Bitches, from the burgh coat of arms
Lichfield
Bitchy Litches
Lingfield
Ding-a-Lings
Littleborough
Little Buggers (not necessarily pejorative)
Littlehampton
LA, from the local accent being unable to pronounce the 'h' in Hampton[92]
Liverpool
Scousers (from the stew known as scouse),[93][94]
Plastic Scousers or Plazzies (a person who falsely claims to be from Liverpool),[95]
Woolybacks or Wools (a person from the surrounding areas of Liverpool, especially St Helens, Warrington, Widnes, or the Wirral)[96][97]
Llanelli
Turks[98]
London
Cockneys (Traditionally those born within the sound of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside)
Looe
Looneys, Looby Loos (from Andy Pandy, a children's television programme)
Lossiemouth
Codheids, Gollachs [99]
Loughborough
Loogabaroogas (from attempts by foreigners to pronounce it)
Louth
Luddites
Lowestoft
Puds,[18] Slow Stuffers (pejorative)
Ludlow
Luddites, Bloody Low-lifes (pejorative)
Luton
Hatters, Looneys, Harpic Dodgers (pejorative, equating the town to a toilet -a brand of one named after the town does exist, made by Johnson Suisse)[100]
Lyme Regis
Limeys, Slimeys, Cobnuts (the harbour wall is called The Cobb)
Lymm
Limbos, Po-pos (see Limpopo River

M - N

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Mablethorpe
Maybos
Macclesfield
Maxies,[101] Treacle Towners
Maidenhead
Hymens
Maidstone
Slag-stoners (pejorative, compare Folkestone)
Manchester
Mancs (the shortened version of the demonym Mancunians), Mankys (pejorative)
Mansfield
Mannies, Stags, Deer Botherers, Scabs - offensive, linked to the divisions during the UK miners' strike (1984–1985).[102] See Chesterfield.
Malmesbury
Jackdaws, Smarmies, Marmites[103]
Malton, North Yorkshire
Maltesers
March
Slow Marchers (pejorative)
Margate
Maggots (pejorative), Dee-effells (acronym, "Down From London", refers to relocators)
Market Drayton
Maggot-Dregs (pejorative), Milk Trays
Market Harborough
Maggot-Harbourers (pejorative)
Marlow
Marlots
Maryport
Scary/Hairy/Fairy-Marys
Masham
Mashers, Machines
Matlock
Pubic-hairs
Melbourne
Mellies, Smellies
Melksham
Mellies, Rogers (see Roger Mellie)
Melton Mowbray
Porkies (famous for pork pies); see Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association
Methil
Speed-freaks
Middleham
Pork-bellies (the middle part of the pig)
Middlesbrough
Smoggies.[104]
Middleton
Piddly Middlies (pejorative)
Midhurst
Stags (from the Midhurst & Easebourne F.C. football club)
Midsomer Norton
Zombies
Milton Keynes
Milk-'n-Beaners
Mirfield
Smurfs
Monmouth
Monsters, Monster Mouths, Mongs (pejorative)
Montrose
Gable Endies (from Montrose F. C. football club)
Morecambe
Sandgronians[18]
Moretonhampstead
Mormon Hamsters
Morley
Moshers
Morpeth
Moppets, Muppets
Mundesley
Munters
Nantwich
Dabbers,[105] Nannies
Neath
Abbey-Jacks, Blacks, Blackjacks.
Nelson
Nellies, Smelly-Nellies (pejorative)
Neston
Nessies, Cock-Less-Monsters
Newark-on-Trent
Trentsiders, Wankers (anagram)
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Big'uns
New Brighton
Newbos
Newbury
Freshly-Dug-Graves
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Not-pots (no pottery industry there, and the town has denied any connection with Stoke) [106]
Newcastle upon Tyne
Geordies, Barcodes (the Newcastle United F. C. football team play in black and white striped shirts)
Newmarket
Pony-botherers (refers to the town’s horse-racing industry)
Newport, Gwent
Porters
Newport, Isle of Wight
Nips, Pert Nipples (from the local pronunciation “Nippert”; acronym NEWPORT Nipples Erect When Panties Off, Ready To)
Newquay
Peppermints (from the Newquay A.F.C. football club), Blisters (from the old Cornish name of Towan Blystra)[107]
Newton Abbot
Mutant Scabbies
Norfolk
Norfolk Dumplings ("Dumplings being a favourite food in that county"),[108] Turkey Botherers (pejorative)
Northallerton
Allys, Ally-cats
Northampton
Cobblers, after the ancient shoe industry that thrived in the town.
Northern Ireland
Paddies, Huns (sectarian offensive term for pro-British Unionists), Taigs (sectarian offensive term for pro-Irish Nationalists)
North Shields
Cods Heeds, Fish Nabbers[citation needed]
North Wales
Gogs[109]
Northwich
Salt Boys (from Northwich Victoria F.C.)
Norwich
Nodgies, Canaries, Budgies (the football club colours are green and yellow)
Nottingham
Snotties, Boggers, Scabs (insult; see Mansfield)
Nuneaton
Codders, Treacle Towners[110]

O - R

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Oban
Obampots
Ogmore-by-Sea
Snog-mores, Pornographers (pejorative)
Okehampton
Okey Dokeys
Oldbury
Oldies, Dead Oldies
Oldham
Yonners (from Oldham pronunciation of 'yonder' as in 'up yonner'), Roughyeds, Biffos
Ongar
Ongarians, Mongers (pejorative)
Ormskirk
Sconeheads, Ormies, Biggos
Ossett
Ossies, Tossers
Oswaldtwistle
Gobbins (but only "above the lamp")[111]
Oswestry
Ozzies, Osbournes (after Ozzy Osbourne)
Otley
Otters, Grotties (pejorative)
Oxford
Nox-farts
Oxhey
Poxys
Oxted
Cocksdeads
Padiham
Thick-Neeks,[18] Paddywhacks, Irish Piggies (pejorative - "Paddy Ham")
Padstow
Paddys, Piddle-Pads (acronym PADSTOW Perverted And Deviant, Sexually Twisted Old Wankers)
Painswick
Penis-Whackers
Paisley
Buddies,[112]
Pangbourne
Pong-bums
Partridge Green
Little Green Men
Peacehaven
Plotters,[113] Piss Mavens (pejorative)
Peaslake
Mushy Peas
Peebles
Peebrushts
Penistone
Penistoners, Penis Toners (pejorative)
Penzance
Peezeders
Perth
Puffs (pejorative)
Peterborough
Peterpatchers, Peterphiles (pejorative), Posh (collective, from the football club)
Peterhead
Bluemogganers, Blue Tooners[114]
Peterlee
Pee-leaks
Petworth
Muppets (pejorative)
Pewsey
Spewers
Pickering
Nose Pickers
Plymouth
Janners. Originally a person who spoke with a Devon accent,[115][116] now simply any West Countryman.[115] In naval slang (where the place is referred to as Guz[117]), this is specifically a person from Plymouth.[116]
Poole
Poodles
Portsmouth
Pompey (collective, shared by the city, the naval base and the football club), Skates (pejorative, alluding to frustrated sailors raping skates)[118]
Port Talbot
Port Toileteers
Potters Bar
Pisspots, Bar-flys (pejorative)
Prescot
Prekkies
Preston
Priests (the name means “Priest Town”), Nob-enders (pejorative, from Preston North End F.C. Acronym PRESTON Preaching Rubbish Every Sunday, Truly Offensive Nonsense. Used by the clergy for each other.)
Pudsey
Pud Pullers (pejorative)
Queensbury
Quims (pejorative)
Radstock
Raddlers, Rattlers
Ramsbottom
Woollybums
Ramsgate
Hovellers (refers to hoy boats used to supply sailing ships)
Raunds
Randies
Rawtenstall
Rotten-balls (pejorative)
Rhyl
Clwyf-y-marchogion y twll-tin y Cymru
Reading
Dingbats (pejorative), Dingoes
Redcar
Codheads
Redditch
Radishes
Reedham
Rats[3]
Redhill
Dead Holers
Reigate
Pryers (from the football club)
Retford
Rat-farts
Rickmansworth
Rickies, Prickies (pejorative)
Richmond, Yorkshire
Mondos
Ripley, Derbyshire
Ripples
Rishton
Irishmen
Rochdale
Rochies, Falcons, Cockroaches (pejorative)
Rochester
Rochies, Crotches, Crotch-grabbers
Romford
Rommos, Aroma-farts
Ross-on-Wye
Rosstitutes (pejorative)
Rotherham
Chuckles, Rotherbirds, Toy-Towners
Royston
Crows
Royton
Royds, Destroyers
Rugby
Ball-handlers
Rugeley
Rug-rats (acronym RUGELEY Rough Ugly Girls Enjoying Large Eggplants in Yogurt-pots)
Runcorn
Runnys
Rushden
Bog Brushes
Rustington
Crusties
Ryde
Riders, Easy Riders (pejorative when applied to the womenfolk)
Rye
Mudlarks[119]

S

[edit]
St Agnes
Aggies
St Albans
Snorbennies,[120] Bennies (pejorative, alluding to the character Benny in the soap opera Crossroads)
St Andrews
Andy Pandies (from Andy Pandy, a children's television programme), Andrex (pejorative, collective, from a brand of toilet paper)
St Austell
Snozzles
St Helens
Nellies, Woollybacks[121]
St Neots
Snotties
Salcombe
Silly Sallys (acronym SALCOMBE Silly And Learning Challenged Old Masturbators Burnishing Erections)
Salford
Dots (acronym, from the song Dirty Old Town by The Pogues)
Salisbury
Sallies (see Sally Salisbury)
Sandown
Rundowners, Sad Downers (pejorative)
Sandwich
Sarnies, Withadrinks
Sandy
Sandmen (see Sandman; “the girls are so ugly, if you look at them your eyes will fall out”)
Scarborough
Scarbs, Algerinos, Bottom-enders (for those born or raised in the old town)
Scotland
Scotties, Jocks[122], Macs, Sweaties (offensive; from rhyming slang "Sweaty Sock" for Jock).
Scunthorpe
Scunnys, Scuntys
Seaford
Shags (alludes to the bird, not the act)[123]
Selby
Dates
Selkirk
Souters
Selsey
Cocklers
Shackerstone
Shaggers
Shanklin
Shankys, Wanky Shankys (pejorative)
Shap
Shappers, Sheep-Shappers (“mind your p’s and g’s”)
Shavington
Tramps[citation needed]
Shaw
Gorbies[124]
Shelf
Stackers
Sheffield
Dee Dars, Steelmekkers[18]
Shepshed
Sheep-shits (pejorative)
Sheppey
Swampies
Shepton Mallet
Shit-'n-smell-it-s (pejorative)
Sherborne
Sherberts
Sheringham
Shannocks
Shifnal
Shifties
Shipley
Shipworms (pejorative)
Shirley
Temples (after Shirley Temple), Shirt-lifters (pejorative, nowadays offensive)
Shoreham-by-Sea
Musselmen
Shrewsbury
Salops (shortened version of the county demonym Salopians), Shrews, Little Furry Animals, Plastic Sheepshaggers (pejorative, especially from Telford folk: "Not in Wales, but might as well be"), Crash-Test-Dummies (see Wrexham)
Sidmouth
Hissing Sids (see Captain Beaky and His Band)
Sittingbourne
Brickies, Shit-a-bricks, Half-Bricks (from the town industry)
Skegness
Skeggies, Scaggies (pejorative)
Skelmanthorpe
Smelly-Skellys, Shatlads (-lasses), Shatterers
Skelmersdale
Skemheads, Skemmers, Skummers (pejorative), Woolybacks or Wools (in Liverpool)
Skipton
Skiprats (pejorative)
Skye
Sgitheanachs
Sleaford
Greenies, Coughed-up-Greenies (from football club)
Slough
Sluffers, Paludians (Latin; Slough means "marsh")[125]
Smethwick
Smeggies
Solihull
Silhillians (demonym), Silly Hillbillies (pejorative)
Southampton
Sotoners, Scum (collective, pejorative), Scummers
South Cave
Scavengers
Southend-on-Sea
Mudlarks (the "beach" is a mudflat)
South Ockendon
Cock-in-Dungs (pejorative)
South Shields
Sand Dancers
South Wales
Hwntws (by people from North Wales)
Southwold
So-Wo’s (acronym SOUTHWOLD Stupid Old Useless Tossers, Hopelessly Wanked Out, Libidos Dead
South Woodham Ferrers
Sex With Friends (acronym, collective)
Southern England
Southern Fairies, Shandy Drinkers, United Supporters
Southport
Sandgrounders, Groundies, Sowies, Shit-pots (pejorative)
Spalding
Splods
Spilsby
Spliffers (pejorative)
Staines-on-Thames
Stains-on-denims
Stalybridge
Staleys, Staly-vegasers
Stanford-le-Hope
No-hopers
Stanley
Afghanistanleys
Stafford
Staffies, Stuffers
Stevenage
Stevies, Thievin’ Stevens, Wonders (from Stevie Wonder)
Steyning
Barrow-boys
Stirling
Stirrers, Shit-stirrers
Stockport
Stopfordians (demonym, from an old name for Stockport), Stockies, Stockpots, Hatters (from former industry)
Stockton on Tees
Smoggies
Stoke-on-Trent
Potters, Clay Heads, Stokies, Jug Heads, Pot Heads, Monkey-Dusters (pejorative)
Stourport
Sour-farts
Stowmarket
Stowmartians
Stranraer
Cleyholers
Stratford-upon-Avon
Fads (acronym, "Fat American Dodgers"; the town is over-touristed)
Street, Somerset
Streaks-of-piss
Strood
Long Tails, Stroodles
Stroud
Stroudies
Sunderland
Mackems,[126] Jamrags (pejorative, the football team play in red and white striped shirts)
Sunningdale
Slumming Doleys (ironic)
Surrey
Capons, Pliers (acronym Plastic Londoners In Expensive Residences), Rascals (acronym Rich And Snobby Cunts Adjoining London)
Sutherland
Cattach
Sutton, Surrey
Sluts, Shat-ons (pejorative)
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Shitting-in-Ashpits
Swadlincote
Swaddies, Swaddles (acronym SWADLINCOTE Sex With Anything Doing, Loving It, Not Caring, Orgasms Thoroughly Enjoyed)
Swaffham
Pedlars, Piddlers
Swanage
Cygnets, Sekswiths (acronym SWANAGE Sex With Any Neighbour, All Genres Explored)
Swansea
Jacks
Swindon
Moonrakers, Pighillers (what the name means), Swine-dungs (pejorative)

T - V

[edit]
Tadcaster
Taddys, Tadpoles
Tamworth
Tammys, Tampons (pejorative)
Tarbert, Loch Fyne
Dookers (named after guillemot and razorbill, sea-birds once a popular food among Tarbert natives)
Taunton
T-Towners, Tants, Peacocks (from the football club) Piss-cocks (pejorative)
Tavistock
Tabby-cats
Teignmouth
Muffians
Telford
Telfies, Tel-chavs, Overspills (pejorative), Skelly-tels, Teletubbies
Tetbury
Tits
Tewksbury
Tewkys, Pukey Tewkys
Thame
Tame Rats
Thirsk
Thir-skis (acronym THIRSK Tossing Happily Into Relatives’ Soiled Knickers)
Thrapston
Thrips (acronym THRAPSTON Three-Holer Randy Anal Preferring Slags, Turning Over Nightly)
Tideswell
Tidsas[101]
Tidworth
Tiddlers, Tiddly Widdlys, Shiddly Tiddly Widdlys (the town hosts an army camp)
Tilbury
Tillbillies
Tipton
Fly-tips, Tipped-ons
Tiptree
Tipplers
Tiverton
Tiffs
Torquay
Orcs[127]
Totnes
Tot-Ness-Monsters[128]
Tottington
Totties, Totters, Totty Totties (the young womenfolk)
Towcester
Toasters, Tossers, Toe-suckers
Tring
Tring-a-lings
Trowbridge
Knobs,[18] Knobheads (pejorative)
Truro
Tinners (from the old local mining industry)
Uckfield
Uckers, Nofirsteffs
Uffington
Ufos
Ulverston
Ooze (collective, from old pronunciation)
Urmston
Worms (pejorative)
Uttoxeter
Buttocks
Ventnor
Ventriloquists (pejorative; "they talk out of their arses, and their heads are the dummies")
Virginia Water
Incel-pissers (“Virgins, and pissing is all their cocks are good for”)

W

[edit]
Wakefield
Wakey-Wakeys
Wales
Taffs [Mid/West Welsh] (sometimes considered offensive),[129] Taffies.[130]
Wallingford
Wallies, Wally-farts
Walsall
Saddlers, Walnuts, Wallies-all (pejorative, collective)
Walton-on-Thames
Tame Wallies
Walton-on-the-Hill
Wally Hillbillies
Walton-on-the-Naze
Wally Noses
Wantage
Wanters, Wankage (collective, acronym WANTAGE:- Wanking And Not Trying Any Girlfriend Experience)
Ware
Izzits
Warrington
Wazzas, Wires, Wirepullers (after the local wire industry),[131] Woolybacks or Wools (in Liverpool)
Washington
Washers, Shingles
Waterlooville
Flush-bog-villains
Watford
Watties, Wotsits, Twats, Wet-farts (pejorative)
Wednesbury
Wedgies, Dead Wedgies (see below)
Wednesfield
Wedgies,[101] Muddy Wedgies (see above), Incels (acronym WEDNESFIELD:- Wanking Every Day, No Experience of Sex, Failure In Everything, Loveless, Desperate)
Wellingborough
Buggers-in-Wellies, Smelly Wellies, Leaky Wellies (pejorative)
Wells-next-the-Sea
Wallies-on-Ecstasy
Wells, Somerset
Tufts (i.e. Wells-tuft)
Welshpool
Soup Heads, Deadpoolers[132]
Welwyn
Wellys, Cock-well-ins
Welwyn Garden City
Weeds (also see above)
Wem
Wembats (pejorative; wombats are slow, thick, mostly arse and good at digging)
Wendover
Bendovers, Bendy-Wendies (pejorative)
West Bromwich
Baggies[133]
Westhoughton
Keawyeds (Cowheads, after local legend)
West Kirby
Wekkas
West Riding of Yorkshire
Wessies (in other parts of Yorkshire)
Wetherby
Horribles ("weather be horrible")
Weymouth
Kimberlins (Isle of Portland name for a person from Weymouth), Weybizas (due to the wild nightlife the town has adopted)
Whitehaven
Marras, Jam Eaters, Wetties, Glow-Worms (allegedly contaminated by radioactivity from Sellafield)
Whitby
Codheads, Spookies
Whitstable
Bubbles, Shit-bubbles (pejorative)
Whittle-le-Woods
Widdlies
Whitworth, Lancashire
Shit-worths (pejorative)
Wick
Durdy Weekers[134]
Widecombe in the Moor
Wookiees
Widnes
Chemics, Stinkies, Woolybacks or Wools (in Liverpool)
Wigan
Pie-eaters (having to eat humble pie after a strike, also pies are central to the cuisine there), Pie-noshers, Purrers,[135]
Wigston
Piggly-Wigglies
Willenhall
Willies, Willies-in-holes
Wiltshire
Moonrakers
Winchester
Winnies, Winny-the-Poos
Wingham
Wingnuts
Wisbech
Wisbekistanis (pejorative)
Witham
Shit'ems (pejorative)
Witney
Blankets (after the former industry), Blanketty-Blanks
Woking
Joke-Wokes (acronym WOKING Wanked Out Kevin Incel, No Girlfriend)
Wokingham
Satsumas, Easy Peelers (from Wokingham Town F.C., pejorative when applied to womenfolk)
Wolverhampton
Wolvos, Yam Yams (from local dialect where people say "Yam" meaning "Yow am" meaning "You are"), Yammies, Dingles (pejorative)
Wombwell
Wombats
Woodbridge
Woodies, Woodworms (pejorative)
Worcester
Woos, Wusses, Glovers (after the former major industry)
Worth
Nothings (pejorative)
Worthing
Pork Bolters[119]
Workington
Jam Eaters, Wookiees
Wrexham
Wreckers, Crash-testers (see Shrewsbury), Sand-Arabs (acronym Sheep Are Nervously Disposed And Run Away Backwards), Pink Lizards (from the football club)
Wye
Bovvers
Wymondham
Windies (short first "i", following local pronunciation)

Y - Z

[edit]
Yate
Yetis
Yeovil
Eeyores, Yo-yos, Yo-yo-knickers (pejorative, directed at the womenfolk)
York
Yorkies, Old Yorkers, Yoricks
Yorkshire
Tykes, Yorkies, Yorkie Bars, Tight (epithet varies)s (the inhabitants have a reputation for frugality)

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