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Scouse¹

  • /skaʊs/

Rhymes with -aʊs

Where it comes from

From scouse, a stew popular in the Liverpool area, originally a clipping of lobscouse.

adjective more Scouse · most Scouse

  1. colloquial Liverpudlian. When my play Windermere opened at the Clerkenwell Theatre in London, up against Russell's mighty Blood Brothers, I was proud that it boasted a majority Scouse cast.

noun Scouses

  1. colloquial Synonym of Scouser (“Liverpudlian”). The Scouses, not known for their wit, responded with the 'Munich runway' chant. And, golly gosh, nearly the whole stadium sang back. Who knows, this chanting might really take off one day.

    Similar: Scouser

proper noun

  1. The accent and dialect of Liverpool or Merseyside. The soft and friendly version of the Scouse accent has helped to turn Liverpool into Britain's favourite location for call centres.

scouse²

Where it comes from

Clipping of lobscouse, of uncertain origin.

noun scouses · scouce

  1. countable, uncountable A stew associated with the Liverpool area, usually containing (at least) meat, onions, carrots and potatoes. Unsurprisingly, given the geography of the area, Liverpool’s scouse isn’t dissimilar to Irish stew or Lancashire hotpot, either, and, like those noble dishes, is eminently practical, easy to make in a small kitchen, or indeed a galley, and to adapt to current circumstances – there’s even a vegetaria

proper noun scouce

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Scouse But my favourite accent is to be found in Belfast; a Northern Irish accent immediately adds three points to a person’s attractiveness. It has the friendliness of scouse, but is much softer and more charming.

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@misc{scouse_2026,
  title = {scouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}