Scouserati
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a blend of Scouser (“person from Liverpool”) + literati (“well-educated people, intellectuals”).
Usage is noted in 2007,[1] then gained acceptance by a supplement to the Liverpool Echo newspaper on 1 January 2008,[2] the day Liverpool began its year as European Capital of Culture. The supplement listed 366 people as "The Scouserati - the 366 most influential Scousers on the planet".
Noun
[edit]Scouserati pl (plural only)
- (UK, colloquial, neologism) Notable or influential people whose place of birth or residence is in the city of Liverpool or its surrounding region.