Brummagem

See also: brummagem

English

Etymology

Variant of Birmingham showing metathesis of the first two consonants, as well as affrication of /ɡ/ and elision of /n/.

Proper noun

Brummagem

1. (colloquial) Synonym of Birmingham

Derived terms

• Brum

Noun

Brummagem (plural Brummagems)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A person from Birmingham.

   Synonym: Brummie

2. (obsolete, slang) A counterfeit coin.

Adjective

Brummagem (not comparable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of brummagem (“cheap and showy”).
   • 1852, “How Jeremiah Tubbs became engaged in the Irish elections of 1852”, in New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, page 66:

     He was “great” (as he expressed it) with the Bloomer who kept the bar where their club was held, and whom he styled “a spiffy girl,” and who had been graciously pleased to accept of a pair of very Brummagem-looking earrings, set with paste diamonds, with which he had presented her.

Further reading

• Brummagem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia