plazzy

adj, noun — 3 senses

plazzy

adj

/ˈplæzi/

Etymology From plastic + -y. Compare spazzy from spastic.

1

Synonym of plastic (“made of plastic”).

  • ‘Nar, listen, ’e foun’ these postcards in a plazzy bag. Two ’undred a’ fifteen pee each from this shop in town. […]1987, Arthur Perkins, Trash, London: Robert Hale, →ISBN, page 22:
2

Synonym of plastic (“fake”).

  • Fucken plazzy gangsters, the lot of them. Deal a bit of weed and they think they’re the fucken boys.1998, Kevin Sampson, Awaydays, London: Vintage, published 1999, →ISBN, pages 33–34:

plazzy

noun

Etymology From plastic + -y. Compare spazzy from spastic.

1

Slang A plastic (fake) Scouser; a person from the area around Liverpool but not the city itself, especially one who claims to be Scouse.

  • Scousers hate 'plazzies' because they aren't real Scousers but cheap wannabes with no style.2008 September 4, Stuart Maconie, Pies and Prejudice: In search of the North, Random House, →ISBN, page 62:

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