Brummien.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbrʌmi/, U.S.

/ˈbrəmi/

Forms: 1800s– Brummie, 1800s– Brummy. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Brummagem , -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < Brum- (in Brummagem: see Brummagem n.) + -y suffix⁶. Compare earlier Brum n.¹, Brum adj.In senses B. 1a, B. 1b after Brummagem adj. 1.

colloquial.

A. n.

1. British. A native or inhabitant of the English city of Birmingham.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > other towns

Oxonianc1540

Yarmouthian1614

Manchesterian1645

Novocastrian1645

wacker1768

Stratfordian1769

Mancunian1771

docker1791

Yorkist1796

Dicky Sam1820

Brummie1824

Liverpudlian1833

Yarmouth bloater1849

Exonian1871

Grimbarian1886

Cheltonian1887

Plym1913

Hoxtoniana1935

scouse1945

loiner1950

Scouser1959

Wulfrunian1959

Manc1961

pie eater1985

1824 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 1 Jan. At Birmingham, the odds are for the Irishman. Brummies say, that Spring, on this occasion, must fight for it.

1883 Judy 20 June 289/3 You've been down to Brummagem, Bright, John Bright, A very remarkable sight—quite right! You made a long speech, the Brummies to teach That it's wrong for a nation to fight.

1956 Archit. Rev. 120 124/3 Now it tries hard to avoid being swamped by Birmingham—permanently, in the way of urban sprawl; temporarily, by the ebb and flow of the country-bound Brummies at week-ends.

1965 New Statesman 30 Apr. 670/2 He proclaims proudly, in a modulated Birmingham accent that makes him sound like a well-bred Australian: ‘I'm a natural born Brummie.’

2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 25 Apr. (Weekend) 10 Value for money is something Brummies really understand.

2. The dialect or accent of English spoken in Birmingham.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > accent > [noun] > specific accents

Oxford accent1855

Oxford Englisha1894

Mummersetshire1952

Morningside1953

Brummie1963

Roedean1972

mid-Atlantic1975

Estuary English1984

1963 Guardian 22 May 9/1 The accent is TV commercial Brummie.

1987 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Aug. His atrocious Wolverhampton accent might have helped if only the newcomer had been able to distinguish between Icelandic and Brummie.

2015 Radio Times 27 Sept. (South/West ed.) 21/2 Teach Yourself Brummie... Alroight bab, whare yow bin? Used for the youngest person in the house regardless of age.

B. adj.

1. Originally and chiefly Australian.

a. Counterfeit; gaudy or cheaply made. Cf. Brummagem adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [adjective]

counterfeitedc1385

counterfeitc1386

trothlessa1393

bastard1397

forged1484

apocryphate1486

adulterate?a1509

mockisha1513

sophisticate1531

adulterine1542

adulterous1547

mock1548

forbate1558

coined1582

firking1594

feigned1598

adulterated1610

apocryphal1612

spurious1615

usurpeda1616

impostured1619

mock-madea1625

suppository1641

affictitious1656

pasteboard1659

sophisticated1673

flam1678

Brummagem1679

sham1681

belieda1718

fictitious1739

Birmingham1785

pinchbeck1790

brummish1803

Brum1805

flash1812

spurious1830

bogus1839

imitative1839

dummy1846

doctored1853

postiche1854

pseudo1854

Brummagemish1855

snide1859

inauthentic1860

fake1879

bum1884

Brummie1886

tin1886

filled1887

duff1889

faked1890

shicec1890

margarine1891

dud1904

Potemkin village1904

mocked-up1919

phoney baloney1936

four-flushing1942

bodgie1956

moody1958

disauthentic1960

bodgied1988

bodgied-up1988

1886 Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Queensland) 13 Aug. 3/6 Poor Ned, after bleeding for hours, closed his eyes, and, to all appearance, departed to that happy land where there is neither duffer-scrip nor brummy watches.

1914–18 W. Nicholls in N. Boyack Behind Lines (1989) 12 The Arab jabbers and annoys, And pesters you with Brummy toys.

1999 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 26 Sept. 79 The sheer duplicity of E Cook's argument..to vote for the monarchy while being British but a republican at heart, is like playing two-up with a brummy, double-headed coin.

b. Faulty or broken; (of an action or idea) incorrect, ill-advised, or dubious.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adjective] > specific modes of action or operation > faulty

defectious?1566

dysfunctional1936

out of whack1952

malfunctioning1966

Brummie1978

1978 Canberra Times 22 Feb. 2/5 The first week I spent getting the Volkswagen through registration. This should not have been too difficult, if..the auto-electrician had checked and realigned the headlights instead of merely replacing one brummy bulb.

2001 Sydney Morning Herald 18 Apr. (Business section) 23 The Air New Zealand board..is now presiding over a company whose market capitalisation is not that much more than the value of all of Ansett, brummy 767s and all..back in February last year.

2004 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 19 Jan. (Sport section) 58 Second seed Kim Clijsters has a suspect ankle. Lindsay Davenport has a brummy shoulder.

2005 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 11 Aug. (Business section) 23 Even as a group they can make the odd brummy decision.

2. British. Of or relating to Birmingham or its inhabitants; esp. relating to the dialect or accent of English spoken in Birmingham.

ΚΠ

1941 G. Kersh They die with their Boots Clean ii. 65 You're a Brummy Boy. I can tell by your accent.

1968 Guardian 6 Jan. 8 The ‘American deserter’ with a Brummy accent.

1992 J. Critchley Floating Voter (BNC) 25 She spoke with a Brummy whine.

2005 K. Harrison Starter Marriage 98 Aaron's suggested a true Brummie pub.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brummie
释义	Brummien.adj. Brit. /ˈbrʌmi/, U.S. /ˈbrəmi/ Forms: 1800s– Brummie, 1800s– Brummy. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Brummagem , -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < Brum- (in Brummagem: see Brummagem n.) + -y suffix⁶. Compare earlier Brum n.¹, Brum adj.In senses B. 1a, B. 1b after Brummagem adj. 1. colloquial. A. n. 1. British. A native or inhabitant of the English city of Birmingham. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > other towns Oxonianc1540 Yarmouthian1614 Manchesterian1645 Novocastrian1645 wacker1768 Stratfordian1769 Mancunian1771 docker1791 Yorkist1796 Dicky Sam1820 Brummie1824 Liverpudlian1833 Yarmouth bloater1849 Exonian1871 Grimbarian1886 Cheltonian1887 Plym1913 Hoxtoniana1935 scouse1945 loiner1950 Scouser1959 Wulfrunian1959 Manc1961 pie eater1985 1824 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 1 Jan. At Birmingham, the odds are for the Irishman. Brummies say, that Spring, on this occasion, must fight for it. 1883 Judy 20 June 289/3 You've been down to Brummagem, Bright, John Bright, A very remarkable sight—quite right! You made a long speech, the Brummies to teach That it's wrong for a nation to fight. 1956 Archit. Rev. 120 124/3 Now it tries hard to avoid being swamped by Birmingham—permanently, in the way of urban sprawl; temporarily, by the ebb and flow of the country-bound Brummies at week-ends. 1965 New Statesman 30 Apr. 670/2 He proclaims proudly, in a modulated Birmingham accent that makes him sound like a well-bred Australian: ‘I'm a natural born Brummie.’ 2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 25 Apr. (Weekend) 10 Value for money is something Brummies really understand. 2. The dialect or accent of English spoken in Birmingham. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > accent > [noun] > specific accents Oxford accent1855 Oxford Englisha1894 Mummersetshire1952 Morningside1953 Brummie1963 Roedean1972 mid-Atlantic1975 Estuary English1984 1963 Guardian 22 May 9/1 The accent is TV commercial Brummie. 1987 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Aug. His atrocious Wolverhampton accent might have helped if only the newcomer had been able to distinguish between Icelandic and Brummie. 2015 Radio Times 27 Sept. (South/West ed.) 21/2 Teach Yourself Brummie... Alroight bab, whare yow bin? Used for the youngest person in the house regardless of age. B. adj. 1. Originally and chiefly Australian. a. Counterfeit; gaudy or cheaply made. Cf. Brummagem adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [adjective] counterfeitedc1385 counterfeitc1386 trothlessa1393 bastard1397 forged1484 apocryphate1486 adulterate?a1509 mockisha1513 sophisticate1531 adulterine1542 adulterous1547 mock1548 forbate1558 coined1582 firking1594 feigned1598 adulterated1610 apocryphal1612 spurious1615 usurpeda1616 impostured1619 mock-madea1625 suppository1641 affictitious1656 pasteboard1659 sophisticated1673 flam1678 Brummagem1679 sham1681 belieda1718 fictitious1739 Birmingham1785 pinchbeck1790 brummish1803 Brum1805 flash1812 spurious1830 bogus1839 imitative1839 dummy1846 doctored1853 postiche1854 pseudo1854 Brummagemish1855 snide1859 inauthentic1860 fake1879 bum1884 Brummie1886 tin1886 filled1887 duff1889 faked1890 shicec1890 margarine1891 dud1904 Potemkin village1904 mocked-up1919 phoney baloney1936 four-flushing1942 bodgie1956 moody1958 disauthentic1960 bodgied1988 bodgied-up1988 1886 Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Queensland) 13 Aug. 3/6 Poor Ned, after bleeding for hours, closed his eyes, and, to all appearance, departed to that happy land where there is neither duffer-scrip nor brummy watches. 1914–18 W. Nicholls in N. Boyack Behind Lines (1989) 12 The Arab jabbers and annoys, And pesters you with Brummy toys. 1999 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 26 Sept. 79 The sheer duplicity of E Cook's argument..to vote for the monarchy while being British but a republican at heart, is like playing two-up with a brummy, double-headed coin. b. Faulty or broken; (of an action or idea) incorrect, ill-advised, or dubious. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adjective] > specific modes of action or operation > faulty defectious?1566 dysfunctional1936 out of whack1952 malfunctioning1966 Brummie1978 1978 Canberra Times 22 Feb. 2/5 The first week I spent getting the Volkswagen through registration. This should not have been too difficult, if..the auto-electrician had checked and realigned the headlights instead of merely replacing one brummy bulb. 2001 Sydney Morning Herald 18 Apr. (Business section) 23 The Air New Zealand board..is now presiding over a company whose market capitalisation is not that much more than the value of all of Ansett, brummy 767s and all..back in February last year. 2004 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 19 Jan. (Sport section) 58 Second seed Kim Clijsters has a suspect ankle. Lindsay Davenport has a brummy shoulder. 2005 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 11 Aug. (Business section) 23 Even as a group they can make the odd brummy decision. 2. British. Of or relating to Birmingham or its inhabitants; esp. relating to the dialect or accent of English spoken in Birmingham. ΚΠ 1941 G. Kersh They die with their Boots Clean ii. 65 You're a Brummy Boy. I can tell by your accent. 1968 Guardian 6 Jan. 8 The ‘American deserter’ with a Brummy accent. 1992 J. Critchley Floating Voter (BNC) 25 She spoke with a Brummy whine. 2005 K. Harrison Starter Marriage 98 Aaron's suggested a true Brummie pub. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1824
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