Brummie
Noun

Brummie (plural Brummies)

  1. (UK, informal) A person from Birmingham, United Kingdom.
    • 2001, David Franklin, Looking For Sarah Jane Smith, Baby Ice Dog Press, Australia, ISBN 9780646410869, unnumbered page ↗,
      John figured that people who said Ciao were asking to be damaged, especially Brummies with dreary accents who sounded even more absurd than other non-Italian Ciao users.
    • 2009, Steve Mifflin, Exile in the Promised Land, 2013, page 120 ↗,
      His drilled shot is inch perfect and initially I am frozen as the ball hits the back of the net, in front of the open mouthed Brummies massed behind the goal.
  2. (UK, informal, uncountable) The accented variety of English spoken in Birmingham.
    • 2000 August 11, TerryD, "[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.rec.naturist/UBuyn7ARWVo Skinny-Dipping Midlands]", uk.rec.naturist, Usenet:
      An easy mistake to make though, you'll hear more Brummie in Welshpool in August than Welsh that's for sure.
    • 2013, Kamil Malarski, Intonation in the Perception of Brummie, Ewa Waniek-Klimczak, Linda R. Shockey (editors), Teaching and Researching English Accents in Native and Non-native Speakers, Springer, page 208 ↗,
      Brummie is the accent spoken in the city of Birmingham in the area of the West Midlands. Despite its being widely discussed in the media, Brummie has not received too much attention from linguists.
Adjective

Brummie (comparative Brummier, superlative Brummiest)

  1. (UK, informal) Of or relating to Birmingham, United Kingdom.
    • 1976, Punch, Volume 270, page 265 ↗,
      "Jump on that bus?" he shouted in an even Brummier accent. "Yow must be jokin'. The bleedin' thing hasn't moved in this traffic for near on an hour."
    • 1995 November 3, Audrey MacDonald, "[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.media.radio.archers/d7sCBWEVr7Q Accents on the Archers]", uk.media.radio.archers, Usenet:
      Hayley Jordan is played by an actress who's name I can't remember, but who is actually Jasper Carrott's daughter, and apart from Nigel Mansell, you can't get more Brummie than that.
    • 1997, Tim Parks, Europa, 2012, unnumbered page ↗,
      When the girls smile, he says in his most Brummie Italian, False presumption of binary opposition.
    • 2011 January 23, darkprince66, "[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.railway/UAoym8MnNxY Good old BR Improvisation to keep the service running]", uk.railway, Usenet:
      I remember it now having watched the clip! Under Spaghetti Junction too. You can't get more Brummie than that!
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