plazzy
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Etymology edit
From plastic + -y. Compare spazzy from spastic.
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plazzy (not comparable) (Liverpool, slang)
- Synonym of plastic (“made of plastic”)
- 1987, Arthur Perkins, Trash, London: Robert Hale, →ISBN, page 22:
- ‘Nar, listen, ’e foun’ these postcards in a plazzy bag. Two ’undred a’ fifteen pee each from this shop in town. […]
- Synonym of plastic (“fake”)
- 1998, Kevin Sampson, Awaydays, London: Vintage, published 1999, →ISBN, pages 33–34:
- Fucken plazzy gangsters, the lot of them. Deal a bit of weed and they think they’re the fucken boys.