hi, does anybody know what a scally is?

i was asked whether or not i was a scally on a different thread

thanx.

It's the short version of Scallywag; the Liverpool equivalent of Chav.

Liverpoolese! That's strixy's territory!:D

wikipedia says:
Scally is a slang term, originally used in Merseyside, to describe jobless yobs, who have little or no education, and have committed some type of crime. The stereotypical Scally dresses in tracksuit bottoms, wears a certain type of trainer or boot, and a baseball cap.

Which sounds familiar!

Have a look here urban dictionary dot com (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scally) scroll down for varying opinions.


Beware rude words... :suspect:

My definition would be a bit of rogue, possibly a lovable one depending on who it is.
:)

OMG!

i am so not a scally! never worn a tracksuit bottom in mi life an i ant got a baseball cap either!

lol

Utah has the definition spot on - Scallies have been around far longer than people have been wearing tracksuits as streetwear, and much, much longer than those we identify as Chavs.

Basically they are probably best described as people who get up to no good, but don't do any real harm to anybody - but have a habit of finding things that have fallen off lorries :suspect:

rockports arent that chavy are they?

Originally posted by utah
My definition would be a bit of rogue, possibly a lovable one depending on who it is.
:)

Lovable rogue?!

So what do you call the one who wants to rob your telly?!

Originally posted by utah
My definition would be a bit of rogue, possibly a lovable one depending on who it is.
:)

Yes absolutely spot on definition. I grew up with the term in the 60's and 70's in Liverpool. My dad who grew up there in the 30's says that the term was used even in those days and was usually someone working down the docks who managed to get paid for a full week of not working and nicking as much cargo as possible.
The term has obviously been mutated now to what we otherwise know as a 'Chav'.

Hmm Abdul, can't say here what I'd call that one but I bet I know his name :rant: I've worked with little scallies in the making and some are lovable rogues, others go on to nick your telly.
:)

Originally posted by biggan
rockports arent that chavy are they?

Fraid so!

it's the opposite of a hippie or a crustie.

e.g. in reply to me asking a liverpool music festival organiser, "who do you want to turn up?":

"we don't just want the dopeheads and the druggies and hippies... we want SCALLEEEES!"

Originally posted by Abdul
Lovable rogue?!

So what do you call the one who wants to rob your telly?!

surely not him?! (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=16219) :o

OK, ok, people, I concede that in certain cases, scally can mean a lovable rogue, but when you've spent a decade in inner-city Liverpool as I did, it's usually a term to describe those lovable, friendly, misunderstood, residents of that great city who'll not only nick your car wheels, but your windscreen too :|

Come to think of it, the term for those ragamuffins is 'effing scousers' :rant:

As they used to say on Crimewatch, before the influx of African con-artists and Eastern Europeans gangs into dear old blighty:

"The suspect was described as being of slim build, with closely-cropped hair, wore a shellsuit, and spoke with a Liverpudlian accent" ;)

Originally posted by Abdul
Lovable rogue?!

So what do you call the one who wants to rob your telly?!

Call him a thieving scally and phone the Bizzies (Scouse word for Police apparently)

Not all Liverpudlian are the same .... there are those thos have dragged themselves from the gutter kicking and screaming.....

As someone who has moved to Sheffield from somewhere very near Liverpool centre(and has very close friends still in that area) there are people throughout England which I would descripe as ''scallys'' but are not from that area of the North West.

''Chav's'' are the moden day scally and we can all walk down any street in any city/town centre and find plenty of those !!

Originally posted by bertie749
As someone who has moved to Sheffield from somewhere very near Liverpool centre(and has very close friends still in that area) there are people throughout England which I would descripe as ''scallys'' but are not from that area of the North West.

Whereabouts in the Liverpool Poverty Belt™ did you live?

I spent 3.5 years in Fairfield, near Newsham Park, just down the road from Kensington (which was Hell) and about 7 years just off Derwent Road in Old Swan (which really was Paradise was comparison!)