Regional Insults

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noun a derogatory term used in Liverpool, England to describe someone from the neighboring areas of Wirral or North Wales

  • The term 'woollyback' is sometimes used to refer to people from rural areas.
  • My friend jokingly called me a woollyback because I grew up in the countryside.
  • I heard some city folks use the term woollyback to describe anyone not from the urban area.
  • Being called a woollyback made me feel like an outsider in the city.