Who Is Classed As A Scouser — The History Of The Nickname For Liverpudlians Liverpool has expanded from 7 Streets to a large and bustling City Region that consists of 6 Boroughs. A Scouser originally was anyone that worked in the Port of Liverpool that would eat the imported dish, 'Lobscouse'. The nickname, Scouser, has now broadly increased it's definition outside of the confines of the Port of Liverpool Docklands such as the Pier Head, Dingle, Birkenhead, Bootle, Wallasey