Natasha Jonas Tests Irish Jockey, Rachael Blackmore, On Her Scouse Slang In Run Up To Aintree Races

Editorial
Mar 23, 2023
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Famed Liverpool Boxer, Natasha Jonas, Tested Irish Jockey, Rachael Blackmore, On Her Knowledge Of Scouse Slang Including 'Antwacky', 'Clobber', 'Wool' And 'Ozzy', In A Liverpool Slang Quiz For The Jockey Club

Renowned Liverpool Boxer, Natasha Jonas (Left), tested the Scouse Slang knowledge of multiple medal-winning Irish Jockey, Rachael Blackmore (Right), for The Jockey Club on social media (Credit: The Jockey Club).

Scouse Slang was put to the test by Liverpool's own Natasha Jonas asking Irish Jockey, Rachael Blackmore, questions about the Liverpool Dialect in the run up to The Aintree Races in April.

Renowned Liverpool Boxer, Natasha Jonas, tested the Scouse Slang knowledge of Rachael Blackmore, the Irish Jockey from Killenaule in County Tipperary, Ireland.

The Liverpool local tested the Irish Jockey on some of the most used slang words in Liverpool, including 'Webs', 'Antwacky', Clobber' and 'Wool' to name a few.

Rachael Blackmore has garnered considerable attention and acclaim as a highly decorated Jockey, such as when she rode the horse Minella Times when she became the first woman to win the Grand National.

The TikTok video posted to The Jockey Club account, gained more than 14,000 likes as the Liverpool local tested the Irish Jockey on some of the most used slang words in Liverpool, including 'Webs', 'Baltic, 'Antwacky', 'Clobber', 'Wool', 'Blagging' and 'Ozzy' to name a few.

The humour-filled video's caption reads: 'Can top jockey Rachael Blackmore speak scouse? 🤣'

The video's description added: 'Liverpudlian boxer Natasha Jonas gave her a helping hand!'

Though, Natasha's Scouse Slang knowledge was actually questioned and clarified by some in the comments, with the top comment being one user saying: 'A wool is someone just outside of Liverpool, not anyone not from Liverpool.' With the comment clarifying her terminology earning almost 350 likes from TikTok users.

The second most popular comment on the video was also about the term 'wools', with the person saying: '[A] Wool is not anyone that's not from liverpool'.

The top two comments reflect the question that is almost always asked by people when they visit Liverpool: 'What's a wool?'

With the majority or Scousers using the terms 'wool' and 'woolyback' on a daily basis, it has now become part of the Liverpool dialect for many across the City. However, most people often have a slightly different definition of the term used by people in the City of Liverpool to refer to those from the surrounding areas of the City, something rather specific to Liverpool which we will explain more further down.

Rachael Blackmore certainly seemed to have a lot of fun taking part in the quiz and was bewildered at a number of the Liverpool slang terms.

Below we will break down some of the Scouse Slang words for you in the order that they appeared in the video, so that you know some slang when you next visit Liverpool:

'Lolly Ice' - Liverpool's way of saying 'Ice Lolly'.
'The Ozzy' - This is the slang word for the hospital.
'Clobber' - A very popular term used to refer to clothes.
'Blaggin' - When someone blags their way through a situation.
'Webs' - The name for shoes.
'Gaff' - The word used to describe a place, such as someone's house.
'Bizzies' - The slang term for the police.
'Antwacky' - This means that something is old-fashioned.
'Wool' - A nickname used by people in the City of Liverpool and given to people from the wider Liverpool City Region/Merseyside, including areas like the Wirral, Southport and Runcorn.
'Baltic' - This means that the temperature is freezing cold.