pan-loafy
English
Alternative forms
- pan loafy
- panloafy
Adjective
pan-loafy (comparative more pan-loafy, superlative most pan-loafy)
- (colloquial, chiefly Scotland) Posh, pretentious or stuck-up
- 1993, K Stephen, “Proud to be British?”, in soc.culture.british (Usenet):
- Perhaps it is a class thing. Pan loafy people can also be very stuffy and toffee nosed and hence arrogant.
- 1999: Muttley, Life's not worth it in uk.people.support.depression
- The Central belt is becoming more weedjie. Edinburgh is still pretty pan-loafy. Fifer is bools-in-the-mooth.
- 2005, Eve McLaughlin, “Re GROS a brilliant service”, in soc.genealogy.britain (Usenet):
- >What is a scots lol?
I think it could be a panloafy way of saying loyal, instead of leal.?
References
- OED 2005
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