Brummagem
Local name for Birmingham, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brummagem (/ˈbrʌmədʒəm/ BRUM-ə-jəm, local pronunciation: ['brʊmədʒəm]), and historically also Bromichan, Bremicham and many similar variants, is the local name for the city of Birmingham, England, and the dialect associated with it. It gave rise to the terms Brum (a shortened version of Brummagem) and Brummie (applied to inhabitants of the city, their accent and dialect).
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"Brummagem" and "Brummagem ware" are also terms for cheap and shoddy imitations, in particular when referring to mass-produced goods. This use is archaic in the UK, but persists in some specialist areas in the US and Australia.