Townie vs Grebo - What's the difference?
townie | grebo |
(UK, US) A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university.
(US) A person born and raised in an area of who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage.
(UK) A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area.
(UK) A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person.
(UK, pejorative) A chav.
(US) A working-class citizen in a metropolitan area.
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook.
* 1999 , Richard D. Lewis, When Cultures Collide: Managing Successfully Across Cultures ,
* 2002 , Graeme Davison, Rural Sustainability in Historical Perspective'', Chris Cocklin, Jacqui Dibden (editors), ''Sustainability and Change in Rural Australia , University Of New South Wales Press,
* 2005 , Marc Brodie, Chapter 9: The Politics of Rural Nostalgia between the Wars'', Graeme Davison, Marc Brodie (editors), ''Struggle Country: The Rural Ideal in Twentieth-Century Australia ,
* 2008 , , Blood & Tinsel: A Memoir , Melbourne University Publishing,
(slang, UK, predominantly West Midlands) A greaser or biker; a member of any alternative subculture, as opposed to a chav or townie.
*1998 , "Bill Jillians", alt.journalism.gonzo (Internet newsgroup)
*:The highlight of my school days was one day in the mid-70s. There was a sort of glam-rock cult called the Grebos back then who wore smartish Disco clothes...
*2002 , Glyn Brown, Baxter Dury: Chip off the old Blockhead'' (''The Independent on Sunday )
*:But the realistic side stepped in — y'know, if you're on the point of giving birth, you don't really need a bunch of grebos playing some dodgy old music downstairs.
(slang, UK) A member of a United Kingdom subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s, musically affiliated with garage rock and electronica, typically wearing baggy clothes and hair in high ponytails.
*1995 , Colin Larkin, The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music
*:...they were soon pigeonholed under the banner of "grebo rock"...
*2002 , Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide to Rock
*:...focused on the hyper punk aspect of England's "grebo" movement...
*2003 , Peter Buckley, Jonathan Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock
*:This debut album is a glorious grebo -fest.
As nouns the difference between townie and grebo
is that townie is a person living in a university area who is not associated with the university while grebo is a greaser or biker; a member of any alternative subculture, as opposed to a chav or townie.townie
English
(wikipedia townie)Alternative forms
* towneeNoun
(en noun)page 191,
- The modern Aussie is a townie through and through. Australia is the least densely populated country on earth; it is also among the most highly urbanised.
page 40,
- In the 1940?s, a social survey of Victorian country towns found a similar gap between the interests and outlooks of farmers and townies , and an underlying fear on the part of the townsfolk.
page 9.9,
- In that sense, the townies , not the farmers, were the inheritors of a pioneer capacity for hard work.
page 18,
- Earlier, there would probably have been a grudge match between two townies , or locals.
