jam eater

Cumbrian Dictionary

( n jam eeter) Resident of Whitehaven/Workington. Offensive. Not to be used unless you fancy a 'pagga'.

The story goes that the mines in Workington closed and all the Workintoners started working in the mines in Whitehaven. The Whitehaveners claim all the Workington miners came to work with jam sandwiches and the Workingtoners claim it was the Whitehaveners. It’s now a term of abuse that both sides of West Cumbria use on each other especially at Whitehaven / Workington rugby derby matches.

Cumbrian Dictionary

Submitted by a number of residents of Workington folk, most of whome claimed it is a term to describe Whitehaveners! No surprise there!