English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)
Do you know what these words really mean?
This boy is ~lousy~ (nonstandard).
This boy is *noisy* (standard). A lousy person is a very bad person and not a talkative person.
This boy is a ~tout~ (nonstandard).
This boy is a *lout* (standard). A tout is a person who buys ticket for an event to resell them while a lout is a someone lacking in refinement, grace and good manners.
GAB
