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Etymology

From Aus +‎ -sie.

Pronunciation

Noun

Aussie (plural Aussies)

  1. (colloquial) An Australian.
    • 2014 June 17, Tribune Newspapers, “Cruising Down Under”, in Chicago Tribune‎:
      A blokart (say blow-cart) plays to the penchant that Kiwis and Aussies have for pushing the limits in search of fun. It’s a ground-hugging, tricyclelike combination of aluminum tubing and rubber wheels with a steering wheel and a sail.
    • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:
      What we hope to achieve with our AAMI Decade of Driving Report, is to bring awareness to where, when and how accidents occur, so that Aussie drivers can be better informed and educated on how to drive more safely. - AAMI Motor Claims Manager Leah James
  2. (colloquial) An Australian Shepherd dog.
  3. (slang, finance) Australian dollar (see also; Aussie dollar).

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Finnish: aussi
  • ⇒ German: Ossi
  • → Russian: о́ззи (ózzi), о́зи (ózi)

Translations

Proper noun

Aussie

  1. (colloquial) Australia (now uncommon except in sporting chants and in New Zealand).

Adjective

Aussie (not generally comparable, comparative more Aussie, superlative most Aussie)

  1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, British, South Africa, colloquial) Australian.
    • 1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 5:
      From the Marvel Mixmaster to the Miracle Microwave, every time a new-fangled gadget has lobbed into the Aussie kitchen, Aussie mums have changed their cooking styles accordingly.
    • 1998, Gordon L. Steinbrook, Allies and Mates: An American Soldier with the Australians and New Zealanders in Vietnam 1966-1967‎, page 63:
      Most Aussie officers seemed this way to me; always cool, deliberate, and extremely rational in their decision making, a far cry from the American leadership I had seen during my first year in the army.
    • 2010, Veechi Curtis, Lynley Averis, Bookkeeping For Dummies, page 81:
      Here's something I learned the hard way: The very best time of year to start off with accounting software is the beginning of the financial year (1 July for most Aussie businesses, and 1 April for most Kiwi businesses).
    • 2011, Wiley Trading Guide‎, volume 2, John Wiley & Sons Inc, page 153:
      For example, if you buy US dollars (USD) using Australian dollars (AUD) and the Aussie dollar falls, you can then sell your US dollars and you will have made money as you will have more Aussie dollars than you started with.
    • 2008, Lois Nicholls, Aussie, Actually‎, page 111:
      They′re the ‘Almost Aussies’ who embrace their new culture with a vengeance – some becoming more Aussie than Aussies.
    • 2008, Janet Fife-Yeomans, Heath: A Family's Tale‎, page 65:
      You couldn't get more Aussie than the cast he chose—or their cars. The goodies drive Holdens and the baddies cruise around in a big, grunting, chocolate-brown Monaro.
    • 2010, Quintin Jardine, Screen Savers, unnumbered page:
      ‘I'm a perfectionist, mate,’ he said, his accent becoming noticeably more Aussie, as it always did in private.
    • 2015, Johnny Lieu, “Cronulla Riots: What happened on one of Australia's darkest days”, in Mashable‎:
      'Every fucking aussie. Go to Cronulla Beach Sunday for some Leb and wog bashing Aussie Pride ok.'

Usage notes

  • The pronunciations with /s/ instead of /z/ are considered erroneous by Australians and New Zealanders.

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