Septic

See also: septic and sèptic

English

Etymology

Short form of Australian rhyming slang septic tank (“Yank”).

Noun

Septic (plural Septics)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Cockney rhyming slang) Alternative form of septic; an American.
   • 1992 February, “The Brit Pack”, in Spin, page 41:

     Not only didn′t he want to tour he didn′t even want “Septics” (“Septic Tanks,″ meaning Yanks) to buy his records.

Related terms

• Seppo
• septic