Pronunciation. In Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, the word is pronounced /ˈɒzi/, hence the alternative form Ozzie; however, in the United States, it is most often pronounced /ˈɔːsi/ AW-see.
/ˈɔːzi/ (also Aussie) (informal) a person from Australia.
a charitable home, hospice, or school.
It can be a short form of either Oswald or Osmond which are usually male given names or a surname. However in Australia we often refer to our country as Oz an ourselves as Ozzies. This is a play on the more correct spelling of Aussie. The pronunciation is the same.
Aussie = Australian
It simply means Australian, someone from Australia. So when Australian people refer to themselves, they say Aussies do so and so.
As you probably know, “Aussie” is slang for “Australian”.
: containing or composed of ooze : resembling ooze. : exuding moisture : slimy.
Before discussing their language, it's important to know what people from Australia and New Zealand call themselves and their countries. People from Australia call their homeland “Oz;” a phonetic abbreviation of the country's name, which also harkens to the magical land from L.
While some Australian speakers would pronounce “no” as a diphthong, starting on “oh” as in dog and ending on “oo” as in put, others begin with an unstressed “a” (the sound at the end of the word “sofa”), then move to the “oh” and then “oo”.
Cozzie – swimming costume • Cranky – in a bad mood, angry • Crook – sick, or badly made • Cut lunch – sandwiches • Dag – a funny person • Daks – trousers • Dinkum, fair dinkum – true, real, genuine • Dipstick – a loser, idiot • Down Under – Australia and New Zealand • Dunny – outside toilet • Earbashing – nagging • ...
So, in a trademark sense, at least, McDonald's “owns” the name MACCA'S, despite the fact that the nickname was not invented by McDonald's, but coined and popularised by the Australian public.
Ozzie. Meaning: (Noun) An alternative way to spell and pronounce Aussie, also short for Australian.
It's a chant used when barracking (cheering on) a national sporting team, often followed by 'oi, oi, oi'. It's the equivalent of 'U-S-A, U-S-A' in the US. It's a good filler when there's not much going on with play and is an exuberant expression of Australian pride.
Bloke: another word for a man. Bludger: an Australian term for a lazy person. Bogan: the Australian equivalent of a redneck.
A bloke, or "Aussie bloke", is a masculine archetype unique to Australia.
G'day (guh-day) / Hello.
The word Australia when referred to informally with its first three letters becomes Aus. When Aus or Aussie, the short form for an Australian, is pronounced for fun with a hissing sound at the end, it sounds as though the word being pronounced has the spelling Oz.
Three main varieties of Australian English are spoken according to linguists: broad, general and cultivated. They are part of a continuum, reflecting variations in accent. They can, but do not always, reflect the social class, education and urban or rural background of the speaker.
Zed is widely known to be used in British English. But it's also used in almost every English-speaking country. In England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, India, Canada (usually), and New Zealand, Z is pronounced as zed. It's derived from the Greek letter zeta.
There are also a number of terms for Australia, such as: Aussie, Oz, Lucky Country, and land of the long weekend. Names for regions include: dead heart, top end, the mallee, and the mulga.
Between 1970 and 1988, imperial units were withdrawn from general legal use and replaced with the International System of Units, facilitated through legislation and government agencies. SI units are now the only legal units of measurement in Australia.
Ozzie is a gender-neutral name with Norse origins. The name Ozzie means “bear god” and is often a shorthand version of names such as Oswald, Osmand, and Ozias. In Germanic culture, Ozzie can also be a girl's name meaning “divine”.
(dɔk) noun. a person who advocates neither a conciliatory nor a belligerent national attitude.
New Word Suggestion. staid and old-fashioned, a contraction of the expression 'came out of the ark'. for example: 'I wouldn't wear that, it looks so arky'.