Aussie

noun

Aus·​sie ˈȯ-sē How to pronounce Aussie (audio)
ˈä-sē,
 British and Australian usually  ˈȯ-zē
: a native or inhabitant of Australia

Examples of Aussie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web An assassin who attacks Adam at a gas station is outfitted in a cyberpunk ensemble; another is a feral Aussie with huge mutton chops. Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024 And the comedy’s fish-out-of-water premise, as Cady learns about high school cliques and quirks after moving from Kenya to Illinois, posed a fitting test for an Aussie actor who, as a teenager, spent many months away from home studying her craft on American movie sets. Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024 Robbie was an Aussie soap star with big-screen aspirations. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Jan. 2024 According to The Wall Street Journal, seller John Symond, a financial executive and founder of mortgage broker Aussie Home Loans, splashed out a cool £44.5 million (or about $56.3 million) for both units back in 2017. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2024 O’Doherty filters her character’s crackup through a blazing beam of Aussie sunshine. Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023 This charming and disarmingly cringe Aussie rom-com kicks off with one of the most original meet-cutes in the genre: Gordon (Patrick Brammall) stops his car to let Ashley (Harriet Dyer) cross the street. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2023 TRESemmé Extra Hold Hair Gel Aussie Instant Freeze Hair with Jojoba Oil & Sea Kelp Gel Wavy Hair Marjan says to prep your waves with mousse to help look extra moisturized. Audrey Noble, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2023 Or maybe that’s just the clearly low-budget Aussie production values at work, since none of the sets are elaborate and none of the crowd scenes are overpopulated. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Australian + -ie

First Known Use

circa 1910, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Aussie was circa 1910

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“Aussie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Aussie. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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