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Aussie

Pronunciation: /ˈɔzi/

The English word “Aussie” has 5 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. the nation or continent of Australia (now uncommon except in sporting chants and in New Zealand).
  2. An Australian (person).
  3. An Australian Shepherd dog.
  4. The Australian dollar.

adjective

  1. Australian.

Etymology

From a clipping of Australian (or Australia) + -ie. The spelling likely adopted the visual template of the pre‐existing personal diminutive Aussie (from Austin or Augusta). However, while the personal nickname retains standard English phonics with a voiceless /s/, the pronunciation of the national slang (/ˈɒzi/) was driven by a highly productive morphophonological template in Commonwealth slang…

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