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Oz, n.2 and a. slang (orig. and chiefly Austral.).|ɒz|
Also Aus., Oss.
[Repr. pronunc. of abbrev. of Australia and Australian: cf. Aussie n. and a.]
A. n.
1. Australia.
1908Bulletin (Sydney) 2 July 15/3 My home is near Kingston, which is in the S.E. of South Oss. 1944Barging about: organ of 43rd Austral. Landing Craft Co. 1 Sept. 6 All the tribes of Oz did gather together. 1970B. Humphries in Private Eye 13 Feb. 16 (caption) If they guess I'm from Oz the shit will really hit the fan. 1988Arena Autumn/Winter 78/1 When you are fronting up for the greatest little country..—ie Oz—you need to be pretty smart.
2. An Australian.
1974D. O'Grady Deschooling Kevin Carew 38 He enjoyed playing various roles, aesthete, cynic, dinkum Aus., but always with detachment. 1976Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Apr. 5/1 The merest suspicion that Australia could be emerging as a cultural nation is enough to make a red-blooded Oz choke on his meat pie. 1986Daily Sun (Brisbane) 19 Oct. 3/7 Mark's an Oz. Mark Knopfler, singing superstar.., has joined the swelling ranks of overseas stars who have fallen in love with Australia.
B. adj. = Australian a.
1971Bulletin (Sydney) 18 Dec. 30/2 Then I got back to England and found myself facing the ‘Oz’ educational attitudes. 1978TV Week (Brisbane) 24 June 16/1 There was no mad scramble for cheque books among Oz networks to buy it. 1989Sunday Tel. 26 Feb. 13/1 These Oz intellectuals fell over themselves in a desperate parade of learning heavily-worn.
C. Comb., used in various trivial nonce-wds., as Ozland n., Ozman n., etc.
1971Frendz 21 May 9/2 The yippees of America, like the Ozniks of London, are right out of the middle class, Chuck. 1985Bulletin (Sydney) 15 Oct. 10/3 Modern Ozman is the direct descendant of the first white boat people. 1987Weekend Australian (Brisbane) 28 Feb.–1 Mar. 13/7 (Weekend Mag.) (heading) Witty response deals a swift blow to the sterile Oz-pop. 1987Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 6 Sept. 18/5 (heading) Will Ozcard bring us to this? 1987Satellite (Brisbane) 16 Dec. 9/4 (heading) ‘Lucy’ jumps from volatile Brazil to peaceful Ozland. |