New Zildn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌnjuː ˈzɪld/, U.S.

/ˌn(j)u ˈzɪld/, New Zealand English

/ˌn(j)uː ˈzɪld/

Forms: 1900s– New Zild, 1900s– Newzild, 1900s– Noo Zild.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name New Zealand.

Etymology: < a representation of a stereotyped ‘broad’, clipped New Zealand pronunciation of the name of New Zealand (see New Zealand n.). Compare slightly earlier Strine adj. and n.

New Zealand colloquial.

A. n.

1. New Zealand English; esp. when viewed (frequently derogatory) as spoken with a broad or stereotypical New Zealand accent.

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1966 ‘A. Acker’ New Zild 7 Newzilders speak Newzild.

1972 A. Mitchell Half-gallon Quarter-acre Pavlova Paradise 181 You must understand New Zild as she is spoke. Elocution teachers sometimes say that New Zild is only lazy speech. In fact New Zild is a substitute for speech.

1986 K. Ovenden O.E. 144 That's French slang for a cigarette. I learned it today. I'm going to use it in Godzone and make it part of Newzild.

2001 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 4 Aug. 12 The readily understood safety briefing mumbled in New Zild by a strapping young woman who really did look as though she ‘knew what to do’.

2. New Zealand, esp. regarded as a cultural (frequently culturally primitive) entity.

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1992 Dominion Sunday Times (Wellington, N.Z.) 23 Aug. 21 They work with familiar material, slyly inverting cliches as well as pure New Zild like white Valiants, but they look at it from a fresh angle.

1993 Salient (Wellington, N.Z.) 8 June 22 It aims to be a musical satire of corporationist attitudes ruining Seacliffe, a previously idyllic rural town in the backblocks of Noo Zild.

1998 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) 20 Sept. 9 Soon we will have Anatoli Shamahomelesski competing in Greco-Roman wrestling for us with ‘registered in New Zild’ tattooed on his stern.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating distinctive New Zealand speech or language; of or relating to New Zealand (esp. of something viewed as typically characteristic).

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1980 M. Thompson All my Lives 60 ‘And what languages have you, Mr Thompson?’... ‘English?’ (I offered this in that apologetic interrogative tone that has since become the hallmark of New Zild speech.)

1992 Polit. Rev. Oct.–Nov. 34 Middle New Zild English must be delivered with surgical precision.

2000 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 21 Mar. 15 A most old-fashioned fruit, ever-present in old-fashioned New Zild gardens, where the passionfruit vine grows like a weed.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	new zild
释义	New Zildn.adj. Brit. /ˌnjuː ˈzɪld/, U.S. /ˌn(j)u ˈzɪld/, New Zealand English /ˌn(j)uː ˈzɪld/ Forms: 1900s– New Zild, 1900s– Newzild, 1900s– Noo Zild. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name New Zealand. Etymology: < a representation of a stereotyped ‘broad’, clipped New Zealand pronunciation of the name of New Zealand (see New Zealand n.). Compare slightly earlier Strine adj. and n. New Zealand colloquial. A. n. 1. New Zealand English; esp. when viewed (frequently derogatory) as spoken with a broad or stereotypical New Zealand accent. ΚΠ 1966 ‘A. Acker’ New Zild 7 Newzilders speak Newzild. 1972 A. Mitchell Half-gallon Quarter-acre Pavlova Paradise 181 You must understand New Zild as she is spoke. Elocution teachers sometimes say that New Zild is only lazy speech. In fact New Zild is a substitute for speech. 1986 K. Ovenden O.E. 144 That's French slang for a cigarette. I learned it today. I'm going to use it in Godzone and make it part of Newzild. 2001 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 4 Aug. 12 The readily understood safety briefing mumbled in New Zild by a strapping young woman who really did look as though she ‘knew what to do’. 2. New Zealand, esp. regarded as a cultural (frequently culturally primitive) entity. ΚΠ 1992 Dominion Sunday Times (Wellington, N.Z.) 23 Aug. 21 They work with familiar material, slyly inverting cliches as well as pure New Zild like white Valiants, but they look at it from a fresh angle. 1993 Salient (Wellington, N.Z.) 8 June 22 It aims to be a musical satire of corporationist attitudes ruining Seacliffe, a previously idyllic rural town in the backblocks of Noo Zild. 1998 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) 20 Sept. 9 Soon we will have Anatoli Shamahomelesski competing in Greco-Roman wrestling for us with ‘registered in New Zild’ tattooed on his stern. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating distinctive New Zealand speech or language; of or relating to New Zealand (esp. of something viewed as typically characteristic). ΚΠ 1980 M. Thompson All my Lives 60 ‘And what languages have you, Mr Thompson?’... ‘English?’ (I offered this in that apologetic interrogative tone that has since become the hallmark of New Zild speech.) 1992 Polit. Rev. Oct.–Nov. 34 Middle New Zild English must be delivered with surgical precision. 2000 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 21 Mar. 15 A most old-fashioned fruit, ever-present in old-fashioned New Zild gardens, where the passionfruit vine grows like a weed. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1966
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