ockerismn.
/ˈɒkərɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɑkəˌrɪz(ə)m/, Australian English /ˈɔkərɪz(ə)m/ Australian.
Behaviour characteristic of an ocker.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > unrefined manners or behaviour
villainyc1340
churlhood1382
rudenessc1405
boistousness1526
uplandishness1530
rusticity1531
coarseness1541
loutishnessa1556
grossness1563
boorishness1570
rusticality1572
clownishness1576
bouerie1577
roughness1581
clownery1589
swinishness1591
peasantryc1592
inurbanity1598
community1600
rusticalnessa1603
clownagea1637
wildness1639
vulgarness1642
unpolishedness1652
brutism1687
mismanners1697
unpoliteness1700
brutality1709
mechanicism1710
indelicacy1712
untameness1727
vulgarism1749
vulgaritya1774
shag1785
piggishness1796
cubbishness1828
sylvanity1832
rusticness1838
plebeianness1840
swainishness1854
baboonery1857
yahooism1862
slanginess1865
bucolicism1879
vulgarianism1920
outbackery1961
yobbishness1969
ockerism1974
blokeishness1989
1974 P. Porter in Australian 5 Oct. 13/4 The new Australian boorishness is known as Ockerism, from a slob-like character called Ocker in a television series, the embodiment of oafish, blinkered self-satisfaction.
1977 Sunday Times 23 Jan. 30/8 It is seen as a defeat for the spirit of ockerism (that is, being blatantly Australian).
1989 Sunday Tel. 26 Feb. 13/1 Reacting against..the image of beer-swilling Ockerism.
2002 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 18 July 12 The film celebrates broad ockerism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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