onya
/ˈɒnjə
/exclamation Australian informal
An exclamation of approval; good on you!: they’re the leading qualifiers for the next round. Onya fellas!...
- Onya boys - a very well deserved win!
- Maybe we are sick of listening to a whole lot of people who can summon no more in the way of comment than "Onya Steve".
- I took the skis back to the hire joint (onya George) and retired for a sleep.
Origin
1980s: a contraction of good on you.
- Medinese
- mediocracy
- mediocrat
- mediocre
- mediocrely
- mediocritization
- mediocritize
- mediocritizing
- mediocrity
- medio-palatal
- medio-passive
- medipectus
- Medising
- Medism
- meditate
- meditation
- meditational
- meditationist
- meditative
- meditatively
- meditativeness
- meditator
- Mediterranean
- Mediterranean anaemia
- Mediterranean anemia