hossie
Hossie is a casual, breezy slang shortening of 'hospital' used in everyday conversation, particularly in Australian, British, and South African English.
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Hossie is a casual, breezy slang shortening of 'hospital' used in everyday conversation, particularly in Australian, British, and South African English. It takes the sting out of a clinical setting by treating it like any other everyday destination — the same way 'footy' softens 'football'. You'd use hossie when casually telling someone you're heading in for a check-up, describing a long stint recovering, or sympathising with someone who landed themselves in A&E.
She slipped on the ice and ended up in the hossie for two days with a fractured wrist.
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(slang) hospital.
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