Australian slang for a resident of public housing, formed in the typical Australian manner by shortening and adding '-o'. The term can be used neutrally or with condescension depending on the speaker, and carries the social weight of class and housing inequality in Australia.
Growing up as a houso in western Sydney, he knew which families you could count on and which you couldn't.
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(Australia, slang) A resident of public housing.
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