Ockerism refers to the behaviour, attitudes, speech patterns, and cultural mannerisms associated with the 'ocker' — the archetypal rough-and-ready, unsophisticated Australian male.
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(AU, slang) (a boorish or uncultivated Australian).
A rare slang nominalization meaning the behavior characteristic of a jerk -- selfish, inconsiderate, or obnoxious conduct as a habitual pattern. The '-ism' suffix gives it a pseudo-ideological weight, as if being a jerk were a coherent philosophy. Typically used sarcastically to mock someone's consistent rudeness rather than to describe a genuine ideology. Most effective when applied to a repeated pattern, not a single bad moment.
Scots legal Scots from 'ocker' (usury), ultimately from Old Norse 'okr' (increase, profit). An ockerer charged ruinous interest on loans at a time when usury was both illegal and morally condemned; the term carried strong contempt in Scottish courts.
Ockerism refers to the behaviour, attitudes, speech patterns, and cultural mannerisms associated with the 'ocker' — the archetypal rough-and-ready, unsophisticated Australian male. It encompasses things like blunt speech, larrikin humour, a suspicion of pretension, and a certain performative ordinariness. Ockerism can be celebrated as authentic working-class Australian identity or critiqued as a kind of anti-intellectual machismo, depending on the speaker. The concept gained cultural prominence in the 1970s alongside characters like Barry McKenzie and Paul Hogan's Crocodile Dundee persona.
The politician's ockerism played well in the regions but made him a target for mockery in the Sydney broadsheets.
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(AU) The manners or habits of ockers.
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(slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) a person perceived as obnoxious or unintelligent.