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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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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