Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bush week

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables
bush week
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An imagined or symbolic time when assumedly unsophisticated people from the countryside come to the city, likely to be preyed on by tricksters there, or who are unaware of social norms in the city.

Australian usage; Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

Apparently from an actual attempt to organise a Bush Festival in Sydney in 1919; the idea then being extended to the present figurative use.

Usage

Inflected Forms

bush weeks (plural)

Questions

What does bush week mean?
An imagined or symbolic time when assumedly unsophisticated people from the countryside come to the city, likely to be preyed on by tricksters there, or who are unaware of social norms in the city.
Where does bush week come from?
Apparently from an actual attempt to organise a Bush Festival in Sydney in 1919; the idea then being extended to the present figurative use.

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