Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have tickets on oneself

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: have tick-et-s on one-self
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be conceited.

Australian usage; Derogatory

Example Sentences

"Getting some feedback from others is heaps better than having tickets on yourself about your skills."
"Lucy didn′t blame him for having tickets on himself. Anybody who got out of the flats deserved to have tickets on himself. One day her Brian was going to have tickets on himself."
"Little Swannie has got big tickets on himself."
"2007 June 19, Ben Doherty, "Lawyer died as he lived," The Age, "Our nickname for him was "Tickets", because he had tickets on himself," Mr Thompson said. "He was a good sportsman, but he also loved to tell us how good he was.""

Usage

Inflected Forms

has tickets on oneself (present, singular) having tickets on oneself (participle, present) had tickets on oneself (participle, past) had tickets on oneself (past)

Questions

What does have tickets on oneself mean?: To be conceited.

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