Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scopie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scopie
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aerospace systems operator (ASOp) or fighter controller (FC) in the Royal Air Force.

British usage; Slang

name

Obsolete spelling of Skopje.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"I always thought we were paid more BECAUSE of the boredom factor. Certainly the air traffic sections worked just the same shifts, and stood their turn at ground defence like us scopies so no cause for a scopie premium there !"
"I don't regret joining as a scopie even though I wanted to be a Telecomms techie!"
"Yup - Buchan scopie 75 - 77. What a good radar that was."
"Perhaps this site is something to do with the Scopies at Boulmer?"
"In Scopie there are three Bulgarian schools; the two have about 60 scholars each, and the third, the largest of the three, has more than 100 scholars."

Etymology

From scope + -ie.

Usage

British usage
Slang
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

scopies (plural)

Questions

What does scopie mean?: An aerospace systems operator (ASOp) or fighter controller (FC) in the Royal Air Force.
Where does scopie come from?: From scope + -ie.

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