westie
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of Westie.
noun
An inhabitant of the western suburbs of a city or town, stereotyped as of working class status and poor.
Australian usage; Derogatory; Slang
noun
An inhabitant of the western suburbs of a city or town, stereotyped as of working class status and poor.
New Zealand usage; Derogatory; Slang
Example Sentences
- "Pet owners often trim their Westies with clippers and scissors to save expense."
- "A Westie fancier, Colonel Edward Malcolm, is said to have had a reddish-colored dog who was shot by hunters who mistook the dog for a fox."
- "Westies may be small in stature but they have huge personalities."
- "Take, for example, Sydney′s Westies, the inhabitants of the city′s much-maligned western suburbs."
- "Being called a ‘Westie’ was (and is) regarded as an insult, although some Westies have now begun to proudly embrace the rich cultural identity the label also signifies."
- "Mark Latham had developed a reputation as something of a bovver boy Sydney Westie."
Etymology
From west + -ie.
Usage
- Informal
- Australian usage
- Derogatory
- Slang
- New Zealand usage
- American usage
- Canadian usage