1The rough, uncultivated behaviour of the stereotypical Australian man.
who are they really, underneath the bravado and the ockerism?
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He is an exaggeration of the Australian hero's character and an extreme example of ockerism.
When 'ockerism' became an important part of adverts, Australian culture more generally seems to have been moving to the acceptance that 'it's alright to be Australian'.
He has made his fame and fortune by exploiting ockerism.
They might well have been parodying ockerism.
People want to be more generally known as Australian but not carry those connotations of ockerism.
1.1count nounA word or phrase widely used by the stereotypically rough, uncultivated Australian man.
some of us may bristle at the ockerisms, but his basic point is correct
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Besides the 1001 Ockerisms we get scenes simply pitched from Western movies, War movies, and rom coms.
Kenny endures disrespect with unshakeable good grace, a self-deprecating sense of humour, and an ockerism for every occasion.
The trouble is that 'pissant' turns out not to be an ockerism at all.
They slipped such ockerisms into the national debate smoothly and naturally.
He wasn't at his spontaneous best, but at least he wasn't filled with grabs and gags and ockerisms he felt obliged to quote all at once.