Taswegian

Origin

Royal Australian Navy slang from about 1930. A blend of Tasmanian and Glaswegian.

Full definition of Taswegian

Noun

1. (Australia, navy, slang) A Tasmanian seaman.
2. (Australia, humorous, sometimes disparaging) An inhabitant of Tasmania.
• 2005, Beverly Walton, Watermarks: A Tasmanian Journal, %22Taswegians%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=fRXye7fO9N&sig=to0Sn9AWfso_dU2f_KRq5dLo7SY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pqV6UNuKJMiRiQeMiIGoAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Taswegian%22|%22Taswegians%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 25,The town is filled with lovely, lovely Taswegians, the kindest and most generous people I have ever met.
• 2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, %22Taswegians%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=LEtNzOOiwM&sig=CWRLEKhlTDK5D4zrmf9C9J6VkkM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pqV6UNuKJMiRiQeMiIGoAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Taswegian%22|%22Taswegians%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 32,The new year is also vigorously celebrated further south during the Hobart Summer Festival (p646), when Taswegians stuff themselves with food, wine and song.
• 2011, Teri Louise Kelly, Punktuation, %22Taswegians%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=tTsp4XsDEk&sig=SgyndYTdx29Gk_aJMRYl0fOAoMI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pqV6UNuKJMiRiQeMiIGoAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Taswegian%22|%22Taswegians%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 57,That was when I learned that every Taswegian worth his salt carries an axe in his boot and, more often than not, two in case of axe-less friends.

Synonyms

• (person from Tasmania) apple-eater, Apple Islander