Coastie
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a clipping of Coast Guard + -ie (diminutive or familiarising suffix).
Noun
[edit]Coastie (plural Coasties)
- (informal) A member of the Coast Guard.
- 1991 Jan-Jun, Bearkeley Breathed, “Coastie Etiquette: Proper manners during a Coast Guard Drug Inspection”, in Boating, volume 64, numbers 1-3, page 22:
- For eons, the Coasties have served as the final redundant safety systems of our boats.
- 2009, Randy Vance, Power Boating For Dummies, →ISBN:
- States and the US. Coast Guard cooperate to enforce rules in many state waters. However, the Coasties don't enforce navigation rules in land-locked waters that aren't open to commercial waterways, such as stand-alone lakes.
- 2015, Lisa Carter, Coast Guard Courtship, →ISBN, page 159:
- Full of happiness as she shared her favorite barrier island spots by the light of the moon with this Coastie who'd managed to steal her heart.
- (informal) Someone residing on the Central Coast of Australia.
- 2016 June 16, Terry Collins, “Eurogliders ready to revive old hits at Ettalong Diggers”, in Central Coast Gosford Express Advocate:
- Coasties can see them at Ettalong Diggers on Saturday.
- 2017 September 18, “The Coast Decides”, in Hit 107 (Adelaide):
- Thousands of Coasties will join close the 3 million people voting across NSW tomorrow (Saturday September 9) in council elections.
- 2017 February 23, “Central Coast commuters patiently wait for Liberal election promise of continuous mobile phone reception”, in The Daily Telegraph:
- It was an election promise by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that won over many Coasties – continuous mobile phone reception and free Wi-Fi for commuters battling the long daily train trip to Sydney.
- 2018 April 4, Fiona Killman, “Central Coast Poppy Project's final tribute to the ANZAC Centenary”, in Daily Telegraph:
- Coasties will always remember the stunning array of poppies which spelled the word ANZAC on Terrigal's iconic skillion in 2016 or the display of poppies on the Gosford waterfront in 2015.