Tasmaniac

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of Tasmania +‎ maniac.

Noun

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Tasmaniac (plural Tasmaniacs)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) Someone from Tasmania.
    • 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 27:
      No-one was terribly interested to hear about the findings of the Menzies Institute, which showed that Tasmaniacs have a lower rate of congenital malformation than the Australian average.
    • 2015, Stephen Ostrow, Magic Irving and His Magic Shoppe:
      Irving was shocked that the Tasmaniac even knew that word.
    • 2016, Miroslav Vesely, The Nude Kitchen Hand:
      I need to recharge my batteries to have the energy to take on whatever surprise-challenge some ‘Tasmaniac’ has lined up for me.