Taswegian

English

Etymology

Blend of Tasmanian +‎ Glaswegian. Royal Australian Navy slang from about 1930. Possibly a reference to the cold climate of Tasmania, comparing it to the cold climate of Glasgow.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tæzˈwiːd͡ʒən/, /tæzˈwiːd͡ʒiən/
Audio (General Australian): (file)

Noun

Taswegian (plural Taswegians)

(Australia, navy, slang) A Tasmanian seaman.
(Australia, humorous, sometimes derogatory) An inhabitant of Tasmania.
- 2005, Beverly Walton, Watermarks: A Tasmanian Journal‎^[1], 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, 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^[2], 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