ozzie

See also: Ozzie

English

Etymology

From a pronunciation of hospital with h-dropping, +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒzi/
• Homophones: Aussie, Ozzie, Ozzy

Noun

ozzie (plural ozzies)

1. (northern UK, slang) A hospital.
   • 2001, Nursing Times, Nursing Mirror, volume 97, numbers 5-8:

     I became most distressed when talking to a man from Liverpool who said he was going up the ozzie? I thought he was planning to examine an Australian, but it turned out he was going to the hospital.

   • 2014, Maureen Lee, The Seven Streets of Liverpool:

     What a way to start the new century – in the ozzie or a police cell.