Words & TermsPeople and character
ocker
A stereotypically uncouth, broad-accented or aggressively 'Aussie' person; also adjective.
In a sentence
The comedian played up an exaggerated ocker character.
Where it came from
The Australian National Dictionary Centre documents the modern sense from the 1960s television character Ocker and earlier nickname history.
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established