Strine word NOT in OED

[Lynne Murphy]

>"House-proud" shows up prominently in Madness's big U.S. hit, "Our House":
>
>     Our mum is so house-proud,
>     Nothing ever slows her down,
>     And a mess is not allowed.
>
>Whew, from 1981, I think.

Which, for those who don't know, is an English band.  _house-proud_
is also in the AHD.  I think we can safely say it's not an
Australianism.  I think the spelling 'assprad' can  be taken to be in
the same self-derisive vein as those Foster's lager commercials where
they give lessons in "Australian"  ("Foster's--Australian for beer").

Lynne
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