Strine word NOT in OED
Lynne Murphy
lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK
Wed Sep 6 12:42:57 UTC 2000
>"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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