The qualities or attitudes considered characteristic of a stereotypical rough, uncultivated Australian man.
the manager is the epitome of ockerdom, in his lurid unbuttoned Hawaiian print shirt
Example sentencesExamples
- Tom crashes back to the realities of beer cans and ockerdom.
- I know most of her friends and love them too, much more intelligent and gentle than she would find in Ockerdom, and that's important.
- The locals are bedecked in the uniform of Ockerdom: grimy shorts, singlets, and working shirts.
- The most casual acquaintance with the studied, sardonic boorishness and obligatory Ockerdom of Australian beer commercials suggests that the product might be hard to move within the island continent.
- It's a bit hard to be representative of Australians today when the ghost of his ockerdom looms this large.