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Definition of Antipodean in English: Antipodeanadjectiveanˌtɪpəˈdiːənænˌtɪpəˈdiən Relating to Australia or New Zealand (used by inhabitants of the northern hemisphere) Example sentencesExamples - When they have time off they like to travel - Euro city breaks, transatlantic jaunts, adventurous equatorial treks or even Antipodean long hauls.
- Many gatekeepers in British, American and Antipodean museums have been relatively progressive in showing women's role in maritime history, not least because museums' economic survival requires them to attract more visitors.
- Word is Will has been impressed by Australia's flourishing Hip-Hop scene and plans on introducing Antipodean rappers to the rest of the world.
- In fact he had stumbled onto an island in what are now known as the New Hebrides, supposedly an upside-down equivalent of Scotland: the naming of Antipodean places was a competition between mismatched metaphors.
- Apologies to any Antipodean readers; just throw another Turkey leg on the Barbie for me and I will be right over.
- Every April 25, Australians and New Zealanders observe Anzac Day, ostensibly a celebration of Imperial honour, but in truth a ritual of Antipodean identity.
- And she shows no signs of wanting to work in Hollywood or the United States, preferring the freedom offered by being based in Australia, although she almost never comments on Antipodean cinema either.
- And on Hogmanay there was ample opportunity to contract a virulent dose of lurgy, as hordes of largely Antipodean youths yelled ‘G'day!’
- But if these throwbacks were unusual, then a little something from Aymon, the new sommelier, a twinkly young Antipodean fellow in formal attire with just a smidge of eyeliner, was a genuine first for me.
- A charity website reports that charities are planning to fight back with a PR campaign extolling the virtues of having some loud Antipodean drama student hollering at you when you've just popped out for a bag of crisps.
- Surely, surely a way could have been found - notwithstanding Antipodean tax breaks - to shoot one of Scotland's greatest adventure stories in the country in which it was set.
- The argument goes along the lines that Antipodean freeloaders cannot get into their national sides but just need to walk off the plane into a Scotland kilt, suitable contract and the words and sheet music to Flower of Scotland.
- I must confess to being part of the 1980s generation that exasperated parents and teachers alike by staying up until the wee small hours of the morning to catch up on the antics of those Antipodean miscreants on Prisoner Cell Block H.
- The acerbic Australian, equally at home dissecting serious cultural issues and Japanese endurance game shows, will be reading from his new collection of essays and dispensing bons mots, acid witticisms and Antipodean insights.
- Go into any bar in the county and before long the chances are you'll come across a member of the bar staff with that distinctive Antipodean twang.
- But home cooking and easy Antipodean living lured Ryder from his lair.
- With spring swigging in mind, Somerfield is introducing a juicy new range of Antipodean Riesling, dry muscat, Sauvignon blanc and Verdelho wines.
- Mike has hundreds of chip freaks shouting at him, Andrew and myself were overrun with pedants and fools (usual week really), and Linda sparked some Antipodean fury.
- ‘But this Antipodean contingent is a positive thing,’ he said.
- Students, politicians and policy makers alike must recognise that there is no magical Antipodean discount in this cost-benefit equation.
nounanˌtɪpəˈdiːənænˌtɪpəˈdiən A person from Australia or New Zealand (used by inhabitants of the northern hemisphere) a brisk Antipodean, she moved with speed and efficiency Example sentencesExamples - Nothing would please the Scots contingent more than to meet, and cuff, the Antipodeans in this year's final.
- The cooking and cleaning staff, mostly young British and Antipodeans, are free to join the classes as ‘work scholars’.
- Perhaps I could work in one of the venues, like the hundreds of other Antipodeans scattered across the city, selling tickets, selling beer.
- The party included Americans, Antipodeans, Europeans and Asians, Arabs, and the ubiquitous Japanese, laden with cameras and video recorders.
- This gave immense satisfaction to all the Poms present after Saturday's rugby disasters against the Antipodeans.
- Welcome to Walkabout, a sprawling multi-screened sports bar at the top of Renfield Street, and the only place to be for the West Coast's army of displaced Antipodeans.
- As for the Antipodeans working in the tourist industry, Lederer surely knows full well that they are mostly only working for peanut pocket money to top up substantial savings they made at home for their ‘holiday’ trips to Europe.
- And despite a drop in figures this year, she said between 16,000 and 20,000 Antipodeans could be living and working in Edinburgh alone.
- Or should that be, the loose alliance of Antipodeans who will be spending at least part of their summer in the same dressing-room.
- Unlike many Antipodeans, who come to Britain and France at the tail end of their careers to fund a retirement package, and who suffer motivational problems, Blades is likely to be fully focused on the job in hand.
- Despite losing four wickets in the last five overs, the Antipodeans still managed to plunder 79 runs between overs 40 and 50.
- Carlow have bolstered their generally locally-recruited fifteen with a smattering of Antipodeans.
- In Ostende, our group was met by another bus with a Munich-based Australian driver Mick and a guide called Leonie, a diminutive Liverpudlian girl, who from having to deal with too many Antipodeans spoke English with a feline Aussie accent.
- Dr Banks and his team found the genes of a sample of New Zealand Antipodeans were almost identical to those of people in an area of England where the Antipodeans are thought to have originated.
- I overheard a conversation in a Jomtien bar in the week between two Antipodeans.
- Late in the seventeenth century, the poet Andrew Marvell pictured Antipodeans wearing shoes on their heads.
- Rod Eddington is too polite to admit it in public but he has come across the typical Pom's reaction to an Antipodean.
- Ever wondered why so many Antipodeans are over here?
- But later this summer, Yorkshire will have to focus their attentions not on sending Australians packing but deciding which of their trio of Antipodeans they wish to keep on next season.
- The Antipodeans have been known to sink a bevvy or two and let no one try to pretend the Americans are sober and well behaved.
Origin Mid 17th century: formed irregularly from antipodes + -an. Definition of Antipodean in US English: Antipodeanadjectiveænˌtɪpəˈdiənanˌtipəˈdēən Relating to Australia or New Zealand (used by inhabitants of the northern hemisphere) Example sentencesExamples - With spring swigging in mind, Somerfield is introducing a juicy new range of Antipodean Riesling, dry muscat, Sauvignon blanc and Verdelho wines.
- Word is Will has been impressed by Australia's flourishing Hip-Hop scene and plans on introducing Antipodean rappers to the rest of the world.
- The argument goes along the lines that Antipodean freeloaders cannot get into their national sides but just need to walk off the plane into a Scotland kilt, suitable contract and the words and sheet music to Flower of Scotland.
- But if these throwbacks were unusual, then a little something from Aymon, the new sommelier, a twinkly young Antipodean fellow in formal attire with just a smidge of eyeliner, was a genuine first for me.
- I must confess to being part of the 1980s generation that exasperated parents and teachers alike by staying up until the wee small hours of the morning to catch up on the antics of those Antipodean miscreants on Prisoner Cell Block H.
- When they have time off they like to travel - Euro city breaks, transatlantic jaunts, adventurous equatorial treks or even Antipodean long hauls.
- And on Hogmanay there was ample opportunity to contract a virulent dose of lurgy, as hordes of largely Antipodean youths yelled ‘G'day!’
- Many gatekeepers in British, American and Antipodean museums have been relatively progressive in showing women's role in maritime history, not least because museums' economic survival requires them to attract more visitors.
- Apologies to any Antipodean readers; just throw another Turkey leg on the Barbie for me and I will be right over.
- In fact he had stumbled onto an island in what are now known as the New Hebrides, supposedly an upside-down equivalent of Scotland: the naming of Antipodean places was a competition between mismatched metaphors.
- Students, politicians and policy makers alike must recognise that there is no magical Antipodean discount in this cost-benefit equation.
- A charity website reports that charities are planning to fight back with a PR campaign extolling the virtues of having some loud Antipodean drama student hollering at you when you've just popped out for a bag of crisps.
- Surely, surely a way could have been found - notwithstanding Antipodean tax breaks - to shoot one of Scotland's greatest adventure stories in the country in which it was set.
- The acerbic Australian, equally at home dissecting serious cultural issues and Japanese endurance game shows, will be reading from his new collection of essays and dispensing bons mots, acid witticisms and Antipodean insights.
- Every April 25, Australians and New Zealanders observe Anzac Day, ostensibly a celebration of Imperial honour, but in truth a ritual of Antipodean identity.
- ‘But this Antipodean contingent is a positive thing,’ he said.
- And she shows no signs of wanting to work in Hollywood or the United States, preferring the freedom offered by being based in Australia, although she almost never comments on Antipodean cinema either.
- But home cooking and easy Antipodean living lured Ryder from his lair.
- Mike has hundreds of chip freaks shouting at him, Andrew and myself were overrun with pedants and fools (usual week really), and Linda sparked some Antipodean fury.
- Go into any bar in the county and before long the chances are you'll come across a member of the bar staff with that distinctive Antipodean twang.
nounænˌtɪpəˈdiənanˌtipəˈdēən A person from Australia or New Zealand (used by inhabitants of the northern hemisphere) a brisk Antipodean, she moved with speed and efficiency Example sentencesExamples - Perhaps I could work in one of the venues, like the hundreds of other Antipodeans scattered across the city, selling tickets, selling beer.
- This gave immense satisfaction to all the Poms present after Saturday's rugby disasters against the Antipodeans.
- Ever wondered why so many Antipodeans are over here?
- As for the Antipodeans working in the tourist industry, Lederer surely knows full well that they are mostly only working for peanut pocket money to top up substantial savings they made at home for their ‘holiday’ trips to Europe.
- Welcome to Walkabout, a sprawling multi-screened sports bar at the top of Renfield Street, and the only place to be for the West Coast's army of displaced Antipodeans.
- And despite a drop in figures this year, she said between 16,000 and 20,000 Antipodeans could be living and working in Edinburgh alone.
- Rod Eddington is too polite to admit it in public but he has come across the typical Pom's reaction to an Antipodean.
- Nothing would please the Scots contingent more than to meet, and cuff, the Antipodeans in this year's final.
- Unlike many Antipodeans, who come to Britain and France at the tail end of their careers to fund a retirement package, and who suffer motivational problems, Blades is likely to be fully focused on the job in hand.
- The Antipodeans have been known to sink a bevvy or two and let no one try to pretend the Americans are sober and well behaved.
- I overheard a conversation in a Jomtien bar in the week between two Antipodeans.
- Late in the seventeenth century, the poet Andrew Marvell pictured Antipodeans wearing shoes on their heads.
- But later this summer, Yorkshire will have to focus their attentions not on sending Australians packing but deciding which of their trio of Antipodeans they wish to keep on next season.
- Dr Banks and his team found the genes of a sample of New Zealand Antipodeans were almost identical to those of people in an area of England where the Antipodeans are thought to have originated.
- Carlow have bolstered their generally locally-recruited fifteen with a smattering of Antipodeans.
- In Ostende, our group was met by another bus with a Munich-based Australian driver Mick and a guide called Leonie, a diminutive Liverpudlian girl, who from having to deal with too many Antipodeans spoke English with a feline Aussie accent.
- The party included Americans, Antipodeans, Europeans and Asians, Arabs, and the ubiquitous Japanese, laden with cameras and video recorders.
- The cooking and cleaning staff, mostly young British and Antipodeans, are free to join the classes as ‘work scholars’.
- Despite losing four wickets in the last five overs, the Antipodeans still managed to plunder 79 runs between overs 40 and 50.
- Or should that be, the loose alliance of Antipodeans who will be spending at least part of their summer in the same dressing-room.
Origin Mid 17th century: formed irregularly from antipodes + -an. |