seppo
/ˈsɛpəʊ
/noun (plural seppos or seppoes) Australian informal, often derogatory
An American person: did you hear how loud that seppo was on the train? [as modifier]: Happy Thanksgiving to all our seppo friends...
- It's so nice to see an Aussie film that doesn't dive into the Australian stereotypes of every character, in an effort to pull in the seppo audience.
- I asked the driver how the surf had been and he promised me with a wry grin that it was too much for a "seppo" like me to handle.
- If you are a seppo, please don't give the ending away if the show's already over where you are.
Origin
1980s: abbreviation of septic tank, rhyming slang for Yank.
- pressure-sensitive
- pressure sore
- pressure spot
- pressure stove
- pressure suit
- pressure switch
- pressure tank
- pressure tendency
- pressure test
- pressure-tight
- pressure tightness
- pressure transducer
- pressure-treat
- pressure-treated
- pressure treatment
- pressure tube
- pressure vessel
- pressure washer
- pressure wave
- pressure welding
- pressurise
- pressurization
- pressurize
- pressurized-water reactor
- pressurizer