Ocker

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The term Ocker is used both as a noun and adjective for an Australian who talks and acts in an uncultured manner. It is normally used to describe males from small country towns, or working class areas.^{[citation needed]}.

An Ocker usually speaks in a broad Australian accent using a considerable amount of slang, a language parodied as Strine.^{[citation needed]}.

Ocker was recorded from 1916 as a nickname for anyone called 'Oscar'. Notably, the comic strip Ginger Meggs contained a character called Oscar ('Ocker') Stevens from the 1920s. The ocker as an Australian stereotype did not appear until much later, and is strongly associated with a character of that name played by Ron Frazer in satirical television comedy series, The Mavis Bramston Show. ^[1]