Talk:ocker

notalsoCAPitulizd?
iuseit4ALozppl,aditionaly..81.11.233.26 00:56, 6 August 2016 (UTC)


 * May be capped or not; see given citations. I will create the capped entry. Equinox ◑ 00:58, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

RFD discussion: January–September 2022
rfd-sense pertaining to an ocker. All the citations just look to me like attributive-noun use Br00pVain (talk) 13:45, 4 January 2022 (UTC)


 * If the quotes are genuine, the comparative "more ocker" occurs in three of them. On that basis, the adjective should remain. DonnanZ (talk) 16:31, 5 January 2022 (UTC)


 * The case for adjectivity is quite borderline, since gradation with "more"/"most is not 100% conclusive ("that's the most New York thing", "that's the most Angela Merkel attitude", etc), and a lot of the citations look like attributive nouns, as Br00p says. I did find and add one citation of "ockerest". - -sche (discuss) 20:00, 7 January 2022 (UTC)


 * A more common adjective might be . But I'm a Kiwi, not an Aussie. DonnanZ (talk) 20:27, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Keep - As an Australian, ocker is definitely adjectival. One cite uses "ockerest", which albeit jocular is still clearly adj. Another cite has "more ocker than". Also, Lemming can be invoked: Macquarie Dict., Australian National Dict., Oxford Concise, etc. Have added 2 more cites (1984, 2005) where it is clearly adjectival. Also changed the def. - Sonofcawdrey (talk) 12:58, 4 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep per Sonofcawdrey. The def now reads "(slang, Australia) Uncultivated; boorish.", probably changed by Sonofcawdrey as per above. :oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com has a similar def. The entry has quote containing "with the ockerest of ocker humour", where ockerest is adjectival and the quotes containing "more ocker" are also adjectival. --Dan Polansky (talk) 17:19, 5 September 2022 (UTC)


 * RFD-kept: no consensus for deletion. --Dan Polansky (talk) 17:19, 5 September 2022 (UTC)