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surfie
English
Etymology
From surf +? -ie (“diminutive suffix”); compare bikie.
Pronunciation
Noun
surfie (plural surfies)
- (Australia) A surfer (one who rides a surfboard), especially one involved in the surfing subculture.
- 1997, Jon Stratton, 20: On the Importance of Subcultural Origins, Ken Gelder, Sarah Thornton, (editors), The Subcultures Reader, page 184,
- Surfies present to the dominant culture their leisure myth in magnified form. Bikies appear to challenge the values of the dominant culture, something which they are able to do because they, in the first place, like the surfies, accept them.
- The surfie subculture in its full form was confined to those areas of the world where there is surf.
- 2004, Alan Greenhalgh, Gathers No Moss, Lulu Press, page 88,
- The first youth to reach their carriage, a lanky aboriginal boy of about sixteen shouted, “Hey, we?ve got some surfies here!”
- “We?re not surfies,” Terry replied quietly. It was no good. In the era of the early nineteen sixties one was either a “surfie” or a “bodgie.” Bodgies hated surfies with a passion and welcomed any excuse for a good stoush.
- 2011, Daryl Adair, 1: Making Sense of Australian Sport History, Steve Georgakis, Katrina Marie Russell (editors), Youth Sport in Australia, Sydney University Press, page 3,
- To the lifesavers the surfies appeared self-indulgently radical; to surfies the lifeguards seemed subservient and conformist to authority.
- 1997, Jon Stratton, 20: On the Importance of Subcultural Origins, Ken Gelder, Sarah Thornton, (editors), The Subcultures Reader, page 184,
Anagrams
- Furies, furies, rufies
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surfer
English
Etymology
surf +? -er.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(r)f?(r)
Noun
surfer (plural surfers)
- A person who rides a surfboard.
- A person who surfs the Internet.
- (obsolete) A duck, the surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata).
Synonyms
- surf rider (obsolete)
Derived terms
- silver surfer
- surfie
Translations
French
Etymology
From English surf + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sœ?.fe/
Verb
surfer
- to surf (on a wave)
- to surf (to browse the internet)
Conjugation
Related terms
- surf
- surfeur
Further reading
- “surfer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Polish
Etymology
From English surfer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?.rf?r/
Noun
surfer m pers (feminine surferka)
- surfer (person who rides a surfboard)
Declension
Related terms
- (verbs) surfowa?, surfingowa?
- (noun) surfing
- (adjective) surfingowy
Further reading
- surfer in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- surfer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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