New Zealandese

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English

Etymology

From New Zealand +‎ -ese.

Proper noun

New Zealandese

  1. (informal) The variety of English spoken in New Zealand.
    • 1990, Allan Bell, Janet Holmes, New Zealand Ways of Speaking English, page 34:
      The language we speak is New Zealandese, with its own idiom and pronunciation, and is just as distinctive as the language spoken by Americans, South Africans, Australians and Canadians.
    • 2005, Wolfgang Klopfer, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 227:
      He also won three bottles of champagne, or in New Zealandese, champers.