SCHOOLIE

Etymology

Noun

schoolie (plural schoolies)

(Australia) A senior school student, especially a school-leaver, engaged in unsupervised celebrations during schoolies week.

(Australia) A schoolteacher.

(UK, military) An education officer.

(US, fishing) A juvenile gamefish (especially striped bass) at a stage where it tends to swim with others in schools rather than stay to itself.

Synonyms

• (senior school student attending school-leaving celebrations): leaver (Western Australia)

• (schoolteacher)

• (education officer)

• (bass that swims in a school): schoolie bass

Source: Wiktionary



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