Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Australia An insulated picnic cooler, using refrigerated blocks to keep food cool.
Etymologies
- From Esky ("brand name"), a brand name originally owned by Malley's Ltd, of Sydney, Australia, from 1952; since genericised. Apparently derived from eskimo. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A man sits on a park bench with an "esky", an Australian chilled picnic box.”
“A young couple pack the boot of their car from their third floor balcony, throwing everything from a ball and frisbee through to the iconic Australian 'esky' (plastic ice box).”
“By Havock, December 9, 2009 @ 7: 23 am oh Fuck!, we nearly screwed up big fkn time, each vehicle gets a fkn big arse esky as well!.”
“- Try to ‘install’ everything below half the height of the esky.”
“I love my short bread straight from the fridge as petticoat triangles (and the bargain hunter in me loves buying it for half-price in the sales post Christmas) – I discovered this the year we camped over Christmas at the beach and my short bread ended up in the esky and made the perfect hang over food on Christmas Morning.”
“Try to ‘install’ everything below half the height of the esky.”
“Hotel worker Gabriel Winner - who requested the name of the hotel not be used - says the agitated guest brought the esky to reception early yesterday morning.”
“She does have a UHF and DOES have a hands free car phone and ki and she does has a STATE of the art CD/MP3, cd cdr fkn fkn cd player radio thingamajig as well and she DOES have satellite navigations too…AND, its dual fkn fuel to keep try huggers happy, my wallet thicker so MORE piss can be bought and stashed in the esky in the back of the beast.”
“I personally think that no best seller is complete until the main protagonist has to endure some testing moments trying to locate the cheddar in the esky.”
“That day he led the way in light-hearted banter, handed out iced drinks from the front seat esky on request, provided wisdom, commentary and largesse as he commanded the narrow aisles.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘esky’.
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hunting
crudely, unequivocal, obsolete, obscure, overtly, misdeed, shack, inherent, outcry, hefty, composed, poised and 318 more...
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trademark
all of these are from 7 English
dictionaries and Macquarie dictionary
I havent listed capitalized ones yet
but Viagra would be one and common
words like sterling a sub-machi...agene, adware, airbus, alnico, amberina, amarone, apiezon, aspirin, atebrin, atebrine, autocue, autoharp and 774 more...
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Stralya
I love a sunburnt country
Some words will just always conjure images of my country for me.snag, footy, holden, bondi, bewdy, fair dinkum, strewth, minda, bruce, mate, dinky di, true blue and 47 more...
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Aussie: ie/ee/y/ey
Australians are in love with having an 'ee' sound on the end of their words. Typically, take a word and chop it down to the shortest it can be while still understandable, then add an 'ee' sound; sp...
brickie, telly, barbie, footy, housie, billy, bodgie, pokie, bodgy, talkie, chrissy, u-ie and 40 more...
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pax australiana
first in, best dr..., chalk and cheese, chuck a sickie, banana bender, sandgroper, croweater, budgie smuggler, bludge, bathers, swimmers, bogan, buck's night and 73 more...
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Strewth Mate, or, The Antipodean Anhang
Aussie stuff that doesn't really belong in my other lists.
The name is a discreet tribute to Charles Cudworth and his essay: "Ye Olde Spuriosity Shoppe, or, Put it in the Anhang", whi...wagga wagga, woy woy, walla walla, wee waa, wollongong, cooee, lairy, australele, kafoops, bewdiful, nature strip, yonks and 42 more...
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Magic or Madness
Words from the glossaries in the back of the novels.
ambo, arse, bickie, biscuit, bloke, boong, bottlebrush, bronze medallion, bugger, bunyip, cardie, chips and 79 more...
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Australia
Tweets
Looking for tweets for esky.
bilby Conversely, four years living in Europe imbued me with the joy of doing things incrementally in smaller spaces, and a sense of horror at the profound wastefulness and social isolation of suburban living. In the Australian context the hills hoist one of these horrible backyard memes. I don't deny they might be effective in airing sheets, but rather take issue with their environmental and social cost. Dec 7, 2008
frindley So how do you dry your clothes? Personally, I love my hills hoist. And I didn't realise just how much until I lived in America for three years: not once was I able to hang my sheets out in the sunshine. Dec 7, 2008
bilby Noooo! Not the esky! Dec 5, 2008
frindley The esky, bilby? Or the hills hoist? Dec 5, 2008
bilby A blight on the planet, let alone Australia. Sep 14, 2008
plethora What about the hills hoist? Sep 14, 2008
frindley An Aussie cooler box. Invented by Malley's and now made by Nylex, but, as with the bandaid, the name has been adopted for coolers generally.
There is a wiki page and Questacon includes it in a discussion of those other great Australian inventions: wine casks, stay-sharp knives, vegemite and lamingtons. Sep 14, 2008