New Zealandese

English

Etymology

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.