guyver

or gui·ver

[ gahy-ver ]

noun

, Australian Slang.

1. affectation of speech or manner.

Word History and Origins

Origin of guyver¹

First recorded in 1865–70; origin obscure; perhaps to be identified with dial. (N England) givour greedy, gluttonous, but sense shift unexplained

Example Sentences

“No one’s figured out the model that can make this work at sufficient scale,” said Patrick Guyver, who has consulted on agriculture projects across Africa.

From Reuters

Quite a lot of guyver missin' from our brand    of chivalry;  We don't make a pert procession when     we're movin' up the forces; We've no pretty, pawin' stallion, 'n' no    pennants flowin' free,  'N' no giddy, gaudy bedquilts make a     circus of the 'orses.

From Project Gutenberg

No thoughts he had of women, no refreshin'    talk of beer; If he'd battled, loved, or suffered vital facts    did not appear; But the parsons and the poets couldn't teach    him to discourse When it come to pokin' guyver at a pore,    deluded horse.

From Project Gutenberg

Done me bit 'n' done it well, Got the tag iv plate to tell; Square Gallipoli surviver, With a touch iv Colonel's guyver.

From Project Gutenberg