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Coastie¹

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From a clipping of Coast Guard + -ie (diminutive or familiarising suffix).

noun Coasties

  1. informal A member of the Coast Guard. For eons, the Coasties have served as the final redundant safety systems of our boats.
  2. informal Someone residing on the Central Coast of Australia. Coasties can see them at Ettalong Diggers on Saturday.

coastie²

noun coasties

  1. A schoolie (senior student).

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"coastie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coastie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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coastie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/coastie

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"coastie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/coastie.

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@misc{coastie_2026,
  title = {coastie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coastie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}