Ozzy

//ˈɔzi// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name.
  2. 2
    A male given name.; A diminutive of the male given names Oswald or Oscar.
  3. 3
    A nickname of someone with the surname Osbourne, Osgood.

    "Sharon recalled that from the start of their relationship, her husband wanted to understand antisemitism. “Why don’t people like Jews?” was a question Ozzy asked her “since the day we met,” she told Jewish News in December 2023, noting that the rocker remained “so confused” by today’s rise in Jew-hatred."

Example

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"Ozzy Osbourne once bit the head off a bat onstage."

Etymology

Clippings + -y

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