Home › Words › O › outbackeryoutbackeryoutbackery means literature that focuses on life or adventures in the outback; the prose analog of bush balladry.EtymologyFrom outback + -ery.nounLiterature that focuses on life or adventures in the outback; the prose analog of bush balladry.e.g.“Was it an attempt to refute Russell Drysdale's 1940s outbackery, the image of 'real Australia'?” — 2000, Bill Pritchard, Phil McManus, Land of Discontent, page x:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.outbacker 63% match — One who lives in the outback. vs outbackery →outback 61% match — The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops. vs outbackery →bushranging 52% match — The outlaw lifestyle of a bushranger. vs outbackery →bushman 52% match — A man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback. vs outbackery →outdoorsness 51% match — The quality of being outdoors. vs outbackery →bushranger 49% match — A convict or outlaw who escapes to the bush to avoid capture; a roving bandit who lives in the bush. vs outbackery →bushboy 48% match — A young bushman; a boy who lives or camps in the bush. vs outbackery →backwoodsiness 48% match — The quality of being backwoodsy. vs outbackery →