Words are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary! Check out this week’s word ‘Chalkie’, a new entrant to the Oxford Dictionary

Chalkie

Noun (Australian /NZ informal)

Definition: A school teacher.

Examples: “I get three holidays a year, being a chalkie and all!”

“The chalkies’ experiences changed their lives in ways that would have been impossible to predict.”

“Full-scale implementation of the Curriculum for Excellence is nigh and condemned chalkies know there is to be no education governor’s reprieve.”

“But even those destined to become chalkies had to complete a further 10 weeks’ training as infantrymen.”