Definitions

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  • noun Australia, colloquial An adult reveller who deliberately travels to a destination where schoolies congregate, often to solicit sex from the schoolies.

Etymologies

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From tool (“obnoxious person”) +‎ -ie, influenced by schoolie.

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Examples

  • Huckleberry and Obama are sufficently right wing toolie without being totally wackadoo.

    Final Des Moines Register Poll: Obama And Huckabee Ahead 2009

  • May 29, 2009 at 8:45 am yesh! it wuz eezy peezy! ai keeped teh CTC instrukshun paige open awn mai toolie bar sew ai cud keep referin tew it az ai typed butt wuz nawt hard atawl!

    Invisible Bow and Arrow : Free - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • Agba yelled "show him the toolie bring out the gun," Hamwi said.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Bob Mitchell 2011

  • Police and security apprehend a toolie at Schoolies week/Marc Robertson

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2009

  • Gold Coast District Superintendent Jim Keogh said it was disappointing to see the number of toolie arrests on the rise, while schoolies seemed to be heeding the warnings about unruly behaviour.

    The Canberra Times 2008

  • i ain't no pretty boy, i got a gorgeous wrist cut handsome checks and my flow's pretty sick i'm so ghetto chic i'm where the hood and high fashion meet ooh-wee, i'm like the camouflage [???] how you niggas want it, the tux or the toolie haters i ain't mad at you if i wasn't me i'd probably jock me too

    hip hop music 2009

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  • "Nambour State High School graduate Jasmine Wilton, 17, said the rite of passage was better than she had expected, but said Toolies were putting a damper on the celebrations.

    'All the Schoolies here are in a really good mood and everyone just wants to have fun and meet new people, but the Toolies are really creepy,' Ms Wilton said."

    - Marissa Calligeros, Schoolies 'bored, annoyed' as fun fizzles, theage.com.au, 26 Nov 2009.

    November 26, 2009