Meanings
nounpozzie (plural pozzies)
plural pozzies
- informalAn HIV positive person.
In fact, any sexual encounter with a pozzie always contains some risk of transmission — however small.
2004 November 9, The Advocate, page 80 - Australian (slang) A place or position.
She doesn't look at me; she looks out over the wet yard. Chooks fight for good pozzies in the roosts.
1986, Tim Winton, 'That Eye, the Sky', Penguin Books Australia Ltd 1988 edition (Chapter 18, at p.140) - Australian (slang) A job.
Origin
Diminutive of positive with -ie.
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