guyver

or gui·ver

[ gahy-ver ]

nounAustralian Slang.
  1. affectation of speech or manner.

Origin of guyver

1
First recorded in 1865–70; origin obscure; perhaps to be identified with dial. (N England) givour greedy, gluttonous, but sense shift unexplained

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