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austerian, n.; pl. austerians. Pejorative. A person who advocates austerity, that is, cutting government expenditures, particularly social expenditures, in an effort to cut governmental deficits. (A comic formation based on the word "austerity" blended with the word "Austrian," since austerity policies are associated with the "Austrian School of Economics")

austerian, adj.: of or pertaining to policies advocated by austerians or to austerians themselves.
From AmericaBlog, by Gaius Publius, Feb. 2, 2013:

Noun: "Paul Krugman’s recent column looks at the romance between the “austerians” — the promoters of austerity for economically troubled nations — and the need to inflict pain to get economic gain."

Adjective: "Then he Krugman pivots to austerian attempts to find an example of occasions when austerity policies have been successful
austerian by metrodorus February 11, 2013
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a famous austrian painter 

uh... we'll save this one for later.
tes tickles: hey, i heard some guy talking about a famous austrian painter. do you know who he is?
mike hawk: hitler.

tes tickles: dang. we should build a statue for whoever killed him!
mike hawk: dude.
The country that hosts the town, Fucking
Debra, I believe I'll take a trip to fucking, Austria this weekend
Austria by Mr. DoubleDee December 23, 2019

to act like an austrian

to act like an austrian implies showing respect to your mom cuz she gave you birth even though she can be pretty stupid sometimes
A: hey B my mom is so stupid. you know how shes lookin for sex on the internet and then calls random men just to fuck em

B: wow thats not cool A but you gotta act like an austrian and respect her even though shes an assface

A: hey dont call her assface. stop acting like a german and insult random people

to act like an austrian / show respect to your mother
to act like an austrian by NKTE December 31, 2011
Asteria :: means 'of the stars/starry one' in Greek mythology, more commonly known as the name of a Titaness ( Also in Greek mythology ).
"Do you know who the mother of Hecate is? I heard hear name was Asteria."
Asteria by ৻ aura — July 20, 2021

Austriaposting

To relate every election or political event to some political occurrence in Austria. Common on Atlas Forum.
Tender Branson: "If British PM May is successful and easily wins the election, Austrian Chancellor Kern might try the same and blow up the SPÖVP coalition before or after the summer recess, with snap elections in the fall." ;) ;) ;)

Mods: Post deleted for Austriaposting
a very beautiful country in europe, famous for the ALPS and the amazing scenery, good music, fantastic food and gorgeous girls!
the best skiers are from austria! arnold schwarzenegger is too! mozart is ! sigmund freud (the sex-obsessed psychoanalysist) is ! red bull aswell! and beautiful heidis!
A: i am going to switzerland this winter!
B: are you stupid! all the cool boarders are going to austria! it´s much cooler!
AUSTRIA by dr.ukulele December 28, 2005
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