What does Sickie mean?
Sickie is slang for a day off work using your "sick leave" or "personal leave" entitlements1.
Sickie sounds like "sick-ee". It rhymes with "picky".
Use of the word sickie will often imply that you taking a day off when you are not actually sick.
It is commonly used in informal Australian speech.
Usage Examples:
- "Dave chucked a sickie to go to the beach yesterday."
- "I really couldn't be bothered, I think I'm gonna take a sickie today."
- "I had a killer headache yesterday so I took a sickie."