On the ocky

What does "on the ocky" mean, and what is the origin?

A cousin wrote to me about a family gift to an aunt:

We are on the ocky as they say! Everyone seems to think this is a good idea....

which seemed to mean all set, in agreement, going ahead, or perhaps okay.

But in 1999 someone wrote in the alt.radio.uk.talk-radio newsgroup:

On the ocky--darts on Talk Radio. Got to be the end of me listening to Talk. Darts on radio is the pits.

In this case, "on the ocky" appears to be derogatory.

Interesting.

I couldn't find this expression in any of my regional slang dictionaries. It is interesting. I'll keep looking.

ESC, re your mention of regional slang, perhaps I should add that the person who wrote "On the ocky--darts on Talk Radio" identified himself as a Geordie. My cousin who wrote "We are on the ocky as they say!" has always lived in Bristol.

Oh. I didn't read your post carefully enough. I thought it was an American phrase. I looked in the two British slang books I have. All I found was the Australian equivalent of a "good ol' boy." "ocker -- n. Australian. a working-class male, especially one epitomizing the more boorish attributes...male comradship, beer-drinking and lack of refinement..." From the "Dictionary of Contemporary Slang" by Tony Thorne (Pantheon Books, New York, 1990).