History & Culture
The A–Z of Aussie slang
Your ultimate guide to the origins of our unique words and phrases.
Tag: slang
History & Culture
The health of Australian slang
Are we still using Aussie slang or is it a dying language?
History & Culture
How ‘slanguage’ helped form a new national identity
Many mainstream Aussie words like “digger” and even the word “Aussie” itself have their origins in the trenches of WWI.
History & Culture
Aussie lingo: Togs or swimmers?
Why Australians use different words to describe the same things.
News
Why we shorten barbie, footy and arvo
New research looks at why Aussies use abbreviated slang terms.