Paticularly, I'm in love with this slang: "chill". I really LOVE this word. I'll show you an example: "Let's chill after the job?". I love y'all <3
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- AlexHopeOctober 2020
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AussieInBgOctober 2020 The best slang in English in my opinion is Australian slang. But I guess I’m a bit biased about this I like how we shorten words, e.g relative - rellie journalist - journo (this Australian word has now become ”international” during the last few years!!!) self-portrait - selfie (yet another Australian word everyone uses now!) arvo - afternoon Also, a lot of our slang is like a small joke, particularly when we explain to non-Australians where the word or term comes from. Some are quite obvious, e.g. ”Cop Shop” = police station. some need a bit of explanation, e.g. ”Mystery Bag” = sausage (we also call sausages which we fry or barbeque ”snags”). They are called ”mystery bags” because it is often a mystery what is actually put inside a sausage! Other terms require some time to explain. For example: ”No wuckers” = no problems / no worries (but usually when you really want to stress this). This term initially started out as: ”no worries” - ”don’t mention it”, the Australian version which is becoming also used worldwide. Now, the emphatic version in Australia adds the word ”f*” - ”no f*ing worries!” Australians are also extremely creative about swearing - another topic and perhaps not for an open forum Of course, it’s not possible to swear everywhere (even in Australia!), so we changed it a little to make it sound more ”polite”: ”no wucking furries”. We do know what we were saying here Saying something like ”no wucking furries” was too long, so, like many terms before, we shortened it to ”no wuckers”. |
AussieInBgJanuary 2021 Each to their own. After all, British, Australian, Jamaican, American, Canadian and Indian English are just dialects of English.
exRangerNovember 2020 I was subjected to a lot of Aussie, along with British, slang during my time in US Army Special Forces. I came to detest Aussie slang but am quite fond of British slang.
vincentJanuary 2021 Thanks