Ozwords reminds us that Australians eat ‘biscuits’ and not ‘cookies’.
In true Australian fashion though, ‘biscuits’ have received the traditional abbreviation and become ‘bikkies’.
Go to Ozwords and find out the background to an assortment of slang expressions including ‘stiff bikkies’ and ‘big bikkies’, learn how ‘Jatz crackers’ may not be referring to a small baked pastry item, and a few other facts about Tim Tams, Iced VoVos and Anzacs.