The Oxford Australia blog features a word-of-the-month that began as an acronym: CUB – cashed-up bogan. Apparently CUB is included in the second edition of the Australian National Dictionary, so that makes it a word, I guess. The article tries to make the case that the term has transformed from a derogatory pejorative to a …
Australians will contract pretty much any word. As this video demonstrates.
I’m not typical. From Grammarly.
The May posting at the OZwords blog features some terms associated with footwear in Australian English language usage. Nothing too spectacular, with Blunnies, thongs, ugg boots and others being featured. Probably the best in ‘chewie on your boot’. I’m probably surprised there weren’t more. Probably because most of us in Queensland grew up barefoot.
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