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Favorite Australian Slang: Surfie Speak

This is part of an ongoing series of posts on my favorite Aussie slang. Be sure to check back for updates, or subscribe to my RSS feed to get updates to your reader automatically. If you love Aussie slang, then you’ll probably find a bit of the surfie slang even more enjoyable. Remember how I talked about Aussie slang for […]

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Favorite Australian Slang: How ya going?

This is part of an ongoing series of posts on my favorite Aussie slang. Be sure to check back for updates, or subscribe to my RSS feed to get updates to your reader automatically. For more tips on how to speak like an Aussie, check out this Australian language guide. Being American, you can be sure I have been subjected […]


Favorite Australian Slang: Beach Terms

This is part of an ongoing series of posts on my favorite Aussie slang. Be sure to check back for updates, or subscribe to my RSS feed to get updates to your reader automatically. If you’re headed to Australia, you’re headed to the beach. Aussies sure do love their beaches, and so do the tourists, so it helps to understand […]

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Favorite Australian Slang: Bikies and Bikkies

This is part of an ongoing series of posts on my favorite Aussie slang. Be sure to check back for updates, or subscribe to my RSS feed to get updates to your reader automatically. Whenever that time of the week arrives when I’m supposed to elaborate on some of those amazing bits of Aussie slang, I get all giggly inside […]


Favorite Australian Slang: Chook

This is part of an ongoing series of posts on my favorite Aussie slang. Be sure to check back for updates, or subscribe to my RSS feed to get updates to your reader automatically. Whether you have a couple of chooks outside, or you like a good chook sandwich, it still means the same thing: chicken. That’s right! The Aussie […]

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Favorite Australian Slang: Ta

This is part of an ongoing series of posts on my favorite Aussie slang. Be sure to check back for updates, or subscribe to my RSS feed to get updates to your reader automatically. I guess the people I hang around with in Australia don’t ever use this slang because the very first time I heard it, I thought it […]


Favorite Australian Slang: Bugger

This is part of an ongoing series of posts on my favorite Aussie slang. Be sure to check back for updates, or subscribe to my RSS feed to get updates to your reader automatically. “Oh, bugger.” Bugger is a word that is quite often thrown around in the Aussie language, and can be used in various contexts to cover a […]

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Favorite Australian Slang: Mate vs. Partner

This is part of an ongoing series of posts on my favorite Aussie slang. Be sure to check back for updates, or subscribe to my RSS feed to get updates to your reader automatically. It’s a strange world we live in, and Aussie slang just takes it one step further. There’s this interesting mix-up as I like to call it […]

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Favorite Australian Slang: Phrases Starting With “Fair”

This is part of an ongoing series of posts on my favorite Aussie slang. Be sure to check back for updates, or subscribe to my RSS feed to get updates to your reader automatically. I love Australian slang. It sometimes makes you wonder how it started, and how people even understand what it means. I guess that goes with living […]