AustralianSlang

Research group studying Australian slang and Australian identity

[AustralianSlang @SlanguageOz]

https://t.co/hkoIlp4Exc

[Tiger Webb @tfswebb]

forging powerful new rhyming slang by saying “it’s a real steven pinker” (stinker) whenever it’s hot

[Macquarie University @Macquarie_Uni]

Teal appeal: what the 2022 Word of the Year says about Aussie vernacular
🔗 https://t.co/k8D8odykAm @annabellelukin

[wheels @wheelswordsmith]

@ameliaelizalde the arvo is for hangin a uey past the bottleo for a sixer and grabbin a bachelor's handbag from woolies to go sink piss with a few deadset drongos after a day of hard yakka, pretty self explanatory really

[AustralianSlang @SlanguageOz]

Keep up with our Australian slang project in the @MonashUni magazine "The Lens". We've got a series of Lens articles available here: https://t.co/nov8zqMdOT

[ANDC @ozworders]

We have recorded some evidence for 'bog' as an abbreviation of 'bogan'. Some Western Australian evidence. We would love to know if it's pronounced as bohg, or does it rhyme with 'log'?

[Lindz McLeod @lindzmcleod]

Someone on reddit described hearing the upcoming Queen's Jubilee referred to as "the platty joobs" and this has been sending me ALL DAY. Everything is now preceded by platty.

[AustralianSlang @SlanguageOz]

“Yeah for sure, 100%,” said a confident Hindley. “Like, we’re not here to put socks on centipedes. We’re here to win the race. So yeah, why not?” His remarks clearly baffled the foreign journalists in attendance,
https://t.co/qik0obDXUP

[Because Language @becauselangpod]

Rhyming slang is fun, but where does it come from? And do people really use it?

The #Speakeasy on @abcperth with Tom Baddeley. Sandshoe very much to producers Jackson and Brad.

Shoutout as always to @MisterSlang & @MacqDictionary.

https://t.co/sFXZvW302J

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

A brief reminder that to 'spuddle' (17th century) is to work feebly and ineffectively, because your mind is either somewhere else, or hasn't yet shifted into gear.

[ANDC @ozworders]

Two-up, Gallipoli and the ‘fair go’: why illegal gambling is at the heart of the Anzac myth https://t.co/z1j73W7OPh via @ConversationEDU

[Fully (sic) @fullysicblog]

"I am not here to play laughing homosexuals with you"

That's what a Japanese audience heard via translation after former Prime Minister Bob Hawke once addressed a Japanese audience and fielded a tricky question by saying "I'm not here to play funny buggers". Oops.

[Lauren Gawne @superlinguo]

very excited we now have data to confirm that 'spunkrat' is a gender neutral term in Australian English.

Thanks to @HowieManns, @SimonMusgrave1, Kate Burridge, Isabelle Burke, Dylan Hughes and Keith Allan. #ALS2021

[Tiger Webb @tfswebb]

i'll have to duck out halfway through this talk from @HowieManns @SimonMusgrave1 et al, and i'm fuckn devo about it #ALS2021

[AustralianSlang @SlanguageOz]

We are presenting at the Australian Linguistic Society conference today, the title of our presentation is: A national survey of the Australian lexicon: “bonzer” users and “shithouse” challenges. @AusLingSoc

[MQ Linguistics @MQLinguistics]

.@MQLinguistics Prof. Felicity Cox @felicitymcox was interviewed on @abcnews Afternoons with Kim Huynh on "The evolution of the Australian accent" https://t.co/eTcwldXGTq

[Julieanne Lamond @JVLamond]

@monique_rooney @ourANU @cosmicpinot Ian was the only student I’ve ever had who understood the vernacular in Barbara Baynton’s “Billy Skywonkie” - he remembered people speaking in that way! And so gracious with his (much) younger fellow students.

[Language Data Commons of Australia @LDaCA_Program]

One of our projects (Australian Text Analytics Platform) has a stall at #ResBazQld today - from 12:30 in the Foyer, Advanced Engineering Building, UQ. Details here: https://t.co/SIG5i4Q5JF. Come and visit us, learn more about the project, tell us how we can help you!

[Pan Macmillan Aus @MacmillanAus]

As authoritative as the @MacqDictionary* and as exhaustive as a Fortitude Valley pub crawl, "Betoota-isms" from @BetootaAdvocate is your one-stop guide to the grandeur of the great Australian vernacular. Buy it now at all good book stores. https://t.co/931TLV4Yeu

[AustralianSlang @SlanguageOz]

OED Word of the Year announced:
https://t.co/BkM5MUzp4t