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This phrase comes from a classic Australian film, “The Castle,” where the main character, Daryl Kerrigan, fights for his home as the bank tries to buy it to build a new airport expansion.
[8] [9] An explanation of the term given by an Australian in answer to a question on Twitter is that "It refers to soneone(sic) whose brain has been cooked by overexposure to conspiracy theories and unhinged online rhetoric". [10] [better source needed] Didgeridoo is a wind instrument that was originally found only in Arnhem Land in northern ...
An Australian car displays "No worries" No worries is an expression in English meaning "do not worry about that", "that's all right", "forget about it" or "sure thing". It is similar to the American English "no problem".
Linguist Anna Wierzbicka argues that Australians' use of diminutives reflects Australian cultural values of mateship, friendliness, informality, and solidarity, while downplaying formality and avoiding bragging associated with tall poppy syndrome. [1] Records of the use of diminutives in Australian English date back to the 1800s.
Before You Watch NCIS: Sydney, a Handy Glossary of Aussie/UK Slang and Terms. Matt Webb Mitovich. November 11, 2023 at 7:00 PM. TV’s fifth NCIS series is the first one with an international setting.
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Australian slang (52 P) T. Australian English-language television shows (6 C, 1,456 P) Pages in category "Australian English" The following 80 pages are in this ...
This is a list of English words derived from Australian Aboriginal languages. Some are restricted to Australian English as a whole or to certain regions of the country. Others, such as kangaroo and boomerang , have become widely used in other varieties of English , and some have been borrowed into other languages beyond English.