Aussie slang may not only confuse new arrivals to the country but also people who speak English as their first language. Australians tend to abbreviate the simplest of words, and so Aussie slang ...

Western Australia’s premier Roger Cook apologized Monday night ET for calling Vice President JD Vance a “knob.” During the West Australian’s Leadership Matters event in Perth, a journalist asked Cook ...

We all know the stereotypes about throwing another shrimp on the barbie, and greeting one another with 'how you going', but new Australian slang terms are no longer entering our vocabulary.

known as 'Aussie slang,' involve the truncation of words and phrases, carrying nuanced meanings that may be confusing to those unfamiliar with them. So, how well do the Nepali-speaking community ...

As a native New Yorker, Mary Carillo is quite familiar with various forms of slang. As she herself would put it, this woman knows her onions. So naturally, Carillo was intrigued to understand the ...

Friends separated by thousands of miles are staying close with "Wednesday Waffle" chats. NBC News' Kate Snow reports on the trend's roots in Australian slang, where "waffle" means to speak at length ...