Being back in Australia for not only Australia Day but also St Patrick’s Day, I have a weird mixed sense of cross country ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
IT'S PROMPTED A GROUP OF ADELAIDE WOMEN TO OFFER NEW ARRIVALS A CRASH COURSE IN AUSTRALIAN SLANG. Understand the quirky parts of Aussie life. Get the latest with our exclusive in-language podcasts ...
Hong Kong’s dining scene just got a little sunnier with the opening of Servo, a new casual eatery inspired by Australia’s iconic 'servo' pit stops (that's Australian slang for a place to stop and ...
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 ...