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Sheila – slang for "woman", derived from the feminine Irish given name Síle (pronounced [ˈʃiːlʲə]), commonly anglicised Sheila). Yobbo – an Australian variation on the UK slang yob, meaning someone who is loud, rude and obnoxious, behaves badly, anti-social, and frequently drunk (and prefixed by "drunken").
The post-Suharto era period also saw anti-Australian sentiment in Indonesia over East Timor. [7] In Indonesia, it is related to a generalised anti-Western sentiment. The Australian intervention in East Timor still made the Indonesian government upset and led to it taking revenge on Australia by undermining the Australian interest in the country ...
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.
Also used in Australia to refer to the Australian Federal Police, and in London as general slang for the Metropolitan Police Service. [23] Federales Spanish, the Mexican Federal Police. The term gained widespread usage by English speakers due to its popularization in films. The term is a cognate and counterpart to the slang "Feds" in the United ...
Remember Sheila, the bad gal who dunked Amber's nemeses heads in the toilet? Well, she's not taking orders from a queen bee anymore -- she's one herself! First, take a look at Raquel Lee from back ...
After a celebratory dinner, Sheila gets a DUI. In searching for her lawyer, Sam and Tim find an 'April in the D' video of one of the lawyers and decide they could also get the lawyer as a client. Meanwhile, Cramblin-Duvet is on a hot streak and a rival offers to buy them.
There is no shortage of inventive excuses that workers will turn to in search of a day off from work. Few employees, however, go as far as to tell a tall tale to police about being kidnapped and ...
One spring day, Katherine, 10, and Sheila Lyon, 12, vanished without a trace. With their bodies not found after 50 years, this week, police and the FBI search returned to the land linked with ...