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  2. Australian English vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Numerous idiomatic phrases occur in Australian usage, some more historical than contemporary in usage. Send her down, Hughie is an example of surfie slang. Australian Football League spectators use the term "white maggot" (derived from their formerly white uniforms) towards umpires at games. [31]

  3. Australian slang terms every visitor should know - AOL

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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.

  4. List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Category:Australian English - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Australian slang (52 P) T. ... List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin;

  6. Category:Australian slang - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Australian slang" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 ...

  7. Australian slang terms every visitor should know - AOL

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  8. Diminutives in Australian English - Wikipedia

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    Diminutive forms of words are commonly used in everyday Australian English. While many dialects of English make use of diminutives and hypocorisms, Australian English uses them more extensively than any other. [1] [2] Diminutives may be seen as slang, but many are used widely across the whole of society. [1]

  9. Category:Australian Aboriginal words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    Note: As "Australian Aboriginal" is not a distinct language, but rather a collective term for a large group of languages, this category is useful as a holding place for all words with an origin in the different Aboriginal languages.