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  2. Category:Australian slang - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Australian slang" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  3. List of reduplicated Australian place names - Wikipedia

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    Name may be derived from Aboriginal phrase "curial curial" meaning river of life. [19] Cut Paw Paw: Victoria: A parish of the County of Bourke."Maribyrnong: Action in Tranquility", the history of Maribyrnong, gives the meanings of several aboriginal terms. Cut Cut Paw is a corruption of the words for "a clump of she-oaks". Dom Dom: Victoria

  4. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...

  5. 100 Funny Words You Probably Don’t Know - AOL

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    Sometimes the new words added to the dictionary can be funny, but these 100 words are agelessly silly! Of course, the way people put words together can be pretty funny, too—just take the ...

  6. Australian English vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Australian English and several British English dialects (e.g., Cockney, Scouse, Geordie) use the word mate to mean a friend, rather than the conventional meaning of "a spouse", although this usage has also become common in some other varieties of English.

  7. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

  8. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    An Australian town that may give a few Estonians a bit of a laugh. "Kandos" looks like the Estonian word "kandoss" which is a slang term for a condom. Kandy: A very tasty city in Sri Lanka. Kang: A village in Botswana. Kangel: A streaming village in Nepal. Kannus: A town in Finland. Kansas, Alabama: They're multiplying... Kansas, Oklahoma

  9. Dag (slang) - Wikipedia

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    Dag is an Australian and New Zealand slang term, also daggy (adjective). [1] In Australia, it is often used as an affectionate insult [2] for someone who is, or is perceived to be, unfashionable, lacking self-consciousness about their appearance and/or with poor social skills yet affable and amusing. It is also used to describe an amusing ...