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Australian Steven Bradbury waves to the crowd after winning gold in the men's 1,000-meter short-track speed skating finals at the 2002 Winter Olympics. - Tim de Waele/Getty Images
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").
Bodgies were often depicted in Australian media and folk-lore as louts. On 1 February 1951, the Sydney Morning Herald wrote on its front page: [ 2 ] What with "bodgies" growing their hair long and getting around in satin shirts, and "wedgies" cutting their hair short and wearing jeans, confusion seems to be arising about the sex of some ...
Moll, mole, or molly in Australia and New Zealand, is a usually pejorative or self-deprecating term for a woman of loose sexual morals, or a prostitute. Etymology and spelling [ edit ]
Bloke as slang originated in early 19th-Century England, and means “fella.” “Telling porky pies” Another British expression, it means to lie about something.
Eshay (/ ˈ ɛ ʃ eɪ /) is a slang expression associated with an Australian urban youth subculture that originated from Western Sydney in the late 1980s, but has brought into the mainstream since the late 2010s and the 2020s. [1] [2] In New Zealand, "hoodrats" are a similar subculture. [3]
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The clip comes from a user named Sophia (@sophiainsydney), an American who now lives in Sydney, Australia. In her video, she explained what she thinks are the “Aussie versions” of famous ...