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Every few years there’s a furphy that our beloved ‘Strine’ slang is doing a Harold Holt – but in fact Aussies are still slinging true-blue slang.
A recent study uncovered the words that people find the funniest. But humour differs between men and women in surprising ways.
While a lot of slang words come and go (‘good riddance’, ‘amazeballs’), others endure. And exactly why that happens is something of a mystery.
Skepta’s Mercury Prize win has put grime – and youth culture – in the spotlight.
We should be well jel of geezers who speak slang, says a language expert
When Australians went to the Western Front, language failed them. So they invented slanguage: a mix of slang, French words and creative swearing that, among other things, gave us the word “Aussie”.
The young have a rich, linguistic vein – just don’t try and copy them.
I recently read an article bemoaning the “decline” of Australian slang, pointing out that the latest edition of Tony Thorne’s Dictionary of Contemporary Slang has but a handful of new Australian entries…
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Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
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Director of Slang and New Language Archive, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King's College London
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