Meaning of Australianese | Babel Free

Definitions

Australian English, especially when containing Australian slang or other Australianisms.

uncountable

Examples

“Anzac burial parties greeted the enemy with odds and ends of Arabic phrases, and with Australianese that must have been incomprehensible to them.”

“While the Australian black, brown, copperhead, the death adder, and taipan snakes are all poisonous, the real troublemaker (or "stirrer," as they say in Australianese) is the tiger snake.”

“'You said "ass" like an American.' 'Well, I know you wouldn't understand me if I said it in Australianese.' […]”

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