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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:00 am 
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My friend has an assignment due Thursday in which she is required to do the following:
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I need to find some lexical items (words) that are characteristic of australian young people (teens - 20s) and compare what they think they mean to what older speakers think they mean
However she's gotten stuck at "Bogan" and "Sweet", so would be VERY grateful if you could help her out with some more. They don't have to be Australian specific, just slang words that young people use and old people don't. (and a definition might be useful too, incase she doesnt know what the word means)

Thankyou in advance!


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Cannot really help you with Australian words..

However.

Gordon Bennet: The pronunciation seems to vary (I say Gawl-dun- Bennet) and it doesn't seem to have spread to the north (Least no one has any clue whatsoever of what I mean) but it generally means an exclamation of surprise - Gordon Bennet, did he really just do that?

Prannock: I've heard various meanings of this, but for me (Southampton origin) it means someone who does something foolish (Generally these people are considered "Blonde" for example) - Dave you Prannock, why did you do that?

Errr...
Not much more slang comes to mind, or atleast nothing that is repeatable in polite company.


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:57 pm 
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Plonker - Idiot.


Would 'innit' count? :P

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Setekh wrote:
Cannot really help you with Australian words..

However.

Gordon Bennet: The pronunciation seems to vary (I say Gawl-dun- Bennet) and it doesn't seem to have spread to the north (Least no one has any clue whatsoever of what I mean) but it generally means an exclamation of surprise - Gordon Bennet, did he really just do that?
I think that's more an age thing than a North/South divide.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:51 pm 
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Are you perhaps implying that I've never spoken to anyone my own age?

Not a person round here has ever heard of either of those terms, and given how quickly accents change on our little island, I think it may well be a geographical thing.


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Hmm...well, there's always 'beef'. 'Beef' is used for a great number of things and can be good or bad (but is mostly bad).
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"Oh no! I forgot my homework! My teacher is going to give me such a beefing!"
"Oh dear...what a beef!" (what a laugh)

It can be used affectionately or other with people...
"You beef!"

Ooh, don't forget innit (isn't it).

Also, 'blag' - to describe something stressful ("Ohh what a blag...") or to stumble through something without having great direction, similar to the phrase "Wing it" ("Just blag your way through that speech").

many more once my brain is working! :)

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Uh, kids here say "ballin'" a lot. It's the equivalent of awesome. I hate the expression with a burning passion, though.

"Beast" is another one. If a person is referred to as a beast, it means they're really good at something, i.e. "That kid is a beast at running." Or just "That kid is a beast", meaning they're just pretty awesome in general. Also, if you "beasted" something, you did it really well. It can sometimes have a negative or sarcastic connotation depending on the context (like "That test was a beast", meaning it was really hard/unfair, or what have you) but generally not.

There are loads more I can't think of at the moment.

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littleboy6326 wrote:
Plonker - Idiot.


Would 'innit' count? :P
ah you stole the one i was going to post :( :(

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:34 pm 
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I have no idea if kids these days still use the word "chunder" to mean throw up. There's also "hoon" for hooligan, but that may be all over the commonwealth.

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seriously?
i'm 19 and i haven't heard ANYONE use any of these words. i had no idea slang was so radically different in other english-speaking countries 0.o
i'm from california :P

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Buff - "That girl is buff" (hot). Can also be used in other situations for anything good.

Butters - from butt ugly, and literally means "butt ugly". Can also be used to describe anything bad and vile in nature.

If you asked for synonyms of certain words, I'd probably pop out a few more.

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Mint - "Sweet"

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Setekh wrote:
Are you perhaps implying that I've never spoken to anyone my own age?

Not a person round here has ever heard of either of those terms, and given how quickly accents change on our little island, I think it may well be a geographical thing.
Errr no?

I was saying I think it's a term more used by the previous generation.

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Yeah, I pretty much am the previous generation by my upbringing.
Of course, should I go home I hear it all the time, as well as from people I've known who lived in the south too.


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Hurl
-to throw up(aka vomit)
"Lindsay hurled and it was disgusting since Paris got some in her hair!"

-to throw an object or an item(aka fling)
"After Paris realized what was in her hair, she decided to hurl the wine bottle she had in her hand at Lindsay"

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