It was the comic strip and movies that unleashed the legendary Australian comedian, and many of his characters, on the world.
Through characters such as Bazza McKenzie, the late comedian promoted Australian vernacular – the witty, the crude, and both – to new audiences.
A study of the newspaper’s regular puzzles content reflects what the general public should recognise as common Australian slang terms.
One of the special things about Australian words is that they’re near and dear to who we are – and we take pleasure in confusing other people about them.
If you were being polite, you’d call it “colourful”. It was once also regarded as “disgusting” and an oath, but really, it’s just a bloody great word.
Australian slang features creative reuse of verbal constructions, and even If no one’s actually using these expressions, it’s easy to imagine them coming from the mouth of a dinkum Aussie.
It’s so quintessential that it has a habit of slipping into nearly every other phrase without a thought. Yep, it’s …
The Australian summer has provided its own colourful vocabulary over the years, from Spooners to speedos and bush walks to hikes.
As you make your yuletide preparations, do you wonder where some of the season’s strange words come from? Our linguistic experts have the answers.
An extensive study is underway to catalogue Australian slang, its origins, and why it’s such an important part of our language.
The number of speakers may have fallen away, but interest in Yiddish culture and language is now experiencing a global revival, including in Melbourne.
Amid the Brexit mess, Britain needs the Commonwealth and Australia like no time since World War II.
Monash alumni are in the vanguard of the new era of space exploration and space technologies that are supporting a global industry now turning over more than US$450 billion a year.
Every few years there’s a furphy that our beloved 'Strine' slang is doing a Harold Holt.
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