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.
... about those awfully terrific words we use to take language to extremes.
The Aussie accent has been lambasted as "lazy", but this isn't supported by the facts.
Every few years there’s a furphy that our beloved 'Strine' slang is doing a Harold Holt.
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