In political campaigns, certain words can sometimes land outsized blows. And in the 2024 presidential election, that word is “weird”.
She’s brilliant at acknowledging local culture and using colloquial phrases to connect with her audiences. And she nailed it with “yeah-nah”.
Politicians have cynically used metaphor to imply meaning through language.
Studying and working in an English-speaking environment as a non-native speaker poses several communication challenges.
Through characters such as Bazza McKenzie, the late comedian promoted Australian vernacular – the witty, the crude, and both – to new audiences.
Colloquialisms such as barbie and smoko are like accents – part of the glue that brings together Australian English speakers.
We can partially solve the teacher supply crisis by first recognising the problems and taking action, including making processes easier for international educators.
Drongos, dickheads and ning-nongs: Why Australia is a nation of nongs, but mightn’t be for long.
Only a few Indigenous languages remain strong in modern Australia. On a new episode of Monash University's "What Happens Next?" podcast, linguists and human rights advocates outline what we've lost.
The large-scale protests across Iran are a culmination of everything that’s gone wrong with the country since the 1979 revolution.
It’s one of those hard-working little linguistic scraps like “you know” or “I mean”, but there’s also a rich vein of humour in the little discourse marker “a bit”.
States have long been divided over what to call the humble deep-fried potato snack.
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.
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.
Whatever you think of gloriously fused idioms, they’re one of the vital signs of the “pulsing life of language”.
It’s so quintessential that it has a habit of slipping into nearly every other phrase without a thought. Yep, it’s …
How do Australians like to talk about alcohol in 2022? Do they get on the turps, or just have a few sherbets? Have a bevvie or a cold one or a cleanser?
Shortly after arriving in Melbourne, Howie Manns was lost looking for a cafe called “Arvo”. Now, together with colleague Kate Burridge, he’s heading a new research project exploring Australian slang.
Why terminology matters when discussing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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.
With so much recent focus on how women are treated, we need to look first at how we use language. And for a long time, it’s been used to belittle and silence women.
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