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Standards. SS6G14 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of people who live in Australia. a. Explain the impact of English colonization on the language and religion of Australia. What is Slang??.

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  1. Standards SS6G14 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of people who live in Australia. a. Explain the impact of English colonization on the language and religion of Australia.

  2. What is Slang?? • Slang is the use of informal words and expressions to describe an object or condition. • Slang is sometimes regional in that it is used only in a particular territory. • Example: in the South we use the slang word “ya’ll” instead of saying “you all”

  3. Slang in the U.S. Can you think of any slang you use in your daily life?

  4. Slang in Australia: Animals • Freshie: freshwater crocodile • Joey: baby kangaroo • Jumbuck: sheep • Roo: kangaroo • Saltie: saltwater crocodile • Chook: chicken • Bities: biting insects • Mozzie: mosquito

  5. Slang in Australia: Behavior • Spit the Dummy: get very upset at something • Yabber: talk a lot • Whinge: complain • Walkabout: wander off • Chuck a sickie: to take the day off sick from work • Bonzer: great • Cark it: to die • Cranky: in a bad mood • Have a single short: to be silly • Keen as mustard: extremely enthusiastic • Spewin’: very angry

  6. Slang in Australia: Objects • Dag: a funny person • Daks: pants • Dead Horse: tomato sauce • Exercise Book: a school textbook • Fairy Floss: cotton candy • Holiday: vacation • Idiot Box: television • Ivories: your teeth • Joe: a police officer • Kip: a nap • Lemon Squash: lemonade • Lippy: Lipstick • Lift: Elevator • Matilda: sleeping bag • Milko: milkman • Nappy: diaper • Pash: Kiss • Wog: the flu • Walkabout: a hike

  7. Slang in Australia: Objects • Barbie: barbecue (like a gril) • Bikkie: biscuit • Billy: large tin can to boil water over a campfire • Brekkie: breakfast • Chewie: chewing gum • Chokkie: chocolate • Chunder: vomit • Clobber: clothes • Grundies: underwear • Lollies: sweets • Loo: toilet • Sanger: a sandwich • Tucker: food • Bathers: swim suit • Prezzy: present or gift • Quid: money • Takeaway: take out food • Ute: pickup truck • Vedgies: vegetables

  8. Slang in Australia: People • Mob: group of people • Oldies: parents • Dag: a funny person • Journo: journalist • Ol’Man: father • Old Cheese: mother • Polly: politician • Shelia: a woman • Stickybeak: nosy person • Mate: buddy or friend

  9. Slang in Australia: People • Aussie: Australian • Bloke: man • Bogan: young, immature person • Bounce: a bully • Bushranger: outlaw • Cobber: friend • Dill: an idiot • Fruit Loop: fool • Greenie: environmentalist • Kiwi: a person from New Zealand

  10. Slang in Australia: Places • Billabong: a pond • Brizzie: Brisbane • Bush: the Outback • Down Under: Australia and New Zealand • Maccas: McDonald’s • Oz: Australia • Arvo: afternoon • Bustelly: campfire • Pictures: the movies • Rage: party • Servo: a gas station • Unit: apartment

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