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Australian & NZ slang
Aussie and Kiwi vocabulary — bogan, daggy, brekkie, sheila, bach, jandals — the whole Antipodean lexicon, including outback dialect, surf and beach culture, and Sydney/Melbourne street slang.
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droolsomeduchess
ˈdʌt͡ʃɪs
duck-shoverducks on the pondduckshovedummy spitdunnyˈdʌn.i
dunny candunny manduodecillionˌdjuːoʊdəˈsɪl.i.ən
duplexˈdu.plɛks
duxdʌks
DVOearly croweasybeateggballeisteddfodaɪˈstɛðvɒd
Ekkaˈɛkə
Ekka fluelastic sidesemancipistɪˈmænsɪpɪst
ember attackEmma Chisitemu bobEnglish broomEnglish muffinerkyeshayˈɛʃeɪ
eskyˈes.ki
expireeEYCIeye filletface washerfair dinkumfeə ˈdɪŋ.kəm
fair gofair-haired boyfairy breadfairy flossfairy penguinfall off the back of a truckfarterfattiesfeasofeatherfootfederal governmentfederation furniturefemocratfibrofire truckfaɪɚ tɹʌk
firetailfireyˈfaɪəɹi
First Blokefirst in, best dressedFirst Nationˌfɜːs(t) ˈneɪʃn
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