Tagged Australian

The Australian tag covers slang spoken in Australia, including bogan vernacular, surf and beach culture, Sydney and Melbourne street talk, and the universal Australian impulse to abbreviate every noun to two syllables with an "-o" or "-ie" ending: arvo, servo, thingo, smoko. Cockney rhyming and convict-era English supply the historical bedrock; Aboriginal English and post-war migrant slang the regional colour. Notable: mate, sheila, bogan, no worries, taking the piss, chockers, too easy. Largely oral; written attestations cluster on Aussie Twitter and the AFL/NRL post-match interview circuit.