Broken
A term — historically considered derogatory by some speakers — for Torres Strait Creole, the English-based creole language spoken by Torres Strait Islander communities in northern Australia and parts of Papua New Guinea.
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Dear lord, you sentient participation trophy! Your logic is like a broken GPS—constantly leading you in the wrong direction.
Fuckin love a broken hun. Cry more ya flag-shagging prick.
When the weather report says it isn’t raining and there’s an absolute deluge happening outside 🤷♀️🙄 🌧️ Is everything BROKEN???? #LosAngeles
www.instagram.com/reel/DX8XYJf... Why are these things acceptable from the secretary of state? Y'all know that if HRC had done this, all hell would have broken @reuters.com
What’s one Call of Duty feature you thought was amazing at the time but now realize was kinda broken?
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A term — historically considered derogatory by some speakers — for Torres Strait Creole, the English-based creole language spoken by Torres Strait Islander communities in northern Australia and parts of Papua New Guinea. The name reflects outsiders' dismissive characterisation of the language as 'broken English,' though the language has its own grammar, vocabulary, and cultural richness. Today the community more commonly uses the name Kriol or describes it neutrally; 'Broken' as a label is increasingly seen as loaded.
Some elders grew up speaking Broken at home before English became dominant in the island schools.
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(derogatory, slang) Torres Strait Creole.
“Dear lord, you sentient participation trophy! Your logic is like a broken GPS—constantly leading you in the wrong direction.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Fuckin love a broken hun. Cry more ya flag-shagging prick.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“When the weather report says it isn’t raining and there’s an absolute deluge happening outside 🤷♀️🙄 🌧️ Is everything BROKEN???? #LosAngeles”
— Bluesky· May 2026“www.instagram.com/reel/DX8XYJf... Why are these things acceptable from the secretary of state? Y'all know that if HRC had done this, all hell would have broken @reuters.com”
— Bluesky· May 2026“What’s one Call of Duty feature you thought was amazing at the time but now realize was kinda broken?”
— r/AskReddit· May 2026
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