![]() ![]() “Out in the bush” or away from civilisationīeing ill (I’m crook) a criminal (he’s a crook)Īn insulated container that keeps things cold Police vehicle used to catch drunk drivers ![]() Now let’s have a look at the 100 most common Aussie slang words and phrases. When you use it out of context or inappropriately, it sounds strange and could show that you don’t understand the language. So, try to make sure you use slang correctly, like a native speaker. But if the conversation is more formal, you probably want to avoid slang words and phrases. For example, using slang with your mates (friends) is good. Also, it can show your understanding of English in a social context. However, you don’t use slang in formal written work.Īs a non-native English speaker, when you use slang correctly (and in the appropriate situation), it can make you sound more natural in your speech. You can also come across it in SMS or social media. It is flippant, irreverent, indecorous it may be indecent or obscene.” Slightly confusing, right? So, that’s why we simply define slang as very informal language or specific words used by a group of people. Usually you’ll hear slang in spoken language. The Encyclopædia Britannica defines slang as “unconventional words or phrases that express either something new or something old in a new way. Some people call this “Queen’s English” or “BBC English.” Then, when you travel to an English-speaking country, you may come across terms you’ve never heard before. (16) Rugby is the all-time leader in biffs and bangs and broken bones, but you don't often die.When you learn English, you’re taught how to speak and write ‘proper’ English. (15) But I don't go around biffing people, certainly not. (13) First, why does a civilised society tolerate a system by which thugs are, in effect, authorised to biff people? (14) I blocked the first few of his punches with my arms and the mop, but he eventually got the best of me and biffed me in the chest so hard that I doubled over in pain, short of breath, dropping the mop to the deck. (12) Whereas now, if somebody assaulted a member of my family, for example, I wouldn't go round and biff them, I'd take them to court. (11) Even without an accident, standing passengers who lose their balance can and do unintentionally inflict pain on others with a biff from an elbow, a blow from a briefcase and the crushing of toes from staggering feet. (10) Then I walked in, grabbed one of the aggressors and gave him a biff. ![]() (9) I jumped on the bed, and began to biff him with a pillow. (8) He then lifted his hand and gave him a biff over the head. (7) I suddenly felt a biff on the back of the neck and my neck became cold and wet. (5) Did they embrace him because, secretly, they would all like to biff the paparazzi? (6) A first biff blocked, he was undaunted as the rebound sat up for him to send a screamer into the top corner. (4) That means, of course, we would go back to the olden days when we, the public, knew who to biff if something went wrong. (3) I gave him a biff on the nose and he turned nasty. (2) The next moment he felt an extreme biff on his right upper-leg and the cold iron of a horseshoe pressed deep and hard in his flesh. (1) He gave her a biff on the face when she tried to muscle in on his games. ![]()
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