Australians have a strange tendency to abbreviate or shorten about 80% of the English language. I struggled to understand at first, thinking that I was too old and uncool to know what the 'yout' was on about, here are some fine examples of what I was up against:
Mushies – Mushrooms, I have actually seen this used on the afore mentioned shit Australian TV
Arvo – Afternoon. Of course it’s far too gentlemanly and polite to use the full version.
OTB – Over The Bridge, a term used for people living on the North side of Sydney Harbour. What the fuck?
TBH – To Be Honest. Not to be confused with GBH… it’s a slippery slope.
WE – Weekend, a beautiful word, squandered.
Thingo – Thingamajig, which is actually in Word Spellchecker shockingly.
You’re stupid y’hear… stupid! It’s easier to say the full word than it is to put all that energy into working out what the abbreviation is. Like, OMG.
Love it :)
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