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Is Australian rhyming slang in a bit of froth and bubble? Let’s take a Captain Cook (spoiler: the billy lids may hold the key)

Image: Wes Mountain/The Conversation Have you heard? Barry Crocker’s having a … well, Barry Crocker (“shocker”) of a time with those Reg Grundies (“undies”) people. Karens everywhere can relate – they know it’s Jeffed up...

Get yer hand off it, mate, Australian slang is not dying

Aussie slang such as ‘budgie’, ‘greenie’, ‘pollie’, ‘surfie’,and even ‘mozzie’ are now also making appearances in global English. The Australian attachment to slanguage (slang...