Australianese

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Australianese

/əˈstɹeɪljəˌniːz/ Australia

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From Australian + -ese.

noun

uncountable Australian English, especially when containing Australian slang or other Australianisms. Anzac burial parties greeted the enemy with odds and ends of Arabic phrases, and with Australianese that must have been incomprehensible to them.

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"Australianese." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/australianese. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Australianese. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/australianese

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"Australianese." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/australianese.

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@misc{australianese_2026,
  title = {Australianese},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/australianese},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}