Australian commentators try to explain Aussie slang to colleagues at Tokyo Olympics beach volleyball

Cringeworthy moment Olympic commentators try to explain Australian slang and culture to a confused Japanese colleague at the beach volleyball By Kate Rooney For Daily Mail Australia Published: 20:01 EDT, 28 July 2021 | Updated: 20:05 EDT, 28 July 2021 Australian commentators have awkwardly tried to bridge the language barrier at the Tokyo Olympics by … Read more

North Korean teens face gulag for using ‘perverted’ slang words

North Koreans face the gulag for using slang words after Kim Jong-un unleashed a bizarre new crackdown on ‘perverted’ language. The secretive state adopted the new measures in December, fearing that its teenage citizens were growing too comfortable with words popular in democratic South Korea. Now the authorities will inspect citizens’ phones, hunting for any … Read more

How Nicole Kidman tricked Jay Leno into using a rude Australian slang term

How Nicole Kidman tricked Jay Leno into using a VERY rude Australian slang term on U.S. television – and he had no idea what it really meant By Daily Mail Australia Reporter Published: 01:39 BST, 25 June 2020 | Updated: 01:48 BST, 25 June 2020 Nicole Kidman is known for her class, poise, and elegance.  … Read more

5 Seconds of Summer struggle to understand basic ‘Aussie slang’ in internet challenge video

All four members of the Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS) grew up Down Under.  But it appears the band members Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Ashton Irwin, Michael Clifford have forgotten their Aussie roots.  In new video for Vanity Fair, the boys struggled to understand common slang like ‘idiot box’ and ‘give a bell’ … Read more

Covid-19 pandemic triggers new wave of ‘coronaspeak’ slang

Can you speak fluent Covid? Pandemic triggers new wave of slang including Miley Cyrus for coronavirus and sanny for hand gel  Coronavirus pandemic has seen a wave of new slang words across the world  New Covid-19 related words include ‘sanny’, ‘the rona’ and ‘covidiot’ ‘Coronaspeak can help the public make sense of the crisis,’ linguist … Read more