australianese

/əˈstɹeɪljəˌniːz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"Anzac burial parties greeted the enemy with odds and ends of Arabic phrases, and with Australianese that must have been incomprehensible to them."
"While the Australian black, brown, copperhead, the death adder, and taipan snakes are all poisonous, the real troublemaker (or "stirrer," as they say in Australianese) is the tiger snake."
"'You said "ass" like an American.' 'Well, I know you wouldn't understand me if I said it in Australianese.' […]"

From Australian + -ese.

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How do you pronounce australianese?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈstɹeɪljəˌniːz/.

What does australianese mean?

Where does australianese come from?

From Australian + -ese.

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