strine
/stɹɑen/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage; Humorous; Informal
Example Sentences
- "The Strines I met were fierce about having a good time […]"
- "Several Strine forms depend on an assumed equivalence between Strine fortis consonants and Cultivated/RP lenis ones, thus garbler mince (couple of minutes), egg jelly (actually). It is doubtful whether this reflects any real phonetic difference."
- "A TEAM at Griffith University in Brisbane is working on the development of what the university’s newspaper calls a bionic snorter. Translating into English from Strine, this is a bionic hooter, conk, bugle or nose."
- "Dell’Oso describes the encounter of an Asian woman with a surly bus driver whose only language is Strine (a form of Australian English, barely intelligible to many of the native-speakers)."
Etymology
From a pronunciation spelling of Australian spoken with this accent. Coined by “Afferbeck Lauder” (Alastair Ardoch Morrison) and popularised with his 1965 book Let Stalk Strine. Australian from 1965.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /stɹɑen/
- British English: /stɹaɪn/
Usage
- Humorous
- Informal
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
Strines (plural)
'Strine (alternative)