American expat shares Aussie words he’d never heard of

Adam Foskey, who currently lives in Melbourne after moving from Georgia in the United States, revealed slang terms he learned after moving Down Under.

A United States man who moved to Australia has revealed the slang terms he didn’t know before coming Down Under.

Adam Foskey, who currently lives in Melbourne, posted a viral TikTok where he shared his new knowledge.

“First off, we have the saying ‘flogging a dead horse’,” he said in the clip.

“It’s similar to a saying we have in the South saying that goes ‘beating a dead horse’, it means you’re killing a topic.”

Adam Foskey revealed the slang terms he'd never heard of until he moved to Melbourne. Picture: TikTok/amfoskey

The American expat said his favourite Aussie slang was the word ‘mozzie’. Picture: TikTok/amfoskey

He said he liked the Aussie version more as it sounds less aggressive.

Adam added that another term he’d never heard before was “monobrow”, saying he’d normally call it a “unibrow”.

“Next up, we have ‘mozzie’, which is short for mosquito,” Adam said.

“Y’all know I love my shortened words so this is something I can get behind.”

The final term was the word “dunny”, which he explained to his American followers meant toilet.

“I don’t understand the connection between the two words so I think I’ll stick with toilet,” he joked.

People in the comments section took the chance to explain to Adam origin of the word, which is that dunny is short for dunnekin, meaning an outside toilet.

Many also shared their own slang word for it.

Others had their own opinion on the video.

“Hearing you say dunny is just so pure,” one person said.

Another said: “Who says dunny any more? We say loo more often.”

One added: I’m Australian and I’ve never heard the first two and have never heard anyone use the last one in the past 10-15 years.”

Others were shocked some of the terms was solely Aussie.

“Am I the only one who thought everyone called it a ‘monobrow’,” one person said.

Some even congratulated Adam on his knowledge.

“Love your accent. Good on you learning the lingo. Have you got used to the ‘Yeah, Nah’ (meaning no) yet?” one asked.

This isn’t the first time Adam has shared his knowledge of Aussie slang words.

In November, he revealed he had only recently learned phrases such as “day for it” and “sanga”.