US man reveals phrases he never heard of until moving to Australia

There’s just some sayings Americans can’t seem to wrap their heads around when moving to Australia, including these common phrases.

It appears some of Australia’s most commonly used phrases are leaving Americans completely baffled.

Even though TikTok user Adam Foskey has been living Down Under for some time now, there’s still a few sayings the Georgia-born man had never heard of until he moved to Melbourne — such as the very Aussie phrase: “day for it”.

“It just means it’s a great day to be doing the current activity you are doing or planning on doing on that day,” Adam said in a TikTok video.

While he appeared to come to terms with the phrase, the US expat, who goes by the handle ‘amfoskey’ on the social media platform, said the one word that “still confuses” him is “trapezium” — a term used to describe a flat shape with four straight sides.

US man Adam Foskey never heard of the phrase “day for it” before moving to Melbourne. Picture: TikTok/amfoskey

“I would just call it trapezoid. I have researched this further and to be honest I am still confused about all of it,” he said.

Adam then pointed out ‘dibber dobber’ or as Americans like to say, ‘taddletale’.

“It’s just someone who snitches on you and I think I prefer dibber dobber better because I like the way it rhymes,” he added.

He also appreciated the way Aussies refer to a sandwich aka ‘sanger’.

He was very ‘confused’ by the term ‘trapezium’. Picture: TikTok/amfoskey

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

Adam’s TikTok has been viewed more than 230,000 times with many Aussies helping the Melbourne-based expat “properly” pronounce the term ‘sanger’.

“Sanga is pronounced more like sang- (like you sang a song)-uh. Sang-uh,” one person commented.

“The g doesn’t exist here in Aus,” another person joked.

“It’s more like a soft g as in banger or hanger,” a third person added.

However, he really appreciated our take on the word ‘sandwich’. Picture: TikTok/amfoskey

And also ‘dibber dobber’ which Americans refer to as ‘tattletale’. Picture: TikTok/amfoskey

Some Aussies admitted they hadn’t heard the term “dibber dobber” since primary school, while others said “day for it” is part of their daily vocabulary.

“I never thought about ‘day for it’. I use it a lot … How non-descript of us,” one person wrote, with another telling Adam: “It’s my go-to expression, you’ve earnt citizenship now if you aren’t already.”

It’s not the first time Adam has gone viral over his ‘things I never heard of before moving to Australia’ TikToks.

In June, he shared another clip listing more “baffling” words including ‘champers’, ‘chook’ and ‘barramundi fish’.

Adam said he didn’t even know that type of fish existed before moving to Australia.

“Next up we have ‘chook’ which is another name for a chicken. I’m not sure how I didn’t come up with something like this myself growing up on a farm, but I really like it,” he said in a separate video.