US woman living in Australia baffled by four words commonly said

A US expat living in Australia has revealed the words and sentences used by people Down Under that often leave her completely confused.

An American expat who moved from California to Australia has revealed the slay sentences used Down Under that have left her completely stumped.

Taking to her TikTok account, Jaylee – who goes by the name @jaylee.promise – said that she’s received a number of slang sentences that had left her stumped since moving abroad.

“This has been said to me so many times when I have been out,” Jaycee explained, referring to the sentence “you’re taking the piss”.

The expat’s rant about Aussie slang has received thousands of views.

Jaylee is from California and documents her life on TikTok.

“When someone says ‘you’re taking the piss’, I’m like … they’re not asking you if you’re peeing … which is what I thought because taking a piss is peeing in America.”

Jaylee went on to explain that the sentence is actually asking whether the recipient is “joking” about something.

The next slang sentence that stumped the brunette was the four words “do you have a torch”.

“When I read this I thought to myself wow, it would be nifty to have a torch,” she said, explaining that her definition of a ‘torch’ was piece of wood lit at the tip to create a flame.

“But here, the word torch actually means flashlight.”

Jaylee moved from California to Australia

Jaylee has explained some of the ‘slang’ sentences that's left her confused.

The three-letter sentence “you mad dog” also baffled the US expat, who said she often read the words as if they’re implying she’s angry.

“Like, you mad bro? But it’s more like ‘you mad dog’ … like … you crazy person,” she explained.

The video, which had been liked almost 20k times received hundreds of comments questioning how the expat didn’t know the meaning of certain terms.

“Why do Americans not understand words from any other country,” one questioned.

“Hold on, a torch isn’t a universal term,” another added.

“I’m British and these are all totally normal sentences to say,” another commented.

Earlier this week, an Aussie expat living in the US revealed the bizarre habit her friends do in the states while using the toilet.

Singer/songwriter CJ Horton, who goes by the TikTok name @hellocjhorton, shared a story with her more than 5000 followers, asking whether she was the “freak” for not using her feet to flush public toilets instead of her hands.

“I’ve lived in America for two years and last night I learnt something that rocked my world,” Ms Horton says to the camera.

“I was at dinner with a group and my friend said, ‘I just hurt my ankle flushing the toilet.’ I laughed and said, ‘how on earth did you do that?’

Aussie CJ Horton living in the US was baffled by a toilet trend.

The Aussie had no idea people in the US use their feet to flush toilets.

“She said she flushed the toilet using her foot and always does that in public rest rooms.”

The Aussie living in the US said she was so shocked, she stopped the whole group’s dinner conversation to delve into the revelation that her friend uses her foot to flush a toilet.

“They all looked (at me) dead serious and said, ‘I do that … we all do that’,” she explained, noting the group then questioned (in disgust) whether she’d been using her hands.

“They were like, everyone uses their feet (to flush toilets). I started crying this was the weirdest news I had ever heard … then I realised this has to be an American thing, I don’t think Australians do this.”

To Ms Horton’s relief, she found “no Australian” who uses their feet to flush toilets, however almost “every American” she knows uses their feet to flush.