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Dictionary sites are overflowing with limbo words hoping to join the official lexicon.

Words keep coming and they don’t stop coming

Dictionary sites are overflowing with limbo words hoping to join the official lexicon.

  • David Astle

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Lismore pranksters were exhausting

Bus drivers had to keep their eyes peeled.

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Our spokesperson pumps it up

And why did the plover cross the road?

According to a new study, our swearing standards have diminished. Get to f—in’ work, Australia.

How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

According to a new study, our cussing standards have diminished. Get to f---in’ work, Australia.

  • David Astle
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The dawning of an elephantine era

It’s just lucky our readers are thick-skinned.

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Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

The racing roots of “fanging it”, the double meanings of “rooted”, and the uniquely Australian “pub test”.

  • David Astle
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Sussan Ley has been ap party’s first female leader.

This is fine: An existential guide to Australian politics

No goalkeeper. No plan. No meaning. No problem?

  • David Astle
Social media users have found that Google’s AI will find meaning in any phrase, no matter how false.

Idiom or idiot? Google’s AI Overview is trying its best

Social media users have found that Google’s AI will find meaning in any phrase, no matter how false.

  • David Astle
In the US, Swifties were rooting for Travis. Not here.

Why ‘rooting’ means something different to Australian ears

Beyond Australia, you either root for – or root out. You don’t root full-stop.

  • David Astle
10 Things I Hate About You, starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles, was the start of Jordan Barr’s Ledger obsession.

Don’t know what to call it? Just say ‘thing’. Everyone else does

From 10 Things I Hate About You to TikTok trends, the thing about thing is… it’s everywhere.

  • David Astle

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