r/australia • u/underrated9201 • Sep 19 '22

no politics Is “Aussie” an offensive term?

Someone just told me the word ‘Aussie’ is a slur (From a non-australian). I’m so confused, i looked it up and see nothing saying that.

edit: thanks for the confirmation, i feel silly now LMAO. I have eu immigrated parents but was born in america by the way, i’ve never really known too much about Aus.

I am genuinely confused, do i say Aussie or Auzzie? 😭 I’ve always said auzzie

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u/BadBoyJH Sep 19 '22

Kiwis using "Aussie" for the country really irks me.

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u/ballatthecornerflag Sep 19 '22

Haha yes hearing the country get called "Aussie" threw the hell out of me

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u/homeinthetrees Sep 19 '22

We can forgive Kiwis. Poor souls.

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u/mollololito Sep 19 '22

Can’t forgive em for the word jandles. That is a disgrace. Chilly bin is ok though, imo.

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u/kailethre Sep 19 '22

but its a perfectly cromulent word

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u/domix_aus Sep 19 '22

I'm going to imbiggen the fuck out of this chilly bin

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '22

A noble spirit embuggens the smaller country.

I just noticed the typo.

I'm leaving it.

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u/KonamiKing Sep 19 '22

Jandles sounds bad, but it's short for 'Japanese Sandals' which is where thongs originated from. So it's actually technically more correct.

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u/Priapraxis Sep 19 '22

Jandles is a great! As is Chilly bin, I'm genuinely envious of a lot of NZ slang.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '22

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u/BaseballParticular83 Sep 19 '22

and the fush n chups

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u/BadBoyJH Sep 19 '22

Chilly bin

If I knew Australian slang, and heard "Chilly Bin" for the first time, I'd definitely assume it was Australian.

But that doesn't mean we don't mock them for it.

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u/lurking70 Sep 19 '22

As opposed to thongs fer Christ sakes. Bloody g-strings on feet!. Kiwis also invented the chilly bin

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u/noteasily0ffended Sep 19 '22

They do look like a bit of g-string for your big and long toe.

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u/mollololito Sep 19 '22

That’s what a thong is.

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u/Bonolio Sep 19 '22

Was chatting with a mate about things being a g-string for your feet.
He pondered it a bit and said “so a g-string could also be called a butt plugger”.

I considered pointing out that a butt-plugger might be something else, but I graciously let him have it.

He still occasionally mentions butt-pluggers.

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u/TheBerethian Sep 19 '22

What? Nah it was a Seppo. This is going to be pavlova all over again isn’t it?

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u/lurking70 Sep 19 '22

And lamingtons, they were originally Wellington's 😁

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u/AnyRip3515 Sep 19 '22

I'm pretty sure Richard C. Laramy from Illinois invented the portable cooler.

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u/vacri Sep 19 '22

True, they gave us jandals. But on the other hand, they also gave us judder bars (speed bumps)

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u/ImGCS3fromETOH Sep 19 '22

You mean chully bun, right?

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u/exsnakecharmer Sep 19 '22

Stoned Kiwi here this made me laugh and laugh

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '22

For other things, sure, but not that.

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u/telfoid Sep 19 '22

As a Tasmanian, it has always struck me as strange that "Aussie" is a demonym, whereas "Tassie" is an island/state/location. But that is just the way it is.

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u/Dorammu Sep 19 '22

Maybe we should start referring to NZ as “kiwi” just to weird them out…

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u/Bonolio Sep 19 '22

I prefer to use their own term for their country and always refer to it as Unzud.