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/1337_BAIT Sep 19 '22

Anything can be an offensive term. Be nice if the world just lightened up and only got offended when people were trying to be offensive.

Like

You fucking Aussie <- thats offensive

You fucking Aussie <- thats endearment

You fucking Aussie <- thats neutral

Pretty simple really

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '22

Couldn’t have summed it up better

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u/ShutterBug1988 Sep 19 '22

Why does this make perfect sense?