A list of 52 words by bilby.
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bilby Nah, it's not a word Australians use although we understand it well enough. I'll see yarb's butty and raise him a sammie. Oct 8, 2010
ruzuzu What about butty? (See teeth.) Oct 7, 2010
ruzuzu Poor creature--I didn't think you'd get swats on the nose so often that you'd be used to them. Sep 11, 2010
bilby Dod't swad by dose, I'b used do dem. Sep 11, 2010
PossibleUnderscore veggie, quicky (spelling?), biggie..
Edit: Woolies! But I think that might be a Pommies' thing too. Sep 11, 2010
ruzuzu What about "uni" for university?
*swats bilby's nose*
Sorry! There was a fly.... Sep 11, 2010
bilby No, it's some sort of curse, but there's no reason you should escape now you're one of us. Aug 27, 2010
ruzuzu Aw, thanks bilby! That's very kind.
Um... is "a bag of flies" some sort of Australian slang?
*is beginning to wonder about the origins of Vegemite* Aug 27, 2010
bilby Thanks for the suggestions. Aug 27, 2010
jdellese Dinky ('cause we all had one) and bluey (for all of us rangas). Cluey ('cause we're clever) and pissy ('cause we like a schooie!!). Aug 27, 2010
jdellese What about freebie, newbie, moggy, skippy (meaning aussie, does that count?)? Aug 27, 2010
bilby You're better at this than me. I hereby confer upon you honorary citizenship and a bag of flies. Aug 27, 2010
ruzuzu What about stubby (the beer bottle preferred by most jewel beetles)? Aug 26, 2010
bilby Indeed! Aug 20, 2010
ruzuzu lippy Aug 20, 2010
PossibleUnderscore Greenie! in the spirit of the upcoming elections. Aug 17, 2010
bilby Indeed! Aug 17, 2010
ruzuzu What about Tassie? Aug 17, 2010
PossibleUnderscore I notice you're missing bikkie. (Not entirely sure if it qualifies though.) Aug 17, 2010
bilby In the end, I'm putting anything on this list that has one of the said endings and sounds typically Australian, regardless of how the morphology came to be. May 30, 2009
frindley I'm not so sure about all of these.
What, for example, is the longer form of "kelpie"?
The origin of "brumby" is uncertain, but at least one possibility is that it was from a proper name, Brumby, and another is that it has Aboriginal origins, baroombie – so again, not really a shortening, and the "-ie" sound already present.
"Esky" is a shortening from eskimo, I guess, but the "-ie" sound already present, not added. That's probably borderline, in that it would have been adopted as a brandname to appeal to the Aussie tendency. May 30, 2009