Changing Australian English Flashcards

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Trending fashion movement promoting inclusivity

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Neologism ‘Naarmcore’ used to describe a trending fashion movement - blended lexeme from proper noun “Naarm” (Aboriginal name for Melbourne) and common noun “Normcore” (minimalist style of dressing)

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Resisting change government health forms

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  • 2022 Albanese switched the terms ‘mother’ to ‘birthing parent’ on government health forms
  • Insulting to traditionalists and mothers
  • “exclusionary, alienating and derogatory” - leading to reversal
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Adapting to changing language standards on social media

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‘Algospeak’ - coded terminology invented by youth to evade algorithmic detection on social media
“unalive” - death or suicide
“leg booty” - LGBTQIA+

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Use of technology to regain intimacy of spoken discourse

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“Even over text, we attempt to imitate and reproduce features of spoken discourse in pursuit of attaining the intimacy associated with face-to-face interactions, such as emojis, capitalisation, onomatopoeias and discourse particles”

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