Quick/Context-based Examples

Question 1

Teenspeak:
Social Media Posts as Exemplars (Marissa King, 2022)
Up & Go post

Answer 1

Quick:
- yas/thankssss/every. single. word./!!!

CB:
Up & Go Instagram post, 2023
- fibre slay/so choccy/wow big protein

Question 2

Informal vs formal lang. in marketing:
Maccas

Answer 2

CB:
“Hey Aussies, we get you. We like our nickname here, you are important to us and we are listening - we’ll change to suit you”
-> real, honest communication

Question 3

Aust. accent:
Cultivated vs Broad
Melbourne

Answer 3

Quick:
- e -> a, eg. Malbourne, Allen, talevision

Question 4

Slang:
Barry Humphries

Answer 4

Quick:
- flogging the lizard/jerking the gherkin/drain the dragon

Question 5

Diminutives:
any context
Diminutives in worldly context

Answer 5

Quick:
- any examples

CB:
- smoko and shoey -> international fame via socials (Cos I’m on smoko, so leave me alone)

Question 6

Aboriginal English:
any lexemes including deadly
Virgin Aus/@misstap ad

Answer 6

Quick:
- deadly (v. good)
- hungry (great)
- cruel (intensifier)
- shame (embarassed)

CB:
- Virgin Airlines Aus/Miranda Tapsell parntership, flying around Aus w Virgin to see best Aust. sunsets
-> “I’m having a deadly time here in the Northern Territory”

Question 7

Discriminatory lang:
Cheer/Allen’s lollies
Michael Frederick

Answer 7

Quick:
- Coon -> Cheer
- Allen’s lollies: Red Skins -> Red Rippers, Chicos -> Cheekies

CB:
- MF, Fremantle Dockers: “come scrub my floors you black dog”, “your family is starving coon”

Question 8

PC lang:
Roald Dahl
Tonié Field’s email
PWDA vs Trends in Neuroscience

Answer 8

Quick:
- Roald Dahl: fat -> enormous, reddish brown -> X, Cloud-men -> Cloud-people
CB:
- Tonié Field, “Tonié’s name is pronounced ‘Ton-yay’ and they don’t use gendered pronouns”
- person with autism vs autistic person -> depends on indiv. person

Question 9

Euphemism/euphemistic doublespeak/doublespeak
Paramedic training
Rio Tinto

Answer 9

Quick:
- sentinel events
- injuries incompatible with life
- negative patient outcome

CB:
- resilient profile
- energy transition

Question 10

Expletives:
Daniil Medvedev
Thorpe vs Hanson

Answer 10

CB:
- 2023 Aus Open, Med. yelled “fuck off” to a rowdy crowd member
- T vs H: “fuck off Pauline”
> breach -ve face