Hayden Carter is a young video maker from Britain, he makes a video about English slang words and what they mean to introduce viewers to his channel. It is a very funny and awesome video and it would be really great if you could comment rate and subscribe thanks for watching guys and I hope you enjoyed the video if you’ve watched it yet. if you haven’t check it out now! link placed above.

What does bother me, though, is when I walk down the street, ride a bus, go to school, or even get on the computer, I see and hear the English language get slaughtered. We’ve all seen it: Simple words get abbreviated to the point they are almost unrecognizable. It’s almost as if we are to learn a new code for the English language just to keep up! Log on to Facebook right now, or any other social networking site, and just read the status updates of some of your friends for just a moment. Notice anything peculiar? People are beginning to write numbers in with their words to shorten them, they are using symbols to make the words have more meaning, and they “be talkin’ lik diz pho no reasun,” even though we all know that they went through school like the rest of us. What pains me the most is that this is becoming more and more widespread.

It used to be that the type of conversation listed above was actually considered a dialect of the English language, but today people will talk like that to try and act cool, or “gangsta,” as if it is cool to completely destroy a language well over a thousand of years in the making. Language changes all the time, but it isn’t often that languages degrade from something so proper, as it was even 40 years ago, to what it is today. I don’t really have a problem with slang, since all languages will have it, but it is when slang becomes a part of normal conversation with strangers, candidates running for office(referring to questions posed towards delegates from the crowd), or people talking in the work place, that I have a problem with it. Chances are, if you wouldn’t talk to your mother that way, you probably shouldn’t talk to the rest of the world that way, either.

I guess you could consider me old-fashioned at times when it comes to language, since I tend to try and follow much of the English language from years ago(anywhere from post-Shakespeare to pre-60’s), but it still irks me when I see just how bad it is getting in the area that I live. I do blame some of the music that is coming out on the radio nowadays, since you hear more people singing along to it, not having a problem with the way the people are talking. I also have a problem with the over-use of cursing in modern English. I find it useful to curse every once and a while, it may relieve anger and stress in situations that warrant their use, but when they are used in regular conversation like any other vocabulary word that they lose their power. Personally, in my mind, people who curse too much actually seem dirty, and come off as a bit trash. I could rant on and on about how much I dislike the changing English language, but I think I will give you all a break. I will just end with this: I am fearful of where the language will be in the next 30 years. I fear that books, neigh, new Ipods, Kindles, or Nooks of the time will have books written completely in the fashion I stated before. Guess I’ll just have to stick to the classics after all. If you have any comments, concerns, or opinions, please feel free to comment, and as always, thanks for reading.

Living in Spanglish. Since I have been reading books ever since I was a little kid, I have always been surrounded by beautiful language. And I always valued language and “speech/literary expression” style. Basically I kinda think “in words”. I can’t think in colors (for example), can’t think in sounds (much), I can do visual, I can do smells, but I like words best. I guess I think as a writer: when one writes a story, one creates images with words (at the end, it is visual but the reader consumes it in words  and “visual”, in this instance, is the picture constructed in reader’s mind by words. The actual picture doesn’t exist (it is different for everybody), there fore the words are important by themselves (even if the reader will not get the picture, the beauty of language may concur his heart). Literature is more than just meaning. Beauty of words is its own power.  So since I have always read, this pleasure was always there for me. For the last decade, in two different languages! Now I don’t read anymore. But I still love words, so I pay a lot of attention to the way people use them. Man, man, man, spoken language is so primitive! It is SAD.  Are people loosing this ability since its not as necessary as before? (text & inet slang is “what’s up” now) Probably not, I just haven’t been paying as much attention before.  One of my very favorite writers is still alive. He does off-life interview (people post questions, he gives answers). Been reading it for 15 years. His language is beautiful. It is even better than mine (lol). (I never really paid attention to my language, lately I do, and it seems to be quite excellent

(lol), well above average (like George Carlin’s)). The writer uses a bit too many foreign words, for my taste, but his language is  a true beauty. His he an expert. He even knows Russian words that I don’t (its a pleasure to look them up). Wish I could talk to Carlin… Sometimes I watch c-span just to listen to proper English, some of yo-all can speak. lol.  Life could be made a bit more beautiful by better speech, and it has to have a good effect on the mind.
 And so I wonder as I wander around NYC in a winter jacket, wool hat and sleepers with no sucks….

Living in Spanglish. Since I have been reading books ever since
I was a little kid, I have always been surrounded by beautiful language. And I always valued
language and “speech/literary expression” style. Basically I kinda
think “in words”. I can’t think in colors (for example), can’t think in sounds (much), I
can do visual, I can do smells, but I like words best. I guess I think as a writer:
when one writes a story, one creates images with words (at the end, it is visual but the
reader consumes it in words  and “visual”, in this instance, is the picture constructed in reader’s
mind by words. The actual picture doesn’t exist (it is different for everybody), there fore the
words are important by themselves (even if the reader will not get the picture, the beauty
of language may concur his heart). Literature is more than just meaning. Beauty of
words is its own power.  So since I have always read, this pleasure was always there for me.
For the last decade, in two different languages! Now I don’t read anymore. But I still love
words, so I pay a lot of attention to the way people use them. Man, man, man, spoken
language is so primitive! It is SAD.  Are people loosing this ability since its not as necessary as
before? (text & inet slang is “what’s up” now) Probably not, I just haven’t been paying as much
attention before.  One of my very favorite writers is still alive. He does off-life
interview (people post questions, he gives answers). Been reading it for 15 years. His language
is beautiful. It is even better than mine (lol). (I never really paid attention to my language,
lately I do, and it seems to be quite excellent (lol), well above average (like George
Carlin’s)). The writer uses a bit too many foreign words, for my taste, but his language is  a true
beauty. His he an expert. He even knows Russian words that I don’t (its a pleasure to look them
up). Wish I could talk to Carlin… Sometimes I watch c-span just to listen to proper English, some
of yo-all can speak. lol.  Life could be made a bit more beautiful by better speech, and it has
to have a good effect on the mind.
 And so I wonder as I wander around NYC in a winter jacket, wool hat
and sleepers with no sucks….
with beautiful language in MY mind…

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So, the first thing that foreigners notice when they visit NZ is, undoubtedly, our accent — which is completely different to any of the American, British (or even Australian) accents. Our way of speaking is often confused (by people in America and Britain) with the Australian accent, but you really don’t want to say that to a Kiwi. We have a bit of a love-hate relationship with our closest neighbour, so any New Zealander would go to great lengths to point out the differences between our two tongues (but, deep down, we love the Aussies…)

The New Zealand accent came from a mixture of the Southern British accent, Irish English, Scottish English and a little bit of influence from our buddies across the ditch in Australia. Other influences were ‘Received Pronunciation‘ (or ‘Queen’s English’) and the Maori language.

Pronunciation

The New Zealand accent is one of the newest native speaker varieties of the English language. Although it is a little similar to the Australian accent, there are some distinct differences. The most obvious difference between the two accents is the short ‘i’ vowel sound. For example, a New Zealander says the word “Pin” much like an American would. However, an Australian pronounces this word as “Peen” — rhyming with the word “Scene”. 

However, on that subject, an Australian would say the word “Pen” much like an American would (maybe only slightly different). A New Zealander, on the other hand, would say “Peen” (the same as the Australian “Pin”). This is true for a lot of words with a short “e” vowel sound, such as “Left” (”Lee-ft”), “Head” (”Hee-dd”) and “Red” (”Ree-dd”). 

The difference between the two languages becomes obvious when you compare some sentences:
Australians might say “Halve you gotta peen?”, while a Kiwi would say “Have you gotta pin?”. On the other hand, an Australian might say “I’m using a pen”, while a Kiwi would say “I’m using a peen”. New Zealanders often accuse Australians of saying the words “Fish and Chips” as “Feesh and Cheeps”. Aussies often accuse Kiwis of saying “Fush and Chups“. So, basically, I’m saying that the accents are quite distinct.

There are only two properly distinct dialects of New Zealand English. These are the standard Kiwi accent and the so called “Southland Burr“. Southland, a region that is (funnily enough) located at the very south of New Zealand, has had a greater Scottish influence in the development of its accent. So, when ‘normal’ New Zealanders say the words “Purple Work Shirt”, they don’t pronounce the r’s (another characteristic of Kiwi Speak — the word “Girl”, for example, is pronounced somewhat like “Gill”). Southlanders, however, say “Purrple Worrk Shirrt”. This phenomenon is famous throughout New Zealand and is the source of some ridicule in the country. 

If you want a classic example of Kiwi pronunciation, try listening to the Flight of the Conchords — a New Zealand duo who shot to stardom within NZ and even made a little bit of a presence in the US. On their HBO sitcom, one of the duo, Bret, constantly has his name ‘mispronounced’ due to the difference between the NZ and American accents — in New Zealand, it is pronounced “Bree-t”, but American’s pronounce it similar to the word “Brat”.

Words

There is a lot of slang that has developed in New Zealand that is completely different from the English of America and Britain. Although there are many similarities with Australia (due to proximity) and, to some extent, Britain (a left over from our time as a colony) there is also many distinct words and phrases. Here are a few examples:

~As – Used to emphasise an adjective. Eg, “Sweet as“, “That car is cool as”
Au, Ow – Used mainly by Maori or Polynesian youth, can be used to emphasise a question, eg, “What’re you up to, ow?” meaning “What the hell are you doing?!”. Also used ambiguously to add emphasis but may add very little meaning at all. As in the phrase, made famous by the animated sitcom Bro’town, “Not even ow“. 
Bach or Crib – A modest holiday home, usually at a beach or lakeside location.
Bei – a mutated form of the slang word “Bro”. Mostly used around the area of Gisborne.
Bikkies, Bikky – A biscuit/biscuits, cookies.
Big Bikkies – Worth lots of money. Eg, “He’s worth big bikkies”
Bottle Store – Alcohol shop, Liquor Store.
Boy Racer – A young person who races their car on the street. Has negative connotations in the news media etc.
Bogan – A type of person typified by classic rock/metal inspired attire and heavy alcohol consumption. New Zealand’s version of white trash.
Bugger – Damn, An exclamation of regret. Also can mean unfortunate. Eg, “Oh, that’s a bugger”
Buggered – Tired, Exhausted
Cheerios – Red cocktail sausages
Chilly Bin – Cooler
Chocker, Chocka, Chocka Block – Full, Overflowing
Choice – Great, Excellent
Chunder – Spew, Vomit
Cock Up – Mistake, Also a verb, eg, “Bugger, I cocked up!”
Cockie – A farmer
Cuz, Cuzzy Bro – Cousin. Also used to refer to friends, compare “Mate” and “Bro”
Dodge – Dodgy, Unsafe, Strange, Not to be trusted. Eg, “It’s pretty dodge… I wouldn’t trust it”
Dole – Government funded unemployment benefit
Dairy – A convenience store, a corner store.
The Ditch – Refers to the Tasman sea, the dividing body of water between NZ and our closest neighbour, Australia.
Egg – Dork, Idiot. The use of egg as a friendly insult was widespread in the 1980’s and regained popularity in 2010 following it’s use in the NZ film “Boy“.
Footy – Rugby
Greasies – Fish and Chips
Gummies – Gumboots, Wellington Boots.
Hokey Pokey – Hard, gold coloured sugar candy. Most popular in Crunchie Bars and hokey pokey ice cream
Hottie – Hot water bottle
Ice Block – Popsicle
Jandals – Flip Flops, Thongs
Jug – Electric kettle. Eg, “Boil the jug”
Ka Pai – A Maori saying meaning well done, good job etc.
Kia Ora – Indigenous Maori greeting but commonly used throughout NZ
Knackered – Tired
Lollies – As with Britain, in NZ, candy is called lollies.
Marge – Margarine
Mean – Awesome, Cool, Good
Munted – Broken, destroyed
Nick – To steal
Pav, Pavlova – A meringue pudding with fruit and cream
Piss – Alcohol. Eg, “On the piss” means a night drinking, “Piss up” means an alcohol fuelled party, “Pissed” means drunk.
Primo – Excellent, Great. Similar to “Choice”
Puku – A commonly used Maori word meaning stomach
Rattle Your Dags – Hurry up!
Root – Have sex with someone
Scull – To consume an entire drink in one go. Often used when challenging someone to ’scull’ an alcoholic drink, like a bottle of beer.
She’ll Be Right – Commonly used expression meaning that something isn’t a problem. The “She” in this phrase isn’t actually referring to any particular female.
Shot – Thanks
Shout – To buy something for someone. Eg, “Dinner’s my shout”
Skite – Brag, Show off
Sook – Wimp, Person showing little courage
Squiz – A brief look. Eg, “Can you take a squiz at my car? It’s not going”
Stink – Bad, Unfortunate, Unskillful, Ungenerous, Mean . Eg, “Oh, that’s stink”, “Don’t be stink”, “I’m stink at surfing”
Suss – To figure out. Eg, “We’ll have it sussed by the morning”
Sweet As – A very versatile saying meaning great, good, no problem, thanks etc.
Ta – Thanks
Togs – Swimming trunks, swimsuit
Trolley – Shopping Cart
Vivid – A popular brand of permanent marker, the name of which is now just used generically for all similar markers. Sharpie, Texta
Whanau – Commonly used Maori word for family.
Wop Wops, Wops – The country, An extremely rural area, The middle of nowhere
Yeah, Nah – A commonly used phrase in NZ that confuses foreigners. It basically means something along the lines of “Yes. (No) Don’t worry, I understand what you said and I agree…” or “Yes, I understand what you said but…”. It is used very vaguely and most Kiwis don’t realise how often they say it! Maybe this is one that only New Zealanders will ever understand.

Bear in mind that this is a nonexhaustive list and there are many new slang words that come into use every year. However, these are some of the ones that have survived the test of time and are still in common use in most places. 

So now, if you ever come to New Zealand, you might actually be able to understand what we’re all saying. So please, take this as an invitation to our beautiful and interesting country. Please come, if for nothing more than to hear this “Kiwi Speak” in action!

Early Forms of Internet slang include words like: Noob or Flame. Which primary were single words used to describe someone of the perticular requirements. This short list, then gained a number of abbreviations, such as: Lol (lough out loud) or AFK (Away from Keyboard). At the time, these were used on social networking sites and instant messengers, as a way of saving time, and showing emotions.

Shortly after, Internet Slang was being used a lot more; and progressed past the stage of time saving. It was now a ‘language’, and people began using it, even in simple things like emails. However, it soon progressed passed this, and, as it is today, is used in actual conversations, as well as in writings and reports.

Despite all the above, a study was done on a group of students, and it was found that 90% of them, still used internet slang, far less than their normal english, and that they still had reasonably reading and spelling.

This has been axxy,

Cya

I got into writing this article inspired by the many interesting and new words I heard daily while at the uni of Melbourne. For the phrase end of lease cleaning Melbourne surprised me again, as a week before I move I had hired end of tenancy cleaners. This was the least that made me do this research and try to find out the best words and phrases so that people, even move out cleaners in Melbourne, can enjoy them.   

Abbreviating is the most common one. At first when I came to the university of Melbourne they called it the uni. This is not strange at all. Soon I started to enjoy their slang. However, some people find it annoying. Then when I was in need of end of tenancy cleaning I found out they call it end of lease cleaning Melbourne thought me a lot of things in general and in life too. Another example that every person who has even once been at Australia surely knows is their “g`day”. Except watching a documentary we can all watch a doco.

Chopping the end of a word is common for the Aussie slang. Paul Hogan often instead of calling a person – suspect he called him a “suss”. It was used for suspicious situations as well.

The second method is to is to be more poetic. They often use metaphors and give a popular image that is recognised easily and is easy to self explain. Giving you the drum is like giving you a tip. This is not one of the most simple examples but is still a good one. Cleaners in Melbourne said that the spots on the carpet cannot be cleaned because wasn’t actually a stain but a burn from a “durry” which means cigarette. After receiving the docket (the bill) I was quite amazed and I said “Holy dooley”.

Then, during the day we had a small glass of beer. They call it a pot. Still this small cup is to small to get rotten (drunk). But when I do I start jumping as a roo (kangaroo). Then I tee up with my friend who is a truckie.

get a nut v. (sexual slang) old and new school. To have an orgasm. Variations are get nut and bust a nut.

get a pass (general slang) new school. To be let out of a potentially dangerous situation or confrontation because someone is providing you with protection this time but not next time.

get ass busted verb. (general slang) old and new school. To be severely beaten up.

get at verb verb. (east coast slang) new school. To contact one to have a discussion or meeting, to talk to someone.

get at verb. (e. coast slang) new school. To assault someone.

get back (general slang) old and new school. To get revenge on someone.

get Bruce Lee on (southern slang) playfully a playful threat to win a fight with someone using karate.

get buckwild verb (general slang) old school. To lose self control.

get buckwild verb (sexual slang) old and new school. To wildly have sex.

get busy (sexual slang) old school. To have sex.

get busy (general slang) old school. To do something extremely well.

get busy verb (general slang) old school to assault or fight someone

get caught on a humbug/humble (criminal slang) to get arrested from a run in with the law or by chance.

get down verb (east coast slang) to do things in ones own way or style.

get down for verb (general slang) old and new school. To show support for someone with one’s actions and/or words.

get down for (east coast slang) old school. to defend one’s neighborhood verbally or physically.

get fly verb (general slang) old and new school. To show rudeness, conceit or arrogance often using sarcastic or offensive language.

get freak on verb (sexual slang) new school to have kinky or wild sex.

Get fronts knocked out. (east coast slang) old and new school. To get one’s teeth knocked out.

Get got verb (criminal) to be mugged or robbed by trickery

These are just a few of the many uses of the word ‘get’.