Australianisms

It has recently been brought to my attention that some of the terms that i use are only really known to other Australians. Some things I say are not immediately understood but can be inferred from context or just make sense when the entire statement has been made or question has been asled. But some things my friends will stop me and ask "what the fuck did you just say?"

Let me help you...

Words and Phrases

Pash - Kiss. e.g "Did you pash him?" translates to "Did you kiss him"

Pashing therefore is kissing. e.g "She is over there pashing that Airforce guy" (when asked where a friend is)

Vegemite - a delicious condement that one generally has on toast with plenty of butter or margarine. I know of people who use Vegemite in cooking (Kirsty makes a fab pasta sauce with Vegemite) but I personally like to have mine on toast with a bit of honey. It's salty and a good source of vitamin B.

Use of the word "fag"

Now, this one may be a little controversial but here we go...

Fag can be a cigarette, someone who is gay or I guess the traditional firewood log. Australians also use it as verb* (is it a verb??? #englishteacherfail) in the same way you would use "bothered"

e.g

"I can't be fagged going out tonight" translates to "I can't be bothered going out tonight"

"Nah I didn't meet up with them I couldn't be fagged"

"I took a taxi cos I couldn't be fagged walking"

We use the word "fuck" or "fucked" for basically anything. It can be used to describe something, doing something, describing a person, an action itself etc etc. A very useful word. 

"This is a fucking joke" (note this is sarcastic. It probably wasn't an actual joke)

"Are you fucking serious?"

"He is fucking sexy"

"Did you fuck him?"

"No, because he is a dumb fuck"

"That's fucked" aka not good, broken etc.

"Rug up" 

This is a favorite of Sam's, so I will put in it. 

To "rug up" means to put plenty of layers on before you go out in the cold. 

e.g. "Better rug up, it's snowing outside"

Jumper. Its the same as sweater. Watch Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Ginny uses tis word in perfect context.

"Mum have you seen my jumper?"

"Yes dear, it's on the cat"

Thongs. Nope, not a g-string, just flip flops. I had no idea that New Zealander's said flip flops too... I thought they were one of us. Just another disappointment from NZ I guess. 

Fortnight.

Apparently they don't use the term "fortnight" in America... 

A fortnight is a period of 2 weeks. 

e.g "I get paid fortnightly"

And for all you people who don't know it, Australia is just as racist as Korea. Its embarrassing to admit but reading some of the fb groups and watching the news makes me so embarrassed to be Australian sometimes. We are the most racist society in the world which is rubbish considering how multicultural we are. 

Anyway there are probably heaps more that I can't think of right now, so I will add them as I hear/see them. Or as they are pointed out to me. 

So far today...

I have done basically nothing. I am planning on going to my first cat cafe in Korea later on this arvo (ooo, here is another one - arvo = afternoon) and then getting a skin treatment with Jessie. And then dins with some single ladies :) Happy Valentines Day to us! So it will be a busy afternoon, which is why I am taking it easy for now. 

Picture of Milky, just cos he is adorable

I have hurt my left wrist... I am thinking it might be an injury from the weekend but it's really sore, so lucky I am right handed. 

I am being better with my diet this week (my week started yesterday HAHA) but I am hungry. So it better work. It's another stupid one that won't work so don't anyone bother telling me I am doing it wrong cos I know I am. So I won't bother to tell anyone what I am or not eating. But let's just say I am hungry. Summer will be here soon and I want to look sexxxy. But I have increased my activeness by doing leg lifts and squats as well as taking the dog for longer walks (I wasn't able to take him for long walks until the heartworm cleared up - which I assume it has :/) so we shall see. I don't own scales so I will just judge for myself. 

Anyway I'm gonna go waste time on something else for a while. I love Korea!

xoxo