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As an Aussie I get a kick out of seeing Australianisms get picked up in the global vernacular. No worries seems to be increasing common outside of Australia, an

As an Aussie I get a kick out of seeing Australianisms get picked up in the global vernacular. No worries seems to be increasing common outside of Australia, and cooked (to describe something that's fucked up) also seems to be prolific on social media these days.

bitwize 2y ago
"No worries" is the main phrase I brought back from visiting Australia in 2013. "no worries m8" is a common response from me on $CORPORATE_CHAT when a coworker thanks me. The other one I use occasionally is "yonks".
- JimTheMan 2y ago
  If you want to take your 'fair dinkum'-ness to the next level, I offer you the equivalent phrase 'No Wokkas'
madeofpalk 2y ago
Unfortunately "not here to fuck spiders" hasn't really caught on, despite my best efforts.
defrost 2y ago
No wuckers, coming soon?
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  I'm finna grab that phrase with glee, and stow it in my tucker bag.
  - bigger_cheese 2y ago
    I think more Aussie way to say that would be: 'I'm heaps keen to chuck that saying into the old tucker bag'...
    - psd1 2y ago
      That's heaps more Aussie, eh
    - CTDOCodebases 2y ago
      Yeah nah.
hi-v-rocknroll 2y ago
As an American, I always find it kind of ironic that Aussie colloquialisms and colloquialisms my Texan grandparents used overlap, likely because of being drawn from a similar pool of British & Irish expats some 100-150 years ago. "I reckon" is one that comes to mind first.
TheBruceHimself 2y ago
Somehow the fact you chose word "vernacular" comes across as amazingly Australian to me. It's like Australians instinctively know that you need to sprinkle your sentences with some interesting vocabulary every so often. I'm probably making no sense to anyone but myself but I find the Australian manner of speaking to be sharp swings between the most basic brutish, often vulgar, english to the complete opposite. Like, you'll hear someone blurt out "Slow down you cunt, These pills they've got me taking take are praying bloody murder on my fucking knees" and then effortlessly it just flows into something like "That said it's not worth grieving or shedding too many a tear over. They've done a marvelous job at alleviating my various ailments. My wife's taking them to and it's all but cured her rheumatism".
brailsafe 2y ago
It's not occurred to me in ages that "no worries" could be Aussie in origin, thought it was just a degradation of "don't worry about it" here in Canada, or picked up from the Lion King, but we do have a ton of aussies here, at least on the West Coast, so it seems plausible enough. I guess we just don't add "mate" as commonly.
- JimTheMan 2y ago
  There's an amusing short story from Douglas Adams, who visited Australia back in the day where 'No worries' featured prominently. https://douglasadams.com/dna/980707-08-a.html https://douglasadams.com/dna/980707-08-a.html "and get this, this is a very important and significant part of what happens to you on Hayman Island - staff who don't just say "No worries" when you thank them for topping up your champagne glass, they actually say "No worries at all". They truly and sincerely want you, specifically you, not just any old fat git lying around in a sun hat, but you personally, to feel that there is nothing in this best of all possible worlds that you have come to for you to concern yourself about in any way at all. Really. Really. We don't even despise you. Really. No worries at all."
- ajb 2y ago
  I would guess it was popularised by "Crocodile Dundee" in the 80s, so that's long enough to feel native to a lot of people.
  - mikestew 2y ago
    On top of Outback Steakhouse’s (fake-Australian U.S. restaurant chain) old tag line: “no worries, just right.”
    - pimlottc 2y ago
      It was actually “no rules, just right”
      - mikestew 2y ago
Doctor_Fegg 2y ago
For real life? (Bluey. The single greatest contribution to exporting Australian culture.)
nonrandomstring 2y ago
Juice Media's "honest government ads" are a goldmine for Aussie-speak, "colossal shitfuckery" so perfectly nails the dank machinations of Australian tech and politics.
- defrost 2y ago
  Now with added US colossal shitfuckery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHuMjIhS6t0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHuMjIhS6t0

bitwize 2y ago

"No worries" is the main phrase I brought back from visiting Australia in 2013. "no worries m8" is a common response from me on $CORPORATE_CHAT when a coworker thanks me. The other one I use occasionally is "yonks".

JimTheMan 2y ago
If you want to take your 'fair dinkum'-ness to the next level, I offer you the equivalent phrase 'No Wokkas'

madeofpalk 2y ago

Unfortunately "not here to fuck spiders" hasn't really caught on, despite my best efforts.

defrost 2y ago

No wuckers, coming soon?

082349872349872 2y ago
I'm finna grab that phrase with glee, and stow it in my tucker bag.
- bigger_cheese 2y ago
  I think more Aussie way to say that would be: 'I'm heaps keen to chuck that saying into the old tucker bag'...
  - psd1 2y ago
    That's heaps more Aussie, eh
  - CTDOCodebases 2y ago
    Yeah nah.

hi-v-rocknroll 2y ago

As an American, I always find it kind of ironic that Aussie colloquialisms and colloquialisms my Texan grandparents used overlap, likely because of being drawn from a similar pool of British & Irish expats some 100-150 years ago. "I reckon" is one that comes to mind first.

TheBruceHimself 2y ago

Somehow the fact you chose word "vernacular" comes across as amazingly Australian to me. It's like Australians instinctively know that you need to sprinkle your sentences with some interesting vocabulary every so often. I'm probably making no sense to anyone but myself but I find the Australian manner of speaking to be sharp swings between the most basic brutish, often vulgar, english to the complete opposite. Like, you'll hear someone blurt out "Slow down you cunt, These pills they've got me taking take are praying bloody murder on my fucking knees" and then effortlessly it just flows into something like "That said it's not worth grieving or shedding too many a tear over. They've done a marvelous job at alleviating my various ailments. My wife's taking them to and it's all but cured her rheumatism".

brailsafe 2y ago

It's not occurred to me in ages that "no worries" could be Aussie in origin, thought it was just a degradation of "don't worry about it" here in Canada, or picked up from the Lion King, but we do have a ton of aussies here, at least on the West Coast, so it seems plausible enough. I guess we just don't add "mate" as commonly.

JimTheMan 2y ago
There's an amusing short story from Douglas Adams, who visited Australia back in the day where 'No worries' featured prominently. https://douglasadams.com/dna/980707-08-a.html https://douglasadams.com/dna/980707-08-a.html "and get this, this is a very important and significant part of what happens to you on Hayman Island - staff who don't just say "No worries" when you thank them for topping up your champagne glass, they actually say "No worries at all". They truly and sincerely want you, specifically you, not just any old fat git lying around in a sun hat, but you personally, to feel that there is nothing in this best of all possible worlds that you have come to for you to concern yourself about in any way at all. Really. Really. We don't even despise you. Really. No worries at all."
ajb 2y ago
I would guess it was popularised by "Crocodile Dundee" in the 80s, so that's long enough to feel native to a lot of people.
- mikestew 2y ago
  On top of Outback Steakhouse’s (fake-Australian U.S. restaurant chain) old tag line: “no worries, just right.”
  - pimlottc 2y ago
    It was actually “no rules, just right”
    - mikestew 2y ago

Doctor_Fegg 2y ago

For real life? (Bluey. The single greatest contribution to exporting Australian culture.)

nonrandomstring 2y ago

Juice Media's "honest government ads" are a goldmine for Aussie-speak, "colossal shitfuckery" so perfectly nails the dank machinations of Australian tech and politics.

defrost 2y ago
Now with added US colossal shitfuckery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHuMjIhS6t0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHuMjIhS6t0