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Change is inevitable in any living language, and English's global dominance has made it particularly susceptible to such natural...

Now that our experience of the pandemic is shifting from lockdowns to vaccine targets, its influence on our language is also changing....

The internet is a natural breeding ground for all kinds of creative language use. In some cases, linguistic innovation serves a specific...

Companies love to cash in on our unique brand of English by using it to advertise their products. The proliferation of these kinds of ads...

This article from September 2020 discusses how Dictionary.com must adapt its entries for certain words due to the constant changes...

This article discusses Prime Minister Scott Morrison's controversial use of the colloquial phrase 'wasn't a particularly flash day' to...

The story of woke's journey from African-American street slang to politically conservative catchcry is both long and complicated so, for...

Adjective 'deadly' and common noun 'mob' are both frequently used in Aboriginal Australian English and have become recognisable markers...

If you're an Australian politician, you haven't really made it until you've got a nickname. The examples below explore the purposes of...

These articles both make reference to the rise in linguistic creativity among Australians when referring to the Covid-19 vaccination....

In this tweet from August 2021, Adelaide footballer Cam Ellis-Yolmen congratulates fellow Indigenous player Eddie Betts on his 350th game...

Lidia Thorpe is a Senator for the Australian Greens political party, and is also an Aboriginal Gunnai-Gunditjmara woman. In this tweet...

Read the examples of Australian slang on the website below: Koalanet.com.au - List of Australian slang a) Identify 5 examples that you...

This article discusses the use of Samoan slang by those both within and outside of the Samoan-Australian community. In particular, the...

News.com.au - Spelling of Arnott's new chicken parmigiana-flavoured shapes causes heated debate In August 2020, Arnott's Shapes released...

This article discusses the rise in the use of non-Standard orthography for the adjective 'blak' as a marker of identity among Indigenous...

Mel Magazine: Bro, do you even vibe? (published 2019) This article discusses the rise in popularity among teenagers of variations on the...

These websites contain discussion and examples of how innovative language use in internet forums can build in-group membership between...

This article contains lists of teenage slang examples from 2021. Bark.us: 2021 teen slang meanings every parent should know (published...