54: Slang (with Jonathon Green)
Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
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The Larrickan, the Subversive Mentality
If I were to choose my favourite slang, it would undoubtedly be Australian. The level of racism in the Perth Sunday Times is 'terrible', he says. He has also noticed that racial terms are changing a lot. "I mean, slibs is for some reason God's eyelids and God is always Jesus"
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