Strine

//stɹɑen// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An Australian. humorous, informal

    "The Strines I met were fierce about having a good time […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Broad Australian English. Australia, New-Zealand, UK, humorous, informal

    "Several Strine forms depend on an assumed equivalence between Strine fortis consonants and Cultivated/RP lenis ones, thus garbler mince (couple of minutes), egg jelly (actually). It is doubtful whether this reflects any real phonetic difference."

Example

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"The Strines I met were fierce about having a good time […]"

Etymology

From a pronunciation spelling of Australian spoken with this accent. Coined by “Afferbeck Lauder” (Alastair Ardoch Morrison) and popularised with his 1965 book Let Stalk Strine. Australian from 1965.

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australian englisheye dialect

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