Strine

Meaning

Proper Noun

Broad Australian English; broad Australian rendered as eye dialect.

Origin

From eye dialect of a broad pronunciation of Australian. Coined by “Afferbeck Lauder” (Alastair Ardoch Morrison) and popularised with his 1965 book Let Stalk Strine. Australian from 1965.

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