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Howard Manns, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University

Is Australian rhyming slang in a bit of froth and bubble? Let's take a Captain Cook (spoiler: the billy lids may hold the key)

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Have you heard? Barry Crocker’s having a … well, Barry Crocker (“shocker”) of a time with those Reg Grundies (“undies”) people.

Karens everywhere can relate – they know it’s Jeffed up when your Danned name gets swept up in social parlance.

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