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Just a bit of fun, can't rage too much against this thing


Staffer = employee (or longhand 'member of staff'). Nasty American term.


More quickly = quicker (or faster)


Apple cider = cider (the traditional drink was rebranded to make it trendy)


Staycation (for a UK vacation) = holiday. All my hols as a kid were in this country. (Staycation was coined a few years ago, as staying at home and going for day trips - that was fine - but for some reason now applies to all domestic hols).


Pear cider = perry


Wild swimming = swimming (or swimming in the lake/sea/river)


Please do add words and phrases that also touch a raw nerve. As said not a serious debate, our language evolves, and funnily enough sometimes goes in full circles eg diaper rather than nappy was a word we used earlier in the last century, not an American import.

On that front 'robust'. Totally overused in politics and meaningless.


Staycation was added to the OED in 2010 - and from memory until Covid was generally used for people holidaying from their own residence. As said a holiday in your own country, is.... a.... holiday.

I agree with the slavishly-followed U S imports above, and add "couple" instead of "couple of" and putting "out" on the end of verbs such as "swapping", "tweeting". They usually come in via smart-alec commentators, pundits, columnists who use them as a way of signalling their global awareness/connections to America but more recently that job has been done by "social" media. Avoid unless you want to look instantly dated and a try-hard!

womanofdulwich Wrote:

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> Plant based diet = vegan.


Ah yes, should have included that in my original list.


Glasto, rather than Glastonbury (festival).


Although happy for Ausies to add 'o' to many words - eg smoke break = smoko (I'll wait to be corrected).

malumbu Wrote:

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> womanofdulwich Wrote:

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> -----

> > Plant based diet = vegan.

>

> Ah yes, should have included that in my original

> list.

>

> Glasto, rather than Glastonbury (festival).

>

> Although happy for Ausies to add 'o' to many words

> - eg smoke break = smoko (I'll wait to be

> corrected).


I heard a journo say that after smoko this arvo, he was going to head the bottlo as he's been copping too much aggro recently. But he'll defo be totally devo if they're out of Bundy Rum, as all he's got at home is a fridge full of avos...

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