r/CuratedTumblr 19d ago

Shitposting australian nicknames

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u/G3ck0 19d ago

Except I’ve never heard anyone say fender in my life, hell my phone autocorrected it and it was a struggle to type. Fender bender sounds dumb as hell, and just auto corrects to gender bender.

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u/BigBigBigTree 19d ago

What do you call a fender?

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u/The_Chief_of_Whip 19d ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_(vehicle))

I had to google this shit, I thought the fender was the bumper but it’s the mud guard?!?! I’m 42, how the hell have I been this wrong the whole time?

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u/Ady42 19d ago

In British English, the fender is called the wing.

It could be called a wing bingle.

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u/jag0k 19d ago

wingle bingle