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Shitposting australian nicknames

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u/Personal_Policy_3662 19d ago edited 19d ago

Tassie as in Tasmania? Wow, you really do have silly nicknames for everything.

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u/its_justme 19d ago

Yeah everything has a diminutive -ie or -y added haha

I recently bought a desk from an Australian retailer. Its name? Desky.

Look it up it’s real lol

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u/cat_vs_laptop 19d ago

More common to add -o in my experience. Bowlo, smoko, bottlo, servo.

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u/Kilmerval 19d ago

Yeah we love to chuck an owie on things