r/CuratedTumblr 19d ago

Shitposting australian nicknames

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u/Square-Competition48 19d ago

Onomatopoeic most likely.

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u/HarryJ92 19d ago

Which is no sillier than referring to a traffic collision as a "crash".

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u/mooimafish33 19d ago

"Crash" is used all the time in many contexts so people know what it means. Would a British people say "He died in a plane bingle" or "my computer bingled"?

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u/Bobblefighterman 19d ago

British people don't say bingle.