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SignUp Now!rhfarmer said:So, I have 2 Australian business partners, so I'm going to explain how Aussie slang/nicknames work. The word you want to make a slang word or nickname for first has to be rhymed with another word.
So, for "American", the Aussies start with "Yank", which rhymes with "Septic Tank", which gets shortened to "seppo" which is what Aussies call Americans.
To have a "look", the Aussies say have a "Captain", because "look" rhymes with "Captain Cook" which gets shortened to "Captain"
A "shark" is a "Noah" because shark rhymes with Noah's Ark.
While I do think Crocodile Dunkdee is clever and unbeatable, an Aussie would never work out a nickname that way.
aiw said:White-->Fight-->Rocky-->Adrian
rome8180 said:White --> Tight --> Pussy
rhfarmer said:So, I have 2 Australian business partners, so I'm going to explain how Aussie slang/nicknames work. The word you want to make a slang word or nickname for first has to be rhymed with another word.
So, for "American", the Aussies start with "Yank", which rhymes with "Septic Tank", which gets shortened to "seppo" which is what Aussies call Americans.
To have a "look", the Aussies say have a "Captain", because "look" rhymes with "Captain Cook" which gets shortened to "Captain"
A "shark" is a "Noah" because shark rhymes with Noah's Ark.
While I do think Crocodile Dunkdee is clever and unbeatable, an Aussie would never work out a nickname that way.