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# A [[word]] or [[phrase]] only used in [[Australia]], or having a special meaning there.
# A [[word]] or [[phrase]] only used in [[Australia]], or having a special meaning there.
#* {{quote-journal|1=en|year=2016|author=James Lambert|title=Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria|journal=International Journal of Lexicography|volume=30|issue=1|page=39–62|text=For example, the expression ''no worries'' is viewed as an '''Australianism''' even though it is now widespread throughout other parts of the English-speaking world.}}
#* {{quote-journal|1=en|year=2016|author=James Lambert|title=Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria|journal=International Journal of Lexicography|volume=30|issue=1|page=39–62|text=For example, the expression ''no worries'' is viewed as an '''Australianism''' even though it is now widespread throughout other parts of the English-speaking world.}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|Australianist}}


====Coordinate terms====
====Coordinate terms====
* {{list:dialectisms/en}}
* {{list:dialectisms/en}}
* {{list:foreignisms/en}}
* {{list:foreignisms/en}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|Australianist}}


[[Category:English hybridisms suffixed with -ism]]
[[Category:English hybridisms suffixed with -ism]]

Revision as of 16:22, 1 December 2022

English

Etymology

Australian +‎ -ism

Noun

Australianism (plural Australianisms)

  1. A word or phrase only used in Australia, or having a special meaning there.
    • 2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1, pages 39–62:
      For example, the expression no worries is viewed as an Australianism even though it is now widespread throughout other parts of the English-speaking world.

Coordinate terms