When humour and cultural quirks collide, interesting things can happen—and sometimes, they can lead to international incidents of the most benign kind.

Case in point: Two American podcasters found themselves in hot water over a seemingly innocent comment about an Aussie slang word.

Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan, hosts of the popular I've Had It podcast, were forced to apologise to 'all of Australia' after a segment in which they criticised the use of the term 'brekkie'.

For those unfamiliar with Australian vernacular, 'brekkie' is a colloquial term for breakfast, as beloved to Australians as Vegemite on toast.

The hosts of I’ve Had It Podcast received backlash from the Aussie audience because of a slang word. Credit: I’ve Had It Podcast / Facebook

However, Welch expressed her frustration with the term during a podcast episode, leading to backlash from Australian listeners.

'I'd had it with the word brekkie. Well, in Australia, that is what they call breakfast exclusively,' she explained to Sullivan, her co-star in the TV series Sweet Home Oklahoma.

The comedy podcast sees the pair vent about their daily annoyances, but this particular gripe struck a nerve with their Australian audience.

A video of the segment was shared on their social media accounts, leading to a flurry of comments from disgruntled Aussies.

'Australia is shook right now,' one person commented.

Another suggested, ‘I think you need a deep dive into Australian slang.'

However, Welch quickly clarified that her issue was not with Australians but with American influencers who use the term without understanding its cultural context.

'I want the country of Australia to know that I'm specifically talking about Americans, influencers on [social media] that can not find Australia on a map with both hands and a flashlight,’ she said.

‘These are the people I've had it with, I've not had it with Australia or Australians.'

‘And now we have to go on the Aussie redemption tour.’

Thankfully, Welch's clarification was well received, with one Australian listener responding, 'Thanks for the clarity, us Aussies were triggered.'

Others even agreed with her point, acknowledging Australians have a penchant for abbreviating words.

Watch the video segment below:

Credit: @ivehaditpodcast / Instagram​

This isn't the first time Australian slang has caused a stir internationally.

Last year, the US embassy in Australia raised eyebrows after sharing a list of questionable slang words Australians use, including 'Sleeve Irwin' for a sweatshirt.

In a similar story, a Canadian living in Australia was flabbergasted after coming across a certain term in an Australian calendar.

Confused about the word, he said, ‘What is this, Harry Potter?’

You can read more about the story here.

Key Takeaways

• Jennifer Welch, an American podcaster, apologised to Australians after mocking the term 'brekkie,' which is a common abbreviation for breakfast in Australia.
• Welch clarified her complaint was aimed at American influencers who use the term without truly understanding Australian culture.
• The issue prompted backlash from Australians on social media, but Welch's apology and clarification were positively received.
• The podcast host mentioned going on an 'Aussie redemption tour' to address the misunderstanding and expressed respect for Australia and its people.

What do you think, members? Is it okay for non-Australians to use Aussie slang, or should they leave 'brekkie' to the locals? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

 

[Suzanne rose]

Strewth, I think us Aussies are more than happy to share our lingo as long as they show respect

 

[anouch]

I have read many stories where foreigners think Aussie lingo is really weird and hard to understand ,,shortening our words is just the done thing for us

 

[Suzanne rose]

1. Cold One – Beer
2. Accadacca – How Aussies refer to Australian band ACDC
3. Ankle Biter – Child
4. Arvo – Afternoon (S’Arvo – this afternoon!)
5. Aussie Salute – Wave to scare the flies
6. Avo – Avocado
7. Bail – To cancel plans. ‘Bruce bailed’ = Bruce isn’t going to turn up.
8. Barbie – Barbecue
9. Bathers – Swimsuit
10. Beauty! – Great! Most often exclaimed as “You Beauty”
11. Billabong – A pond in a dry riverbed
12. Billy – Teapot (In the Outback on the fire)
13. Bloody – Very. Used to extenuate a point
14. Bloody oath – yes or its true. “You right mate?”… “Bloody Oath”
15. Bludger – Someone who’s lazy, generally also who relies on others (when it’s someone who relies on the state they’re often called a ‘dole bludger’)
16. Bogan – This word is used for people who are, well let’s say, rednecks. Or, if you like, just call your friends a bogan when they are acting weird.
17. Booze Bus – Police vehicle used to catch drunk drivers
18. Bottle-O – Bottle Shop, basically a place to buy alcohol
19. Brekky – Breakfast
20. Brolly – Umbrella
21. Bruce – An Aussie Bloke
22. Buckleys Chance – little chance
23. Budgie Smugglers – Speedos
24. Buggered – Exhausted
25. Choc A Bloc – Full
26. Choccy Biccy – Chocolate Biscuit
27. Chook – Chicken
28. Chrissie – Christmas
29. Ciggy – a Cigarette
30. Clucky – feeling maternal
31. Cobber – Very good friend. ‘Alright me ‘ol cobber’.
32. Coldie – Beer. ‘Come over for a few coldie’s mate.’
33. Coppers – Policemen
34. Crack the shits – Getting angry at someone or something
35. Crikey – an expression of surprise
36. Crook – Being ill or angry; ‘Don’t go crook on me for getting crook’
37. Dag – Someone who’s a bit of a nerd or geek.
38. Daks – Trousers. ‘Tracky daks’ = sweatpants (tracksuit pants)
39. Deadset – True
40. Defo – Definitely
41. Devo – Devastated
42. Drongo – a Fool, ‘Don’t be a drongo mate’
43. Dunny – Toilet
44. Esky – An insulated container that keeps things cold (usually beers)
45. Fair Dinkum – ‘Fair Dinkum?’ … ‘Fair Dinkum!’ = Honestly? … Yeah honestly!
46. Flannie / Flanno – flannelette shirt
47. Flat out – Really busy – “Flat out like a lizard drinking” – As busy as a bee
48. Footy – Football
49. Frothy – Beer
50. F*ck Me Dead – that’s unfortunate, that surprises me
51. G’day – Hello
52. Galah – a personoacting stupid
53. Gnarly – awesome – often used by surfers
54. Going off – busy, lots of people / angry person “he’s going off”
55. Good On Ya – Good work
56. Hard yakka – Hard work
57. Heaps – loads, lots, many
58. Hoon – Hooligan (normally driving badly!)
59. Iffy – bit risky or unreasonable
60. Knickers – female underwear
61. Larrikin – Someone who’s always up for a laugh, bit of a harmless prankster
62. Legless – Someone who is really drunk
63. Lollies – Sweets
64. Maccas – McDonalds
65. Mongrel – Someone who’s a bit of a dick
66. Mozzie – Mosquito
67. No Drama – No problem / it’s ok
68. No Worries – No problem / it’s ok
69. No Wucka’s – A truly Aussie way to say ‘no worries’

 

[Loubeauxarts]

This from the country that calls biscuits - cookies, scones - biscuits, jam - jelly, jelly - jello, etc etc

 

[amandaloisjupp1961]

I always use slang words it is about time they got The Australian way of life .

 

[Seia Ibanez]

1. Cold One – Beer
2. Accadacca – How Aussies refer to Australian band ACDC
3. Ankle Biter – Child
4. Arvo – Afternoon (S’Arvo – this afternoon!)
5. Aussie Salute – Wave to scare the flies
6. Avo – Avocado
7. Bail – To cancel plans. ‘Bruce bailed’ = Bruce isn’t going to turn up.
8. Barbie – Barbecue
9. Bathers – Swimsuit
10. Beauty! – Great! Most often exclaimed as “You Beauty”
11. Billabong – A pond in a dry riverbed
12. Billy – Teapot (In the Outback on the fire)
13. Bloody – Very. Used to extenuate a point
14. Bloody oath – yes or its true. “You right mate?”… “Bloody Oath”
15. Bludger – Someone who’s lazy, generally also who relies on others (when it’s someone who relies on the state they’re often called a ‘dole bludger’)
16. Bogan – This word is used for people who are, well let’s say, rednecks. Or, if you like, just call your friends a bogan when they are acting weird.
17. Booze Bus – Police vehicle used to catch drunk drivers
18. Bottle-O – Bottle Shop, basically a place to buy alcohol
19. Brekky – Breakfast
20. Brolly – Umbrella
21. Bruce – An Aussie Bloke
22. Buckleys Chance – little chance
23. Budgie Smugglers – Speedos
24. Buggered – Exhausted
25. Choc A Bloc – Full
26. Choccy Biccy – Chocolate Biscuit
27. Chook – Chicken
28. Chrissie – Christmas
29. Ciggy – a Cigarette
30. Clucky – feeling maternal
31. Cobber – Very good friend. ‘Alright me ‘ol cobber’.
32. Coldie – Beer. ‘Come over for a few coldie’s mate.’
33. Coppers – Policemen
34. Crack the shits – Getting angry at someone or something
35. Crikey – an expression of surprise
36. Crook – Being ill or angry; ‘Don’t go crook on me for getting crook’
37. Dag – Someone who’s a bit of a nerd or geek.
38. Daks – Trousers. ‘Tracky daks’ = sweatpants (tracksuit pants)
39. Deadset – True
40. Defo – Definitely
41. Devo – Devastated
42. Drongo – a Fool, ‘Don’t be a drongo mate’
43. Dunny – Toilet
44. Esky – An insulated container that keeps things cold (usually beers)
45. Fair Dinkum – ‘Fair Dinkum?’ … ‘Fair Dinkum!’ = Honestly? … Yeah honestly!
46. Flannie / Flanno – flannelette shirt
47. Flat out – Really busy – “Flat out like a lizard drinking” – As busy as a bee
48. Footy – Football
49. Frothy – Beer
50. F*ck Me Dead – that’s unfortunate, that surprises me
51. G’day – Hello
52. Galah – a personoacting stupid
53. Gnarly – awesome – often used by surfers
54. Going off – busy, lots of people / angry person “he’s going off”
55. Good On Ya – Good work
56. Hard yakka – Hard work
57. Heaps – loads, lots, many
58. Hoon – Hooligan (normally driving badly!)
59. Iffy – bit risky or unreasonable
60. Knickers – female underwear
61. Larrikin – Someone who’s always up for a laugh, bit of a harmless prankster
62. Legless – Someone who is really drunk
63. Lollies – Sweets
64. Maccas – McDonalds
65. Mongrel – Someone who’s a bit of a dick
66. Mozzie – Mosquito
67. No Drama – No problem / it’s ok
68. No Worries – No problem / it’s ok
69. No Wucka’s – A truly Aussie way to say ‘no worries’

Wow, this is an awesome list of Aussie slangs, Suzanne rose!

 

[Pommyoz]

Gotta send those slangs to my friend in Ohio!

 

[Suzanne rose]

Wow, this is an awesome list of Aussie slangs, Suzanne rose!

It's how all my relo's talk

 

[Suzanne rose]

1. Piece of Piss – easy
2. Piss Off – go away, get lost
3. Piss Up – a party, a get together and in Australia – most social occasions
4. Piss – (To Piss) to urinate
5. Pissed – Intoxicated, Drunk
6. Pissed Off – Annoyed
7. Rack Off – The less offensive way to tell someone to ‘F Off’!
8. Rapt – Very happy
9. Reckon – for sure. ‘You Reckon?’… ‘I reckon!’
10. Rellie / Rello – Relatives
11. Ripper – ‘You little ripper’ = That’s fantastic mate!
12. Rooted – Tired or Broken
13. Runners – Trainers, Sneakers
14. Sanger – Sandwich
15. Servo – Service Station / Garage
16. Shark biscuit – kids at the beach
17. Sheila – A woman
18. She’ll be apples – Everything will be alright
19. Shoot Through – To leave
20. Sick – awesome; ‘that’s really sick mate’
21. Sickie – a sick day off work, or ‘to pull a sickie’ would be to take a day off when you aren’t actually sick
22. Skull – To down a beer
23. Slab – A carton of beers
24. Smoko – Cigarette break
25. Snag – Sausage
26. Stiffy – Erection
27. Stoked – Happy, Pleased
28. Strewth – An exclamation of surprise
29. Stubby – a bottle of beer
30. Stubby Holder – Used so your hands don’t get cold when holding your beer, or to stop your hands making your beer warm!
31. Stuffed – Tired
32. Sunnies – Sunglasses
33. Tea – Dinner
34. Tinny – Can of beer or small boat
35. Thongs – Flip Flops. Yanks think we talking about our undies
36. True Blue – Genuinely Australian
37. Tucker – Food. ‘Bush Tucker’ tends to be food found in the Outback such as witchety grubs.
38. Two Up – A gambling game played on Anzac day
39. Up Yourself – Stuck up
40. Woop Woop – middle of nowhere “he lives out woop woop”
41. Undies - underwear

 

[Gazman]

WGAF what yanks think!

 

[Marvin Kombi]

And I’ve had it with foreigners objecting to the way we speak. Each country has its own lingo and slang. If you don’t like ours, then “PEA ONE DOLLAR-SIGN DOLLAR-SIGN OFF”

 

[Kayer02]

Wow ! What arrogance. Next time you decide to visit another country, please bypass Australia. We don't need, or for that matter, want whingers like you.. Have a look in your own backyard and at your own lingo before you come here and critise ours.. Typical loudmouth, arrogant, rude, egotistical and self absorbed Yank. Stay home !!!

 

[Pat T]

1. Cold One – Beer
2. Accadacca – How Aussies refer to Australian band ACDC
3. Ankle Biter – Child
4. Arvo – Afternoon (S’Arvo – this afternoon!)
5. Aussie Salute – Wave to scare the flies
6. Avo – Avocado
7. Bail – To cancel plans. ‘Bruce bailed’ = Bruce isn’t going to turn up.
8. Barbie – Barbecue
9. Bathers – Swimsuit
10. Beauty! – Great! Most often exclaimed as “You Beauty”
11. Billabong – A pond in a dry riverbed
12. Billy – Teapot (In the Outback on the fire)
13. Bloody – Very. Used to extenuate a point
14. Bloody oath – yes or its true. “You right mate?”… “Bloody Oath”
15. Bludger – Someone who’s lazy, generally also who relies on others (when it’s someone who relies on the state they’re often called a ‘dole bludger’)
16. Bogan – This word is used for people who are, well let’s say, rednecks. Or, if you like, just call your friends a bogan when they are acting weird.
17. Booze Bus – Police vehicle used to catch drunk drivers
18. Bottle-O – Bottle Shop, basically a place to buy alcohol
19. Brekky – Breakfast
20. Brolly – Umbrella
21. Bruce – An Aussie Bloke
22. Buckleys Chance – little chance
23. Budgie Smugglers – Speedos
24. Buggered – Exhausted
25. Choc A Bloc – Full
26. Choccy Biccy – Chocolate Biscuit
27. Chook – Chicken
28. Chrissie – Christmas
29. Ciggy – a Cigarette
30. Clucky – feeling maternal
31. Cobber – Very good friend. ‘Alright me ‘ol cobber’.
32. Coldie – Beer. ‘Come over for a few coldie’s mate.’
33. Coppers – Policemen
34. Crack the shits – Getting angry at someone or something
35. Crikey – an expression of surprise
36. Crook – Being ill or angry; ‘Don’t go crook on me for getting crook’
37. Dag – Someone who’s a bit of a nerd or geek.
38. Daks – Trousers. ‘Tracky daks’ = sweatpants (tracksuit pants)
39. Deadset – True
40. Defo – Definitely
41. Devo – Devastated
42. Drongo – a Fool, ‘Don’t be a drongo mate’
43. Dunny – Toilet
44. Esky – An insulated container that keeps things cold (usually beers)
45. Fair Dinkum – ‘Fair Dinkum?’ … ‘Fair Dinkum!’ = Honestly? … Yeah honestly!
46. Flannie / Flanno – flannelette shirt
47. Flat out – Really busy – “Flat out like a lizard drinking” – As busy as a bee
48. Footy – Football
49. Frothy – Beer
50. F*ck Me Dead – that’s unfortunate, that surprises me
51. G’day – Hello
52. Galah – a personoacting stupid
53. Gnarly – awesome – often used by surfers
54. Going off – busy, lots of people / angry person “he’s going off”
55. Good On Ya – Good work
56. Hard yakka – Hard work
57. Heaps – loads, lots, many
58. Hoon – Hooligan (normally driving badly!)
59. Iffy – bit risky or unreasonable
60. Knickers – female underwear
61. Larrikin – Someone who’s always up for a laugh, bit of a harmless prankster
62. Legless – Someone who is really drunk
63. Lollies – Sweets
64. Maccas – McDonalds
65. Mongrel – Someone who’s a bit of a dick
66. Mozzie – Mosquito
67. No Drama – No problem / it’s ok
68. No Worries – No problem / it’s ok
69. No Wucka’s – A truly Aussie way to say ‘no worries’

Talking to the 2 nurses in the treatment room the other day I mentioned something was “chockers”. One wanted to know what that meant. She was a recent arrival from Canada.

 

[Veggiepatch]

This from the country that calls biscuits - cookies, scones - biscuits, jam - jelly, jelly - jello, etc etc

Don't forget "World Series Baseball"....

....played exclusively between US teams.

 

[Suzanne rose]

Can I ask if anyone on here was born out of Aussie land and if so what did / do you think of our lingo

 

[Knell]

^ Darn it! you have excluded me from this convo lol

 

[Suzanne rose]

^ Darn it! you have excluded me from this convo lol

I wonder what people on here that are not aussie think of the whole convo

 

[Knell]

I wonder what people on here that are not aussie think of the whole convo

Hmm...I think I should say 'no comment'

 

[Penny4]

Don't forget "World Series Baseball"....

....played exclusively between US teams.

No, USA teams and Canada. The reason is because USA and Canada teams have international players. I only know this because my son played over there.