It is a bit redundant when you're in the same country.
People in England don't call English muffins English muffins, and Berliners don't call Berliners Berliners, why would Australians call Australian dollars Australian Dollars, unless they needed to specify?
Where I am (oop north), if you just said "muffin", people would assume you meant the small round bit of bread that you put fillings into; a barm, a roll, ...
Yup, dacks are pants. To dack someone is to pull their pants down (like the nasty school prank, see also pantsing). Sweatpants are part of a tracksuit, hence tracky-dacks.
It's not just a bit of nonsense tho, trackies is tracksuit (trousers), and dacks has been another word for trousers/ pants since way before trackies were invented.
Also works quite well in "shat yer dacks"
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captain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 54 pts · 20d
And yet, I still see Australians call their money "Aussie dollars" instead of the clearly superior term: dollarydoos.
Do it! Don't be cowards!
Baggie@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 20d
We also use dollarydoos
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 20d
Dollarbucks.
T156@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 20d
Ducks for short.
dellish@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 20d
This is correct. Nobody says "Aussie dollars".
T156@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 20d
It is a bit redundant when you're in the same country.
People in England don't call English muffins English muffins, and Berliners don't call Berliners Berliners, why would Australians call Australian dollars Australian Dollars, unless they needed to specify?
addie@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 20d
BBC food, English muffins are indeed called English muffins here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/english_muffins_56640
Where I am (oop north), if you just said "muffin", people would assume you meant the small round bit of bread that you put fillings into; a barm, a roll, ...
Zier@fedia.io · 3 pts · 20d
Oz Bucks.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 35 pts · 20d
Yup, dacks are pants. To dack someone is to pull their pants down (like the nasty school prank, see also pantsing). Sweatpants are part of a tracksuit, hence tracky-dacks.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 8 pts · 20d
Ah, I see. You call it 'dacking', I call it 'sexual assault'.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 20d
Valid.
JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 20d
I would add, 'dacks' is a bit more specifically closer to 'undies', at least in my area.
And track pants are also called Trackies.
naught101@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 20d
Words for undies and swimmers are very regional
dellish@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 20d
Undies are underderps, not dacks.
lyralycan@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 20d
In England some folk also call them 'tra(c|k)kies', also short for 'tracksuit bottoms' that pair with 'tracksuit tops'
tyler@programming.dev · 14 pts · 20d
I searched and wtf it’s true. https://aussiefitnesspros.com/products/aussie-tracky-dacks
dellish@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 20d
Aussie Fitness Pros
Hmmmm. I somehow doubt your source, even though you managed to stumble on the correct answer.
tyler@programming.dev · 3 pts · 20d
lol I didn’t see that. Whoops
PDFuego@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 20d
Can't wait to get home and put on my shorty-dorts
Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 20d
It's not just a bit of nonsense tho, trackies is tracksuit (trousers), and dacks has been another word for trousers/ pants since way before trackies were invented. Also works quite well in "shat yer dacks"
TomMasz@piefed.social · 8 pts · 20d
We're just jealous of the Australians because they're having more fun with words that we ever will.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 20d
Nah, I'm having plenty of fun with words on a daily basis myself.
Which is why I wholeheartedly support the linguistic tomfoolery of these Aussie raconteurs 😄🫶🏼
juncto2701@fedia.io · 4 pts · 20d
Maybe we're fucking with them.
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juncto2701@fedia.io · 2 pts · 20d
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 2 pts · 20d
I call sweat pants, Give Up On Life Pants.