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Brekkies, barbies, mozzies: why do Aussies shorten so many words?
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Australians sure do like those brekkies, barbies and mozzies. We’re not talking about “actual” mozzies here. We’re defo (definitely) talking about words — and Aussies can’t seem to get enough of these shortened words. Some say we’re lazy…