Australianize
Give Down-Under character
Australianize means to make something Australian in character, form, or style, or to adapt it for Australian conditions or audiences.
This applies to cultural products, institutions, language, or practices: The publisher Australianized the spelling throughout the textbook.
Someone who moves to Australia might Australianize by adopting local customs, slang, or attitudes.
The British spelling Australianise is also used.
Partner or companion
- g'dayInformal Australian hello
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
- kangarooPouched Australian leaper
- footyInformal term for soccer
barbecue · boomerang · emu · pavlova · larrikin · mateship · didgeridoo · billabong
Informal in-group vocabulary
- accentRegional speech pattern
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
- dialectRegional language variety
idiom · lingo · anglicize · localise · adaptation · regionalize · culturalization · translation
mate
Partner or companion
footy · barbecue · boomerang · emu · pavlova · larrikin · mateship · didgeridoo · billabong · bushwalking
slang
Informal in-group vocabulary
- accentRegional speech pattern
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
dialect · idiom · lingo · anglicize · localise · adaptation · regionalize · culturalization · translation · phraseology
AustralianizeAmericanize
Adapt to US culture
Europeanize · Indianize · Africanize · Latinize · Germanize