What do Australians call sweets?

Lollies is the Australian word for sweets or candy.

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What are Australian words for sweets?

A lolly is a sweet or piece of confectionery. Particular to Australia and New Zealand, lolly has been part of Aussie slang since the 1850s.

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Why do Australians call all sweets lollies?

Why do Australians call sweets “lollies”, even when they have no sticks? According to British English from A to Zed by Norman Schur (Harper, 1991) “lolly” derives onomatopoetically for the mouth sounds associated with sucking or licking. The word “lollipop” came later.

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What do Australians call chocolates?

The most common Australian slang term for chocolate is simply “choccy” or “chockie”.

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What is candy called in slang?

Cocaine: Blow, C, candy, coke, do a line, freeze, girl, happy dust, Mama coca, mojo, monster, nose, pimp, shot, smoking gun, snow, sugar, sweet stuff, and white powder.

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BRITISH vs AMERICAN vs Australian ENGLISH Differences!

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What is English slang for candy?

Candy has many meanings, for example sexual intercourse or drugs ( crack,cocaine,ecstasy). I hope this helps.

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What do Australians call cookies?

In Australia, "biscuits" are what Americans call "cookies," and these traditional treats date back to World War I. It's said that wives and mothers of soldiers in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps—abbreviated to "Anzac"—baked these treats to send to their men overseas.

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What do Australians call a lollipop?

A crossing guard (North American English), lollipop man/lady (British, Irish, and Australian English), crosswalk attendant (also Australian English), or school road patrol (New Zealand English) is a traffic management personnel who is normally stationed on busy roadways to aid pedestrians.

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What do Aussies call crackers?

SAO biscuits are a savoury cracker biscuit that was launched in Australia in 1904 by Arnott's, the term SAO being trade marked in 1904.

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What do Australians call cotton candy?

cotton candy has different names around the world in England it's called candy floss. In Australia and Finland it's called fairy floss. In the Netherlands it's known as suikerspin which means “sugar spider”.

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What do Aussies call ice cream?

Icy-pole: Ice cream or popsicle.

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What do Aussies call eggs?

Australians use a couple of other colloquial words for a hen's egg. The Australian English word googie or goog is an informal term that dates from the 1880s. It derives from British dialect goggy, a child's word for an egg. A closer parallel to the jocular bum nut, however, is the word cackleberry.

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What are sweets slang?

(slang) drugs, amphetamine.

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What do Australians call gummies?

Lollies is the Australian word for sweets or candy.

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What do Australians call appetizers?

Browse recipes for Australian appetizers (called entrées) where you'll find oysters, patties and dumplings, as well as many Asian and European influenced recipes.

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What do Australians call scones?

For those in Commonwealth countries — England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Wales, and so forth — the word biscuit signifies something most Americans would call a cookie, and a scone is, well, something similar to an American biscuit: round, bready, and only slightly sweet.

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What is a brownie Australian slang?

But of the 66 Aussie slang words printed on that paper placemat two words caught my fancy – “Knackered” and “Brownie” the former meaning tired (or exhausted) and the latter meaning a bottle of beer.

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What do Australians call Oreos?

Tim Tams. I felt obligated to include this one as Tim Tams are only the most talked about Australian cookies in existence. There are chocolate, double chocolate, caramel and about a hundred other flavors. They are essentially the Oreos of Australia—but better.

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What does ? mean in slang?

? Candy emoji

It is commonly used to refer to actual candy, but is also sometimes more generally used in the context of feeling hungry or having a sweet tooth. The Candy emoji ? is also used to describe people or things as metaphorically sweet.

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What is the Old English word for sweets?

The word 'sweet' can be traced back to the Old English 'swete', an adjective that meant, 'pleasing to the senses, mind or feelings'.

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Do British say sweets or candy?

In British English, small, sweet things that you eat, such as toffees and chocolates, are called sweets. She did not allow her children to eat too many sweets. In American English, sweet things like these are called candy. Candy is an uncountable noun.

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What is the 3 word for candy?

synonyms for candy

On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to candy, such as: sweet, bonbon, confectionery, confit, jawbreaker, and sweetmeat.

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What is the street term candy?

Ecstasy or MDMA. X, E, XTC, Molly, Rolls, Hug, Hug Drug, Love Drug, Lover's. Speed, Beans, Adam, Eve, Clarity, Moon Rocks, Happy Pill, Dancing Shoes, Scooby Snacks, Candy, Peace, Uppers.

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