Indigenous Australian peoples are people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, who identify as Aboriginal or.
1. 'Aboriginal' and 'Torres Strait Islander' peoples. Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups prefer to be known by these titles over any others. 'Aboriginal' and 'Torres Strait Islander' refer to different groups of peoples. Aboriginal refers to the original peoples of mainland Australia.
There is no one Aboriginal word that all Aborigines use for Australia; however, today they call Australia, ""Australia"" because that is what it is called today. There are more than 250 aboriginal tribes in Australia. Most of them didn't have a word for ""Australia""; they just named places around them.
Meth, is short for Methamphetamine is an amphetamine-type stimulant drug sometimes called nyarbi.
First Nations Australians are often called Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Mob. Colloquially used to mean a group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or "Country". It is used to connect and identify the person and where they are from. "My mob" means my people, or extended family.
Terms such as half-caste, full-blood, natives, blacks, darkies, blackfellas, and other more offensive terms were often communicated in a disparaging and racist manner. For many Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, offensive terms can cause reactions such as distress, anger and resentment.
hub·bly. ˈhəb(ə)lē : having an uneven surface : rough. a hubbly road.
adjective. di·el ˈdī-əl. -ˌel. : involving a 24-hour period that usually includes a day and the adjoining night. diel fluctuations in temperature.
1 : a stupid or insignificant person : fool. 2 : a mongrel dog : cur.
White Australian may refer to: European Australians, Australians with European ancestry. Anglo-Celtic Australians, an Australian with ancestry from the British Isles.
There are also a number of terms for Australia, such as: Aussie, Oz, Lucky Country, and land of the long weekend.
Murri is a demonym for Aboriginal Australians of modern-day Queensland and north-western New South Wales. For some people and organisations, the use of Indigenous language regional terms is an expression of pride in their heritage.
Today, the term "Asian Australian" is widely accepted and used to refer to people of Asian descent who are citizens or residents of Australia, though its usage and meaning may vary within the Asian Australian community.
American Indian, Indian, Native American, or Native are acceptable and often used interchangeably in the United States; however, Native Peoples often have individual preferences on how they would like to be addressed.
Keling (pronounced [kəliŋ]) or Kling is an originally neutral but now considered derogatory term used in parts of Southeast Asia to denote a person originating from the Indian subcontinent. This includes both those from India and overseas Indians.
Bumfuzzle. The word bumfuzzle means 'to confuse someone. ' For example, on April Fools' Day you might decide to pull a totally epic prank!
Bumfuzzle has been used since at least the late 1800s. Fittingly, its origin isn't certain. Its first part, bum, is perhaps a variation of the first part of bamboozle, which has been used since the 1700s. The second part, fuzzle, maybe be an alteration of fuddle, which also means “to confuse.”
The term "shisha" used in Europe goes back to the Persian word shishe , which means "glass". The Turkish word sise means "bottle", in certain Arabic dialects specifically refer to the bowl of shisha or the entire hookah. Another common term that refers to the water pipe is " Nargile ".
or hooka (ˈhʊkə ) noun. a pipe for smoking marijuana, tobacco, etc, consisting of one or more long flexible stems connected to a container of water or other liquid through which smoke is drawn and cooled. Also called: hubble-bubble, kalian, narghile, water pipe.
So, shisha is the name for the aromatic and flavorful tobacco that is used within a hookah, but the term is also taken to mean the pipe itself – especially since the Persian word for glass is shishe. Hookah is the actual pipe through which one smokes shisha.
Assimilationist terms such as 'full-blood,' 'half-caste' and 'quarter-caste' are extremely offensive and should never be used when referring to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
'Aborigine' is a noun for an Aboriginal person (male or female).
'Aborigine' is generally perceived as insensitive, because it has racist connotations from Australia's colonial past, and lumps people with diverse backgrounds into a single group.