Consists of youths predominantly from areas in Melbourne's northwest including Deer Park, St Albans and Sunshine. Popular in the 90s, this gang has re-emerged, with several youth members taking part in a vicious brawl in Eaton Mall in 2019.
Noun. eshay (plural eshays) (Australia, slang) A member of an Australian youth subculture favouring sportswear and electronic dance music, and commonly associated with criminal activity. (Australia, slang) A delinquent teenager; a chav.
Melbourne's eshay culture: Who are they and what do they do? Many Melburnians may never have heard of eshays before, but if you've spent time at a train station or parking lot, chances are you've run into one. Eshays are part of a subculture that's gripped Australian youth in recent years.
Eshays, or lads, are often considered stereotypically hypermasculine and inclined to crime and violence. They may be affiliated with other local youths from a postcode, hang out in groups, use slang derived from Pig Latin, wear sportswear, and engage in intimidating and anti-social behaviour.
The word 'Eshay' is a Pig Latin derivative of the word sesh or session, which is the traditional Australian past-time of hanging out, binge drinking and taking drugs in a small to medium group of friends.
An eshay in Australia is a lad – similar to the chavs and roadmen in the UK.
Eshays are said to have spread from Sydney's inner-city graffiti scene in the 1980s through Housing Commission estates and out into the suburbs. Teens embracing eshay culture had predominantly come from low socioeconomic backgrounds but the movement has also been picked up by private school boys.
Apparently this is some sort of horrific Australian rude boi slang. It started out as Pig Latin for sesh or session and eventually became so common it just means "cool" now.
Eshays, or lads, or adlays, are a youth subculture, originally from Western Sydney. They speak in Pig Latin. They listen to certain Australian hip-hop acts.
What are Eshays called in New Zealand? The term eshay is similar to the UK phrase 'chav' and can be interchangeable with 'lad', which in turn sometimes becomes 'adlay'.
The News Corp newspaper said eshays are easily identified 'by their uniform of designer and sportswear labels, bum bags they wear over their shoulders and their own pig Latin language they've developed'.
Notorious rapper and convicted criminal Spanian has made a name for himself as one of the 'original' Sydney eshays. The controversial artist is known for speaking candidly about his life of crime, imprisonment, drug addiction and growing up in inner city Woolloomooloo.
Confused fans were told eshays are similar to 'chads' in the US and 'chavs' in the UK.
Wannabe teen gangsters known as eshays are wreaking havoc on the streets of Adelaide, committing “mindless crimes,” as their way to say “f*** the system.” The term eshay first originated in the 1980s to describe lower-class youths in public housing who intimidate, rob and deal drugs.
Eshay (/ˈɛʃeɪ/) is a slang expression associated with an Australian urban youth subculture that originated in the inner west in Sydney in the late 1980s; the term can refer to individuals within the subculture, or to the subculture itself, and can have various other meanings in different contexts.
Eshays are part of a subculture that's gripped a decent chunk of the Australian youth in recent years. They are often made up of young males from low socio-economic areas of Melbourne and Sydney and are associated with drug-dealing, gang violence and harassment.
Eshay (/ˈɛʃeɪ/) is a slang expression associated with an Australian urban youth subculture that originated in the inner west in Sydney in the late 1980s; the term can refer to individuals within the subculture, or to the subculture itself, and can have various other meanings in different contexts.
Confused fans were told eshays are similar to 'chads' in the US and 'chavs' in the UK.
Wannabe teen gangsters known as eshays are wreaking havoc on the streets of Adelaide, committing “mindless crimes,” as their way to say “f*** the system.” The term eshay first originated in the 1980s to describe lower-class youths in public housing who intimidate, rob and deal drugs.
extremely derogatory term for a person less intelligent than oneself: You're such a gronk.
Nike's iconic Air Max Plus TN has been banned from several pubs and restaurants around Australia after it became a symbol for eshay and criminal culture - but the shoe is slowly seeing a shift away from its controversial past.
Apparently this is some sort of horrific Australian rude boi slang. It started out as Pig Latin for sesh or session and eventually became so common it just means "cool" now.
Eshays, or lads, or adlays, are a youth subculture, originally from Western Sydney. They speak in Pig Latin. They listen to certain Australian hip-hop acts.
What are Eshays called in New Zealand? The term eshay is similar to the UK phrase 'chav' and can be interchangeable with 'lad', which in turn sometimes becomes 'adlay'.
Eshays are part of a subculture that's gripped a decent chunk of the Australian youth in recent years. They are often made up of young males from low socio-economic areas of Melbourne and Sydney and are associated with drug-dealing, gang violence and harassment.