What do Aussies call sweaters?

To start, a sweater is one of the most popular types of knitted garment that is worn over the upper body. The term sweater is mostly used in American English. Here in Australia, we typically refer to them as jersey or jumper.

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What do Australians call sweaters?

Depending on which country you are from, you may use the term, woollen sweater, wool jumper, pullover or jersey – they can all be used when referring to a wool jumper, woollen jumper Australia, knitwear Australia or woollen sweaters. Woolen jumpers Australia are what we know as a woollen pullover.

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What is sweater in Australian variety of English?

A sweater (North American English) or pullover, also called a jersey or jumper (British English and Australian English), is a piece of clothing, typically with long sleeves, made of knitted or crocheted material, that covers the upper part of the body.

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What do Australians call hoodies?

If a sweatshirt or fleeced lined jumper has a hood it will be called a “hoodie", whether it has a zip or not. If a knitted jumper has buttons down the front where you can wear them completely open, then we in Australia would call that a “cardigan".

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What is a sweatshirt in Australia?

windcheater - a sweatshirt. strides - trousers. sunnies - sunglasses. trackie daks/dacks – tracksuit trousers. trackies – a track suit.

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What do Australians call a hoodie?

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Is it a sweater or jumper in Australia?

The term sweater is mostly used in American English. Here in Australia, we typically refer to them as jersey or jumper.

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Why do Aussies call sweaters jumpers?

In australia a pullover made from wool is often colloquially called a jumper. It is an old expression referring to sheep who jump. The wool of course comes from sheep. So 'jumper'.

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What is Australian slang for cardigan?

According to Urban Dictionary a jumper is the Aussie (and British) word for sweater. I'd disagree and say it can also mean sweatshirt and cardigan but if it's a hooded sweatshirt that would be a hoodie not just a jumper and you might call a cardigan a cardie but both could also be jumpers.

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What do Aussies call shorts?

Aussie slang is full of alternative words for our trousers and underwear. Reginalds or Reg Grundies are rhyming slang for undies, while bloomers are known as bum shorts in Queensland, and scungies in New South Wales and the ACT.

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What do Aussies call sunglasses?

Sunnies - A term native to Australia and New Zealand to describe sunglasses.

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What are other names for sweaters?

synonyms for sweater
  • sweatshirt.
  • cardigan.
  • jersey.
  • jumper.
  • pullover.
  • maillot.
  • raglan.
  • shrug.

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What do Australians call boots?

Instead of calling them "boots" or something, Aussie's call them "RMs," "Blundstones," or "Rossis." They are truly ubiquitous.

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What do English people call sweaters?

In British English, the term jumper describes what is called a sweater in American English.

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What is a sweater slang?

noun Slang An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages.

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Is jumper another word for sweater?

A jumper is very similar to a sweater, and both words tend to be used to describe the same item. The word jumper is usually used more in the UK.

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What is a LiLO in Australia?

Language in Little Ones (LiLO) is a research study conducted by the Child Health, Development and Education (inclusive of the Fraser Mustard Centre) team at Telethon Kids Institute, who are based in Adelaide, South Australia.

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What do Aussies call flip flops?

The shoe known in Australia as a “thong” is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world. Worn with small variations across Egypt, Rome, Greece, sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Korea, Japan and some Latin American cultures, the shoe was designed to protect the sole while keeping the top of the foot cool.

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What do Aussies call sandwiches?

Sanger is an alteration of the word sandwich. Sango appeared as a term for sandwich in the 1940s, but by the 1960s, sanger took over to describe this staple of Australian cuisine.

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What do Australians call sneakers?

Runners: this is what Australians call their sneakers or trainers.

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What is the most Aussie word?

Ta, bogan, brekkie and more popular Australian slang terms you heard before
  • ta – thank you. ...
  • sheila – woman or female. ...
  • bloke – man or guy. ...
  • bogan – an uncultured or unsophisticated person. ...
  • brekkie – breakfast. ...
  • barbie – barbecue. ...
  • mate – friend. ...
  • crikey!

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What is a dinky in Australia?

1. to convey a second person on a horse, bicycle, or motorcycle. --noun 2. a ride obtained from being pugged. Compare bar2, dink, dinky1, dinky-double, donkey1, double, dub.

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What do Australians call a jacket?

Fun-Time. I met an Aussie guy in a boutique shop last weekend. i needed a favor for buying a jumper (jacket);

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Do Australians say pants or trousers?

In North America, Australia, South Africa and North West England pants is the general category term, whereas trousers (sometimes slacks in Australia and North America) often refers more specifically to tailored garments with a waistband, belt-loops, and a fly-front.

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What do Australians call tank tops?

It is called a singlet in Australia and New Zealand, and a banian or banyan in the Indian Subcontinent. In addition to athletic usage, tank tops have traditionally been used as undershirts, especially with suits and dress shirts.

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