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.
Eshay Language
Common phrases in their urban slang include illchay, meaning chill or relax; eetswa, meaning sweet or good; and adlay, meaning lad. Other words include ashcay (cash), gronk (an annoying person), and staunching (stealing from someone).
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.
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 Australian word "eshay" is a term used to describe someone who is lazy or slow. It can also be used as a derogatory term to describe someone who is not contributing positively to a situation. An 'Eshay' is another term for an Australian lad, the equivalent of a British chav.
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.
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 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.
Noun. gronk (plural gronks) (Australia, derogatory, informal) An unintelligent and callous person.
extremely derogatory term for a person less intelligent than oneself: You're such a gronk.
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'.
1. If a word starts with a consonant and a vowel, put the first letter of the word at the end of the word and add "ay." 2. If a word starts with two consonants move the two consonants to the end of the word and add "ay."
Eetswa: slang for “sweet”
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.
Eshays are known for their trademark style - which typically includes flashy Nike shoes, high-end branded polo shirts and gym shorts or tracksuit pants. The common style for an eshay is a t-shirt, polo shirt or hoodie, partnered with a bum bag across their chest.
Much different than his Euphoria character Nate Jacobs' on-screen style, Elordi's look included the core components of any eshay guy's wardrobe: a bucket hat, a crossbody belt bag, and a graphic tee.
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It's a made-up language that's been around for a long time. These days you don't hear Pig Latin spoken often, but children still have fun with it and many adults remember using it as kids.
For example, 'dog' in Pig Latin becomes 'og-day' (because the leading consonant 'd' has been moved to the end of the word, leaving simply 'og' at the beginning, and the suffix '-ay' has been appended to the 'd'). Our other example was the word 'brush', which becomes 'ush-bray' in Pig Latin, by following the same rule.
For example, Pig-latin for "orange" is "orangeway". Otherwise, find the first occurrence of a vowel, move all the characters before the vowel to the end of the word, and add "ay".
That means the word dog becomes ogday or speak becomes eakspay (or peaksay, depending on which variant of Pig Latin you're used to). If the original word starts with a vowel, some people add -way to the end of just stick with -ay, making a word like igloo into either igloo-way or igloo-ay.
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