🇦🇺 Trending slang in Australia

Fiction or media centred on graphic female rage, violence or bodily horror.

Trying to maximise dietary fibre intake for health or digestion.

Friends influencing who someone dates, how they date or whether a match seems suitable.

The generation following Gen Alpha, commonly beginning with births in 2025.

Holding several freelance jobs, contracts or income streams at the same time.

Using strong or controversial opinions to reveal compatibility early in dating.

A gradual, unofficial increase in required office attendance under a hybrid policy.

A dismissive phrase meaning someone is failing to understand an obvious point.

Openly sharing learning and skill development to encourage growth and visibility.

The emotional and organisational work of maintaining a man's friendships or social life for him.

Taking extended breaks from work throughout one's career instead of waiting for retirement.

Removing overnight beauty, hair or skincare products as part of a morning routine.

Use AI or editing tools to make a person appear nude without consent.

Give an AI a prompt and hope the output works without adequate checking.

A darker, lower-maintenance hair colour chosen to reduce salon costs during economic pressure.

Create an inferior repeat or imitation of something that already existed.

Presenting extreme, incoherent or troubling behaviour as normal or reasonable.

Trying to optimise sleep through routines, products or tracking.

Producing low-quality software rapidly with excessive reliance on AI-generated code.

Handing social decisions or interactions to AI tools or other people.

Posting subtle clues about being single, independent or dating without fully announcing details.

Optimising and enjoying single life rather than prioritising a relationship.

A meme reference to supposedly dangerous stagnant water, used in ‘those who know’ edits.

A cheap, inferior or knock-off version of someone or something.