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Tea and bikkie?

I just saw this on a discussion. I am assuming it's tea and biscuits or what we call cookies. It sounds like something a child would say so why are adults using it? I hate infantalizing words. A place near me just opened called Brekkie Bagels. For the stupid Aussie/British infantilized word for breakfast alone, I won't go.

by Anonymousreply 14July 12, 2025 1:53 AM

I miss the days when people didn’t talk about “poop” and “pee” apart from conversations with children.

by Anonymousreply 1July 11, 2025 3:41 PM

"Brekkie" is not an infantilised word in Australia, unless you consider the entire nation infantile, in which case I would point to your current very glassy house.

We shorten or give little tail flourishes to everything, all the time. It's nothing to do with kids. "See you this arvo." "Do you have a tradies' discount?" "Your shout, Stevo." "You can swim if you like but I'd watch the crocs." We call our country "Oz", FFS. We would say "bikkies" too. "Biscuits!" is, in fact, the go-to swear-word in Bluey.

You're right to avoid Brekkie Bagels, with your standards. They've probably got Smashed Avo on them.

by Anonymousreply 2July 11, 2025 4:01 PM

If you ever come to my house for tea, OP, I am NOT bringing out the good choccy bikkies.

by Anonymousreply 3July 11, 2025 4:04 PM

Onya, R3.

by Anonymousreply 4July 11, 2025 4:07 PM

They call their sweatpants trekkies, too. I could never, it's why I prefer New Zealand.

by Anonymousreply 5July 11, 2025 4:09 PM

R2, so infantilizing then.

You sound overly defensive.

by Anonymousreply 6July 11, 2025 4:10 PM

R3, you may offer the chocolate biscuits but I'm not eating anything called a choccy bikkie.

by Anonymousreply 7July 11, 2025 4:13 PM

When I was preggers, my doctor told me I couldn't have champers, and instead I eat tea and biccies.

by Anonymousreply 8July 11, 2025 4:13 PM

R2, you can share the choccy bikkies with me.

We could do dinner - either go for a parmi or put on a barbie. We could get loose and do a coupla shoeys.

If you wanna stay over but don't have any jammies, you can wear some of my spare trackies.

by Anonymousreply 9July 11, 2025 6:21 PM

Veggies!

by Anonymousreply 10July 11, 2025 6:28 PM

I have to take a wee-eeeeee! Honest to Christ, for people who are so chuffed on being intellectually superior, they do sound like fucking titty babies!!!!

by Anonymousreply 11July 11, 2025 6:31 PM

R5, we do not call sweatpants trekkies. We call them "trackie-daks". (Tracksuit being the correct term for the entire ensemble, and daks being slang for any form of pants.)

by Anonymousreply 12July 12, 2025 1:33 AM

[quote]you may offer the chocolate biscuits but I'm not eating anything called a choccy bikkie

Your loss, R7

by Anonymousreply 13July 12, 2025 1:47 AM

Gee, thanks for the invite, Bazza! I'll bring a plate and a pav.

by Anonymousreply 14July 12, 2025 1:53 AM
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