American expat shares the Aussie phrases he'd NEVER heard of before moving Down Under

American expat shares the Aussie phrases he’d NEVER heard of before moving Down Under – from monobrow to ‘mozzie’ and ‘flogging a dead horse’

American expat Adam Foskey moved from Georgia to Melbourne last year
In a now-viral TikTok video, he listed the terms he hadn’t heard of before
On saying included ‘flogging a dead horse’ along with the word ‘mozzie’

By Carina Stathis For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 17:11 BST, 29 June 2022 | Updated: 22:22 BST, 29 June 2022

An American expat has listed the phrases and terms he had never heard of prior to moving to Australia including ‘flogging a dead horse, ‘dunny’ and ‘mozzie’.

Adam Foskey moved from Georgia in the US to Melbourne in 2021 and posted a now-viral TikTok video last week detailing the Aussie terms he deemed to be the most odd.

‘I’m just going to run through a few things I’ve never heard of before moving to Australia,’ Adam.

American expat Adam Foskey (pictured) has shared the terms he’s never heard of after moving Down Under

‘First up, we have the saying “flogging a dead horse”, which I think is similar to a saying we have in the south that goes “beating a dead horse”.’

In Australia this term means you are ‘wasting energy on a lost cause’ or situation that can’t be changed

In his own words, Adam said: ‘It just means you’re killing a topic, you’re wearing it out, let’s move on.’

He added how he prefers the Aussie option as ‘flogging’ sounds less aggressive than ‘beating’.

‘Next up, we have the term “monobrow” which just means when your two eyebrows connect in the middle with hair so it’s one single eyebrow,’ Adam said.

In the US, Adam would normally call this a ‘unibrow’ but said he likes both terms equally.

He then elaborated on the word ‘mozzie’ – meaning ‘mosquito’.

‘Y’all know I love my shortened words, so this is 100 per cent something I can get behind,’ Adam said.

Adam approved of the slang word ‘mozzie’ for mosquito but wasn’t convinced about the term ‘dunny’ for toilet. The TikTok video has since been viewed more than 154,000 times

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‘And lastly we have the word “dunny” which means toilet. I don’t quiet understand the connection between the two words, so I still think I prefer the word “toilet” over “dunny”,’ he added.

The video has since been viewed more than 154,000 times and received over 7300 ‘likes’, with some elaborating on what the Aussie terms mean.

‘Dunny usually refers to an outside toilet. It’s a shortened version of British word Dunnekin,’ one person explained in the comments.

Another added: ‘Some of us say “loo” instead of “dunny”.’

‘Have you looked up what a flogging is? As an Aussie I find it a lot more aggressive than beating. Just different cultures on one word,’ a third said.

Others gushed over Adam’s southern accent and described it as ‘adorable’.

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