I don't know what the deal is here with all the kiddie cutsie tootsie words that people use but they are getting out of hand. It seems as though an "ie" or an "o" are added on to shortened words to make them just extra special cute and it's annoying.
For instance, brekkie (breakfast), arvo (afternoon), barbie (barbeque), garbo (garbage), footy (football), uni (university), Aussie (Australian), esky (a cooler)...the list goes on.
Or maybe it's more about just shortening the word because there also is Oz (Australia), ute (utility vehicle i.e. pick up truck), veg (vegetables), g-day and on and on.
It's not as if it takes any more time or effort to say the whole word and it seems so childish to say this like "After brekkie, can you take out the garbo?" Ughh!! Never! Here I am trying to teach Abby how to speak properly and this is what we have to contend with.
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