# Aussie slang and Men at Work

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-slang-and-men-at-work/585967>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 18, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-slang-and-men-at-work/585967 "2011-06-18T20:22:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-slang-and-men-at-work/585967/121 "2011-06-22T05:29:20Z")

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> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#):
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> And now, for some reason, I also have the taste for the song Africa by ToTo. I have no clue why I associate those songs together.

Both of them have substantial stretches where the lyrics don’t refer to the song’s story thread and don’t make a damned lick of sense?

Viz. the entire bloody chorus of Down Under (do we need to call it “the Australian song” from now on in order to avoid being associated with CS implosions?) and bits about Kilimanjaro rising like Olympus above the Serengeti.

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-slang-and-men-at-work/585967/122 "2011-06-22T06:20:58Z")

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> [@BigNik](#):
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> Both of them have substantial stretches where the lyrics don’t refer to the song’s story thread and don’t make a damned lick of sense?

I’d never thought about or read through the lyrics to “Africa” before till just now at your prompting. Bloody 'ell. That’s some seriously effed up nonsense.

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