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Samoan slang enters Australian mainstream, fuels interest in Polynesian culture, language – ABC News
Thanks to shows like teen-pregnancy drama Bump, Polynesian slang is being adopted by mainstream Australia, sparking important conversations about language and culture….
When I sat down to watch the Australian drama Bump on the day of its release, I was excited to hear the term “uce” peppering the dialogue between two teenage characters.
Key points:
- Australian series Bump mirrors contemporary youth culture and the Samoan slang term “uce” is centre stage
- The term “uce”, coined by the Samoan diaspora in New Zealand and the US, is growing in Australian usage
- “Uce” comes from the Samoan word uso, and is used when a man addresses another man as his brother, or a woman…
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