LONDON — Next time you wriggle into your budgie smugglers, you can do so safe in the knowledge that the phrase "budgie smugglers" has now been immortalised in the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Here are some of the more eye-catching entries: budgie smugglers, n.
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Assuming every beach-lover owns three or four costumes, Australia alone represents a big potential market for Vietnamese bikinis and budgie-smugglers.
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The Aussies revealed their tight briefs -- colloquially known as "budgie smugglers" -- after Australian Daniel Ricciardo won the Sepang Formula 1 Grand Prix.
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Following the race, an Aussie athlete asked the royal to sign his budgie smugglers, which in the U.S. are better known as Speedos.
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The Aussies removed their clothes and revealed their tight briefs -- colloquially known as "budgie smugglers" -- after Australian Daniel Ricciardo won the Sepang Formula 1 Grand Prix.
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New entries include popular terms like bogan ("an uncultured and unsophisticated person") and budgie smugglers ("a pair of closefitting male swimming briefs made of stretch fabric").
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The royal, 34, admitted to wearing his "budgie smugglers" — an Australian term for speedos — in a letter to one of his Invictus Games supporters, wheelchair tennis Paralympian Dylan Alcott.
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Thankfully, budgie smugglers (Australian for tight, small, men's swimsuits – picture them and you know why) don't seem to have, as yet, reached beyond strictly a beach (or beach commute) look.
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While in the past Abbott has found himself ridiculed for trotting around the beach in nothing but his budgie smugglers, this time, his weather-appropriate wetsuit and surfing skills impressed.
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There were clearly no hard feelings, though, as Harry was later gifted his own pair of budgie smugglers and happily wore them on top of his slacks, as photos from the fun day show.
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There were clearly no hard feelings, though, as Harry was later gifted his own pair of budgie smugglers and happily wore them on top of his slacks, as photos from the fun day show.
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They had celebrated an Australian driver's victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang, outside the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, by shedding their shirts and pants to reveal the "budgie smugglers," as Australians call tight swimwear.
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Following a cycling race at the Invictus Games on Sunday, the first official day of competition, an Australian athlete in Australia asked the 34-year-old dad-to-be to sign his budgie smugglers, which in the U.S. are better known as Speedos.
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The nine men, all in their 20s, were arrested on Sunday after celebrating an Australian driver's victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix by shedding their clothes to reveal the flag-themed "budgie smugglers," as Australians call tight swimwear, according to news reports.
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Some of our favorites this term include Glamping (glamourous camping), Afghan biscuit (a New Zealand treat with cocoa icing and walnut), MOOC (Massive Online Open Course), listicle (an online article in list form), budgie smugglers (close-fitting men's swimming trunks), ROFL (Rolling on the Floor Laughing), bovver (bothered) and Scooby Snack (A snack given as a treat, or to satisfy hunger induced by drinking and/or smoking.) Our favorite?
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The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History. Second Edition. Oxford University Press: Melbourne. A group of Australian men wearing budgie smugglers.
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The judge found the men not guilty because no pubic hair was exposed. As time went on Australians' attitudes to swimwear became much more relaxed. Over time swim briefs, better known locally as speedos or more recently as budgie smugglers, became an iconic swimwear for Australian males.
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Small bathing suits for men, commonly referred to as togs or "Speedos", are informally called "budgie smugglers" in Australia. The phrase is humorously based on the appearance of the tight-fitting cloth around the male's genitals looking like a small budgie. The phrase was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2016.
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Magazine observe that "Obsession is more polished than Simon Cowell's veneers. The title track – inspired by Prince's legendary Purple Rain – is a swooping belter, while 'Close To Close' is a hook-laden ballad that wouldn't sound out of place on JLS's latest offering". The Guardian described the single 'Must Be A Reason Why' as "Music for evil stumpy Russian men to dance to while wearing budgie smugglers and pretending they're being fellated".
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Occasionally, the Speedo genericized trademark also applies to square cut swimsuit, but in general the generic term is used in reference to swim briefs. Swim briefs are also referred to as competition briefs, swimming trunks, bathers, racer bathers, posing briefs, racing briefs, and colloquially in Australia as "budgie smugglers". Like underwear briefs, swim briefs feature a V-shape front and a solid back providing form-fitting coverage. They typically are worn below the lower waist.
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The video then showed the entire Australian continent being lifted up in the air by helicopters and dropped on top of Europe, in an attempt to make Australia eligible for the competition. A group of dancers then appeared on the Eurovision stage dressed as budgie smugglers, drag queens, lifeguards, outback farmers, Sydney Swans AFL players, surfers, shearers, tennis players and giant koalas and kangaroos. The dancers performed a musical number to a song with lyrics that suggested some ways Australia could make itself at home in Europe. As Mauboy performed, a backdrop of images of the Australian landscape appeared across the giant screens. News.com.
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During the lead up to the show MTV Australia aired adverts where men would talk about their budgie smugglers and how they like to wear them and so on. The logo for the show however did not reflect this theme. In 2007, the TV advertising campaign for the 2007 awards featured various singers and groups unrolling their own red carpets in different locations around Australia. This year MTV Advert was about the focus on the Technology park with people with white costumes with a white helmet with cords and plugs on the helmet it was shot at the technology park where the event is going to be taken place.
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