'Straya: Let's talk Aussie - Australian English for Germans - part 27

'Smombie' was Germany's youth word of 2015. By joyfully linking the smart phone with the word zombie, young people prove to be extremely resourceful when it comes to creating new words and expressions. 'Straya mastermind Vicki Drozdowski explains that Australia's youth has similar creative outbursts when it comes to distinguishing themselves from their parents' generation.

Smombies auf einem deutschen Marktplatz! Source: Pixabay