English Language Quote Bank

Shared Disbelief in parliamentary brainrot.

In-group membership

Sociolects (Age)

“politics, bro 💔”

Noun phrase

Gabe.Davis (Commenter)

Reffering to expected 1700 job cuts

Obfuscation

Negotiating taboo

“Westpac’s largest downsizing exercise”

Euphemistic noun phrase

Westpac

Plain English & Fire

Clarification

“In the event of fire”

Prepositional phrase & Ellipsis of ‘a’

Australian Fire Protection

Bacteria are resistant to:

Clarification

Establishing Expertise

In-group membership

Sociolects

“Third generation cephalosporins”

Jargonistic noun phrase

Australian medical association

Petter Dutton & Eggs

Manipulation

Face Threatening

“Tough egg to crack”

Rhetorical pun & Collocation

The guardian → Peter Dutton

Jammarah Ugle-Hagan

Obfuscation

“Flexible training arrangement”

Euphemistic noun phrase

Western Bulldogs → Jammarah

Christmas Festivity

Social Harmony

Prescriptivism

Solidarity

“Make merry”

Verb phrase

9 News

Australia day speeches

Multiculturalism 

Perceived national identity

Social harmony

Equality

“We are a nation of immigrants, but we are one Australia” 

Parallelism

ABC News

Street signs 

Multiculturalism

Social Harmony

“Apmere Mwerre street”

Code switching/ Borrowing & Noun phrase

ABC News

Lebanese Police Officer

Descriptivism

“The point of language is not to speak properly but to convey meaning”

Parrallelism 

DingDongTheBellRang 

Lebanese Police Officer

Prescriptivism 1 

“The dropkick accent”

Noun phrase

Sammyv207

Lebanese Police Officer

Prescriptivism 2

“Did he say ‘brother’ at the end of every sentence? 🤣”

Interrogative

Shrsmn

In reference to Fatima Payman

Prescriptivism

“This has no place in our parliament” 

Simple declarative

Dg51

Panic Attacks

Overt norms

“Probably not a great look for breakfast TV”

Sentence fragment

Nate Byrne

Public/Private schools which is better?

Overt/Covert Norms

“Mark went to a private school, but we won't hold that against him”

Compound declarative

ABC News

Millennial aged women.

Sociolects

In-group membership

“U might b due 4 a CerviCal Scr33n bAbE”

Simple declarative

Department of Health Victoria

Izak Rankine case

Values/Attitudes

Sociolects

“Players get less for literally punching someone”

Simple declarative

Daily Insight

ATAR and potential Uni Courses

Solidarity

Sociolects

In-group membership

“Worried about your ATAR?”

Interrogative

University of Melbourne

VCE shared Experience

Solidarity

Sociolects

In-group membership

“Divided by ranking, united with struggle”

Antithesis

r/VCE

2 minutes & sunscreen

Manipulation

Sociolects

“Attempt a TikTok Dance”

Imperative

QLD Health

“Rushing something” Young generations

Sociolects

Rapport

Solidarity

In-group membership

“Speed run it”

Verb phrase

Butterscotchold5827

Context Doesn’t influence formality with expletive shirts

Dysphemism & Swearing

“Fuck Murdoch”

Expletive

Grace Tame

Sharing and VCE 

Sociolect

Rapport

Solidarity

In-group membership

“It’s literally a warzone out here”

Metaphor

Starry_sage

Chinaman

Social Harmony

Multiculturalism Perceived national Identity

“Chinaman is a racist term and it is derogatory and contemptuous in nature”

Compound sentence

Pierre Lang

Deceitful Woolworth Employees

Obfuscating/Double speak

Negotiating Taboo

“It is even more important to manage our costs carefully”

Euphemistic declarative

Woolworths

Coalition split & reason for election loss

Face needs

Rapport

“A nuclear meltdown”

Metaphorical noun phrase

Jim Chalmers

Police commissioner

Establishing expertise

Face needs

Rapport

“He made the community safer in New Zealand” 

Declarative

Jacinta Allan

Vote 4 me because they will do this!

Rapport

Manipulation

Authority

“We know a nuclear industry would take at least 15 years and more than 8 Billion”

Rhetorical declarative

Anthony Albanese

Albanese bringing himself down

Egalitarianism 

Solidarity

“My fellow Australia”

Noun phrase

Anthony Albanese

Thanking Peter Dutton

Value of “mutual respect”

Rapport

“In Australia we treat people with respect”

Simple declarative

Anthony Albanese