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g'day

British  
/ ɡəˈdaɪ /
  1. an Austral and NZ informal variant of good day

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Characters in his bogan version say "g'day", friends are "mates" and those with questionable ethics are deemed "shonky".

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

Mark Simpson, who manages the local airfield, told the BBC he'd seen the 56-year-old around town and said g'day a handful of times, but had no inkling of his beliefs.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

It’s a good day — sorry, a g’day — for all that jazz in the special “International Jazz Day From Australia.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2020

Others said the word g’day was “now cancelled”.

From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2018

The Australians already had one g’day, and there look like there will be more to come.

From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2016

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