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Aussies are renowned for shortening or abbreviating words and expressions, often adding –o or –ie after the word has been abbreviated.

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Cartoon of a sheep expressing his concern to his trackie dak wearing friend that his ug boots may be Aunty Raelene.

Cartoon: David Pope

Trackie Daks

Tracksuit pants.

Australia relaxes in trackie daks, a favourite item in the nation's weekend wardrobe. Daks began as a trade name for men's pants, and is now used as a general term for pants.

The term tracksuit pants was shortened to track pants, and then -ie was added to track to form trackie, and daks substituted for pants — hence trackie daks.

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