It’s no secret that Oz is home to some of the world’s wackiest slang words, aside from all the newfangled terms the yoof are throwing around these days… A new survey by language learning platform Preply asked 1,500 Aussies about their attitudes towards popular slang words. Over 78% said their most-used term was ‘mate’, closely followed by ‘thongs’, ‘sunnies’, brekkie, and ‘arvo’. When quizzed on their least-favourite slang words, 32% nominated the term ‘sheila’ followed by the Steve Irwin-inspired ‘crikey’, ‘cakehole’, and ‘mate’. Awks… And speaking of mates, that’s where 64% of survey participants reported picking up most of their slang from, and more women (35%) reported using slang than men (30%). Fair dinkum…