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🇦🇺footy

Meaning:

✍🏾Australian Rules Football, Aussie Rules Football

❕For example:

🔺I grew up in Melbourne in Australia, so when I was kid I was crazy about footy and about my favourite club, St. Kilda. And I still love footy today!

🔺Hey Mark! You wanna go to the footy on Saturday? Collingwood's playing St. Kilda at the M.C.G., so it should be a beauty!

💥Note: This word can also mean the ball used in Australian Rules Football, as in "Hey Jonesy! Kick us the footy, will ya?"

©Origin: short for "football", from "Aussie Rules Football" or "Australian Rules Football"

🗯Variety: This slang term is typically used in Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too. ━━━━━━━━━

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