Suburb nicknames...

[Prem87]

Reservoir - Reserr/Ressaa
Bundoora - Bundy

 

[Call Me Cake]

Footscray - FootsCRAZY (even gets spray painted on a road sign near Maribyrnong Rd. This sign continually gets cleaned by the council, but keeps getting re-sprainted.

It's not FootsCRAZY bro, it's Footscrayzy.

Other nicknames for Footscray are:

• Foots'
• Footy
• The 'Scray
• The Indian Ocean

 

[Blueboiiz]

sunbury- Scumbury

 

[crownie]

people in there 20's in Mooroolbark like to refer to the suberb as 'Mooza B'.

doesn't get any gayer or embarrassing then that

 

[Falchoon]

Sandhurst - Carrum Downs Golf Course

 

[Cotchin 9]

Montmorency - Monty.
Eltham - E-Town.
Diamond Creek - Diamo.

 

[THE MAGNET]

Swappers Crossing - Hoppers

 

[Colin D'Cops]

Springvale = Chingvale

Yep, one of my faves is ChingaVale.

 

[WhyAlwaysMe]

Springvale = Chingvale

haha when I was in Melbourne my mate told me this one. was trying to remember, but yeah great nickname

 

[pickman]

sunbury- Scumbury

Beat me to it

Crappus Marsh - Bacchus Marsh

In honour of the substantial Asian population of Glen Waverly I call Gren Wraverry.

 

[DB10]

Elizabeth = Lizbeff

It's not funny, it's just what everyone calls it.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

people in there 20's in Mooroolbark like to refer to the suberb as 'Mooza B'.

doesn't get any gayer or embarrassing then that

Mate lives there and just calls it 'The Bark'.
Cragieburn - 'The Burn'.
Doncaster - 'Donny'.
Anywhere in the Outer East is the 'OE' deriving from the 'OC'

 

[PowerIStough]

Franga - Frankston

 

[Hooley McBoob]

A Sydney perspective...

Coogee - The Coog
Double Bay - Double Pay
Tamarama - Glamarama
Maroubra - The Bra
Edgecliff - Edgy

 

[Hawk Dork]

haha when I was in Melbourne my mate told me this one. was trying to remember, but yeah great nickname

.........to perpetuate the rascist stereotypes for the sake of humour
Lichmond,Footsclay,Dandychong,and Box Hirr.*

* apologies to Doncastel,and Temprestowe

 

[Blueboiiz]

Broadlebos - Broadmeadows

 

[pickman]

.........to perpetuate the rascist stereotypes for the sake of humour
Lichmond,Footsclay,Dandychong,and Box Hirr.*

* apologies to Doncastel,and Temprestowe

And to keep the theme going there's O'cree (Oakleigh)

 

[Team Mo']

And to keep the theme going there's O'cree (Oakleigh)

O'cree?

I can't think of a funny nickname for Oakleigh involving "ethnics", but once I do....

 

[pickman]

O'cree?

I can't think of a funny nickname for Oakleigh involving "ethnics", but once I do....

I'm trying to spell it how it sounds if you say it in a bad Asain accent. I hope I've not failed in this objective.

Another addition. One of the Tax Office's main Melbourne offices is in Moonee Ponds, with the office being given the name "Money Ponds"

 

[Father Jack]

not so much for the suburb itself, but anyone hailing from delightful Nerang is a 'Nerangotang'. And boy do they live up to the name.

 

[Royal Flush]

Swappers Crossing - Hoppers

why?

 

[Barry Zuckercorn]

A mate lives in Caulfield and always refers to it as Jerusalem

 

[bigpapagman]

Cranbourne = Crimebourne.


one of my favourites.

 

[Surkin]

Warragul = Waz Vegas

Haha what a shithole.

 

[Surkin]

A mate lives in Caulfield and always refers to it as Jerusalem

Elsternwick = Jewtown