crikeycore

English

This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Etymology

From crikey +‎ -core. Coined by Tumblr user magicalnursekomugi on February 8, 2023 (see quotation below).

Pronunciation

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Noun

crikeycore (uncountable)

1. (aesthetic) An aesthetic based on things stereotypically associated with Australia.
   • 2023 February 8, magicalnursekomugi, Tumblr‎, archived from the original on 29 December 2023:

     UGH this reminds me of bluey s2 e3 so bad… imagine growing up Australian and having fairy bread and pass the parcel at birthday parties 😩 its so crikeycore

   • 2023 February 16, Erielle Sudario, “Australia gets its own online aesthetic with 'crikeycore'”, in We Got This Covered‎, archived from the original on 23 November 2023:

     Perhaps "crikeycore" is an extension of Australiana nostalgia, where people on social media, especially on TikTok and Reddit, would reminisce about growing up in the land down under.

   • 2023 February 21, Doosie Morris, “Crikeycore: what is it and should Australians cringe at it?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 October 2023:

     While Aussiecore (as distinct from Crikeycore) is kind of a thing on TikTok, it's mostly people being intentionally ocker, tongue-in-cheek cooking demonstrations for Nescafé and Vegemite toast and descriptions of uniquely Australian phenomena like the smell your Kmart blow heater emits the first time you turn it on for the year. Aussiecore is an Australian-on-Australian in-joke, while Crikeycore is something that's being projected on to us, not by us.

   • 2023 March 11, Belle Taylor, “Belle Taylor: When it comes to Australia on the world stage, crikeycore is who we really are”, in The West Australian‎, Perth, WA: West Australian Newspapers Limited, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 December 2023:

     Japan has wabi-sabi, the concept of finding beauty and serenity in simplicity and imperfection and we have crikeycore, which looks like Steve Irwin drinking a glass of Milo in Bunnings while high fiving Bluey.

   • 2023 December 25, u/pennie79, “alright mate”, in Reddit‎, r/AusMemes, archived from the original on 29 December 2023:

     All the overseas Bluey fans are fascinated by Australian culture. We take it for granted, but they love the crikeycore.

   • 2024 November 4, @feyweave, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 3 November 2025:

     i want to live out my crikeycore dreams

   • 2025 February 7, u/-FLAXENOID-, “D R U N K”, in Reddit‎, r/Voicesofthevoid, archived from the original on 3 November 2025:

     Happy to volunteer being a lore checker when it comes to the crikeycore stuff too, not that it's fundamental.

   • 2025 June 4, @oilyoils, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 3 November 2025:

     When I did a crikeycore themed birthday party inspired by this tumblr post

See also

• Aussiecore
• Australiana