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'Hooning' is the latest obscure term confusing and delighting the internet

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Johnny Lieu

on May 9, 2017

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So, if you didn't know, Australia's car culture is pretty huge. Mad Max-esque, even.

And just like in Mad Max world, there's an odd-sounding name, especially granted to drivers who race up and down public streets like Furiosa, partaking in "burnouts," and "donuts."

They're called "hoons," and people are baffled by it.

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Queensland police set up a hotline in 2010 -- aptly called 13 HOON -- for the public to snitch on offenders who've been racing on their streets.

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But the rest of the world can't believe "hooning" is an actual word. Australia is just weird like that.

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Australians have other great words too -- you'll just have to ask Twitter how to use them properly in a sentence.

(h/t Pedestrian.TV)

Johnny Lieu

Mashable Australia's Web Culture Reporter.Reach out to me on Twitter at @Johnny_Lieu or via email at jlieu [at] mashable.com