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old mate

n. Australian colloquialism. A replacement term for a person's name within a sentence. Usage stems from the idea that a person need not be named during a statement or anecdote, but that his or her identity can be deduced by the context of the message.

Sometimes the identity of old mate may not be discernable from the message's context. Quite often in such instances the identity is immaterial to the underlying message.
Person one: "I had sex with old mate. Again."
Person two: "You have to stop fucking her, seriously."

or

Person one: "Old mate dropped by and we watched the cricket for a bit."
Person two: "McGrath had a shocker, hey...."
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Australia, "Old Mate" :
Used to describe a person (not present) who you do not know very well, have not known very long and is therefore not your really your mate, but you do have some sort of general interaction with.
old mate who just moved in down the road asked me to mow his lawn.

Did you see old mate nearly trip over ?

Can you believe old mate pulling his car in front of mine like that !
by Sublitioux July 1, 2010
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Date or Mate

Date or Mate is a common shithead disease, widely spread between gay Instagram stories.
Omg Karen put date or mate on your story
by mate your small October 21, 2019
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bloody oath mate

Something that is true
1. He's gay

2. Bloody oath mate
by The dank meme lord December 8, 2016
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oy mate

Mostly said by Australian people with the accent and a Nother way to say hey mate
“Oy mate” “ bru why do you talk like that” “ that’s how I say hi there
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oi mate spread em

Used to say spread you legs to ladies on club penguin
You: oi mate spread em bitch
Girl: ok mate
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old mate

"Old mate" is an Australian Colloquialism, usually used to refer to someone who you do not know the name of. It is normally used as a substitute for "that guy", "this guy", "his" or "he". The person referred to as "old mate" is normally the subject of ridicule. When you use the term "old mate", the target audience will normally always know who you are talking about, or easily be able to work it out.
Just take a look at old mate's hairy butt-cheeks sticking out of his pants.

Look! Old mate just jumped the queue!

Old mate keeps fucking sticking his hands down his pants and playing with his testicles.

Old mate has fucking smelly breath.
by snibbles September 20, 2016
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