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Melbourne

A classy, sophisticated, stylish and cosmopolitan city of Australia.

The city prides itself on it's rich cultural heritage, multiculturalism, fashion, shopping, sport, food, live music scene, arts, entertainment, restaurants, bars, clubs, cafes, art-filled laneways and alleyways, and parks and gardens.

Melbourne has some of the worlds greatest restaurants and dining experiences, and some of the oldest and amazing architecture in Australia.

It is named the fashion, food, cultural, live music scene, literature, arts, and entertainment capitals of Australia, and the Sporting capital of the WORLD!!

Sydney may be the postcard city; the city that is nice to look at, but that is it.... whereas Melbourne is they city you want to live in! Melbourne is also beautifully situated on the Yarra River and Port Phillip Bay. The sunsets/sunrises are amazing! Also, Sydney spend all their money on promoting their city overseas.. big mistake!! Melbourne spends its money on improving the healthcare, schools, transport and infrastructure, which puts it in the top 3 most livable cities in the world!
Person 1: "I absolutely LOVE Melbourne with all my heart"
Person 2: "It is such a stunning city with real depth and substance to it"
Person 3: "Something Sydney is missing, ey?"
by M4EVA March 30, 2010
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Melbourne

The most Bipolar place on earth - weather wise at least
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Melbourne Scaries

The overwhelming fear experienced by creatives and go-getters who realise that just about all their peers are engaged in equally ambitious projects.
Oh dear, he has a show on PBS and he is a ceramicist - I am getting the Melbourne Scaries!
by Can I have a light? July 17, 2020
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Melbourne handshake

"I'm sure you want her to give you a Melbourne handshake."
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how's melbourne

Person 1: "Do you want to go on a date?"
Person 2: "Um, I have a boyfriend."
Person 1: "How's Melbourne?"
by How'sMelbourne March 28, 2017
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Melbourne (noun)

The second largest city in Australia, and the capital of the state Victoria. They spend most of their time complaining about Sydney and Adelaide. It is also home to the Yarra river, which is also known as the upside down river due to the fact it's dirty, smelly and awful.

It rains most of the time in Melbourne, although most of the residents are too snobbish to admit it.
Person from Melbourne: My city is better than YOURS! Adelaide is a hole and Sydney is an urban jungle.

Person from Adelaide: A hole? What, you haven't seen Burnside and North Adelaide?

Person from Sydney: At least our architecture actually looks good.

See also: yuppie
by Windscreenwiper December 28, 2007
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Melbourne Syndrome

The inability to contemplate or make plans for life after lockdown.

Melbourne has been under one of the world's longest and harshest Covid-19 lockdowns since a second wave took hold in July 2020, caused by the Government's bungling of hotel quarantine and contact tracing.

Since then, Melburnians have been detained in their homes and are only permitted to leave once per day to shop for essentials or to exercise for up to an hour. A curfew from 8pm to 5am also applies.

The leader of the dystopian state, Daniel Andrews, appears at daily press conferences to create the impression of accountability and transparency, while managing to avoid providing any specific information to his 5 million captives about what his government has done to address the failures that caused the second wave.

Secondary symptoms of the Melbourne Syndrome include the continual consumption of Covid-19 related media and an inability to complete other tasks until you have watched all 90 minutes of Mr Andrew's daily press conference.
by Chairman Dan September 27, 2020
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