A term invoked by Australian
media when they want to get one of their
mates in sport or entertainment off the
hook, after a misdemeanour you or I would be prosecuted for.
"Did you see how full of white candy Footballer
X was at the Brownlow Award? Started a fight with the event staff for no reason"
"Yeah
nah, larrikin spirit"
"You or I would have been
busted for that. There's photographic evidence"
"Yeah nah, just a kid, bit of a larrikin, benefit of the doubt"