"That was heaps good, mate."
Where "Heaps" Comes From
Started as an ordinary noun — a heap being a large, messy pile of something — before Australians turned it into one of the most versatile intensifiers in the language, standing in for "very" or "a lot."
Unlike most intensifiers, "heaps" happily attaches to almost anything: heaps good, heaps annoying, heaps of fun — a grammatical flexibility that's very Australian.
How Aussies Actually Use It
Dropped casually into just about every kind of sentence to add emphasis — "heaps good," "heaps of mates," "heaps annoyed" — a genuine all-purpose intensifier heard from kids and adults alike.
It's one of the most naturally occurring words in everyday Australian speech, rarely used self-consciously.
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