what are some of its uses?
It can be used in the context of an apology.
No worries
The term can also be used in the context of an apology. The phrase has been used widely in British English since the late 1980s, a development partly attributed to the success of Australian soap operas such as "Neighbours" in the United Kingdom
where does the term no worries come from It is an Australian English expression. what does it mean? "Do not worry about that". what impact does it have? It has influenced a similar phrase used in the Tok Pisin language in Papua New Guinea.
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No worries [SEP] Usage
Wierzbicka writes in her book "Cross-cultural Pragmatics" that the expression "permeates Australian speech", "serves a wide range of illocutionary forces" and displays a "casual optimism". In her 1992 book "Semantics, Culture, and Cognition", Wierzbicka classifies the phrase as "among the most characteristic Australian expressions", along with "good on you". The term can also be used in the context of an apology. The phrase has been used widely in British English since the late 1980s, a development partly attributed to the success of Australian soap operas such as "Neighbours" in the United Kingdom. The phrase "no wucking forries" has the same meaning in Australia; as a spoonerism of "no fucking worries", and is contracted to the phrases "no wuckers" and "no wucks".