Cobber

Formerly known as a saying towards a friend or mate, cobber has now progressed to young people saying it towards the older generation as a slang and offensive word. A young man in his 20’s saying to an older man in his 40’s ‘g’day cobber’ is taken as the young man not showing any respect to the older generation.

A young tradie might say, ‘yeah no worries cobber’ to a man in his 40’s meaning no respect at all.