Stop Calculating Averages Blindly. Watch This.

🐨Get amongst it! The word “average” has many meanings both literal and in terms of slang. Of course, we use it for mathematics and statistics to describe a middle point or typical value and we also use it in everyday life to describe something as ordinary, mediocre or standard. However, when an Australian describes something as “a bit average” (whether it be their health, an activity, food, a service, the weather etc) they’re politely saying it was crap 🤭 We use “a bit” to linguistically hedge