Comparative Language School

In Australia, to say "expensive", speakers use the first syllable to create the slang term "exy".

example:

"I hear it's a good restaurant, but it looks a bit exy."

Americans say "expensive" by using a variant of the second syllable, and also a verb associated with expensive things: "spendy".

example:

"I wanted to get the iMac with the 24 inch monitor, but it was too spendy, so I only got the 20."