samoan slang
Sydney, NEW SOUTH WALES — When I sat down to watch the Australian drama Bump on the day of its release, I was excited to hear the term "uce" peppering the dialogue between two teenage characters.
This slang term of endearment, coined by the Samoan diaspora in the US and New Zealand a couple of...

![Ioane Sa'ula, who plays Vince in the series Bump, was keen to include the Samoan slang term "uce" in his conversations with Carlos Sanson Jnr's character, Santi. [Supplied: Roadshow Rough Diamond] Ioane Sa'ula, who plays Vince in the series Bump](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ioaane_saula_web.jpg?itok=y7FSTsHm)