May 18, 2004
Altering Aussie Slang
Courtesy of Barrie Barrie Lie-Birchall:
The results are out for the Ozwords competition, where entrants were asked to take an Australian word, alter it by adding or subtracting or changing only one letter, and supply a new and witty definition:
Billabonk: to make passionate love beside a waterhole
Bludgie: a partner who doesn't work but is kept as a pet
Bushwanker: a pretentious drongo who reckons he's above average when it comes to handling himself in the scrub
Crackie daks: 'hipster' tracksuit pants
Dodgeridoo: a fake indigenous artifact
Fair drinkum: good quality Aussie wine
Flatypus: a cat that has been run over by a vehicle
Mateshit: all your flatmate's belongings lying strewn around the floor
Shagman: an unemployed male roaming the Australian bush in search of sexual activity
Shornbag: a particularly attractive naked sheep
Yabble: the unintelligible language of Australian freshwater crustaceans
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