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Australian Steven Bradbury waves to the crowd after winning gold in the men's 1,000-meter short-track speed skating finals at the 2002 Winter Olympics. - Tim de Waele/Getty Images
It consists of a full, luxuriant beard and a moustache, and is typically accompanied by short, styled hair. Although the term dates back to the early 20th century, it gained currency in Australia in the 2000s to refer to a trend in hipster fashion, and was named word of the month in March 2014 by the Australian National Dictionary Centre .
Bodgies were often depicted in Australian media and folk-lore as louts. On 1 February 1951, the Sydney Morning Herald wrote on its front page: [ 2 ] What with "bodgies" growing their hair long and getting around in satin shirts, and "wedgies" cutting their hair short and wearing jeans, confusion seems to be arising about the sex of some ...
Pages in category "Australian slang" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Sheila – slang for "woman", derived from the feminine Irish given name Síle (pronounced [ˈʃiːlʲə]), commonly anglicised Sheila). Yobbo – an Australian variation on the UK slang yob, meaning someone who is loud, rude and obnoxious, behaves badly, anti-social, and frequently drunk (and prefixed by "drunken").
Do you know your yeah, nah from your nah, yeah? Or your woop woop from your wig out? These are some fair dinkum expressions Australia visitors might hear.
Bluey is Australian slang for a redhead (usually a man).. As a nickname, Bluey may refer to: . Bluey Adams (1935–2019), Australian rules football player; David Bairstow (1951–1998), English cricketer
Maskot/Getty Images. 6. Delulu. Short for ‘delusional,’ this word is all about living in a world of pure imagination (and only slightly detached from reality).