What is Aussie slang for diarrhea?

For instance, the Jim-brits or Jimmy Britts, shortened to “the jimmies,” is Australian rhyming slang for diarrhoea; “Jimmy” (or “Jimmy Grant”) is an immigrant, so not only is this a deft expression, it is also a neat insult of the Australians' traditional enemy.

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What is the slang word for Diarrhoea?

Squits is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Diarrhoea!

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What do Aussies call getting sick slang?

If you're feeling unwell, you could say you are crook. If someone is angry, you could say they've 'gone crook'.

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What does daggy mean in Australian slang?

Dag is an Australian and New Zealand slang term, also daggy (adjective). In Australia, it is often used as an affectionate insult for someone who is, or is perceived to be, unfashionable, lacking self-consciousness about their appearance and/or with poor social skills yet affable and amusing.

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What is Australian slang for diaper?

Diaper is what they use in North America, and Nappy is the word used in the UK & Ireland, Australia, NZ and many other Commonwealth countries.

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What is the Aboriginal word for toilet?

5. The word Djilawa (meaning toilet) has been included on all their bathroom doors.

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What is Aussie slang for stomach?

(Koori for tummy) stomach: I ate so much McDonalds my binji is sore. Also, bingie.

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What is a dirty chook?

Chook: A chicken. In the show, it's wonderfully used in the phrase “made you look, you dirty chook.” See also: “Bin chicken,” an uncharitable name for the ibis, a bird whose long beak can make quick work of a rubbish bin. Dunny: A toilet, traditionally outdoors but more commonly now indoors.

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What does Dobby mean in Australia?

a fatuous person; fool.

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What is the Australian word for brat?

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A nointer is a slang term for a spoiled or difficult child, one who is particularly brattish.

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What is Aussie slang for drinking alcohol?

Plonk, chardy and the goon of fortune

Plonk is perhaps Australia's best-known word for alcohol.

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What are knackers Aussie slang?

Said to a male person as you would say mate. Mostly used by men to other men: How ya going knackers?

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What is a chook woman?

Australian informal. a woman, esp a more mature one.

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What is a wet chook?

“Dry” meats are coated with a dry spice rub before they're cooked, and often sprinkled with those seasonings when they come off the grill. “Wet” meats are slathered with barbecue sauce.

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What does a mud chicken mean?

(419) 725-4367. A mud hen is a marsh bird with short wings and long legs that inhabits swamps or marshes. Such birds have been known as marsh hens, rails, coots, or mud hens.

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What does G Day mean in Australian?

Australians use a lot of slang words, one of the more common words is g'day. G'day is an abbreviation of good day, a general greeting.

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What is a cockroach in Australian slang?

Cockroach – someone from New South Wales. Dead horse – rhyming slang for tomato sauce. Devo – short for devastated, used to show how upset someone is, as in 'I'm devo that I dropped my pie on the ground'. Dodgy – not quite right, disagreeable or suspicious.

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What is a dill in Australian slang?

dill 2. noun. informal, mainly Australian and NZ a fool; idiot.

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What do Aboriginals call mum?

Pap(a) is also found as 'mother', mainly in Victoria. Other kinship roots (for grandparents) have been shown to have a split distribution with one root dominating in the east and one in the west for what is apparently a single proto-meaning.

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What do Australians call friends?

Mate. “Mate” is a popular word for friend. And while it's used in other English-speaking countries around the world, it has a special connection to Australia. In the past, mate has been used to address men, but it can be gender-neutral.

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What is the word for poo and wee?

Urine and feces together are called excreta.

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What do Aussies call condoms?

/ (ˈfræŋə) / noun. Australian slang a condom.

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What do Aussies call lollipops?

Why do Australians call sweets “lollies”, even when they have no sticks? According to British English from A to Zed by Norman Schur (Harper, 1991) “lolly” derives onomatopoetically for the mouth sounds associated with sucking or licking. The word “lollipop” came later.

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What is a fanny in New Zealand slang?

fanny, slang — a crude word for female genitals, as in the UK. Although, sometimes buttocks as in the USA. Words such as "Fanny Pack" should be avoided in New Zealand (the New Zealand term is "beltbag" or "bumbag").

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