Aussies will get it but it's funny if you do. Sorry if not.
[I bracketed the right spelling under each].
The following are results from an OZ-words Competition where entrants were asked to take an Australian word, alter it by one letter only, and supply a witty definition.
Clearly, you need to be an Aussie to understand.
Billabonk: to make passionate love beside a waterhole
[Billabong]
Bludgie: a partner who doesn't work, but is kept as a pet
[Bludger]
Dodgeridoo: a fake indigenous artefact
[didgeridoo]
Fair drinkum: good-quality Aussie wine
[fair dinkum]
Flatypus: a cat that has been run over by a vehicle
[platypus]
Mateshit: all your flat mate's belongings, lying strewn around the floor
[mateship]
Shagman: an unemployed male, roaming the Australian bush in search of sexual activity
[swagman]
Yabble: The unintelligible language of Australian freshwater crustaceans
[yabbie]
Bushwanker: A pretentious drongo, who reckons he's above average when it comes to handling himself in the scrub
[bushwalker]
Crackie-daks: 'hipster' tracksuit pants.
[trackie daks]
And for the Kiwi's amongst us:
Shornbag: A particularly attractive naked sheep
[ hornbag]
[I bracketed the right spelling under each].
The following are results from an OZ-words Competition where entrants were asked to take an Australian word, alter it by one letter only, and supply a witty definition.
Clearly, you need to be an Aussie to understand.
Billabonk: to make passionate love beside a waterhole
[Billabong]
Bludgie: a partner who doesn't work, but is kept as a pet
[Bludger]
Dodgeridoo: a fake indigenous artefact
[didgeridoo]
Fair drinkum: good-quality Aussie wine
[fair dinkum]
Flatypus: a cat that has been run over by a vehicle
[platypus]
Mateshit: all your flat mate's belongings, lying strewn around the floor
[mateship]
Shagman: an unemployed male, roaming the Australian bush in search of sexual activity
[swagman]
Yabble: The unintelligible language of Australian freshwater crustaceans
[yabbie]
Bushwanker: A pretentious drongo, who reckons he's above average when it comes to handling himself in the scrub
[bushwalker]
Crackie-daks: 'hipster' tracksuit pants.
[trackie daks]
And for the Kiwi's amongst us:
Shornbag: A particularly attractive naked sheep
[ hornbag]
"You can be young without money but you can't be old without money"
Maggie the Cat from "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." by Tennessee Williams
Maggie the Cat from "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." by Tennessee Williams