Let me share some more Aussie slang all today are words/terms still used today.
Drongo......A dope or stupid person
Doodle......Penis
Dinkum or Fair Dinkum.....Something or someone who is real and genuine
Dinky Di......Also a real genuine thing
Dunny....An outside toilet
The only one I had heard of was the dunny--lol! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm going to work Drongo into my vocab from here on out. Lord knows I'll have plenty of opportunities.
ReplyDeleteIt is a good word
DeleteYes, know them all Jo-Anne..
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't surprise me
DeleteI always did wonder what was fair dinkum. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteWell now you know, I am glad I could tell you
DeleteI've heard fair dinkum before.
ReplyDeleteI thought some would
DeleteAll new to me!
ReplyDeleteI try to enlighten people not that I know much
DeleteOppo of Rita, I'd heard them all BUT dunny...
ReplyDeleteI remember using a dunny when visiting my great-grandmother it was gross, I was about 8 or so at the time
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