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Well here we are at another Wednesday so it is time for some Aussie Slang of these ones the only one I haven't used is number 3 Dead Horse although I can remember my grandfather saying it when I was a child.
Compo......Workers Compensation Pay
Daks......Trousers or pants
Dead Horse.....Tomato Sauce
Deadset.....True or the truth
Dero.......Tramp, Hobo, Homeless person as in derelict
Me too... I use all the slang terms you offered, except for Dead Horse. Rhyming slang was always popular but it often seemed time- and place-specific
ReplyDeleteYes many words are time and place specific
DeleteThere are a couple there that I haven't heard of Jo-Anne.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't surprise me
DeleteAustralia has the most interesting and funny slang words. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, I think we do too
DeleteDead horse is a new one on me!
ReplyDeleteUntil I read it I had forgotten about my Pop saying it
DeleteSaw go tart yourself up on your map down there. I do. Every day.
ReplyDeleteYou do..........
DeleteFascinating that you have so many that you can easily figure out, like "Dero" and Maccas; and others like Dead Horse that I can't begin to figure...
ReplyDeleteThat's an odd one for tomato sauce.
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