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Hello and welcome to Aussie Slang Wednesday, here are this weeks words.
Docket: A receipt or maybe a bill
Doco: Documentary
Dropkick: Idiot or loser
Divvy Van: Police van which has a cage at the back also known as a Padddy Wagon
Jug: Electric Kettle
A dropkick used to be a very skilful sporting move. Although I still use it to mean dumb arse, I wonder why the expression lost its implication of skill.
ReplyDeleteI also remember when it was connected to some kind of sport
DeleteI wonder if that's why the band Dropkick Murphys picked their name...
ReplyDeleteMaybe
DeleteI've heard of a Paddy Wagon. That's pretty common over here--but not the others.
ReplyDeleteI have heard it used more then Divvy Van
DeleteNever would have thought that "jug" would mean an electric kettle.
ReplyDeleteI hummed and hawed over that one thought it might be something people just knew but then decided to go with it
DeleteI swear I would be lost listening to people in Australia.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way about people in some other countries
DeleteLove this!
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