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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 09:23 AM
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Australian slang dictionary
It wasn't easy but we've tried to include uniquely Australian slang here and to exclude British and American slang even though these are commonly used in Australia. We see no point in informing the world that "fridge" is Australian slang for a "refrigerator". If you've got any comments or suggestions, though, we'd very much like to hear them.

http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 09:28 AM
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1. Alot of those are used
Here in Canada, including fridge
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unrepuke Donating Member (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 09:31 AM
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2. They have Fridges in Canada ? What for?
In the Frozen North :shrug:
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 09:33 AM
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3. For days like today
when it's 92 in the shade, and humid enough to form clouds inside the house if you don't have a/c. :D
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 09:36 AM
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4. I'd KILL for 92 today, we're at 100 here
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 09:48 AM
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5. I looked for a Canadian dictionary
Oddly there isn't one, really... just this one page, which by the way I think if bloody well sponsored by Tim Horton's and maybe Pepsi, cause I've never heard someone call a French Canadian one.

http://www.coolslang.com/in/canadian/index.php
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Matilda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 11:46 PM
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6. Here's a few more ...
Half a mo': (wait) just a minute
right-o: all right, okay
jiffy: a moment, as in "back in a jiffy" OR
tick: "back in a tick" (of the clock)
bell: call on the phone ("give me a bell")
"flicks": movies, cinema (dying out, but you still hear it)
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Violet_Crumble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-27-05 07:24 PM
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7. I discovered one the other day...
I was chatting about guys with an American friend who went 'huh?' when I was talking about someone who'd *put the hard word* on me. I thought that was a universal one...

Violet...
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zum Donating Member (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 01:44 AM
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8. there was an ad for the Tri Nations Oz vs NZ rugby
match featuring the guy from "Deuce Bigalo" who claimed to be "rooting for the Wallabies......really!"
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Matilda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 01:50 AM
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9. Reminds me of a friend of mine who used to call Rooty Hill
"the world's best hill".


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