28 DAYS OF DESIGN
On a road trip passing through Merimbula, I found a comical (yet occasionally questionable) 1986 print edition of Australian Slang in a second-hand book store.
Thanks to this book guiding the way, I was inspired to create: 28 Days of Design - Australian Slang.
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☞ Graphic Design
☞ Video Editing
☞ Social Media Content
28 Days Of Design - Australian Slang
Arvo - Afternoon; usually in the form this arvo, or s'arvo, this afternoon.
Boofhead - A fool or simpleton.
Cobber - A friend, companion, workmate. Whence, to cobber up with, to become friends with (someone).
Dag - An amusing or odd person.
Eyes out - With maximum effort. Esp. Go eyes out, work hard, travel rapidly.
Fair Dinkum - Honest, true, genuine. Also, square dinkum.
Grouse - Good, excellent.
Hooroo - Goodbye!
Inked - Drunk.
Jamberoo - A lively (esp. a drunken) party.
(Why) keep a dog and bark yourself? - A self-explanatory sentence.
Larrikin - A street tough or hoodlam; a boisterous youth.
Mate - A friend.
Nit - A simpleton or fool; “half a nitwit.”
Outback - The back-country, the bush in general.
Peanutter - A person who grows peanuts.
Quoits, go for one’s - To hurry, travel rapidly.
Roo - A kangaroo.
Snags - Sausages.
Togs - A swimming costume.
Upya! - A contemptuous ejaculation of rejection or indifference.
VIC - Victoria.
Whinge - To complain at length, to grouse, to whine.
X - N/A
You little beauty! - A phrase mainly used to denote approval, but often ironical.
Ziff - A beard
28DD Donezo