A new version of the Oztralian dictionary has been issued.
for those of you who might consider coming here on holiday or longer?
Colloquialisms coined by famous faces, and terms originating from pop culture are present, along with iconic foods including battered savs, chocolate crackles, and fairy bread.
Ex-PM Tony Abbott was really quite fantastic in his use of language.
He's credited with realigning some of our Australianisms, such as shirtfront.
Captain's pick was another one which had some interesting fallout for Tony Abbott.
He's also the poster boy for the term budgie smuggler, which is another term that we have.
Food and drink words: - Goon of Fortune - a drinking game based on Wheel of Fortune involving cask wine and a Hills Hoist
- Neenish tart - a sweet Australian bakery staple distinguished by its half-and-half pink and brown icing
- Babyccino - a children's drink made of hot milk that is frothed
- Chateau cardboard - cheap cask wine
Terms for people:
- Pube - a public servant
- Rurosexual - a metrosexual male who lives in country Australia
- Ranga - a person with red hair
Political references:
- Hawkespeak - references Bob Hawke's long sentences
- Howard's battlers - working-class Labor supporters that voted for Liberal prime minister John Howard
- Keep the "xxxxx" honest - Democrats' slogan coined by leader Don Chipp in the 1980s
Indigenous words:
- Akudjura - a bush tomato
- Bilma - a clapstick
- Bunji - a mate
- Kumanjayi - a substitute name for a person who has died