tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784922829672912762023-11-16T22:10:19.536+11:00What's In A Name, Mate?Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-30928253649951480712008-10-04T12:00:00.003+10:002008-10-04T12:10:36.996+10:00The word is ... on a t-shirtNot content with just reading the word? Now you can wear it as well. Starting with <a href="http://whatsinanamemate.blogspot.com/2008/06/agnes-water-n-unsavoury-contents-of.html">Alyangula</a>, there is a choice of style, size and colour, featuring the talents of Matt Davis in capturing the essence of the gangly teenager. <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/duncanw/clothing/1754834-1-whats-in-a-name-mate-alyangula">See here</a> for more.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/duncanw/clothing/1754834-1-whats-in-a-name-mate-alyangula"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/clothing/backgroundcolor:fafafa/bodycolor:silver/size:large/style:mens/view:preview/1754834-1-whats-in-a-name-mate-alyangula.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-33596942549090682442008-09-04T20:35:00.002+10:002008-09-04T20:42:31.021+10:00Haydens Bog - Humpty Doo<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Haydens Bog</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The condition of the toilet in an all-male flat with no occupant over 22.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hazelmere </span><span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The serene and dreamy quality of the light on a slightly misty autumn morning.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Heathcote </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The covering of detritus on the family dog, after it has been out exploring the wide open spaces on a damp day.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hebden </span><span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Descriptive of the weary trudging of occasional bushwalkers, who wandered too far for comfort, with inadequate footwear, and really wished they had stayed at home with a good book.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Higher Macdonald</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The walking style of a kilted bushwalker after encountering Upper Macdonald (qv).<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hornsby </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Any unwelcome erection that inexplicably develops in the presence of the wife of a clergyman.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Humula </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">An unnatural and unhealthy interest in fridges.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Horrane </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The almost paralysing fear that you will turn up at a fancy dress party, find someone else wearing a similar disguise, and realise that theirs is the better one. cf Gypsy Point.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Humpty Doo</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The attitude of a person who, after having it pointed out that a stated intent would be foolish, unhelpful or just downright dangerous, proceeds anyway, because his mind is made up. This attitude is most often found in drunks and teenagers, but often also in politicians.</span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-49107420762980903562008-07-27T17:14:00.003+10:002008-07-27T17:20:30.595+10:00Haast’s Bluff - Hampden<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Haast’s Bluff </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">(1) An obsolete term, describing the action of someone who was one of the first to own a mobile phone, talking in a loud and animated fashion, in a conspicuous location, with no-one on the other end. cf Rabbit Island.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">(2) The pretence that you have understood the travel directions just given to you while on holiday in a foreign country. 50 percent of the time it won’t matter anyway, as the other person will have misunderstood your question, and will just have explained the best method of catching the local seafood delicacy.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hadspen </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">A ball-point or similar pen that seems still to have ink in it, but refuses to write. Banks and Post Offices are required by law to provide at least one Hadspen for public use.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hagley </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">A disreputable stall-holder in a busy weekend market, who tries to avoid giving change under the pretence that he has lost track of who he was serving.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Haines Saddle</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The process of silently justifying your not giving up a seat to a needier person. In the process you only increase your feelings of guilt, to the point that it becomes a matter of principle that you remain precisely where you are.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Half Moon Flat</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">A puncture suffered after dusk, when it is still light enough to see the wheel and operate the jack, but too dark to find the wheel nuts that you just kicked into the grass verge.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Halifax </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The bloody-minded determination of a person not to answer the phone in their lunch-hour, because that’s the only real power they enjoy.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hallora </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">A hearty back-slapping greeting in the pub, given by someone who enjoys making a great show of how many wonderful friends they have. Osteopaths and chiropractors are always grateful for the business generated by repeated Halloras.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hampden </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The grubby mess that accumulates around and under sofas, TVs etc, from the relaxed eating habits of toddlers.</span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-82351311456906020622008-07-16T22:16:00.002+10:002008-07-16T22:31:03.654+10:00Glossodia - Gypsy Point<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossodia </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">A technical term for a technique used by lawyers, plumbers, devious spouses, etc. A combination of ‘to gloss over’, and ‘odious’, this is a nasty practice - the verbal equivalent of hiding important details in the small print. Salient facts will not be lied about, but will not be raised unless the customer brings them up. By such means, invoices may sometimes be inflated as much as threefold.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gnotuk </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">A shirt tail that steadfastly refuses to stay inside the trousers. Some scientists can maintain a Gnotuk for many years, without ill effect.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gnowangerup </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">To secure a nut and bolt using any tool other than a spanner of the correct size, damaging the nut in the process, and rendering it irremovable. This archaic procedure is now taught only to plumbers.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gobondery </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">To be driven nearly insane by the mere thought of your having a substantial sum held as a bond, while you live in rented accommodation. A cure for this near insanity would be the assurance of even a modest rate of interest on the sum held, but pigs will almost certainly learn to fly first.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Goondiwindi </span><span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Descriptive of the sort of sporadic nuisance breeze that blows gently and infrequently enough to be almost unnoticeable, but which scatters the papers you are just about to pick up.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grafton </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Any part of a project completed by an amateur handyman, which is obviously a "make-do" component. This always arises after the hardware shops have closed for the weekend, but when there is a desperate desire to see the job finished before Monday.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Greenmantle </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The need to own alternative colour schemes for a mobile phone. cf Bimbimbie.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gritjurk </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v, n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">1. v</span> To search out and eat all of the broken biscuits in the tin first, just to ‘tidy up a bit’, before you actually eat the single biscuit that you intended to have at the start.<br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2. n</span> The erratic walking motion of a person who is trying to dislodge a tiny piece of gravel in their shoe to a less irritating spot, without actually stopping to remove the shoe and empty it.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gulargambone </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">A deceptive piece of roasted animal that appears to be a succulent and appetizing morsel, but which turns out to be a knee joint liberally coated in well-fired juices, fat, skin, etc., with not a scrap of meat at all.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gypsy Point</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The instant at which Horrane (qv) becomes no longer fear, but horribly apparent fact.</span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-77041885077706762842008-07-15T22:02:00.003+10:002008-12-13T23:51:11.740+11:00Garah Common - Gerang Gerung<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Garah Common</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">An area authorised for the keeping of sacrificial goats.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gapsted </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n, v</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">1. n</span> The location, as yet undiscovered but suspected to lie somewhere beyond the orbit of Saturn, where the contents of millions of wage packets mysteriously disappear to, on Friday night.<br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2. v</span> (Past tense) When you have been beaten to a parking space while fumbling for reverse, you have been Gapsted.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Garangula </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The desire to immediately respond to a Feluga (qv) with a long list of things that quite evidently are worse.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Geengee </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The sort of frantic laughter that degenerates into rapid, silent gasping. In 1927, an entire Welsh village perished through asphyxiation as a result of a prolonged bout of Geengee. The precise reason was never discovered, but is thought to have been either sheep, or lost English tourists.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gelantipy </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The unsettling conviction held by a small child that their drawing represents a particular animal, and that they will still instantly recognise it three months later.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gelorup </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The sound of baked beans leaving the tin in one moist, solid mass.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-C6HL_vHiw5EtwVmdfVnojGzu6D9tfd1araNcuO5uMP97FIFEqQxqkiCcevbI15ZBrCdDNWLG9GpvyhJdplQEbtFIKhfne1IqFNIvObno4lN_Xpra9GlUnvXTOHafXPGuM4E2RRr99uNe/s1600-h/Gelorup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-C6HL_vHiw5EtwVmdfVnojGzu6D9tfd1araNcuO5uMP97FIFEqQxqkiCcevbI15ZBrCdDNWLG9GpvyhJdplQEbtFIKhfne1IqFNIvObno4lN_Xpra9GlUnvXTOHafXPGuM4E2RRr99uNe/s400/Gelorup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223211593944862706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Gelorup</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gerang Gerung</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">v</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">To make a complete mess of grammar. </span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-17821268727861192082008-07-10T12:21:00.002+10:002008-07-10T12:32:39.982+10:00Feluga - Fumar<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Feluga </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The blatant lie present in the statement "There’s nothing worse..." It will be easy to show that piles, cancer and nuclear weapons are worse.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fisherman’s Paradise </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The pub. The fishing is good, but at the end of the day, the pub’s where it’s at.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fitzgerald </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Any collection of National Geographic magazine spanning at least 10 years with no gaps.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Five Ways </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Any road junction of at least 3 choices, without a signpost for any. [Also Four Ways.]<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Footscray </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">med</span>)<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">A persistent infection below the toes, caused by constantly wearing the same smelly pair of cheap training shoes. cf Patchewollock.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Framlingham </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nearly transparent parts of cold sliced meat, which resemble, but are not adequate replacement for, edible meat. Avoid them, for they are disappointingly like rubber bands, and have similar nutritional value.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Freeling </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Parking a car very carefully so as to take up a space that would actually have fitted two similar vehicles. cf Stony Pinch.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fumar </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">A solitary smoker who sits with teeth grimly clenched around their pipe, cigarette or cigar, in a place where smoking is not actually banned, but where not another soul approves of the practice. More than one Fumar has eventually been buried with their choice of smoke still clenched between locked jaws, having resolutely refused to give up their last remaining pleasure for anyone.</span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-64297479060013660422008-07-04T18:54:00.003+10:002008-07-04T19:02:16.022+10:00Failford - Father Woods Broom<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Failford </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">To attempt unsuccessfully to cross a creek, river, etc, in the faint hope that the water won’t be too deep for your car.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fairbank </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">An oxymoron; a contradiction in terms. There was once a fair bank, back in the dim and distant past, but word spread about its fair dealings, and people came from far and wide, just to look at this marvellous institution. As a result, no work was ever done, as genuine customers couldn’t find their way through the crowds, and the bank had to close its doors forever. The lesson was learned in financial circles, that it was better to have disgruntled customers than no customers at all.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fairhope </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Any casual punter placing a bet on a horse race etc, without having previously studied the racing form. This will not, however, significantly affect his chances of success.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">False Island</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">1. The premise upon which a miscreant child justifies its heinous action.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2. The branch upon which a novice tree-lopper sits, while attacking same with a saw.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Farleigh </span><span style="font-style: italic;">adj<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of the expression worn by someone being talked at by their spouse, about Aunty Doris’s latest health crisis.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fassifern </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fassifern is the unadventurous-looking greenery that is unfortunately and unceremoniously pulled out of the ground by someone ignorant of gardening, in the belief that it is an overenthusiastic weed. Sadly, it will have been planted some months before by someone else, and will likely have cost a small fortune at the local boutique garden centre. It will also have been due to flower within the following week.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father Woods Broom</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">A generic term for any tool that has been in the family for decades. No-one will remember where it came from, but Grandad will have used it as a boy, and the patina on its handle will be lovingly admired by anyone older than 50.<br /><br /></span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-11437074975686746602008-07-03T16:31:00.003+10:002008-07-03T16:41:17.229+10:00Eribung - Euston<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eribung </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">A brief but debilitating bout of constipation.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Errinundra </span><span style="font-style: italic;">conj<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Used to indicate the current whereabouts of a missing item. For example, "Have you seen my shoes?" "Yes, Errinundra bed." [orig. Scottish dialect]<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Errowanbang </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">An unexplained noise that wakes you during the night. You will lie awake for at least 25 minutes, hardly breathing, while waiting for it to happen again. It will not.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ettamogah </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Any mention of ‘personal’ matters, especially those of a biological or marital nature, which causes an uneasy shuffling on the part of either speaker or listener.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eubabong </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">A bum note played by the bellringers, during an important service. Played by the organist, nobody would notice the error, but the Eubabong stands out like a well-hammered carpenter’s thumb.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eunonyhareenyha </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">An extended period in the company of close and intimate friends, where ritual consumption of alcohol is undertaken, in order to reach a completely relaxed state. cf Nirranda.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Euroka Clearing</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The regular morning ritual performed by any 50-a-day smoker.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Euston </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The feeling of regret at having been caught after experiencing Currawong (qv) and following it through.<br /><br /></span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-74760122419095143712008-07-02T17:38:00.001+10:002008-07-02T17:45:35.877+10:00Earlando - Epsom<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Earlando </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;">n</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Any normal word or phrase that is normally used quite innocently, but which unfortunately takes on a very suggestive connotation when least expected, eg ‘moist’, ‘give you one’, ‘goat’.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Echuca </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">med</span>)</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The irritating feeling of badly fitting false teeth.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Echunga </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">med</span>)</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">A combined cough and sneeze, caused by Echuca.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Edenhope </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The belief that any statement made by a politician in any way refers to, or is to be construed as of possible benefit to, his constituents.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eidsvold </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The proportion, relating to the total number of books in any given shop, obtained by dividing the number of pages that will be read in their entirety by the number of pages that will not even be opened. Under ancient Norse law, this number must be no higher than 0.13. Any bookshop found breaching this law will have to stock as many copies of books on origami, ethnic vegetarian cookery in the open air and basket-weaving as will correct the breach twofold.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eleebana </span><span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The state of a person’s bank balance at which point they feel it necessary to invest in a personalised number plate.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Elingamite </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">When there is light at the end of the tunnel, the hope that there is enough money in the electricity meter to keep the light burning until you get there.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ensay </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">To have a full understanding and acceptance of, the annual budget speech.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Epping </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The action of making a Wongawilli (qv), correct in all anatomical detail.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Epsom </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">To find shoe-shops amusing or satisfying.<br /><br /></span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-13410298854458830552008-06-30T18:59:00.004+10:002008-06-30T19:09:19.646+10:00Dabyminga - Durong<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dabyminga </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The process by which a toddler leaves fingermarks upon a window or mirror.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dandenong </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">To saunter casually around town hoping to learn secrets or snippets of tasty gossip, which may be then spread without further ado.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Danglemah Loop</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Any circumstance in which a juvenile male is found, in a private state of undress, holding a measuring instrument of some sort.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Darawank </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The sort of person who studies the plans for nuclear devices on the internet, with no clear intention to build any such weapon. Such a person will spend at least 3% of their life engaged in forwarding humorous emails to ‘friends’, without adding any personal greeting whatsoever.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dickygundi </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">An abdominal strain caused by trying to avoid creating a Bethungra (qv).<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dingo Pocket</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The tiny pocket in a pair of jeans, big enough to take a single coin, but too small for the coin to be subsequently extracted without removing knuckle skin.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dooboobetic </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n, adj</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A sufferer of Dooboobetes, a debilitating condition in which odd rhythms occur in the victim’s nervous system, triggering erratic movement of the arms and hands, and/or strange involuntary noises from the mouth. Many victims find rehabilitation in avant-garde jazz bands.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drumanure </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Prepackaged natural organic fertiliser, provided in quantities suitable for the hobby farmer.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dungog </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The mental state of anyone who carries out a very difficult task with unexpected ease, and doesn’t quite believe it. Often happens during a dry run, and never again afterwards.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dunkernucking </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Mistaking "you must not" for "you may, if you wish, and as often as you like". </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Durong </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">What a person does, when they choose to be unaware of the meaning of the word ‘no’. Related to Dunkernucking. </span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-11633460467706015242008-06-26T22:10:00.002+10:002008-06-26T22:15:26.678+10:00Cooee - Currawong<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cooee </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The quiet joy felt discreetly by a bookseller who has just sold another book to a regular customer, whom he knows has already passed Buckenderra (qv).<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cookamidgera </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Someone who maintains that a broken biscuit will not taste the same as a whole one, and therefore steadfastly refuses to eat it.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coolangatta </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The feeling, when you wake in the night, that a very small part of your body is much colder than it should be.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coolongolook </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The urge to check artistically undraped statuettes for intimate anatomical detail. Usually felt by people who suffer Ettamogah (qv).<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cooriemungle </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">To behave like a scarecrow, audibly.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Corringle </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">To grin like a Darawank (qv).<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cosmo Newberry</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">1.</span> When a gardener, who lovingly tends his buds, blooms or prize vegetables, does not recognize the sprouting greenery that he planted as seed last month, and which is clearly not what was on the packet, he is said to have grown a Cosmo Newberry. It will be quite delightful and most likely bear very tempting fruit, but will not be found in any horticultural encyclopaedia.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2.</span> The jacket, trousers, or other item of outer clothing that, although appealing when bought, appears to be a very bad mistake when actually worn for the first time; this fact will usually be made very clear by a spouse. Temporary colour-blindness is normally the best defence.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Countegany </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">To use a computer for a task that could be carried out at least 3.1415927 times faster using a pencil and paper. The amount of time wasted on Countegany worldwide would be sufficient to allow the cows to come home, the long way.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Crooble </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">To use the word "oops", when "yes that’s right, I do remember you telling me not to do that" would be more honest.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Currabubula </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">med</span>)</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">A form of amnesia brought about by excessive drinking, manifested by the utterance, yet again, of the expression "I’ll never do that again". cf Merrywinebone.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Currawong </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The desire to drive the wrong way round an empty roundabout while sober. cf Euston.<br /> <br /></span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-89523325828781462092008-06-25T19:30:00.003+10:002008-06-25T19:42:16.955+10:00Caboolture - Connewirrecoo<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Caboolture </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Any suspicious mouldy growth in a taxi, a week after it has carried a vomiting drunk.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Catumnal </span><span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Descriptive of the time of year in which the cat decides that summer is over, and you should now light the open fire, please.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chain of Lagoons</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Three or more concurrent instances of Bacchus Marsh (qv), in the same vicinity.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chorkerup </span><span style="font-style: italic;">exclam</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A request to provide goods on credit.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Clonduff </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">1. v</span> To habitually misspell a word again and again on the computer, repeating the error perfectly each time. This can give rise to a paranoid concern about (i) your ability to spell, or (ii) a brain tumour. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2. n</span> A false claim to belong to an ancient Celtic clan, and therefore to have the right to wear the kilt, eat haggis bare-handed and toss the caber on common ground.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Clontarf </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A pathetic expanse of grass, virtually destroyed by informal juvenile football games, drought, etc, especially if adjacent to an immaculately kept lawn.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cocklebiddy </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A pleasantly inebriated person, who has reached the friendly but unstable stage.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coffs Harbour</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The source of the minuscule amounts of tenacious mucous that are responsible for the sort of pathetic, tickly cough that is impossible to get rid of in one triumphant, satisfying "harrumph", such as a Euroka Clearing (qv).<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Connangorach </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A proud fondness for porridge, especially where salt is the only embellishment.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Connewirrecoo </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Any question asked in a strange and utterly unintelligible dialect or accent, for which no answer will be convincing enough to save face. cf Barnie Bolac, Tullochgorum.</span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-80848409430772732052008-06-24T21:37:00.003+10:002008-06-24T21:41:11.136+10:00Borroloola - Burdekin’s Gap<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Borroloola </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The act of borrowing a pen, stapler, etc, from a colleague, and conveniently forgetting to return it. cf Penwortham.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bothwell </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The general term for any accumulation of detritus, debris, or neglected possessions, that tend to inhabit tight spaces. Examples of Bothwell include mangled paper clips in the back corners of desk drawers, matted grass cuttings under the mower, or paper tissues left in a trouser pocket before being washed. Vintage Bothwell may occasionally be found in the pockets of jackets purchased from charity shops. To be of any commercial value, Bothwell must be from the Iron Age or earlier.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bribie Island</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The moment of isolation, when a public figure has been implicated in a sleazy corruption scandal and stands alone in the full glare of voracious media exposure, his accomplices having quietly slipped away.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brimboal </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The ancient and delicate art of carrying more than 43 items in a hand basket while shopping, without either dropping any or gouging someone else’s bare leg with the corner of a box of cornflakes. Brimboal is usually unplanned in its execution, with the shopper usually going in for just 5 or 6 items, then remembering another 40 or so on the way. The desire to go back for a trolley instead is always resisted, and the shopper continues until each arm in turn has been stretched almost to its limits, before finally reaching the checkout.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Buckenderra </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The point in the life of a person beyond which there is insufficient time to read all of the books they own, given a natural life expectancy. This point may be anywhere between 14 and 87 years, depending on the content of their library.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bugaldie </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">An unnatural interest in brass musical instruments.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bungowannah </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The burning desire, when left alone in any room in which a tea cosy is available, to try it on.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Burdekin’s Gap</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The ratio between the amount of time spent avoiding a job, and the time that would be taken to actually do it. </span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-41831535399593314512008-06-23T22:04:00.004+10:002008-12-13T23:51:12.023+11:00Bennelacking - Booragoon<span style="font-weight: bold;">Bennelacking </span><span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span><br />Not the full quid; two cherries short of a trifle.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bethungra </span>n<br />The feeling you get when a romantic moment is spoiled by your partner farting and then either smirking about it or inhaling deeply and saying "oh, yesss!" cf Dickygundi.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bimbimbie </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />The kind of person whose idea of a good commercial venture is standing behind a trestle table in shopping malls, selling mobile phone accessories, cheap sunglasses, etc.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birre Sand Blow</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />A good portion of a surf beach brought back into the house by a teenager. It may be dry and evenly distributed, or wet and patchy. cf Antill Ponds.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bobawaba </span><span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span><br />Of the motion of a tall jelly or trifle, being carried by a tipsy woman wearing high-heeled shoes.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bolgart </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />An advertising ploy that describes a product as something it cannot possibly be, eg "<span style="font-style: italic;">Insta-Roast</span> – the best coffee there is," or "<span style="font-style: italic;">Gluggo</span> instant rice cereal – just like mother makes." cf Popanyinning.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Boolarong </span><span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span><br />Of the contradictory situation when a teenager, who knows it all, makes the same fundamental error of judgement or discipline for the hundred and thirty-seventh time. This will, of course, be apparent to all present except the perpetrator.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Boomahnoomoonah </span><span style="font-style: italic;">interj</span><br />Colloquialism meaning, approximately, "that’s easy for you to say."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Boomanoomana </span><span style="font-style: italic;">interj</span><br />Familiar to taxi drivers around Kings Cross, after 3 am. It means "I’m not the slightest bit intoxicated, and would you please take me to the nearest zoo." Often confused with Boomahnoomoonah (qv), which is understandable.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CpkLztCVd25wBZcO4zUs1Boufzc2pAeEmkMkmPgcppRV_6auv3MYlINnTly2i_v0QJTXnP8LUr6-wZTdNeJwvT5PRwvNslCpSoMb-KdKignseUaOfx6wpag1hyo0Ma5Ekz5ZKtY6Tdkc/s1600-h/Boomanoomana.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CpkLztCVd25wBZcO4zUs1Boufzc2pAeEmkMkmPgcppRV_6auv3MYlINnTly2i_v0QJTXnP8LUr6-wZTdNeJwvT5PRwvNslCpSoMb-KdKignseUaOfx6wpag1hyo0Ma5Ekz5ZKtY6Tdkc/s400/Boomanoomana.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215047881540904562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Boomanoomana<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Booragoon </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />The uncomfortable feeling, experienced by someone in a crowd listening to a politician at election time, that the speaker has singled him out as being gullible enough to merit serious and undivided attention. cf Argalong.Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-30824505151151402402008-06-22T13:31:00.003+10:002008-06-23T22:03:26.398+10:00Ban Ban Springs - Belyando Crossing<span style="font-weight: bold;">Ban Ban Springs</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />The internal condition of a mattress, once it has been used as a trampoline. Will inevitably lead to Alice Springs (qv).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bangerang </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v</span><br />To endure cheap sausages.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bannockburn </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />The increasingly uncomfortable feeling in the stomach, an hour or two after Bangerang. For this reason, it is best to steer clear of any boy scouts earnestly trying to make a sale during a charity barbecue. Just give them your money, and give the sausage to the nearest dog; there is always one at every such event. cf Beggan Beggan.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bannycubba </span><span style="font-style: italic;">v</span><br />To attempt to hide a wine spill, cigarette burn, etc, by rapidly placing any available object over it. The object will be so obviously out of place (eg, a vacuum cleaner beside you on the dining table) that the hostess will immediately wish to remove it, thereby exposing the offence.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barep </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />A very short, sharp, loud burp, which appears without warning – often to startling effect. Bareps are responsible for 23% of all damage to dentures.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barnie Bolac</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />Any immigrant neighbour (Lithuanian, Scottish, Tasmanian, etc) who talks nineteen to the dozen about how overjoyed he is with his new resident status. On average, one word in 17 will be intelligible, but since you failed to ask him to repeat the first few sentences, you will spend at least 11 minutes wearing a Naringaringalook (qv) every time he corners you, as he believes you are quite happily following his every word. cf Connewirrecoo, Tullochgorum.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beelerup </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />A particular variety of fart that escapes gradually, like a tortured bubble rising between the cheeks. It is always silent, and can lead to insanity if prolonged. Careful scrutiny of parliamentary broadcasts on TV will occasionally show a member suffering a Beelerup, as they adopt peculiar positions to aid the passage.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beggan Beggan</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />The type of dog known to inhabit charity barbecues. They are trained and supplied for the purpose, namely, to make punters feel sorry for them with all that delicious barbecue smell wafting through the air. You will then buy a sausage sandwich and give a bit to the dog, so salving your conscience on two counts – supporting charity, and keeping man’s best friend happy. cf Bannockburn.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bellawongarah </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />The process of filling in your details on a bill or mail order form, sealing the envelope, and then realising the cheque is still sitting on the desk beside you. By extension, it may be applied to the sending of any email, without its intended attachment.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Belyando Crossing</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />A meeting place one finds oneself in, 1.3 minutes after leaving Ohanlon’s Siding (qv), with the very person you were avoiding. cf Venables Crossing.Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-7783426019177452312008-06-19T17:20:00.002+10:002008-06-19T17:26:08.655+10:00Baarmutha - Balnarring<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Baarmutha </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">(1) The dominant ewe, and hence, (2) the loudest woman in a public bar.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bacchus Marsh</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The sodden mess of clothing, carpet, domestic pet, etc, created by someone so completely plastered that holding a full glass of beer is no longer possible. cf Chain of Lagoons.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Back Yamma</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Any advice given by a mother-in-law, especially from the rear seat of a car. There is no known way of preventing or avoiding an impending Back Yamma. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Any careless act, such as trying to lift an inebriated stranger into his driving seat, which causes lumbar pain that will last for five weeks and never quite fade away. The discomfort is surprisingly similar to that caused by (1) above.</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Baffle Creek</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">A variation to normal state government policy, concerning road signs that indicate direction and distance to nearby towns. The variation takes effect at selected T-junctions, where signs are deemed either (<span style="font-style: italic;">a</span>) unnecessary, (<span style="font-style: italic;">b</span>) a waste of taxpayers’ money, or (<span style="font-style: italic;">c</span>) too helpful.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bagshot </span><span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The condition of any favourite pair of shorts or trousers, now used only for fishing, which no dog will go near.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bagshot North</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The appearance of a face that has spent the night under a table, pressed against the carpet, among cigarette butts, etc, after a particularly rough party.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Balbarrup </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The steady rhythm of a deep and prolonged belch. The late Cozy Powell was inspired in the 1970s by the Balbarrups of members of his Australian road crew, subsequently basing many of his drum riffs on the unique sound.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ballangeich </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The fear of facing a direct free kick in soccer, on an especially wet and cold day.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Balmattum </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The side effect of wearing a cricketer’s box for the length of time it takes an English batsman to score a century in first-class cricket.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Balnarring </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The immediate effects of a direct hit when not wearing a cricketer’s box, in the brief instant before the onset of pain.<br /><br /></span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-58708963756806823982008-06-15T14:05:00.004+10:002008-12-13T23:51:12.242+11:00Arkarula - Aylmerton<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Arkarula </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >n</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Any vehicle that is filled to overflowing with teenage couples, heading for the beach.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Atherley </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >adj</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />A feigned unavailability or indifference to an invitation, when you know full well that the person giving the invitation doesn’t really want you anywhere near the event in question, but feels obliged to ask all the same. Suitable responses would be "I’m washing my hair," "I need to de-coke the spark plugs," or "I’m working out the details of my funeral." In practice, the other person won’t give a monkey’s, as long as you stay well away.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Athlone </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >n</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />The dreaded moment of realisation that the comedian has selected you, of all the people in the audience, to publicly embarrass. All of the others recognise this and can now relax and enjoy the show. Similar to Booragoon (qv).</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Austinmer </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >adj</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Descriptive of any area of private land that has one or more rusting vehicles upon it. In some Shires, a Statute of Austinmersion obliges landholders to ensure that any vehicle that breaks down irretrievably shall lay undisturbed where it stopped, for at least 5 years, or until all doors, wheels and fittings are removed by passing scavengers.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiArYVJ7oQ9-AJEoBdnx8nhxJqZjblkPBSmYD3wVmw1QetaG9Fs-xmepa9TYO9VRiQLXi4BP-T7b2SnkWQJFI4L8Thdv8OS7onC0MeQiVHbPcB37CkDBvwquJ4SID0cFdGTuRvcAMevU-W/s1600-h/Austinmer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiArYVJ7oQ9-AJEoBdnx8nhxJqZjblkPBSmYD3wVmw1QetaG9Fs-xmepa9TYO9VRiQLXi4BP-T7b2SnkWQJFI4L8Thdv8OS7onC0MeQiVHbPcB37CkDBvwquJ4SID0cFdGTuRvcAMevU-W/s400/Austinmer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211960498153875362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Austinmer</span></span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Aylmerton </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >n</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />A measure of the strength of beer. One Aylmerton is sufficient to begin a political debate; eight Aylmertons will precipitate serious argument on whether the government should be taken out the back and shot; and 27 Aylmertons will almost guarantee the loss of limbs in any public bar. One middy of average beer is rated at 53 Aylmertons.<br /><br /></span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-50640739361530957142008-06-13T19:35:00.004+10:002008-06-13T22:38:25.398+10:00Amoonguna - Areyonga<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Amoonguna </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Someone given to prowling during the hours of darkness, laughing quietly at small dogs and shrubs.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Andamooka </span><span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The condition of woollen gloves, socks, etc, after handling or stepping in something damp and grimy.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anduramba </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The determined anticipation felt by a person about to remove a sticking plaster from a particularly hairy part of their body. Also, their state of mind for the following five minutes, pretending that nothing is wrong and that they have just got a bit of dust in their eyes.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anembo </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A small and mischievous sprite that distracts your attention, removes an object just after you put it down, and either puts it back where you picked it up from <span style="font-style: italic;">after </span>you have gone looking for it, or moves it to another room that you have not been in for some time. Anembos thrive on the sound of “Have you seen my…?”<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Angourie </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">An ancient tribal ritual used to prepare a tee-shirt for its transition from garment to cleaning rag.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Antill Ponds</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Pools of water lying beside the shower mat, left there by a teenager. cf Birre Sand Blow.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anyarro </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The expression on the face of the person you are speaking to, who obviously does not believe a word of what you are saying. Many politicians are familiar with this expression, from election-time canvassing.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Applethorpe </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A dental condition, caused by a small piece of apple peel becoming wedged in the teeth, or between tooth and gum. With certain varieties, this can prove fatal, or at least very expensive. If it occurs at a major social event, ostracision is almost inevitable, especially following attempts to remove it with any promising piece of cutlery. cf Widgiemooltha.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Argalong </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The need felt by a politician to answer a question in as long-winded manner as possible, in the belief that he will sound more convincing. It will quickly become apparent that the answer has no real connection with the question, but this will not deter the speaker. cf Booragoon.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aratula </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The neighbour who borrows your drill, lawnmower, electric ferret-straightener, etc, and returns it 6 months later, complaining that it doesn’t work any more.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Arbuckle Junction</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">In a high-speed car crash with no serious injuries, the mark left on any bare skin by a seat belt fixture.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ardmory </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The subtle play to obtain the last sandwich, jam tart, etc, on the plate. cf Nullamanna.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ardglen </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Any property in the bush that has been lovingly transformed by its owner into an exact replica of the highland croft that his ancestors migrated from. It will of course, lack certain minor features, such as midges, a 95% covering of rich green grass, and a perpetual state of either howling wind or misty rain.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Areegra </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A strange yellow-green mould found only in the inner recesses of <span style="font-style: italic;">Drizabone </span>coats. Science will, one day, find a use for it, but not before it has rendered many coats either useless or just plain disgusting.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Areyonga </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Areyonga occurs when you mean to say one thing, but the words come out mangled. Neville Chamberlain fell victim to Areyonga after meeting Adolf Hitler, when he said “...peace in our time.” What he meant to say is lost to history, though it was most probably something like, “I’ve been taken for a ride, haven’t I?” Areyonga committed on first dates can be quite devastating for subsequent good relations between the parties.<br /><br /></span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-81121480200474980662008-06-11T23:00:00.005+10:002008-12-13T23:51:12.388+11:00Agnes Water - Aminungo<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Agnes Water </span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >n</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The unsavoury contents of a vase, when the flowers are a week past their best.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Agnew </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >v</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">To insist that you knew something before being told it, despite being caught out in your ignorance.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Airey’s Inlet</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >n</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The safest and fastest route through tightly packed customers, to the bar. Discovered in 1897 by someone later passed over for a place in Scott’s Antarctic expedition; it is named after the man standing beside him who, ironically, was served first.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Airville </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >n</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The residence of any minor celebrity who has found immense fortune through being able to wear lurid make-up and mime to recordings.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Alawoona </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >n</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">An exaggerated display of being overcome with astonishment, as carried out by toddlers, teenagers and the perpetually guilty.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Alice Springs</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >n</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">In a mattress, those springs that, no matter how the mattress is turned, always poke through on the husband’s side. cf Ban Ban Springs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Allen’s Rivulet</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >n</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The moment when beads of sweat down the back turn into a continuous flow, while cutting the grass in high summer.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Alligator Creek</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >n</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The unique sound of a badly-fitting false limb, acquired after a tropical swimming accident.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Alloway </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >adj</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Descriptive of a traveller’s misplaced confidence in being on the right road.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Almoola </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >adj</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Of a person obsessed with amassing great personal wealth, but with no clear intention to spend or share any of it whatsoever.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Aloomba </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >n</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The noise made by a 120-kilo person bouncing on a trampoline, in an echo chamber.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Allpurrurulam </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >adj</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Descriptive of a cat that is so loudly expressing its deep pleasure from a tickle under the chin, that you could hack off one of its legs without it noticing.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Alyangula </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >n</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The physical awkwardness of a teenager who is growing at an unfeasible rate.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ztaQ3hl0h07NDleWs2Ael1lsPdslagZQesAAfkOKtImSVMthZgXIHknDEhJJ76v5H_KF3j06smiebPyPeRYhQD0CW3aa2Hb741BlUW8XQGWObKmRR4ay9rZhQZV1HJRHCg6Ie3OxEtYQ/s1600-h/Alyangula.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ztaQ3hl0h07NDleWs2Ael1lsPdslagZQesAAfkOKtImSVMthZgXIHknDEhJJ76v5H_KF3j06smiebPyPeRYhQD0CW3aa2Hb741BlUW8XQGWObKmRR4ay9rZhQZV1HJRHCg6Ie3OxEtYQ/s400/Alyangula.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210609441972910818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">Alyangula</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Amby </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >adj</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Of a person who pretends to be uninterested in the topic of discussion, but who for their own peculiar reason, is hiding a torrent of emotion about it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Aminungo </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >n</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A person who wavers between deciding to take a bungee jump or parachute death-leap for the first time, but always pulls back at the last moment, rigid with fear.<br /><br /></span>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-43474488175547047132008-06-10T15:33:00.001+10:002008-06-11T23:10:38.202+10:00Aaron’s Pass - Agery<span style="font-weight: bold;">Aaron’s Pass</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />In football (any code), delivery of the ball so that it is just out of reach of any team-mate, and rolls safely into touch.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Abbeyard </span><span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span><br />A medieval rating for the comfort level of monastic beds - particularly those made of stone. cf Abbeywood.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Abbeywood </span><span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span><br />A moderate comfort rating for a monk’s bed, softer than Abbeyard (qv).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Abercorn </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />The first – and most painful – damage to the feet when breaking in a new pair of hiking boots.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aberfeldy </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />The ungainly stumble performed by a novice attempting any form of Scottish country dancing for the first time, when he goes the opposite direction to everyone else and tries to correct the mistake. cf Acland.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Abergowrie </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />A particularly fierce scowl, which only those with at least 5 generations of Scots ancestry can perform. May be silent or accompanied by a low growl or, occasionally, a mystic Gaelic curse.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Abraham’s Bosom</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />The appearance of the chest of a man carrying live geese in his shirt.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Acheron </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />A testicle that suffers repeated accidental abuse.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Acheron River</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />Tears brought to the eyes as a result of a severe Acheron (qv) incident.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Acland </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />A successful recovery from what would otherwise have become an Aberfeldy (qv), performing instead an entertaining and inventive variation on the conventional sequence of movements.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Adventure Bay</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />Cupid’s playground. The nether wonderland. Happy hollow. The groin.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Adaminaby </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />A person who leads another into temptation, fully intending to dump them in the fertiliser afterwards. cf Old Adaminaby.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Addington </span><span style="font-style: italic;">n</span><br />A person who, after doing a sum with an electronic calculator, has to repeat it because he fears having miskeyed one or more digits. A second repetition will be necessary, in case the suspected mistake was repeated. However, all three answers will be identically correct.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Adelong </span>n<br />A persistent and copious drip at the back of the throat, from the nose, during a heavy cold. If tapped, a typical Adelong could supply a small outback town with adequate moisture to keep several lawns watered for a week.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Agery </span><span style="font-style: italic;">adj</span><br />Over-sensitive to having your advancing years mentioned in public.Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578492282967291276.post-44878515637061073772008-06-10T12:05:00.001+10:002008-06-10T16:16:28.631+10:00Why am I doing this?Good question. I like words; I like the ability to express sensitive nuance one minute and blunt invective the next. If I have any regrets in life, one might be that I didn't learn Latin at school, to benefit from a deeper understanding of our language. It is therefore purely happenstance that on occasion the wheels in my mind should turn slowly in a particular sequence, leading to 'discoveries' when I really look at a word and infer its roots. Life is full of these minor, but nonetheless pleasant, epiphanies.<br /><br />This work has little to do with the preceding statements, save the looking at a place name, and finding a resonance, a suggestion of possible meaning. Much of what follows has been spawned by a skewed imagination reared on "Do not adjust your set," Monty Python, Spike Milligan and the Goons, Pete & Dud, Fry & Laurie and many other seminal manifestations of all that was and is great about British comedy over the past half-century - not forgetting dear departed Douglas Adams.<br /><br />I have long been fascinated by names - of places and people - and how they came about. Smith, Butcher, Fletcher and co. are easy to understand, but Hancock, Sidebottom (or Sidebotham, if you will), Nether Wallop and so on, seem to exist as a challenge to keeping a straight face. Where, how, did they originate? Piddletrenthide is quite delightful; we know that this village derives its name from the River Piddle, but who thought of calling the river by that name? ... or did the vernacular meaning of the word come from the river?<br /><br />By way of further explanation of the content to follow (or perhaps just to illustrate the kind of off-centre thought-processes that have led to it), I would recall the occasions in school, when we played word-association games. It often seemed to happen that my mind would make a double leap (or perhaps a hop, skip and jump), so that in the potential sequence <span style="font-style: italic;">field - farm - lamb - mint sauce</span>, my mind would take <span style="font-style: italic;">lamb</span> as read and move rapidly on to <span style="font-style: italic;">mint sauce</span>, leaving the others somewhat bemused. I just couldn't help it.<br /><br />I hope, dear reader, that you will enjoy this work. Should you fail to understand parts of it (or indeed, <span style="font-style: italic;">any</span> of it), then don't worry - it's not you, it's me.<br /><br /><p class="MsoBodyText"><span style=";font-family:";" lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-style: italic;">Note: I am keen to draw the reader's attention to the fact that no disrespect at all is intended towards any place whose name is featured in this work. All the disrespect is aimed squarely at the annoying prats, frustrating situations, etc, to which those names have been (temporarily) assigned.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com2