Day 598: Fair Dinkum RTP Quiz!
ByG’day Shredders,
In yesterday’s Day 598: Light At The End Of The Tunnel Post my Fellow Shredder Lilla: Self Fulfilling Prophecy Blog picked up on another bit of Aussie slang (and gave an excellent definition of how it is used!)
Fair Dinkum!
Since the majority of visitors to this blog are not from Oz I thought today would be a good time to explain the Aussie slang word I most often use, and have the first Aussie RTP Quiz!
Fair Dinkum: real, genuine, true. To proclaim a fact or truth in a statement in such a manner. For example, “At the age of 32 I felt that this was my last shot at a fair dinkum physique transformation”
Aussie RTP Quiz
Below are a few other Aussie slang words that are sometimes used.
Ankle Biter:
Bonza:
Bush Telegraph:
Chinwag:
Hard Yakka:
Laughing Gear:
Rip Snorter:
If you’d like to take a crack at what these words mean just leave a comment to this post! Answers will be revealed on tomorrow’s edition of Shredder Sunday.
Cheers,
AJ
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Until tomorrow…
Eat Clean, Shred Hard, Think BIG!
Cheers,
Adam Waters, NESTA-CPT
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I won’t spoil this Adam!
I’ve just come back with the wife and ankle biters from a weekend away. We had a rip snorter of a birthday party for my niece! Had a great chinwag with my brother-in-law. He did offer me a beer. “Wrap yer laughing gear around this” he said, but I declined. He got home real late from work and missed the first hour or so of the party. He’s putting in some hard yakka at work at the moment.
I think that got most of them!
Have a bonza day mate!
Fair dinkum Mike! You knocked that one outta the park!
Thanks for the clues, Mike! I’ll take a shot at it.
Ankle Biter: Rug Rat
Bonza: Pimp! Groovy!
Bush Telegraph: Republican
Chinwag: Shoot the breeze
Hard Yakka: Grind
Laughing Gear: Kisser
Rip Snorter: Kegger
Good helps there Mike!
Lilla, I love your answers….American slang!
Wow Lilla! You got all of them except for Bush Telegraph!
Suzette, maybe you can have an American Slang contest on your blog?!
Hi Adam…is the Bush Telegraph the local gossip group? Love all those slangy things. We have lots in Texas too, and not to mention all the Spanish ones.
Lynda
Too funny! I would never have guessed correctly what those words mean!
Ha! Thought I”d leave just one out (Bush Telegraph) so no-one had any extra clues. Rumour has it that it is quite easy to guess
You got it Lynda! News always travels very fast on the Bush Telegraph!
P.S. Mike, you are a real wordsmith mate!
Wow, I read this post yesterday and had no idea what any of those meant. Didnt even give it a try. Never would have guessed any of them either!