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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 aussie slang #217342 06/27/14 10:22 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr OP enthusiast OP Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia underdaks underpants. From daks meaning pants. Also called underchunders or underdungers. Bibliography: Macquarie Best Aussie Slang. © 2008. James Lambert, editor. Macquarie Dictionary Publishers Pty Ltd (online edition 2014). live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: aussie slang Bazr #217366 06/28/14 02:10 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr OP enthusiast OP Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia aerial ping-pong Aerial ping-pong is a jocular (and frequently derisive) name for Australian National Football (or Aussie Rules as it is popularly called). The term derives from the fact that the play in this game is characterised by frequent exchanges of long and high kicks. It is used largely by people from States in which Rugby and not Australian Rules is the major football code. This interstate rivalry is evident in the citations in the Australian National Dictionary: 1964 Footy Fan (Melbourne): Sydney folk are generally curious about this religion or mania which they term 'aerial ping pong' or 'Aussie Rules'. 1965 F. Hardy, Yarns of Billy Borker: That's not football, mate, it's aerial ping-pong. 1973 J. Dunn, How to Play Football: Sydneysiders like to call Australian Rules 'aerial ping-pong'. 1980 H. Lunn, Behind the Banana Curtain: I won't comment much on their football - called aerial pingpong in Queensland - because I don't understand it. A team from Sydney was admitted to the national competition in 1982, and one from Brisbane was admitted in 1987. These teams are based in traditional Rugby areas, yet have drawn very large crowds, and have been very successful. It will be interesting to see if the term aerial ping-pong survives. Reference: Australian National Dictionary Centre live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: aussie slang Bazr #217375 06/28/14 11:38 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I remember my first encounters with Australian Rules football. We would note that at some times a player would get penalised for doing nothing more than getting too close to an opposing player while at other times he could smash headlong into an opposing player and the ref would just look away. Then we watched a game with an Ozzie who actually knew the game and he explained the concept of the mark to us. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: aussie slang Faldage #217376 06/28/14 12:10 PM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr OP enthusiast OP Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Just as long as you have your eye on the ball and not the player everything is usually OK. live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: aussie slang Bazr #217389 06/29/14 09:31 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr OP enthusiast OP Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Doovalacky : used whenever you can't remember what something is called. Thingummyjig, whatsit. live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: aussie slang Bazr #217505 07/07/14 08:06 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr OP enthusiast OP Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Figjam : "Gee I'm good; just ask me". Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves. live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: aussie slang Bazr #217527 07/08/14 03:12 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr OP enthusiast OP Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia London to a brick : absolute certainty live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: aussie slang Bazr #217549 07/09/14 12:04 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr OP enthusiast OP Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia This is one that I use a lot: Mucking around Meaning: acting in a way that others generally don't like. Example: She got very mad at the way he was mucking around. live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: aussie slang Bazr #217559 07/09/14 02:29 AM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,931 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,931 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Enjoying yourself here Bazr?? ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: aussie slang LukeJavan8 #217560 07/09/14 02:37 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr OP enthusiast OP Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Luke, Just updating you on a broad knowledge of the Australian Idiom. live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... 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