first recorded in the 1850s
first recorded in the 1850s
formed in 1972
rhyming slang: pat malone for alone
aussie & kiwi slang
since the 1890s
aussie rules and rugby slang
since the 1940s
since the 1940s
colonial flash language
since wwii
aussie diminutive
rhyming slang: pork pie for lie
first recorded in 1975
aussie contraction
aussie diminutive
aussie diminutive
aussie diminutive
I must warn you that we never speak of the ‘convicts’ in this country by that term. We always call them ‘government men’ or on some occasions ‘prisoners’, but we never use the term ‘convict’ which is considered by them as an insulting term.
Words and Phrases in Afferbeck Lauder