• sickie
Abbreviation: ‘a day’s sick leave’
‘I’m not going to work tomorrow, I’m going to chuck a sickie’
• stoked
(especially in New Zealand) very pleased; elated
‘I’m stoked we beat South Africa in the rugby last night‘
• stubbie
375mL bottle of beer.
*few stubbies short of a six-pack [mentally slow]
Also [Darwin stubbie]
• sandgroper
Resident of Western Australia
Origin: Sand-burrowing desert insect
• Sheila
A girl or girlfriend, a woman.
Origin: Shelah as anglicised spelling of the Irish Gaelic Sile, and it was probably the large number of Irish migrants to Australia that led to this common Irish name becoming a general term for a ‘woman’.
• smoko
Work break
Even non-smokers have smoko, it just means stop to eat or have a coffee
• schermozzle
Shepherd’s Shermozzle
New Zealand competition exemplifying courage and commitment
• spew
To vomit [verb]
• spewin’
Furious [adjective]
• snag
Sausage
Alternate acronym: Sensitive new Age Guy
• strine
Australian slang and pronunciation
• stoked
Very pleased
• shout
To buy a round of drinks
About Mike Cadogan
I’m not sure if you can call the Shepherd schermozzle a New Zealand competition -- you may need to be more specific and call it a “Manawatu competition”… I think the last good thing to come out of there was Christian Cullen.
Not sure if it’s the same as schemozzle -- Yiddish origin? -- “a mess”.
Men and beer… Some things just don’t change no matter where you are.
Men and beer… Some things just don’t change no matter where you are.
I’m not sure if you can call the Shepherd schermozzle a New Zealand competition -- you may need to be more specific and call it a “Manawatu competition”… I think the last good thing to come out of there was Christian Cullen.
Not sure if it’s the same as schemozzle -- Yiddish origin? -- “a mess”.
I’m not sure if you can call the Shepherd schermozzle a New Zealand competition -- you may need to be more specific and call it a “Manawatu competition”… I think the last good thing to come out of there was Christian Cullen.
Not sure if it’s the same as schemozzle -- Yiddish origin? -- “a mess”.