Australia Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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wadge n. The glass house should go for 5 minutes, so they don’t have to pad it out with so many shitpoor jokes. and that “wear a funny hat and talk shit about vag” (or, more recently, wadge) segment is beyond terrible. [English Australia Sex & Sexuality New or Nonce] [full cite] (Dec. 8, 2006)

waffo adj. Edward de Bono, creator of the well-known educational strategy to encourage creativity called “six thinking hats,” lamented the frequent use of the word “cool” as a compliment. He proposed a new word to replace cool, “waffo,” which is short for “warm form.” [English Australia New or Nonce Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 14, 2004)

Washminster n. The term “Washminster,” coined in 1980 to suggest Australia is somehow a hybrid of the Westminster and Washington systems, misses the point. Australia started off as a child of mixed parentage, and like all children grew up and developed its own personality, developing a distinctively Australian approach to government that differs from that of either parent. Still, we maintain close ties with the US, and there are continuing influences from their system on our own public service. [English Australia Politics] [full cite] (Jul. 6, 2006)

whippy n. A chief of detectives at Kings Cross, Detective Inspector Brian Meredith, had said he was against police taking regular bribes but as far as he was concerned they could pocket “whippy”—money they found on searches—the Police Royal Commission heard yesterday.…“He said to me he was against anyone accepting a “retainer,” as he put it, but if you went somewhere and found a “whippy,” then as far as he was concerned, it was a free-for-all,” Sergeant Scullion said. [English Australia Money & Finance Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 7, 2007)

whippy n. Whippy: money divvied up by police when found during a search. [English Australia Police Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 7, 2007)

yowie n. It was a dress up as what you wanted to be when you were a child affair. So I dressed up as a soldier as you can see in the photos. I wore my yowie hat, youwie shirt, new army pants and my army boots. [English Australia Military] [full cite] (May. 29, 2006)

yowie n. Defence spokesman Major Klaus Boehme says the sniper’s outfit of hessian bags and appropriate camouflage paint evolved from a British idea of about 35 years ago. It had been developed in the mid-1970s when the Army started training snipers, and did not replace the camouflage uniforms worn when in the field. “Someone said about the first person who wore one that he looked like a “yowie,” and it’s been called that ever since,” he said.…Colonel David Oliver in his “yowie” sniper’s outfit and, above right, as he really looks. [English Australia Military] [full cite] (May. 29, 2006)

yowie suit n. Beside the bed lies his combat vest, filled with magazines of live ammunition and festooned with grenades, while hanging next to the Girls of Ralph poster is a sniper’s camouflaged “yowie suit.” [English Australia Military] [full cite] (May. 29, 2006)

yowie suit n. If they saw the pair in their “yowie suits” though it would be a different story. “They are itchy and hot,” Pte Wheeler said. Each sniper designs and decorates—or camouflages—his own “yowie suit” to suit his taste. [English Australia Military] [full cite] (May. 29, 2006)

yowie suit n. The show was designed as a sort of crescendo, beginning with two snipers dressed in Yowie suits, demonstrating the stopping power of the F88 Steyr rifle over 300m. The Yowie suits were pretty impressive too. [English Australia Military] [full cite] (May. 29, 2006)

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