Australian Vocabulary Lessons (III)
Once again, Australian language lessons for those in the Northern Hemisphere. I've heard all of these words in daily conversation and/or on TV and radio. Hit the links for the real answers, and try them on your friends and neighbors.
King-hit (verb and noun): a) regicide, to commit regicide (a favorite term among Australians who want to fire the Queen and establish a republic); b) sucker punch; c) a complicated surfing maneuver invented on Bondi Beach that involves a surf board, a sheep, and Crown Lager
Jumbuck (noun): a) a complicated surfing maneuver invented on Bondi Beach that involves a surf board, a sheep, and Crown Lager; b) sheep; c) a nickname for Australia's Parliament
Bowser (noun): a) gas (petrol) pump; b) a complicated surfing maneuver invented on Bondi Beach that involves a surf board, a sheep, and Crown Lager; c) a rude nickname for a politician who is not quick on the uptake
Wowser (noun): a) a complicated surfing maneuver invented on Bondi Beach that involves a surf board, a sheep, and Crown Lager; b) a prude, an ineffably pious person who mistakes this world for a penitentiary and himself for a warder; c) the noise, repeated several times, that groups of Australian men (often construction workers) will make as a particularly attractive young woman passes by. Reputedly the chant that started the Cronulla Beach riots in December 2005.
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