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Sheila – slang for "woman", derived from the feminine Irish given name Síle (pronounced [ˈʃiːlʲə]), commonly anglicised Sheila). Yobbo – an Australian variation on the UK slang yob, meaning someone who is loud, rude and obnoxious, behaves badly, anti-social, and frequently drunk (and prefixed by "drunken").
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This is a list of English words derived from Australian Aboriginal languages. Some are restricted to Australian English as a whole or to certain regions of the country. Others, such as kangaroo and boomerang , have become widely used in other varieties of English , and some have been borrowed into other languages beyond English.
Australian slang term, particularly in rural areas, in reference to the blue appearance and traits of the Blue Heeler Australian Cattle Dog. Blue Heelers was a long-running Australian police television drama series. Blue Light Special Slang term for someone being pulled over. [citation needed] Blue Lights
A young girl in Sydney, Australia, came very close to getting hit by a train. She was playing with a hoola-hoop on the platform when it rolled onto the tracks. Then, the girl ran after it and ...
Transportation officials in Australia warned commuters an escaped “individual” was trying to board a train in a western suburb of Sydney. Then surveillance footage showed a horse politely ...
A suburban electric train Spragger (SAR) Employee who applies brakes on rolling stock in yard work [2] Staff System of safe-working used on single track to allow the movement of trains; in its simplest form each block section had a small bar or staff which must be carried by any train moving over the section.
This is the definition of the slang expression, according to Dictionary.com: “Caught in 4k is a phrase that means someone was caught in the act of doing something wrong or foolish and there is ...