Slang permeates Australian society – it can be found in pubs and RSLs, at footy matches and on TV soaps, in the hallowed halls of parliament, in schoolyards (often behind the dunnies), and up the backyard round the barbie. Macquarie's Best Aussie Slang provides a doorway to dip into this wonderful world. Some features of this edition include:
• definitions written in accessible colloquial English – simple and easy to understand
• historical treatment of important items of Aussie slang: fair dinkum, Anzacs, humping the bluey, bludger, etc.
• rhyming slang
• special attention given to slang phrases
- not happy Jan!
- I hope your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down
- useful as a roo bar on a skateboard
- silly as a two-bob watch
- mad as a cut snake
- don't come the raw prawn with me
• regional slang gathered from contributors from all over the country
