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wallaby
small version of the kangaroo

Biologists will tell they're quite different but they look the same to you and me.

Wallaby
player on Australia's national rugby union team

wank
1. masturbate. "Having a quiet wank."
2. bullshit. "This is a lot of wank."

wanker
1. literally, one who masturbates.

2. colloquially, idiot, jerk, person whose behaviour is for self-gratification only, John Winston Howard former Prime Minister of Australia.

westie
Sydney term for urban rednecks

It comes from the fondness of rednecks from the outer western suburbs of Sydney to jam themselves into a souped-up sedan on a Saturday night, zigzag along the freeway at high speeds and zoom through red lights in the CBD alternatively yelling "fuckin’ poofteeeeeeeers!"and "show us yer tits!"

See also: yobbo.

the Wet
sub-monsoonal rain season in northern Australia

The top third of Australia is sub-tropical. It has two seasons: hot & wet and hotter & wetter. The Wet is monsoonal rain in October - November.

whinge
whine

whitefella
white person

Not an insult. Also see: blackfella.

wog
1. the flu or similar virus

Definition in action.

2. Australian of Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Spanish, etc. descent.

Brought into popular use by a group of excellent Greek Australian comedians in a stage show called Wogs Out Of Work.

wowser
party pooper

wuss
pussy

The cowardly sort. Not the furry sort.


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