1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 98: If you suspect their grip on reality is tenuous, they’re not the full quid, they’re a shingle short, or they’ve got kangaroos in their top paddock.at shingle short, a, adj.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 98: A bloke who doesn’t know what he’s about doesn’t know if he’s Arthur or Martha. Everything he does is all over the place like a mad woman’s custard.at all over the place like a mad woman’s shit, phr.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 27: LES: Woss er problem? Got a face like a wet week.at like a wet week under like a..., phr.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 58: Check it out — coulden organise a piss-up in a brewery. Ace it up son — yer burnin the snags!at ace it up (v.) under ace, v.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 106: Suppose we get this, tart to one side [and] see if we can buy er off? [...] Really put the acid on -see if she bites.at put the acid on (v.) under acid, n.2
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 14: SHANE: Just some blonde tart I conned up at Selina's. Top sort. GAZZA: Shit eh? SHANE: Yeah, all over me like a rash, she was.at all over, adj.2
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 7: MACKA: She’s with some turkey. SHANE: The smooth bastard with the mo? MACKA: Whinecha go over an see if ya can white ant im?at white-ant, v.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 9: They hop in Macka's car but they're not even out of the car park when it dies in the arse.at die in the arse under arse, n.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 58: Mr Foster reckons he'd rather spend the weekends at home than tear-arsing around the countryside.at tear arse, v.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 98: A bloke who doesn’t know what he’s about doesn’t know if he’s Arthur or Martha. [...] Such people often get things arse about face and anything they’re involved in is very muddled and runs on Rafferty’s Rules.at arse about face under arse, n.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 63: When a player makes a good play it’s a ball-tearer, unless he’s one of the opposition, in which case it’s pure arse.at arse, n.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 70: LES. Where ja get that? [i.e.a car] Wodid that set ya back? SHANE. We’re not all on the bones of our arse.at on the bones of one’s arse under arse, n.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 44: DAVO: Ow’s Shane? Eary landed onnis feet with this new job. LES: In with some arty farty advertisin mob.at arty-farty, adj.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 75: A lot of these places are B.Y.O. so you Bring Your Own grog, often in your own Esky.at b.y.o., phr.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 81: The Outback is somewhere out the back of Bourke, Woop Woop and Bullamakanka, the other side of the rabbit-proof fence.at back of Bourke under back, adv.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 25: A crim gives backhanders to the pollies (politicians) and knocks blokes off.at back-hander, n.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 88: SHANE. I musta knocked back a few. AARON. Ya were paraletic.at knock back, v.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 63: When a player makes a good play it’s a ball-tearer, unless he’s one of the opposition, in which case it’s pure arse.at ball-tearer (n.) under balls, n.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 42: The Australian populace is divided into four distinct groupings: eastern states, [...] banana benders (Queenslanders), crow eaters (South Australians) and gropers or sandgropers (Western Ausgrtalians).at banana bender (n.) under banana, n.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 87: If the tart shows a certain enthusiasm for sexual activity, she’s said to bang like the dunny door in a gale.at bang like a shithouse door (in a gale) (v.) under bang, v.1
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 63: Players frequently go the bash, and so sometimes one of them ends up a cot case.at go the bash (v.) under bash, n.1
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 1: Meet the Foster family. Mr Foster is a battler. His name is Les. He lives in Darlo. He works as a garbo. He wants to win the Lotto.at battler (n.) under battle, v.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 5: An Australian [...] may be lucky enough to get a good root but he never spears the bearded clam or threads the eye of the golden doughnut.at spear the bearded clam (v.) under bearded clam, n.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 58: Mrs Foster and Shirl sit down and start flapping their gums, and Jason .is left in charge of cooking the snaggers.at beat one’s gums, v.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 81: Before long someone else will stick their bib in, and [...] some bloke decides to go the knuckle and gets done over.at stick one’s bib (in) (v.) under bib, n.
1986 C. Bowles G’DAY 7: Shane and his friend Macka are going to the disco. [...] Shane is Stone Motherless but has put the bite on his old man for ten bucks.at put the bite on (v.) under bite, n.1