What does cack mean in Australia?

cack (third-person singular simple present cacks, present participle cacking, simple past and past participle cacked) (Australian slang) To laugh. I had to cack when you fell down the stairs.

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Is cack a rude word?

rude slang To ruin, bungle, or make a mess of something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cack" and "up." The government really cacked up the new online system for filing tax returns.

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What does cack yourself mean?

You could also cack yourself, meaning to laugh yourself silly.

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Where does the word cack come from?

The direct association is with cack, another fine Old English term, for excrement or dung. Cachus was Old English for a privy, and both words come from Latin cacare, to defecate.

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What does but mean in Australian slang?

Thus "But I didn't do it!" is the same as saying "I didn't do it, but!" Contributor's comments: North of Lake Illawarra "but" is often used as in Sydney, South of the lake "Ay" is used. Interestingly "Neh (like Nair)" is used in place of "isn't it?" as in "It's hot, neh!"

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How do Australian girls say no?

But when people began to realise that “naur” is actually the genuine way Australians pronounce “no”, it sent the world into a spin.

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What is YEET in Australia?

As an exclamation, yeet broadly means "yes". But it can also be a greeting, or just an impassioned grunt, like a spoken dab.*

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What does cack up mean?

(slang) Having a disproportionate amount of a substance applied upon (having a figurative cake of makeup, etc.) coordinate term ▼ She had a caked-up face after applying all layers of the blusher.

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What does it mean to cack it?

dialectal : to discharge excrement. dialectal : vomit.

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What does cack handed mean in slang?

cack-hand·​ed ˈkak-ˌhan-dəd. British : left-handed sense 1. British : clumsy, awkward.

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What does getting Cacked mean?

What does the word cucked mean? According to Urban Dictionary, the word cucked means getting taken advantage of or defied knowingly by a group of enemies or one malicious enemy.

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What does Cacks mean in Ireland?

cacks pl (plural only) (Ireland) Trousers. (Bristol) Underpants.

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What does cacker mean in gypsy?

* Also 'kak'. cacker. Noun. 1. Gypsy, traveller.

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What does numpty mean in Australia?

This is a form of politically correct abuse, it means nothing, abbreviates nothing, is not jargon, it is a non-term but implies "you are a non-entity" which is as close to abuse as one can get in the p.c., good working relationship, touchy feely, modern defence service environment: Instructor to student group, "You're ...

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What does cack mean in Scottish?

cack, kach, keech: excrement.

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What does Narky mean in Australia?

(UK, Australia, Ireland, slang) Irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging.

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What is stuffed in Australian slang?

In Australia "stuffed" often means tired. Eg "I can't come around to your house tonight, I'm utterly stuffed after work".

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What does slapper mean in Australia?

quotations ▼ (countable, UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) A woman of loose morals.

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What does loose mean in Australia?

It didn't take to long to realize that in Australia, loose has an additional meaning. To put it simply, it means getting “drunk”, “wild”, and “out of control”. For example, “last weekend Hamish got so loose, it was hilarious”.

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What does Gobbing mean in Australian slang?

To gob (verb) is to to spit violently.

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What does knackered mean Australia?

"Knackered" meaning tired, exhausted or broken in British and Irish slang is commonly used in Australia, Ireland, Newfoundland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. In southern parts of Australia, if something is rendered useless or broken by an inept person, it is said to be "knackered".

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What does up the duff mean in Australia?

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, colloquial, slang) Pregnant.

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How do Aussie say yes?

Yeah nah yeah = yes. No wonder you're confused! A commonly-used word here is mate, which normally means friend.

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What are 5 Aussie slang words or phrases?

Australian slang: 33 phrases to help you talk like an Aussie
  • Wrap your laughing gear 'round that.
  • Dog's breakfast. ...
  • Tell him he's dreaming. ...
  • A few stubbies short of a six-pack. ...
  • What's the John Dory? ...
  • Have a Captain Cook. ...
  • No worries, mate, she'll be right. ...
  • Fair go, mate. Fair suck of the sauce bottle. ...

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What does YUTE mean in Australia?

A ute (/juːt/ YOOT), originally an abbreviation for "utility" or "coupé utility", is a term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe vehicles with a tonneau behind the passenger compartment, that can be driven with a regular driver's license.

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