dusty. not feeling good - not of great quality - less than 'it' should be pertaining to quality: Hit the turps last - feelin pretty dusty this mornin'.
If something has been around for a really long time and it's worn-out, stale, or unoriginal, you can also call it dusty. If you're a stand up comedian whose been working the same act for thirty years, chances are your jokes are getting a little dusty. Definitions of dusty. adjective.
(African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse)
Grose, Disgusting or Ugly: That food looks chat. Contributor's comments: I've never heard "chat" but it was common in my childhood in the 70s to use "chatty". These both no doubt related to the old slang word "chats" = lice. Thus "chatty" is synonymous with "lousy".
Aussie Word of the Week
A blue is a fight, dispute or row. You can bung on a blue, stack on a blue or turn on a blue. The slang word has been around since the 1940s and is used to refer to everything from fisticuffs at the pub to a brawl on the footy field.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
(American slang) Buttocks. Fanny is an extremely offensive Australasian slang term for the female genitalia, so announcing to an Australasian that you ``patted your friend on the fanny'' can can leave him or her with decidedly the wrong impression. The word you are searching for is bum.
If you're feeling unwell, you could say you are crook. If someone is angry, you could say they've 'gone crook'.
noun 1. a person who is poor: They can't afford to go - they're real povos. --adjective 2. poor, or befitting a poor person: povo clothes.
(dʌsti ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If places, roads, or other things outside are dusty, they are covered with tiny bits of earth or sand, usually because it has not rained for a long time.
Short form of Dustin, which is from the Old Norse steinn, meaning "stone". Also made popular as a female name by the 1960s singer Dusty Springfield.
adjective, dust·i·er, dust·i·est. filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust. of the nature of dust; powdery.
Definition of 'not so dusty'
not too bad; fairly well: often in response to the greeting how are you?
dusty (adj.)
early 13c., "filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust," from Old English dustig; see dust (n.) + -y (2). As "of the hue of dust; cloudy" from 1670s. Related: Dustiness.
Covered with dust.
For instance, the Jim-brits or Jimmy Britts, shortened to “the jimmies,” is Australian rhyming slang for diarrhoea; “Jimmy” (or “Jimmy Grant”) is an immigrant, so not only is this a deft expression, it is also a neat insult of the Australians' traditional enemy.
To describe the temperature, when it is cold you can use words such as 'freezing', 'chilly' and 'nippy'. "I went to Melbourne for the weekend. It was freezing!" "It's a bit chilly outside."
Said to a male person as you would say mate. Mostly used by men to other men: How ya going knackers?
Yeah nah yeah = yes. No wonder you're confused! A commonly-used word here is mate, which normally means friend.
Mostly coined in Australia than anywhere else in the world, 'bluey' is (generally) used as an affectionate nickname for a redhead. It is thought by some to have derived from the early 1900s as a form of irony. Blue is evidently contrasting with red, thus being used as a joke.
While some Australian speakers would pronounce “no” as a diphthong, starting on “oh” as in dog and ending on “oo” as in put, others begin with an unstressed “a” (the sound at the end of the word “sofa”), then move to the “oh” and then “oo”.
hottie (plural hotties) (slang, Australia, New Zealand, now rare) Synonym of hotshot. (slang, originally Australia) A physically or sexually attractive person.
Now, imagine if someone does something you're really thankful for, you'd say thanks heaps. So if you're having computer problems and IT comes and saves the day, you'd say "thanks heaps mate!" And finally, ta, this is a fancy way of saying thank you.