Couch turf (pronounced 'cooch') is a popular warm-season grass variety in Australia, thanks to its high drought tolerance and soft underfoot. It's one of the toughest turf varieties, and it's used for playing surfaces in stadiums and golf courses.
Here in Australia, the Macquarie DIctionary simply lists lounge as “a sofa or couch”. And in all cases, it's never the first noun meaning – that's reserved for the room.
The word you are searching for is bum. The Australasian meaning of fanny is for some, however, being pushed into oblivion by the repetition of this innocuous American word in the theme song for the sitcom, The Nanny. The preferred Australasian term for fanny pack is bum bag.
Couch grass (Cynodon dactylon) is a warm season grass that originates from Africa. It has become a stalwart in Australian landscapes, thanks to its high drought tolerance, exceptional ability to withstand lots of traffic, and is regularly selected for sporting and recreational uses.
Couch grass or twitch grass (Elymus repens) is an old enemy for many gardeners. Its wiry, underground stems and creeping shoots pop up around garden plants and before long can take over a bed.
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
1. to do a poop: I gotta goona. 2. gunna (pronounced 'goona') = manure: I stepped in dog gunna; That kid is in deep gunna.
Yeah nah yeah = yes. No wonder you're confused! A commonly-used word here is mate, which normally means friend.
a stupid or annoy person.
Widespread throughout Australia and around the world. Some authorities regard it as being indigenous to Australia but it may have been an early introduction. Plant Description: A tough creeping or erect mat-forming perennial grass with stolons (runners/horizontal stems) and rhizomes (underground stems).
/ (kaʊtʃ, kuːtʃ) / noun. a grass, Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weedSometimes shortened to: couch Also called: scutch grass, twitch grass, quitch grass. Slang. Emoji.
Couch produces a dense lush growth. This dark green grass with fine leaf blades is renowned for maintaining a dark green colour even in poor soils. Couch grows well in most soil types from sandy soils to heavy clay and although it prefers moist sites, it has extremely high drought tolerance.
Underdaks, also called underchunders or underdungers, is a colloquial name for your underpants. Daks are trousers, therefore underdaks must logically be underwear. Simple. Aussie slang is full of alternative words for our trousers and underwear.
The term "ocker" is used both as a noun and adjective for an Australian who speaks and acts in a rough and uncultivated manner, using Strine, a broad Australian accent.
bum bag (plural bum bags) (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A small pouch attached to a belt that is worn on the outside of clothing around the waist and used for holding small personal items.
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”.
Opened one's lunchbox is an Australian phrase for fart that, according to Green's, debuted in the “Barry McKenzie” comic strip. You can apparently also say upon tooting that you dropped your lunchbox.
Why do Australians call sweets “lollies”, even when they have no sticks? According to British English from A to Zed by Norman Schur (Harper, 1991) “lolly” derives onomatopoetically for the mouth sounds associated with sucking or licking. The word “lollipop” came later.
“Sack”. “A sack” or “The sack”, this is a noun.
Munns Professional Couch Lawn Seed blend is a premium turf grade seed blend coated with an advanced germination booster coating to provide germination within 5-7 days*. Couch is a fine-textured, hard-wearing, rich green lawn that is ideal for high wear areas often associated with pets or children.
What is the difference between Couch and Kikuyu grass? The two types of grass look similar, however couch grass has flattened seed heads as opposed to Kikuyu grass which has cylindrical seed heads.
In combination with high temperatures, prolonged periods of rainfall are most conducive to this disease. During these periods management stresses will only worsen the symptoms. Symptoms often become more apparent under moisture stress.