What does busted me plugger mean?

A few quick translations: "Busted my plugger" means "broke my sandal."
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What are pluggers Australian slang?

a pair of thongs (footwear) with only one plug under the foot to hold the footwear together: you just blew the back out of my pluggers.
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Why do they call thongs pluggers?

'plugger / pluggers' meaning

Traditional name for flip flops, or thongs – not the underwear, but the rubber types of sandel like shoes that are worn on the feet. Comes from the “plug” that exists that keeps the shoes together, where the parts that go over the toes and feet plug into the flat base.
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What does a shark biscuit mean?

noun Australian jocular. a bodyboard. a young or inexperienced surfer.
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What means a plug?

A plug (or the plug) is a person who has the ability to get or supply hard-to-find items, especially drugs.
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Most Aussie guys ever foil robbery despite a 'busted plugger'



What does busting mean in Australia?

Urgently needing to urinate.
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What is a stubbies and singlets party?

(A stubby is the Australian slang term for a 375ml bottle of beer; a singlet is a cut-off vest). After the party, the two men headed to a nearby “servo” (gas station) for a snack, when they saw an alleged robbery in progress at a chicken restaurant.
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What is servo Australia?

Servo = Service or Gas Station

A servo is a service or gas station, as in, a place where you fill up your car with petrol.
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What is Australian slang for girl?

Aussie Slang Words For Women:

Sheila. Chick. Woman. Lady.
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What does bottle o mean in Australia?

bottle-o (plural bottle-os) (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A bottle shop. (Australia, informal, obsolete) A door-to-door trader in used bottles.
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What is a bogan Australian?

Bogan is the most significant word to be created in Australian English in the past 40 years. It is defined as "an uncultured and unsophisticated person; a boorish and uncouth person" in the 2016 edition of the Australian National Dictionary.
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What is a beer Stubbie?

A short glass bottle used for beer is generally called a stubby, or originally a steinie. Shorter and flatter than standard bottles, stubbies pack into a smaller space for transporting.
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What does chinwag mean in Australia?

'Chinwag' meaning

To have a chat, also known as having a yarn. Chatting or talking with someone, where the persons chin will literally be wagging as they talk. Chinwag usually implies that it is a fairly unimportant conversation.
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What is Oz slang for?

When Aus or Aussie, the short form for an Australian, is pronounced for fun with a hissing sound at the end, it sounds as though the word being pronounced has the spelling Oz. Hence Australia in informal language is referred to as Oz.
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What does OG mean in Australia?

He says that OG stands for Old Government".
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What is a chinwag British slang?

Definition of chin-wag

(Entry 1 of 2) chiefly British, informal. : a friendly conversation : chat "If I get 15 minutes—the kids are at school, everyone's brushed their teeth, they've eaten—I can sit with a coffee and call a girlfriend, and just have a chin-wag."—
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What does tête à tête mean in English?

1 : a private conversation between two persons. 2 : a short piece of furniture (such as a sofa) intended to seat two persons especially facing each other. tête-à-tête.
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Where did the saying chinwag come from?

THE word “chinwag” – famously used by President Obama following talks with Australia's prime minister, Welsh woman Julia Gillard – originally came from a drowned Welsh village, a historian claims.
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What is a Darwin stubby?

A Darwin Stubby refers to several large beer bottle sizes in Australia. It was first introduced in April 1958 with an 80-imperial-fluid-ounce (2,270 ml; 76.9 U.S. fl oz) capacity. The 2.25-litre (76.1 U.S. fl oz; 79.2 imp fl oz) Darwin Stubby has an iconic, if kitsch status in Australian folklore.
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When did stubby beer bottles stop?

Farewell to the reliable old stubby

In the spring of 1984, the Canadian brewing industry makes an expensive but inevitable decision: to abandon the short, brown, uniquely Canadian "stubby" bottles in favour of the taller, slimmer "American-style" bottles.
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How do I offend someone in Australia?

14 Ways to Annoy an Australian
  1. Talk About Sports. ...
  2. Confuse Them with New Zealanders. ...
  3. Demonstrate a Terrible Australian Accent. ...
  4. Criticise Their BBQ. ...
  5. Pom, Pommy, Pommie. ...
  6. Compliment Men on their Macho-ness. ...
  7. Take Them Down Memory Lane. ...
  8. Criticise Crocodile Dundee.
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What is the most Australian word?

The 25 most common Australian slang words
  • See ya this arvo - See you this afternoon.
  • Being dacked – When someone pulls your pants down.
  • Give a wedgie – When someone pulls your pants up your bum.
  • Dunny - toilet, bathroom – D'ya know where the dunny is, mate?
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What do Australians call liquor stores?

Bottle-o: this is what Aussies often call a liquor store.
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