What does my dunny mean?

: toilet especially : one outdoors : privy.
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What does Dunny mean in slang?

A toilet. The dunny was originally any outside toilet. In cities and towns the pan-type dunny was emptied by the dunny man, who came round regularly with his dunny cart. Dunny can now be used for any toilet.
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Is Dunny a rude word?

The word “Dunny” is Australian slang for toilet or outhouse. Technically “Dunny” isn't a rude word but not many people on average say the word dunny.
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What are dunnies on a girl?

dunny. noun (Austral. & old-fashioned N.Z. informal) toilet, lavatory, bathroom, loo (Brit. informal), W.C., bog (slang), Gents or Ladies, can (U.S. & Canad.
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What is a dunny man?

dunny man (plural dunny men) (Australia, colloquial, now chiefly historical) Someone employed to empty the cesspit from a basic toilet which is not attached to a plumbing system. quotations ▼
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Why do they call it dunny paper?

The word dunny appears to come from the French word Dunegan meaning privy – Dunnakin. The first Australian print reference was in 1952.
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What was a night cart?

: a cart for removing night soil.
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Is dag a bad word?

Dag is an Australian and New Zealand slang term, also daggy (adjective). In Australia, it is often used as an affectionate insult for someone who is, or is perceived to be, unfashionable, lacking self-consciousness about their appearance and/or with poor social skills yet affable and amusing.
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What does dag mean in texting?

DAG means "Damn."
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What does Onya mean in Australian?

informal Australian. An exclamation of approval; good on you! 'they're the leading qualifiers for the next round. Onya fellas!
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What does Chokkie mean?

Brekkie -Breakfast. Chockers – Very full. Chokkie – Chocolate. Cuppa – A cup of tea.
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What is slang for toilet?

commode. crapper (coarse slang) crapper trapper (coarse slang, rare) devil's back roads (slang, rare) dunny (AU&NZ, slang)
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What does dummy mean in slang?

slang a stupid person; fool. derogatory, slang a person without the power of speech; mute. informal a person who says or does nothing. a person who appears to act for himself while acting on behalf of another. (as modifier)a dummy buyer.
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Is dunny an Australian word?

Dunny is Australian/New Zealand slang for a toilet.
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What does Donny mean in Australia?

(Australia and New Zealand slang) Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a latrine; a lavatory; a toilet.
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What does cheeky mean in Australia?

Cheeky: Used widely in Aboriginal Australia, the word cheeky isn't only used to refer to insolence but also behaviour that is dangerous. A dog prone to biting people, for example, would be described as “cheeky”.
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What does Daggy mean in Australian slang?

There's the adjective daggy, which means "unkempt, scruffy," and which is a bit deprecatory, but could be worse considering it's a close cousin of dag.
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What is a ripper in Australian slang?

ripper (not comparable) (Britain, Australia, slang) Very good; excellent; fantastic.
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What does dobbing mean in Australia?

verbWord forms: dobs, dobbing or dobbed (adverb) Australian and New Zealand informal. 1. ( transitive) to inform against or report, esp to the police.
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What does Bubby mean in Australia?

noun. informal Australian. A baby, a small child. Often as a familiar form of address.
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Do Kiwis say g day?

(good day): Used interchangeably with hello and hi, but more characteristically Australian/New Zealand, and perhaps the most informal of these options. Also used in the constructions G'day, mate (a greeting to a friend or acquaintance) and G'day, stranger (ironically, to a friend not seen in some time).
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What does Jack mean in Australia?

“Jacks” as slang for “police” is indeed common in the UK as well as in Australia, but virtually unknown in the US, although “Jacks” may have a close relative in US slang.
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What was a night soil man?

“Night soil” was the name euphemistically given to human waste because it was removed from privies under the cloak of darkness so that polite society would be spared from confronting its own feces as the men carted the crap away, leaving a trail of stench in their wake.
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How do you say girl in Australia?

It's usually Sheila I believe - it's just a girl's name which, for some reason, has come to be used to denote all females there.
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Why do the British call the bathroom the loo?

Loo. Despite being a very British word for toilet, 'loo' is actually derived from the French phrase 'guardez l'eau', which means 'watch out for the water'.
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