Why are toilets called dunnies?

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. The word comes from British dialect dunnekin meaning an 'earth closet, (outside) privy' from dung + ken 'house'.
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What is dunnies slang for?

: toilet especially : one outdoors : privy.
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Why are toilets called Dunnys?

A: It dates from the early 1800s, Scottish in origin, from dung + ken (house) to give “dunnekin” as another name for the outhouse. Once the toilet moved inside, Australians and New Zealanders dropped the kin and kept with the dunny.
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What do Aussies call a toilet?

dunny – a toilet, the appliance or the room – especially one in a separate outside building. This word has the distinction of being the only word for a toilet which is not a euphemism of some kind. It is from the old English dunnykin: a container for dung. However Australians use the term toilet more often than dunny.
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Why is a toilet called a khazi?

Khazi. Another slightly dated alternative word to the toilet, 'khazi' (also spelt karzy, kharsie or carzey) is derived from the low Cockney word 'carsey', meaning a privy. It has its roots in the nineteenth century, but gained popular usage during the twentieth century.
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Why is a toilet called a Jake?

In 16th century England, Jake was a common nickname for a yokel — a hick. In the days when there was no indoor plumbing as we enjoy today, "Jakes" or "Jake's House" made for useful euphemisms for the latrine.
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Why do Cockneys call a house a drum?

Drum and Bass is Cockney slang for Place.

The word drum was originally used to describe a room or prison cell or even a road. It then became confined to only mean the home. Finally this was rhymed with Drum and Bass giving its modern interpretation.
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How do you say poop in Aboriginal?

GOONA. This word will definitely make any Murri laugh - even the deadly flash ones. Why? Because 'Goona' means "poop" and saying "poop" in any language is hilarious.
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How do you say pee in Australia?

17. In Australia, we don't call it “urinating.” We call it, “taking a piss” or “having a slash.” 18. In Australia, we don't call some people “white trash.” We call them “bogans.”
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What do Aussies call ketchup?

Ketchup is underrated. We call it tomato sauce in Australia.
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Is the word dunny rude?

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 do Aussies call a duvet?

What Is A Doona? Doona is a commonly used term in Australia for a quilted insert that sits in a doona cover and is the top layer of your bedding. Typically filled with feathers or other manufactured materials, it is also trademarked property of The Tontine Group, responsible for many of the quilts Australians enjoy.
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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 Kiwis call a toilet?

New Zealand and Australia share many words. Dunny, a colloquial word for a toilet, is one of them. The public toilets in Ōtorohanga are graced with various words meaning toilet, including dunny, and the Māori term wharepaku.
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What is a Scungy?

/ (ˈskʌndʒɪ) / adjective scungier or scungiest. Australian and NZ informal miserable; sordid; dirty. GOOSES.
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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 Bogan mean in Australian slang?

Bogan. (Noun) An uncouth or uncultured person. See also: feral, ratbag, reptile, bevan etc.
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How do you say pee in British?

Additional synonyms
  1. urinate,
  2. wee (informal),
  3. pee (slang),
  4. tinkle (British, informal),
  5. piddle (informal),
  6. spend a penny (British, informal),
  7. pass water,
  8. wee-wee (informal),
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What's a Pantsman in Australia?

Noun. pants man (plural pants men) (Australia, slang) A promiscuous male.
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What is a ripper bloke?

​[uncountable] (especially Australian English) a thing that is particularly good. Paul's last show was a ripper. a ripper of a something He's a ripper of a bloke to have a beer with.
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What do Australians call a refrigerator?

“Ridgy-didge” is also a common word for a refrigerator (rhyming slang for “fridge”).
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What does bread and duck under the table mean?

bread and duck under the table - a facetious reply to being asked the content of the next meal, possibly an expression dating from the depression when there may have been little else than bread to eat.
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Why do Cockneys call a watch a kettle?

The term means watch, which stemmed from a 'fob' watch which was a pocket watch attached to the body with a small chain. The kettle used to boil on the hob of a stove… hence the rhyme.
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Why does rabbit mean talk?

In British English, "to rabbit (on about something)" is "to talk", and it appears that it comes from rhyming slang ("rabbit & pork" = "talk", shortened to "rabbit").
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Why is 200 called a bottle?

bottle = two pounds, or earlier tuppence (2d), from the cockney rhyming slang: bottle of spruce = deuce (= two pounds or tuppence). Spruce probably mainly refers to spruce beer, made from the shoots of spruce fir trees which is made in alcoholic and non-alcoholic varieties.
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