Packed with classic lines of vernacular humour and incisive observations, The Dinkum Aussie Dictionary will open your eyes to the strangeness and the poetry of Australian lingo. This is a completely revised and expanded edition of this perennial favourite. This dictionary has been published on a need to-know basis. Because Aussies speak like nobody else on this great, wide planet, you need to read this book to really understand what’s going on Down Under. For instance, if someone told you to rattle your dags, what would you do? Are you the sort of lair who likes to stir the possum? And how would you answer someone who says, ‘Have you had a bit too much of the lunatic soup at the rubbity, cobber. These typical examples of Aussie slang sound like complete nonsense, but this book tells you otherwise. Chockers with classic lines and incisive observations, The Dinkum Aussie Dictionary will open your eyes to the strangeness and the poetry of Australian lingo.