This is Orstraylian…

From an email doing the rounds…

The following are the results from an OZ-words Competition where entrants were asked to take an Australian word, alter it by one letter only, and supply a witty definition.

(Clearly, you need to be an Aussie – or a fan of their language – to understand…)

Billabonk: to make passionate love beside a waterhole

Bludgie: a partner who doesn’t work, but is kept as a pet

Dodgeridoo: a fake indigenous artefact

Fair drinkum: good-quality Aussie wine

Flatypus: a cat that has been run over by a vehicle

Mateshit: all your flat mate’s belongings, lying strewn around the floor

Shagman: an unemployed male, roaming the Australian bush in search of sexual activity

Yabble: the unintelligible language of Australian freshwater crustaceans

Bushwanker: a pretentious drongo, who reckons he’s above average when it comes to handling himself in the scrub

Crackie-daks:’hipster’ tracksuit pants.

And for the Kiwi’s amongst us:

Shornbag: a particularly attractive naked sheep