Hi Lara ...... thanks for asking about me. I've just been a bit quiet, I guess. We've had tons and tons of rain and the grey days tend to make me feel blah.


I was thinking there maybe wasn't much interest in these 'weird words' but if it is just the 2 of us ... then so be it.

Circus school sounds cool!

OK .... back to my line ... (even though you know the meanings of the words)...

"I wonder if Curious saw a funambulist frecking at the circus?"

funabmbulist -[fyoo-nam-byoo-list] - a tightrope walker. The word can also be used figuratively to describe people who think quickly on their feet.

freck - [frek] - an obsolete Scottish word meaning 'to move quickly or nimbly.' Freck can also mean 'keen for mischief, ready for trouble.'

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And now on to your phrases:


a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse = ?
(well a blind horse wouldn't see either a nod or a wink so I guess that means they are meaningless ?)

a bogon = ?
(A bog is a marshy area ... so maybe it means 'travelling over a bog on a sled' - like a toboggan)

bush telegraph = ?
(someone who runs through the bush with a message delivers a 'bush telegraph')

don't come the raw prawn with me = ?
(just don't give me any flack)

kit and kaboodle = ?
(everything including the kitchen sink)

like a two bob watch = ?
(a cheap time piece)

you got the rough end of the pineapple = ?
(don't go wearing pineapple bras)

true blue = ?
(a friend to the end)

fair dinkum = ?
(being honest and treating someone fairly)