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If you're cooking up some 'bum nuts', what might your family soon have the pleasure of eating?

Eggs. Just like 'cackle berries', 'bum nuts' are chook eggs!

If you're out and about and spot a 'deadly treadly', what have you seen?

A bicycle. Have you ever come a gutser off a bicycle, I have, and 'deadly treadly' is a 'bloody' good description - I 'buggered' my 'good' knee when my then five year old son rode in front of me and I went arse over t*t, off my bike!

What are 'scungy dungs'?

Underpants. Scungy dungs or scungy dungers - terrible sounding, but they're just underpants, well, specifically, mens underpants - get the picture?

What does the phrase, 'what do you think this is, bush week' mean?

A term of incredulity. The Macquarie Dictionary states that 'bush week' is, "a fictitious week when country people come to town", and, "circumstances in which unsuspecting people are imposed upon." I always ask my kids if they think it's 'bush week' when they ask for something that's way out of line - like a $400+ X-box for Christmas!

If you're as 'mad as a cut snake' what are you?

Very angry. You're very angry and upset, likely to 'lose your cool', 'spit the dummy' or even 'chuck a wobbly'! Can also mean crazy 'as a loon'!

If I said I didn't like your 'clobber', what would I be criticising?

Your clothes. The Macquarie Dictionary states, 'clobber' - "clothes or gear, Sunday clobber" - 19th century British slang, origin unknown.

If you're a 'cacky hander', what are you?

A left handed person. Just like a 'goofy footer ', which is a lefty surfer, a 'cacky hander' is a left handed person. Hey, give them a break, statistically speaking they don't live as long as the rest of us!

What is a 'dead marine'?

An empty beer bottle. After a party or a big night on the 'grog' you're going to have a squillion 'dead marines' to dispose of.

'I'll fix the Jack and Jill', means what?

I'll pay the bill. Usually in a restaurant, you state you'll pay the bill for the meal.

If someone says you're 'a long drink of water', what are you?

Very tall. Just like 'you'd have to run around the shower to get wet' meaning you're as skinny as, 'a long drink of water' means you're very tall!

What's a 'shemozzle'?

A mess. From the yiddish, shlim mazel - a person who always has bad luck. A 'shemozzle' is a colloquial term for a confused state of affairs, a muddle, a mess, an uproar, a row !

If you're 'a sick puppy' what are you?

You're depraved. To be 'a sick puppy' is to be a very depraved, 'sick' person!

If you're called a 'scrubber', what does it mean?

You're an ugly, rough, or immoral girl. A derogatory term for an ugly or unkempt girl or woman, or a girl/woman with 'loose' morals or 'rough' behaviour, where I am from.

What is 'schoolies' week'?

A week's holiday at the end of studies. A week or so of holidays for, specifically, Year 12 students, usually at Surfers Paradise, Queensland, or some other place in the sun, taken after their final exams - my eldest is experiencing 'schoolies' weel' in 2002!

What was a 'six o'clock swill'?

Hectic beer drinking session. Formerly in New South Wales, specifically, this was a hectic session of buying and drinking beers by men in pubs near to closing time, which from 1916 to 1955 was, for many hotels, 6 pm.