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Aussie Slang Change A Word Trivia Quiz

Add a given letter as a prefix/suffix to the first slang word and you get the second slang word. The Macquarie Dictionary slang definitions of both words are given. Remember, this is Aussie slang according to the Macquarie Dictionary!

A multiple-choice quiz by Engadine. Estimated time: 10 mins.

Author
Engadine

Time
10 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
179,383

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
6 / 15

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829

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Question 1 of 15

1. By adding a T as a prefix to an academic or a pimple you get a young kid (child)!

Answer: (One Word - Six Letters)

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Question 2 of 15

2. By adding an E as a suffix to a casualty ward you get a peculiar person or the act of surveying a house or bank when planning a crime!

Answer: (One Word - Four Letters)

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Question 3 of 15

3. By adding an S as a prefix to a gang of youths you get a prison warder!

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Question 4 of 15

4. By adding an M as a prefix to a utility truck or van you get very drunk!

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Question 5 of 15

5. By adding a K as a suffix to a large reptile you have a worn-out, decrepit old person or a load of rubbish or nonsense!

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Question 6 of 15

6. By adding an S as a prefix to naturally, you get a robbery!

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Question 7 of 15

7. By adding a C as a prefix to something pathetic or daggy you get an eccentric person.

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Question 8 of 15

8. By adding an R as a suffix to the act of disconcerting or confusing someone you get a train!

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Question 9 of 15

9. By adding an A as a suffix to, deride or make fun of, you get a type of club (social)!

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Question 10 of 15

10. By adding an R as a suffix, to failing from nervousness, you get someone overwhelmed by pressure!

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Question 11 of 15

11. By adding an O as a suffix to competition, you get compensation!

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Question 12 of 15

12. By adding an S as a suffix to, the most favoured, you get harness racing!

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Question 13 of 15

13. By adding an S as a suffix to a representative you get the Australian Parliament!

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Question 14 of 15

14. By adding an E as a suffix to, move along with great speed, you get eager!

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Question 15 of 15

15. By adding a P as a suffix to a mate or friend you get a blockhead!

Answer: (One Word - Five Letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. By adding a T as a prefix to an academic or a pimple you get a young kid (child)!

Answer: Tacker

Acker, a noun, is either an academic (also acca) or a pimple (abbreviated from acne)! Tacker, a noun, is a young kid (originally British, specifically Devon and Cornwall dialects).

2. By adding an E as a suffix to a casualty ward you get a peculiar person or the act of surveying a house or bank when planning a crime!

Answer: Case

Cas, a noun, is slang for a hospital casualty ward. Case, a noun, means a peculiar or unusual person, a weirdo, i.e., 'He's a case' (short for nut case). Case, a verb, means to examine or survey (a house, bank, etc) as in planning a crime!

3. By adding an S as a prefix to a gang of youths you get a prison warder!

Answer: Screw

Crew, a noun, is a gang of youths, homeboys, a posse etc, or a group of surfies, skaters, snowboarders etc, or a band, pop group etc, i.e., 'Melbourne's finest rap crew'. Screw, a noun, means a prison warder or wages or even money. Screw, a verb, means to ruin or wreck.

4. By adding an M as a prefix to a utility truck or van you get very drunk!

Answer: Mute

Ute, a noun, is a utility truck or utility van. Mute, an adjective, means very drunk!

5. By adding a K as a suffix to a large reptile you have a worn-out, decrepit old person or a load of rubbish or nonsense!

Answer: Crock

Croc, a noun, is a crocodile! Crock, a noun, is a worn-out, decrepit old person or a person laid-up by ill health, or an old motor car or boat, or nonsense, a load of rubbish, 'That's the biggest crock I've ever heard!'

6. By adding an S as a prefix to naturally, you get a robbery!

Answer: Snatch

Natch, an adverb, means naturally. Snatch, a noun, is a robbery by a quick seizing of goods.

7. By adding a C as a prefix to something pathetic or daggy you get an eccentric person.

Answer: Crank

Rank, an adjective, means very bad, pathetic, daggy, or disgusting. Crank, a noun, means an eccentric person, or one who holds stubbornly to eccentric views. Crank, an adjective, means false or phoney.

8. By adding an R as a suffix to the act of disconcerting or confusing someone you get a train!

Answer: Rattler

Rattle, a verb, means to disconcert or confuse (a person). Rattler, a noun, is a train, i.e., a Red Rattler!

9. By adding an A as a suffix to, deride or make fun of, you get a type of club (social)!

Answer: Razza

Razz, a verb, means to deride, make fun of, and as a noun, it means severe criticism or derision (short for raspberry). Razza, a noun, means a Returned Services League (RSL) Club! This one I've never heard of, I've always called the RSL the 'Rissole'!

10. By adding an R as a suffix, to failing from nervousness, you get someone overwhelmed by pressure!

Answer: Choker

Choke, a verb, in sport means to fail from nervousness when one had previously been succeeding. Choker, a noun, is a sports player who is in a position to win or achieve a high score, as in golf or cricket, but who is overwhelmed by the pressure of the game and does not clinch the promised victory, or one who snatches defeat from the jaws of victory!

11. By adding an O as a suffix to competition, you get compensation!

Answer: Compo

Comp, a noun, is a competition. Compo, a noun, means, in Cricket, a composite ball made from cork and rubber or, elsewise, compensation for injury at or in connection with a person's work, i.e., worker's compensation.

12. By adding an S as a suffix to, the most favoured, you get harness racing!

Answer: Red Hots

Red-hot, a noun, means enthusiastic, keen, avid, extreme, outrageous, highly sexually aroused or arousing, currently the most favoured, i.e., 'A red-hot favourite' (also, red hot). Red Hots, a plural noun,
means horse racing, harness racing (rhyming slang, Red Hots, the Trots)!

13. By adding an S as a suffix to a representative you get the Australian Parliament!

Answer: Reps

Rep, a noun, means a representative, i.e., a union rep, or, alternatively reputation. Reps, a noun, is the House of Representatives!

14. By adding an E as a suffix to, move along with great speed, you get eager!

Answer: Ripe

Rip, a verb, means to move along with violence or great speed or to be excellent, to surf, ski, skate, snowboard, etc, outstandingly. Ripe, an adjective, means ready, keen, eager, or drunk, or obscene or pertaining to obscenity!

15. By adding a P as a suffix to a mate or friend you get a blockhead!

Answer: Chump

Chum, a noun, is a mate or friend (17th Century British slang, origin unknown). Chump, a noun, is a blockhead or dolt!

Source: Author Engadine

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