• sickieAbbreviation: ‘a day’s sick leave’‘I’m not going to work tomorrow, I’m going to chuck a sickie’• stubbie375mL bottle of beer. *few stubbies short of a six-pack Also Audio• sandgroperResident of Western AustraliaOrigin: Sand-burrowing desert insect• SheilaA girl or girlfriend, a woman.Origin: Shelah as anglicised spelling of the Irish Gaelic Sile, and it was probably the large [...]
• sickie
Abbreviation: ‘a day’s sick leave’
‘I’m not going to work tomorrow, I’m going to chuck a sickie’
• stubbie
375mL bottle of beer.
*few stubbies short of a six-pack [mentally slow]
Also [Darwin stubbie]
Audio
• sandgroper
Resident of Western Australia
Origin: Sand-burrowing desert insect
• Sheila
A girl or girlfriend, a woman.
Origin: Shelah as anglicised spelling of the Irish Gaelic Sile, and it was probably the large [...]