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Test your AustrEnglish with this quiz

Bogan? Budgie smugglers? Rurosexual? Guess the meaning to new words in the Australian National Dictionary.

Because News AustrEnglish trivia

8 years ago
Duration 1:36
Because News AustrEnglish trivia

Australia is always ahead of the times. Literally. They're, like, a half-day ahead of us on account of time zones. But, until this week, they were behind the times, lexiconically-speaking. In plain English, a new and updated version of the Australian National Dictionary was released. It contains at least 6000 new words, many of them exclusive to the land down under. And they all mean something!

You can test your AustrEnglish down below. By the way, AustrEnglish is not actually a word. We just made it up. Why? Because we can!

1. What is a "bogan"?

* click or scroll over for the answer.

2. What are "budgie-smugglers"?

3. What is a "rurosexual"?

4. What are--ahem--"pubes"?

Hint: they are probably not what you think they are. Honestly. Get your mind out of the gutter.

5. If you have on "trackie-daks", what item of clothing are you wearing?

This week, panelists Aurora Browne, Jan Caruana and Kris Siddiqi, take a crack at codebreaking, sort of. Have a listen as Gavin tests their knowledge of Australian slang.