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The companion volume to the author's A Dictionary of Kiwi Slang, 25,000 sold. This collection expands into catchphrases, commentaries, jokes, ditties and characters contributing to Kiwi English as we use it, and includes a revised an updated version of The Dinkum Kiwi Dictionary, which has been out of print in the nineties. New slang like lomu-ed, the Otahu sidestep, Ruthanasia, shark biscuit. Why would you stop a Presbyterian? How could Frank Bunce play piano while pouring concrete? What is the Australian haka? Who is the Screaming Skull? Where is Dorkalofa? Do you know the difference between a goneburger, a turboburger and a wallyburger? Who are Les Miserables Bastards and why don't they like kiwifruit? All is revealed in this double-value sequel to the first slang collection.McGill, David is the author of 'McGill's Dictionary of Kiwi Slang, Catchphrases, Characters and Kiwiosities' with ISBN 9780959797961 and ISBN 0959797963.
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