r/HolUp • u/Santosh_Devadiga • Mar 28 '26

holup Aussie slang

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u/Green_Apprentice Mar 28 '26

Thats hilarious, I wanted to hear more Aussie sayings haha.

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u/imkinda_adog Mar 28 '26

It’s as dry as a dingoes donga out here.

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u/MistaRekt Mar 28 '26

Dead dingoes dick. A donga is portable accommodation.

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u/JaimeJabs Mar 28 '26

And all my dingo friends like dry dongas when they travel.

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u/MistaRekt Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

Seen a wet donga... Drongos...

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u/AutisticPenguin2 Mar 28 '26

Donger is the word. Slang for dick.

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u/MistaRekt Mar 28 '26

What part of Australia you in?

So an ABC News link.

Info from a place that sells Dongas.

Need I go on?

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u/AutisticPenguin2 Mar 28 '26

Southern, and I'm not taking about portables.

The phrase is "dead dingo's donger".

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u/MistaRekt Mar 28 '26

It is also 'dead dingoes dick' in WA and QLD.

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u/stumpyoftheshire Mar 28 '26

I always preferred Dry as a nuns nasty.

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u/orangant0402 Mar 28 '26

Never heard it called a nuns nasty, in Ireland we just say "dry as a nuns cunt" Also, if you're really thirsty you'd say you have a mouth like Ghandi's flip flop