Tommie Hu$tle
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Anyone know where I can find one?
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Looking for an Australian dictionary online
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As opposed to an English dictionary? I guess your looking for vernacular and slang.. quick google:
http://www.aeo.us/students/aussieterms.html
http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
http://www.aeo.us/students/aussieterms.html
http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
APerfectCircle
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We ah, speak english.
There was a book made last year or so with all the different aussie slang, not sure if it's online but.
There was a book made last year or so with all the different aussie slang, not sure if it's online but.
Tommie Hu$tle
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The word toey doesn't exist in the states so I'm looking for a dictionary that is Australian specific.
American English ≠ Brittish English ≠ Australian English. They are similar but not the same.
American English ≠ Brittish English ≠ Australian English. They are similar but not the same.
APerfectCircle
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toey, if im thinkin the same word, when used in slang is like nervous, as in "i was feeling a bit toey at first." it might be a different word but, i think toey is pure slang. dunno if that helps 
Tommie Hu$tle
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Well the exact phrase was "you'll be as toey as a roman candle". I don't know if nervous is exact translation.
APerfectCircle
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i think it can mean suss aswell, as in "toey looking" i don't understand the candle bit but. theres like so many different ways u can use it
Tommie Hu$tle
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APerfectCircle said:
suss?
SPEAK THE KING'S ENGLISH DAMMIT!
Tommie Hu$tle
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Oh ok. It makes sense now. My friend was talking about how'll I'll act when I get out of Iraq.
Now it's funny.
GAF > google
Now it's funny.
GAF > google
urban dictionary disagrees: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=toey&r=f
well the Macquarie dictionary of aussie slang lists it as
toey
adjective 1. anxious; apprehensive; edgy. 2. keen, ready to go. 3. (of a horse) having an excitable temperament; fast. --phrase 4. toey as a Roman sandal, extremely anxious.
http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/anonymous@FFC75482598+0/-/p/dict/slang-t.html
The Macquarie Dictionary
Since it was first published in 1981, the Macquarie Dictionary has become firmly established as the record of Australian English. Many smaller and specialised dictionaries, as well as thesauruses and other reference works have contributed to Macquarie's reputation as Australia's leading language reference publisher.
Australia's National Dictionary
The Macquarie has been constantly evolving over the past two decades. With the second edition, published in 1991, the Macquarie became encyclopedic, including entries on people and places of Australia and the rest of the world. The third edition, in 1997, made use of Macquarie's corpus of Australian English (Ozcorp), with thousands of illustrative sentences being included from works of Australian literature.
toey
adjective 1. anxious; apprehensive; edgy. 2. keen, ready to go. 3. (of a horse) having an excitable temperament; fast. --phrase 4. toey as a Roman sandal, extremely anxious.
http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/anonymous@FFC75482598+0/-/p/dict/slang-t.html
The Macquarie Dictionary
Since it was first published in 1981, the Macquarie Dictionary has become firmly established as the record of Australian English. Many smaller and specialised dictionaries, as well as thesauruses and other reference works have contributed to Macquarie's reputation as Australia's leading language reference publisher.
Australia's National Dictionary
The Macquarie has been constantly evolving over the past two decades. With the second edition, published in 1991, the Macquarie became encyclopedic, including entries on people and places of Australia and the rest of the world. The third edition, in 1997, made use of Macquarie's corpus of Australian English (Ozcorp), with thousands of illustrative sentences being included from works of Australian literature.
Tommie Hu$tle
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Could mean that too.
Alyssa Hu$tle
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Tommie Hu$tle said:
Let me clarify for everyone, being an Aussie myself.
The Urban Dictionary got the meaning down pat...
TOEY
1. Feeling horny. Wanting to take your partner, or a random there and then and shag them senseless.
2. Horny, turned on and in need of an immediate shag
I'm so toey....get it in me NOW!
When we say "Toey as a roman sandal we mean horny as hell. I can honestly say I have never heard it in any other context, certainly not for trepidation. I am not saying this is not another meaning for the word, I am just saying that is not the way we use it here.
Now, I guess it does depend on the context in which it was used with you Tommie Boy. However, if I may be so bold as to hazard as guess, I imagine that with you being in Iraq and all, the meaning was intended as described in the Urban Dictionary.
You agree?
Alyssa Hu$tle
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Zaptruder said:
That depends if anyone was game enough to make a move seriously thinking I was a female.
So you think I'm hot honey
Tommie Hu$tle
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Zaptruder said:
*grabs popcorn & sits back for the fireworks*
This is going to be fun.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Tommie Hu$tle said:
i think it's 'sandal'
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