Dictionary of Aussie colloquialisms
Thought you might need some explaination of a few of the words that appear in the “School’s Out” episodes!
So here goes:
“Bluey” or “wifey” is the word we use for blue working man’s singlets………called “Blueys” because they are navy blue, or “wifeys” or “wife beaters” because those who wear them may ……….well use your imagination!
“Muck up Day” is the last day of high school when the kids let their hair down and ‘muck up’
“Stubbies” refer to particular shorts worn by tradesmen in the summer. “Stubbies” are also small bottles of beer, so you need to make sure that you don’t mix these two up and try to drink the shorts and wear the beer!
“Oompa Loompa’s” are the little orange people who work in the chocolate factory in “Willy Wonka” (the Gene Wilder version, not the Johnny Depp version)
ENTER score is the final single score (made up of all the kids marks for each subject and after standardisation) that each student is allocated as a combination of their results at the end of the year. It is the ENTER score that the Universities use as a basis for offering places at Uni.
I hope this makes the content of School’s Out easier for you to navigate!!!