The Queen's English was good enough for Jesus Christ, so it's good enough for me

[venta]

We haven't had one of these in a while... yup, it's a word I use that no one else knows.

If I suggested you get someone to give you a croggy, would you know what I meant? I just used this phrase in the office (for context, to my boss who's currently having transport issues as his car's in dock). He looked at me funny.

He does that a lot anyway, but I think it was the word "croggy" in this instance.

Comments

[rabbit1080.livejournal.com]

having a guess before reading comments ... some kind of extra-warm jumper?

[venta.livejournal.com]

Wow.

No :)

I should have got everyone to guess what they thought it was.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

My first thought was something like a pasty, because my grandad used to eat something with a similar name. Now I'm going to have to try and work out what word I am thinking of.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Presumably you're not thinking of "oggy" ?

[floralaetifica.livejournal.com]

Yep, I reckon she's thinking of oggy. Oggy = pasty.

[rabbit1080.livejournal.com]

:)
Aaaaahhh, the internet says it's a dinkie on a bike. Who'dve thought it.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Yup, the next question was going to be "so what would you call it?"

Glad to hear you have a word for it, even if everyone else is going to say "er, I called it a lift on a bike".

[rabbit1080.livejournal.com]

I tried to find "dinkie" on the internet, but couldn't find any reference at all to ye old Aussie meaning. Crazy.