Some AIF slang & colloquial expressions used in the text
| Term |
Meaning |
| Bludger |
Someone who dodges duty |
| Bonza |
Excellent |
| Bod |
Body, a person |
| Bully beef |
Tinned Meat |
| Crook |
No good, to be ill, bad |
| Dixie |
Mess tin, food receptacle |
| Doggo |
To lie unnoticed, to remain undetected |
| Don't give a stuff |
Don't give a damn |
| Dud |
Unexploded ammunition, broken, defective |
| Get nicked |
Get knotted, get stuffed, get lost, piss off, go away |
| Get a hammering |
Get a pasting, be under fierce attack, to be punished |
| Gong |
Medal, decoration for valour |
| Give it a burl |
Give it a try, make an attempt |
| Goldfish |
Tinned herrings in tomato sauce |
| Gum leaves |
Leaves from eucalyptus (gum) trees |
| Hard yakka |
Difficult work |
| Hammering |
To suffer losses, to be dealt with severely |
| Jerry |
German |
| M&V |
Tinned meat and vegetables |
| Niggle |
Periodic complaint |
| Off his rocker |
Insane |
| On the loose |
An escapee avoiding recapture |
| Reccie |
Reconnaisance |
| Rise & shine |
Get out of bed, reveille |
| Savvy |
Wise, knowledgeable |
| Scarper |
To shoot through, to disappear |
| Scrounge |
Search about, to appropriate something without permission |
| Shag on a rock |
To stick out like a sore thumb, be noticeable |
| Shoot through |
To disappear quickly, run off |
| Suss out |
Reconnoitre, to solve a problem, to think things through |
| Spine bash |
To be supine, to rest |
| Stuff |
To have sex, be stuffed, beaten, defeated, exhausted |
| Taped |
Correct, marked out properly |
| Tucker |
Food |
| Whacko |
Great, congratulations |
| Whinger |
One who always complains |
| Wipe off |
Completely destroy, not re-usable |
| Wog |
A local native, non-Australian |
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