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Friday, March 5, 2010

quicko: bludge and mooch

Contrary to Quidditch and cats, these terms actually refer, in Australian slang, to doing nothing. One can also "bludge off" class or "mooch around," say, the shops.

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  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtTj4cramPM

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  2. Actually, I think you've got them around the wrong way. To bludge is to do nothing, to mooch is to scam free food/accommodation from your relatives.

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  3. hmmmm maybe. i really did take them down as direct quotes from an australian ... could it be a regionalism??

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