A fork of Rural Dictionary
Crook is Australian slang for feeling sick as in, "I'm feelin' real crook, mate." It can also mean something that is distasteful as in, "That's crook!" Rookwood Cemetery is located in Sydney, Australia, so something must be real bad or rotten to say it's as crook as Rookwood.
"Mate, seriously, she was as crook as Rookwood."
The most annoying person in a pub or bar.
Here comes the pub pest. I'm outta here!
An understanding and sympathetic person people turn to in a pub or bar to talk about their problems.
He got it all sorted after speaking to the pub psychologist.
The low life who moves in on your table or chair and claims it as their own while you're in the toilet or at the bar.
‘Mate, can you look after my table while I'm at the bar ‘cause I don’t want a table thief claiming it.’
A promiscuous male known more for his political pillow talk than a man of action.
Like all good strumpets he was able to use what was said in the heat of the moment to his political advantage.
Aussie vernacular for a problem that has been solved or sorted.
We had our differences but we got it sorted.
A person is too hot to sleep when they have binged, over-indulged and pigged-out on enough stimulants to render them incapable of sleep, waking everybody in the neighbourhood who can. '
‘He's been on it for daze....' 'Yeah, he's too hot to sleep.'