Dog's breakfast

dogz BREK-fist · noun

Used to explain something that's chaotic or a complete mess.

"The new roundabout's a dog's breakfast."

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Dog's dinnersame thing, later in the day

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  • Yeah nah

    No. Starting with yeah makes it sound a bit more friendly.

  • Arvo

    Afternoon. Used heaps by basically everyone.

  • Fair dinkum

    Genuine, true, no word of a lie. Also a question: "Fair dinkum?"

  • Servo

    Petrol station. Also where you buy a pie, milk and a bag of ice at 11pm.

  • Dunny

    Toilet. Traditionally an outhouse down the back of the yard, now any toilet at all.

  • Flog the eyeballs off it

    Use something as hard and as often as you can, usually a car or a tool.