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Bodgies and Widgies — refer to a youth subculture that existed in Australia and New Zealand in the 1950s, similar to the Teddy Boy culture in the UK or Greaser culture in the US. The males were called Bodgies and the females were called Widgies. Bodgies were well… … Wikipedia
Christina Di Bona — (b. 7 May 1991), is an Australian Artist and Painter. She is predominately known for creating Contemporary Portraiture based on iconic personalities and contemporary celebrities. She also creates Abstract Expressionist artworks. Contents 1… … Wikipedia
Bodge — 1. do something incorrectly but so as to make it appear right; to do something or make something in a sloppy manner: I bodged together a few examples ; 2. ruin; wreck: Now you ve really bodged it ; 3. (in the 1950s and 60s) a young man belonging… … Dictionary of Australian slang
Bodgy — 1) worthless or faulty product ( That watch is a bit bodgy! ); false; assumed; bad; 2) (in 1950s and 60s) young man belonging to an anti social subculture (known as bodgies and widgies) that rejected the morality and general world view of the… … Dictionary of Australian slang
bodge — Australian Slang 1. do something incorrectly but so as to make it appear right; to do something or make something in a sloppy manner: I bodged together a few examples ; 2. ruin; wreck: Now you ve really bodged it ; 3. (in the 1950s and 60s) a… … English dialects glossary
bodgy — Australian Slang 1. worthless or faulty product ( That watch is a bit bodgy! ); false; assumed; bad; 2. (in 1950s and 60s) young man belonging to an anti social subculture (known as bodgies and widgies) that rejected the morality and general… … English dialects glossary
sharpies — n pl Australian members of a short lived teenage youth movement of the 1950s who were con temporaries of the bodgies and widgies. Sharpies were short haired, aggressive and less flamboyant than the teddy boy like bodgies … Contemporary slang
bodgie — There are two senses of the word bodgie in Australian English, both probably deriving from an earlier (now obsolete) word bodger. The obsolete bodger probably derives from British dialect bodge to work clumsily . In Australian English in the… … Australian idioms
Bogan — The term bogan (pronEng|ˈboʊgən, rhyming with slogan ) is Australian and New Zealand English slang, usually pejorative, for a person who is, or is perceived to be, of a lower class background. According to the stereotype, the speech and… … Wikipedia
Bodgie — is an Australian word meaning:*Dubious, suspect, or of inferior quality, probably synonymous with the British dodgy .* It also refers to the male of Bodgies and Widgies, an Australian youth subculture of the 1950s … Wikipedia
