re Amos' comments on Nov 20th re "no problem " instead of "you're welcome" :

It's taking over Down Under too : this "No probs / not a problem / no problem".   We used to say "No Wurries"(Worries), or alternatively, "She's right, mate" ....

"Dickhead" has long been a very common descriptor in Oz (er .... does that mean we have a lot of them?!). ... and to a lesser extent, "Knobhead".   

"Bloody Nong" used to be common in the 50s. Then "you little Twerp" and "Twit" were popular in the 60s. "Piehead" and "Pillock" also.
"You bloody sod" I think goes back to at least WWII ....

"Fishbrain" or "Fishwit" seem to have been taken over by "Dickbrain" and "Fuckwit" - or perhaps it's just the circles I move in?? :~)



Slight thread creep here, but I hafta say how much my partner and I hate "Buddy" : it's OK for Nth Americans, and it's OK for Scuba Divers, but to be called Buddy in Oz reeeeeally grates!!!


Cheers!
R-J