O27

An older type of toy electric train, so named beccause it was meant to travers a 27 inch diameter curve. Usually sold as a cheaper version of O Gauge, a common train typified by makers such as Lionel. O27 was made by Ives, Lionel, Marx and K-Line. It is still made by Lionel.

O27 has the same gauge (distance bwteen outer rails) as regular O Gauge trains. This distance is 1 and 1/4 inches.

I have one of those Marx O27 sets.

The O27 is not as fancy as O Gauge, but it is a lot of fun!

by Tom from the Shore December 12, 2007

Australian Intellectual

A drunk. So called because Australians have a well-deserved reputation for excessive drinking. It is one of the few things at which they excel, probably because most of them are of Irish or Scottish ancestry.

Benny used to be okay, but since he's been hitting the sauce he has become a real Australian intellectual.

by Tom from the Shore April 02, 2008

Australian rocket science

Manual labor, especially any kind of digging. So called because Australians are also known as "diggers" and the implication that they are not very smart.

If you do not finish high school, you will end up doing Australian rocket science for a living.

by Tom from the Shore November 10, 2007

Sky hook

Among soldiers in the 1970s, there was no such thing as a sky hook. It was a fictional item used to send rookies on a wild goose chase.

"Private, go over to Charlie Battery and ask them if they can lend yo ua sky hook."

by Tom from the Shore November 19, 2007

Australian genius

A person who is insane, mentally ill, retarded or mentally deficient.

That half-wit is a genuine Australian genius!

by Tom from the Shore November 09, 2007

Australian babysitter

A bartender. So called because Australians gets so drunk that the bartender feels more like a babysitter.

Jimmy is the Australian babysitter at Mickey's Pub.

Joe had a side job as Australian babysitter at a gin mill

by Tom from the Shore September 14, 2012