Definitions by mungaboy

Kangaroo 

Informal; Northern Territory
Relationship that operates as it if legally or blood bound without actually being bound in either way.

eg. chosen family, marriage without paperwork

“yeah they’re married” “like legally?” “nah that’s his kangaroo wife”

“that’s my kangaroo cousin, so we’re not related by blood”

Kangaroo by mungaboy December 15, 2022