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Dinky Die 

Through and through, or thoroughly believing in or supporting something or someone ('a dinky die supporter'). An authentically Australian item or person.

To be 'dinky die' is usually referring to being very Australian or behaving in a very Australian manner, or to be authentically Australian made.

Usually referred to as a 'dinky-die true-blue dead-set legend' just to use in conjunction with other Australian turns of phrase. A slightly more respectable turn of phrase than being ocker
"he's as dinky die as you get"

"If its Australian, its dinky die!'
Dinky Die by selvero September 16, 2009
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dinky die ridgy didge true blue fair dinkum dead set wanker

an Australian; a person who is a citizen of Australia
Yes, I'm a dinky die ridgy didge true blue fair dinkum dead set wanker. Welcome to Australia, cobber.

a dinky die ridgy didge true blue fair dinkum dead set wanker 

Geoff - "How would you describe an Aussie?"
Frank - "a dinky die ridgy didge true blue fair dinkum dead set wanker"

boocoo dinky dau or beaucoup dien cai dau 

Crazy or crazy in the head. Derived from half French half Vietnamese. Boocoo (Beaucoup) Dien cai dau (Crazy, or literally "crazy head").

A phrase used by Vietnamese street vendors to American GI's to suggest that GI's bargaining offer is crazy. Before Americans stepped onto Vietnamese soil the French were there for around 150 years so their influence can be seen.
1) GI: I will give you 10 cents for that pack of 555 Cigarettes.

Street vendor: "boocoo dinky dau or beaucoup dien cai dau", see-ga-ret phip-tin xu (cigarettes, fifteen cents/piasters).

2) Michael J. Fox: I told them, and they don't care!

Sean Penn: You dinky dau, man, you're "boocoo dinky dau or beaucoup dien cai dau"!! (You're crazy man, you're very crazy in the head!!)

No reference to chicken as suggested by some online interpretation. Although the Sino-Vietnamese word for the Chinese zodiac rooster is Dau there are two kinds of Ds in the Vietnamese language 1) a hard D as in the word Dick, Don, dog; and a soft D prounounce as a Y in the beginning of a word as in Young, yearn, year. The zodiac rooster is with the soft D as in "Yau" not the same as the hard D as in Dau, head.

Sources/Cultural reference:

1) Vietnam Voices: An Oral History of Eleven Vietnam Veterans By James F. Behr

2) Movie: Casualty of War, uttered by Sean Penn

3) HBO SHOW True Blood: PTSD suffering Vietnam Vet Terry wears a T-Shirt with "Warning: : Beaucoup Dien Cai Dau: I suffer from occasional loss of mental stability and become very violent with only slight provocation. The Veterans Administration has determined that both mental and physical harassment of my person may be hazardous to your health and well being. So stay the hell out of my face. Thank you"
Sonion comes from a GIF that is a mix of the word son and onion ( if you use this slang you like dih)
Man 1 says "I drank last night I need a break" Man 2 "Sonion"
Sonion by popularloner67 March 11, 2026
Word of the Day on June 4, 2026

breatharian 

One whos diet consists of air, light, and prana, with a possible sip of water now and then.
The breatharian has air, light, and prana for food.
breatharian by leena gabor November 8, 2005
Word of the Day on June 3, 2026

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026