Not used since decimal currency was introduced in 1966.
butcher's (hook) - "crook", ill, unwell also, "look".Often confused with Cockney rhyming slang " berk" from "Berkeley Hunt". Burke and Wills - "dills", after the names of the Australian explorers Burke and Wills who died in the Australian outback.Bulahdelah - "Sheila" (girl) : named after the NSW town of Bulahdelah, very familiar to those who have taken the long holiday drive " up the coast".brace and bits - "tits", female breasts.Goes with "Davey Gower" & "Asafa Powell". Blundstone (boot) - "ute", utility vehicle, a tradesman's vehicle, from a popular brand of workman's boots.Tin Lids was used by Jimmy Barnes' four children as their recording name. Also tin lids (also Cockney rhyming slang.) or, more rarely, saucepan lids. Also, Rex Hunt, after the famous Australian media personality and fisherman, and Karmichael Hunt, after the former NRL and AFL player. Similar to Cockney rhyming slang " berk" from "Berkeley Hunt". Billy Hunt - " cunt", a stupid person, from the Australian cricketer who played in the first test against England in the 1930s.barry - "shocker", a poor performance, from the Australian comedian and actor Barry Crocker.Ayrton Senna - "Tenner" i.e Ten dollars (Aust) Ten pounds (Cockney).
Named after the former 100m Jamaican sprinter and world record holder. See also Les Kiss, Snake's Hiss, Swing and Miss. Also, someone who is always talking on his mobile phone is called Elliot, as in "Elliot Ness on the Al Capone". Usually replaced now by "Olivers", from Oliver Twist.
Named after a well-known Australian tennis player of the 1930s and 1940s. The terms listed here are well-established. Many terms are based on popular culture, and so the cant is constantly updated according to changing fashions. The following is a list of well-known mostly to Australians examples of Australian rhyming slang. Look Up Your Hospital: Is It Being Penalized By Medicare?įebruLook Up Your Hospital: Is It Being Penalized By Medicare?List of Australian rhyming slang You can search by hospital name or location, look at all hospitals in a particular state and sort penalties by year. Maryland hospitals are exempted from penalties because that state has a separate payment arrangement with Medicare.īelow are look-up tools for each type of penalty. The patient safety penalties cost hospitals 1 percent of Medicare payments over the federal fiscal year, which runs from October through September. For the readmission penalties, Medicare cuts as much as 3 percent for each patient, although the average is generally much lower.
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