bloody galah

bloody galah
Australian Slang
silly person; fool

English dialects glossary. 2013.

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  • galah — I Australian Slang loud, rudely behaved person; an irresponsible, erratic male; show off; fool, named after the bird of the same name which flies south in the winter a bloody silly thing to do in the Southern Hemisphere; grey and pink noisy… …   English dialects glossary

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