- widgie-talk
- Australian Slangtype of pig-Latin (Aust. (1950. and NZ (1955.; origin unknown; probably, blend of "women" and "bodgie")
English dialects glossary. 2013.
widgie-talk
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Widgie-talk — type of pig Latin (Aust. (1950) and NZ (1955); origin unknown; probably, blend of women and bodgie ) … Dictionary of Australian slang
bodgie — n Australian a male member of a youth cult, similar to the British teddy boys of the 1950s. (The female counterpart was a widgie.) In the 1930s bodgie was apparently used in American jive talk to denote a male jitter bug (dance) fanatic; some… … Contemporary slang
