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Pests
Feral animals, invasive plants and other pests (in Australia).
tipborer, rabbit, planthopper, fox, spittlebug, camel, patterson's curse, froghopper, mimosa pigra, donkey, gamba grass, yellow crazy ant and 114 more...
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Eine kleine Wörterwunderkammer
Verbal curios, because of their meaning, their shape, or their history.
phlogiston, tisane, ptisan, phthisis, fimbulwinter, zarf, mono no aware, woodwose, psychopomp, jabot, chatelaine, tappen and 82 more...
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Cloudstreet
From Cloudstreet by Tim Winton. Expect lots of new-to-me words and/or just pleasing words encountered in this book, perhaps mostly Australian slang.
chiack, staggerjuice, thunderbox, patterson's curse, cactus, dreckly, compo, hayburner, mulie, carn, dag, grizzle and 34 more...
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knitandpurl "Sam Pickles grew up on that racetrack, hanging around the stables or by the final turn where the Patterson's Curse grew knee high and the ground vibrated with all that passing flesh."
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton, p 11 of the Graywolf Press hardcover edition Mar 25, 2010
bilby Pro, that reminds me that the first time I saw this stuff was near Albury. Oct 6, 2009
bilby Gooble! Oct 6, 2009
chained_bear Wow. I went looking for images and the first link that Gooble brought up says "nationally rare." I guess I can see why someone wanted to grow it--pretty color--but... sheesh! Oct 6, 2009
Prolagus According to Wikipedia (no reference given):
It is said that both names for the plant [Patterson/Paterson's Curse and Salvation Jane] derive from Jane Paterson or Patterson, an early settler of the country near Albury. She brought the first seeds from Europe to beautify a garden, and then could only watch helplessly as the weed infested previously productive pastures for many miles around. Oct 5, 2009
bilby Hmmmm. No idea. Not sure how to check either :-( Oct 5, 2009
chained_bear Is this named after Banjo Paterson? Oct 5, 2009
bilby An Australian name for Echium plantagineum, Purple Viper's Bugloss. Oct 4, 2009