Definitions
Wiktionary
- interj. UK, Australia, New Zealand A mild oath expressing surprise or generally adding emphasis.
Etymologies
- Corruption of God′s truth. Compare zounds, blimey. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“While most Aussie blokes passing through the US think a liberal smattering of “crikey”, “strewth” and “onya” is a short cut to getting a leg over a flighty divorcee, or becoming the most popular guy in a bar full of strangers, most Americans are familiar enough with Australians to wonder why it is we feel compelled to play up our bumpkinish image in the company of foreigners.”
““Gawd-strewth, Baker, are you sure this is just practice?” someone said.”
“Two masts, ketch rig with tops'ls, three goddamn jibs - strewth, I know what I make of that!”
“And if yer wants a bit of bread yer awsks for pain, strewth!”
“The way this fat nurse pets me, strewth, it's well to be so sick,”
“Madame Swetchine enjoyed friendships of extraordinary strewth and preciousness with the Countess de Nesselrode, the Princess Galitzin,”
“At one stage Logue, the voice coach, reminds the future king that he is about to reign over Australia, and I thought, strewth - it's still true.”
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“But cobber, strewth and sheila are outdated cringe.”
“I always seemed to get lumbered with the LMG/GPMG or even worse the 84mm no wonder my knees are f**cked LOL strewth leave of mate, after all we only poof bandsman not ruff, tuffy riflemen.”
“If train, we need a ticket - strewth the queue is a mile long.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘strewth’.
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Steampunk
Words used quite often in steampunk
ansible, airship, chymical, valve, clockwork, dirigible, thaumaturgy, copper, bronze, difference engine, gear, rivets and 521 more...
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Auslang
Australian colloquialisms, slang and unique lingual artifacts.
bludger, strewth, shonky, cow cockie, sickie, woop woop, chunder, furphy, buckley's chance, whinge, root barrier, nuff nuff and 8 more...
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Miscellaneous
‽, ☤, mandelbrot, angora rabbit, psychrolutes marc..., vampyroteuthis in..., basking shark, mano de desierto, underwater sculpt..., surgical dining, gyroscope, Derinkuyu and 161 more...
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Zamboni Palin
My imaginary lexicon for future megastar and visionary Zamboni Palin.
strewth, curple, speshly, ugly tree, whupping, nar'n, swain, sneezeweed, sciencey, snarleyyow, jackpudding, squanch and 304 more...
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madiant's list
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mccaff's Words
schadenfreude, defenestration, monogamous, epipsychidion, chintz, befall, brouhaha, shenanigans, hooligans, lambasted, servitude, portcullis and 113 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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implify's Words
gaia, eviscerate, lament, ephemeral, urbane, blight, variant, schadenfreude, hubbub, iteration, feign, hobgoblin and 243 more...
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Strine
Australianisms & other Oz-related vocabulamary.
budgie smugglers, arvo, dingo's breakfast, prang, banana bender, bingle, white pointer, u.s., reg grundies, larrikin, jumbuck, cobber and 122 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3255 more...
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Australianisms
humbug, cobber, larrikin, banging the gums, stone the crows, grog, mate, crook, bullshit artist, fair dinkum, the real McCoy, pre copernican ob... and 8 more...
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minced oaths
expostulations which originated as euphemisms for a stronger, socially unsanctioned, word or expression
strewth, zounds, land sakes, jiminy cricket, gorblimey, drat, begorrah, cripes, doggone it, gadzooks, odds bodkins, sacre bleu and 78 more...
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Stralya
I love a sunburnt country
Some words will just always conjure images of my country for me.snag, footy, holden, bondi, bewdy, fair dinkum, strewth, minda, bruce, mate, dinky di, true blue and 47 more...
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Australiana
quokka, wombat, numbat, bonzer, grouse, woop woop, not the full quid, zac, mate, koala, chunder, vegemite and 49 more...
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Australian Derivation ... or, you kno...
Words I heard there. Or from Australians.
didjeridoo, budgerigar, kangaroo, wombat, kookaburra, echidna, koala, dreamtime, matilda, waltzing matilda, billabong, coolibah and 44 more...
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peculiar bygones
zounds, beswike, chemise, corsetry, fardle, git, sot, bugger, pannier, busker, scullion, urchin and 22 more...
Tweets
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plethora Strewth Ruth, tell us the truth! What've ya put in this overproof?? Apr 3, 2008
pamelad Alternative spelling struth. Think it might be short for God's truth. It's an exclamation of incredulity. Dec 10, 2006