Back in the 1970s, people didn’t have cell phones, they were all tied to wires. Yet if you ignore that part (tough, I know) the song still has some charm and you can get a feel for why it was so fun and caught on so well.įor kids today, you have to understand something. It was tough to listen to at the time for some reasons, mostly the horrible chorus of girls singing like some parody of a 70s song. Its hard to listen to beause its just so cheesy. And by understanding those cultural events, it helps understand what happens today. Come to think of it I couldn’t understand it at the time.īut others you can figure out, if you understand the setting and what happened around then. Disco, for instance, was so cheesy, crass, commercialized, and fake that it is difficult to comprehend why on earth it was such a massive popular phenomenon. We hope this list will help you decipher the lingo of the crazy Australian guys and gals right round Australia.Sometimes its difficult to look back and understand why some things were popular or even liked.

Tug: A truck, particularly one used for shunting.

Tarp: Short for tarpaulin, a cover to protect loads from rain or dust.

Reefer: An insulated, refrigerated dry freight container.

Pogo Stick: A pole behind the cab that holds trailer brake hoses and electrical connections.

Pig Trailer: A trailer with a non-steerable axle group near the middle.

Live Load: A load that cannot be secured completely such as liquids, livestock, hanging meat, or earthmoving equipment with pneumatic tyres.

Landing Gear: The retractable legs used to support a semi-trailer when not coupled to a truck.

Kingpin: A pin that locks a semi-trailer into a prime mover’s turntable.

Jinker: A trailer to transport long logs.

Flash for Cash: Speed or red-light camera.

Evil Kinevil: Highway patrol motorcycle.

Double Bubble: Old style highway patrol cars still used in some country areas that had a pair of blue rotating lights on the roof before strobe bars were introduced.

Dog Trailer: A trailer that can be attached to a semi-trailer.

Dog Box: A sleeper box behind the cab or a Police Paddy Wagon.Dolly: A unit made up of a turntable, drawbar and axle group that enables a dog trailer to be attached to a semi-trailer or the weight over an oversize load to be spread over more wheels.Diff: The differential that couples the drive shaft to half-shafts connected to the rear driving wheels.Candy Car: Highway Patrol Police Car usually with high-visibility Police decals.Camera Car: Highway Patrol Police Car about the onboard video camera set up.Bogie Drive: A truck with two or more drive axles at the back with differentials coupled with a jack.Bobtail: A prime mover without a trailer.Anteater: Kenworth T604 because of the aerodynamic design.

Ute: utility vehicle, pickup style vehicle.Hairdresser’s car: Small, often convertible car that is more about looks than performance.Bog Standard: Basic standard equipment or specification, without upgrades or modifications.Here’s a simple guide to what you will hear on the road. So, regardless of who you are or where you are from, there are bound to be a few words that you won’t understand when speaking to an operator. Us Aussies have customized our terminologies about everything under the sun. For hundreds of years, Aussies have been shortening words that are too bothering to utter. As a former British colony, Australia is one of the largest English-speaking nations in the southern hemisphere.

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