Here is your Ragtag Daily Prompt for Thursday, 1 August 2019 — DINKUM!
dinkum (ˈdɪŋkəm)
adj
- genuine or right: a dinkum bloke.
- fair dinkum genuine or true: used to emphasize the truth of something or in asking for the truth of something to beconfirmed: Back to the states? Fair dinkum?.
- dinkum oil archaic the truth
[C19: from English dialect: work, of unknown origin]Source: TheFreeDictionary
This was a very frequently used word in my Uni days. As I continued my meeting today discussing fair wages (and calling someone’s bluff), I started hearing / recalling my schoolmates way of saying fair dinkums at different things when we were in school. So here we go~ the prompt of the day. 😀
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What a great word! I am so thankful for the “permission” to play with it and not feel the repercussions of cultural appropriation!
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I’m so glad you like it!! ❤ ❤ I was so nervous after posting it, because I wasn't sure how people would take it. But I have always enjoyed learning new words from different parts of the world and playing with them from a very different angle, so I hope it's okay. Have fun!!
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Good word choice. I’ve been too busy to check in for a few days so I missed it. A word from my home, my childhood…brilliant!
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