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[Woodwould]

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[Poppa]

bastard

1. bad thing or situation

Examples include: "It's a bastard" - It's a bad thing; "Give me a hand, I can't get a hold of the bastard" - "Give me a hand, I can't get hold of the thing/animal/person.

2. bad person

3.
See poor bastard.

I would add to the above definition that it is perfectly acceptable to call a good mate 'an absolute bastard', and that is a term of endearment. However, if you call someone 'a bit of a bastard', it usually means that you don't like them much and don't think very highly of them...

[JDarvall]

facial expressions are important I think with the word 'bastard '

Always thought these smiley things were pretty childish myself. (uno the sort of thing a driveller would use)----------->

,,but you need them sometimes eh....

ya bastard
ya bastard
ya bastard

[joe greiner]

Good, but kinda thin on derivations. And it's missing "Oz" and "seppo" it seems. I've long suggested that 'Murrican newbies bookmark an Australian slang dictionary.

George Bernard Shaw: "England and America are two countries separated by a common language."

Joe

[Frank&Earnest]

One of the definitions is:

Liberal party
Republican party.

Why do they call themselves Liberal if they're not liberal? They're politicians, they lie.

Good point. I wondered about the depth of the author's political knowledge.

Then I got to:

MP
Minister of Parliment

well...

[Jack Plane]

Jeff Fenech using aboriginal english? What!!!!!!???