Dear Wordnik, can we not abolish this word and (dear everyone) can we please laugh out loud at its every use? It sounds so childish; orient is a perfectly fine substitute in all cases.
This word ('muroo') was used by Ned Kelly in his famous Jerilderie letter: "as soon as I am dead they will be heels up in the muroo", 'they' being police employed to catch him.
No one knows for sure what he meant (I once consulted the Macquarie Dictionary people in Sydney) but my guess is he meant horse manure or muddy paddock. Here's a link to the original letter and transcript: http://wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/Jerilderie_Letter
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cokatu commented on the word orientate
Dear Wordnik, can we not abolish this word and (dear everyone) can we please laugh out loud at its every use? It sounds so childish; orient is a perfectly fine substitute in all cases.
July 17, 2016
cokatu commented on the list missing-word-candidates
This word ('muroo') was used by Ned Kelly in his famous Jerilderie letter: "as soon as I am dead they will be heels up in the muroo", 'they' being police employed to catch him.
No one knows for sure what he meant (I once consulted the Macquarie Dictionary people in Sydney) but my guess is he meant horse manure or muddy paddock. Here's a link to the original letter and transcript: http://wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/Jerilderie_Letter
October 27, 2015