Budgeree

Part of speech: adjective, adverb

Definitions

1. An informal Australian English adjective meaning good, fine or excellent, used to describe something pleasing or satisfactory
2. Australian slang for something that is good, fine or of high quality, often used in casual speech
3. A casual term from Australian English describing a thing or situation as good, pleasant or satisfactory

Etymology: "Budgeree" is an Australian English word meaning good or excellent, and it comes from the Dharug language of the Sydney region, where "budjari" or "budjiri" was the source form. English speakers borrowed it during the early colonial period around Sydney, when settlers picked up local vocabulary for things they encountered daily. The word has the flavor of a casual, cheerful approval, which is part of why it stuck in Australian speech. The borrowing reflects the everyday contact between the colonists and the Dharug people, whose language was spoken in the area where Sydney was founded. Many early loanwords from Aboriginal languages entered English this way, passing into speech through conversation rather than through written dictionaries, so the exact path of its first use is hard to pin down.

Synonyms: good, fine, excellent

Antonyms: bad, poor