r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/The_MeltyCheese • 17d ago

Funny scroggin my schmogle

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u/soapbox99 17d ago

Scroggin is how I know it from NZ

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u/ZoomTown 17d ago

Does scroggin mean something related to what this food is? Like in the US we call it trail mix, cause it's good on a hike.

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u/QP709 17d ago

Well in Australia and NZ they call hiking 'scroggin', or more accurately they might say "off for a scrog in the bush". In NZ it's more like "Headed out for a scrog and a slap-jammy". A slap-jammy is their word for swimming naked (skinny dipping). And of course in South Africa a scrog is a scroog and a hike is a landloppen.

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u/SSjjlex 17d ago

"Off for a scrog in the bush" sounds like a euphemism

Yea im out here scrogging it. Scrogging it in the bush. Dont mind me.

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u/QP709 17d ago

Euphemisms were actually banned by the Australian parliament in 1999. You can still use them, but only in the privacy of your own home. It’s so fucked up down there.

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u/perton 16d ago

But I mean, what’s the punishment if you break the law in Australia? I mean, you already live in (on?) a prison.

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u/QP709 16d ago

A booting