(Australia, New Zealand, slang) A member of a 1950s rock subculture; a teddy boy.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) A member of a 1950s rock subculture; a teddy boy.
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Australian slang from the 1950s for the female counterpart of a 'bodgie' — the Aussie equivalent of a greaser or teddy boy. Widgies were young women who embraced the rebellious postwar youth subculture: tight skirts, rock 'n' roll, and a devil-may-care attitude that scandalized polite society. In Northern English children's slang, it separately means a penis, but the Australian meaning is the more historically significant usage. Both uses have largely faded from active slang.
(Australia, slang) A female bodgie.
(AU, slang) Fake; phony.
British and Australian slang meaning sloppy, makeshift, or poorly done — something bodged together without skill or care. In Australian use it also carries the sense of 'fake' or 'phony.' The word is generally dismissive, implying something that was not done properly. 'Bodgy' is the adjectival form of 'bodge,' a British term for a clumsy repair or makeshift fix.