Definitions
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- noun Australia, New Zealand, slang The act of bludging.
- noun Australia, New Zealand, slang Easy work.
- verb Australia, obsolete, slang To live off the earnings of a prostitute.
- verb Australia, New Zealand, slang To not
earn one's keep , to live off someone else or off welfare when one could be working. - verb Australia, New Zealand, slang To avoid one's responsibilities; to leave it to others to perform duties that one is expected to perform.
- verb Australia, New Zealand, slang To do nothing, to be idle, especially when there is work to be done.
- verb Australia, New Zealand, slang To take some benefit and give nothing in return.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Whereas girls may really get into the beautiful colors, we end up with eggs with 'simulated blood stains', or in a nice shade of black ... or better yet, their favorite new color 'bludge'.
Boudicca's Voice Boudicca 2010
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Stupid person can't let me have a friggin day off, interogating me about why I didn't have any work, and then calling me stupid for not bringing my books on a bludge day.
blu94anjel Diary Entry blu94anjel 2008
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Friday, Mar. 14, 2008 at 8: 06 p.m. Friday was just a complete bludge day.
blu94anjel Diary Entry blu94anjel 2008
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Saturday, Apr. 05, 2008 at 9: 48 p.m. Week was fairly dull, had two lovely bludge days while the Duke of Edders were off on their hike (which I'm too young to go on - boo), where the grade was split into three classes by last names.
blu94anjel Diary Entry blu94anjel 2008
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Though tomorrow will be slightly less bludge because I have to go into town to get a pair of jeans off layby and probably put another pair on layby lol.
sierrazen Diary Entry sierrazen 2007
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Today was supposed to be just a normal colourless bludge day - neither high no low.
sierrazen Diary Entry sierrazen 2007
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Today has been yet another lethargy filled bludge-fest.
sierrazen Diary Entry sierrazen 2006
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Unfortunately, mum wants me to do some things around the house so I wont be able to bludge or nap.
sierrazen Diary Entry sierrazen 2006
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I just want to bludge the day away but I cant because I have so much still to do.
sierrazen Diary Entry sierrazen 2005
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In eco and soc and because its such as small class today (everyone is at musical) we get to bludge on the computers.
sierrazen Diary Entry sierrazen 2004
GARY commented on the word bludge
1 : to avoid work or responsibility
*2 : to get something from or live on another by imposing on hospitality or good nature : sponge
May 19, 2009
qms commented on the word bludge
I try not to censure or judge,
To resent or to harbor a grudge.
He claims to be working
And not really shirking
But to rhyme, I suspect, is to bludge.
October 28, 2014