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    No-minute Noodler: Dag's Dictionary for Kids
    No-minute Noodler: Dag's Dictionary for Kids
    No-minute Noodler: Dag's Dictionary for Kids
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    No-minute Noodler: Dag's Dictionary for Kids

    By Richard Glover

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    No-minute noodler: a kid who eats the two-minute noodles straight from the packet without even cooking them! Dinobore: a kid who can t talk about anything other than dinosaurs.Bumboozle: to confuse the issue of who it was that farted by blaming it all on the dog!A very funny book of words that should exist but don't!Includes a great do-it-yourself section for kids at the back.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Australia
    Release dateApr 1, 2011
    ISBN9780730497035
    No-minute Noodler: Dag's Dictionary for Kids
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    Richard Glover

    Richard Glover has written a number of bestselling books, including Love, Clancy, The Land Before Avocado, Flesh Wounds and The Mud House. He writes regularly for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Washington Post, as well as presenting the comedy program Thank God It's Friday on ABC Local Radio. To find out more, visit www.richardglover.com.au

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      No-minute Noodler - Richard Glover

      Aa

      AAAmnesia

      (ah ah ahm ’nesia) noun

      A disease affecting your grandparents, when they forget to buy the triple-A batteries to go with your new toy at Christmas. And, what a bummer, the shops are closed because it’s Christmas Day.

      Acrobrat

      (akro brat) noun

      A kid who is always doing super dangerous things just to show off, like hanging off the school flagpole or standing on one foot on top of the bubbler.

      Aisle-tercation

      (ile ’terkashion) noun

      An argument you have with your mum in the supermarket aisle over whether or not to buy the two-litre bottle of green fizzy drink. Try this one on her: ‘C’mon mum, it’s bright green like a vegetable so it must be good for me.’

      Alphapet

      (alfa pet) noun

      The favourite pet in a house with lots of pets. Only you can work out who the alphapet is in your life.

      Amblushed

      (am’blushed) adjective

      The guilty feeling that comes over you when you’re accused of something by a teacher – even though you didn’t do it. Here’s the problem: if you blush you look guilty, and because you know you look guilty, you blush even more, which makes you look even guiltier. Sometimes life is very unfair!

      Auntartica

      (arnt art’ika) noun

      The unheated house of your very stingy aunt, who refuses to spend a cent on heating. Remember to take a jacket when you visit.

      Bb

      Ball-erina

      (ball’err eena) noun

      A soccer player who puts on a great display with the ball – bouncing it on his foot, spinning it in the air – when he should just pass it, or kick it into the

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