Bludging, And How The Bludge Is Australia’s Favourite Way To Avoid Work
| Pronunciation | /blʌdʒ/ (ブラッジ) |
|---|---|
| Part of Speech | verb / noun |
| English Definition |
To avoid work or responsibility, to loiter, laze about, or scrounge off others rather than pull your weight; as a noun, an easy task (this assignment’s a total bludge). |
| Japanese Translation |
サボる、怠ける（名詞としては「楽な仕事」） |
| Japanese Explanation |
仕事や責任を避け、だらだらと過ごしたり他人に頼ったりすることを意味する動詞。名詞としても使われ、「楽な仕事」そのものを指すこともある。 |
Origin
From 19th-century London slang bludgeoner, describing a pimp who used violence against a client, shortened to bludger and carried to Australia, where it came to mean a lazy or work-avoiding person; the verb bludge was then derived from bludger in the early 1900s.