geep
n.— «The colourless plaster will give way to a Dr Seuss-like menagerie of donkeys standing on top of each other. There are a few other creatures in the sketch; they look to be the animals the soldiers call geep, having yet to work out if they’re sheep or goats.» —“Kiwi forces bring aid to war-torn country” by David Fisher in Afghanistan New Zealand Herald (Auckland) Aug. 6, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
“What has a head like a cat, feet like a cat, a tail like a cat, but isn’t a cat?” Answer: a kitten! A 1948 children’s joke book has lots of these to share with kids. Plus: an easy explanation for the difference between...
To fossick meaning “to rummage about,” derives from the use of fossicking for the practice of literally digging about for gemstones in abandoned mining excavations, a hobby that’s particularly popular in Australia and New Zealand...