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Lucked out

I learnt today that when the rest of the world uses the phrase “lucked out”, they mean exactly the opposite of what Australians mean when they do. For verification, check The American-Australian Slang Dictionary, and compare the entries in The Free Dictionary and usingenglish.com with the Macquarie Dictionary Book of Slang (unfortunately not online):

luck-out
verb to run out of luck; to have bad luck.

So there you have it.

On another note: Best. Pun. Ever.

One Response to “Lucked out”

  1. lucello Says:

    Oh, that is sooo funny. Better than to irritate and irritieren in English/German..

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