Having a Barry Crocker? ANU wordsmiths want to hear about it

Having a Barry Crocker? ANU wordsmiths want to hear about it
21 July 2021
If you know what it means to 'have a Barry Crocker' or 'do the Harold Holt', wordsmiths at The Australian National University (ANU) want to hear from you. 
The Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC) is looking for new contributions for the
Australian National Dictionary, with a focus on rhyming slang.
Rhyming slang substitutes words with rhyming words, names or phrases -- 'shocker' becomes 'Barry Crocker', 'undies' becomes 'Reg Grundies' and 'goal' becomes 'sausage roll'.  
ANDC Senior Researcher and Editor Mark Gwynn says it likely emerged in east London toward the middle of the 1800s and found its way to Australia very soon afterwards. 

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