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A swag of snags – where Aussie English came from The convict author of Australia’s very first dictionary would be delighted to know many “flash” terms from his day still linger on in our everyday lexicon. If you say there are swags of snags on the barbie, you’re using “flash” language.  Photolyric Save Share A nation is defined by its dictionaries. So it is somehow appropriate that Australia’s first lexicon guide was a dictionary of slang and was written by a convict. If you call your clothes your “duds” or your “togs”, ask for a “dollop” of ice cream on your dessert, say you have “swags” of sausages for the barbie, or call a drunk a “lush” you are talking like a convict – using “flash” words. There are hundreds of examples of convict slang still alive and functioning in the Australian language today.

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