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Revision as of 17:36, 7 June 2017
See also: ränga
English
Etymology
Corruption of orangutan; popularised by the ABC television show Summer Heights High (2007).
Pronunciation
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Noun
ranga (plural rangas)
- (Australia, slang, derogatory) An orange-haired or red-haired person.
- 2009, David Foster, Sons of the Rumour, unnumbered page,
- You′re looking down upon ‘rangas’ crossing at the traffic lights below. What a cheap but satisfying form of Dublin entertainment! With the sun out, the redheads of Dublin glow like copper wire.
- 2010, Mungo MacCallum, Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010, Large Print 16pt Edition, page ii,
- Indeed, Julia Eileen Gillard may not even be the country′s first ranga prime minister; since all the old ones appear only in black and white, we can′t tell.
- 2010, Katrina Nannestad, Red Dirt Diary, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page,
- Fez′s resolutions: […]
- 3. I will not call Blue ‘Ranga Girl’.
- 2009, David Foster, Sons of the Rumour, unnumbered page,
Usage notes
Sometimes used as a nickname or epithet.
See also
Anagrams
Irish
Noun
ranga
Portuguese
Verb
Rapa Nui
Noun
ranga