Meanings
plural dollarydoos
- AustraliainformalThe Australian dollar.
2015 24 December, Cam Tyeson, Merry Christmas to All Y'all, from Yr Gr8 m8s at Pedestrian.tv, Pedestrian.tv. "And maybe spare a thought - or a spare dollarydoo or two - for those less fortunate than you.
4 more examples
Bruno: "Nine hundred dollaridoos? Tobias! Did you accept a six-hour collect call from the States?" Tobias: "It was an emergency call from the International Drainage Commission in Springfield." Bruno: "Oh my God! There's nothing wrong with the bidet, is there?"
1995 February 19, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, “Bart vs. Australia”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 17, production code 2F132016 23 March, Shayen de Silva, Premiere: A picture of restlessness and weathered love, Tom Stephens will leave you heartbroken on Down to Rest, Happymag.tv. "Tickets will be available at the door for a cool 10 dollarydoos."
Bandit: "I'd like that one, please." Bluey: "Four hundred dollarydoos."
2018 October 6, Joe Brumm, “The Weekend”, in Bluey, season 1, episode 62019 12 May, Labor Will Pump Over $30 Million Into Aussie Music, Ban Scalpers If It Wins The Election, Musicfeeds.com.au. "Opposition leader Bill Shorten & co popped the cork on their arts funding plan at Melbourne’s Espy this weekend, allocating a mouth-watering $20 million dollarydoos to the Australian Music Live Music Fund to support live music venues, hotels, restaurants, cafes, festivals, precinct events and musos."
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*dalą
- Proto-West Germanic*dal
- Old High Germantal
- Middle High Germantal
- GermanTal
- GermanTaler
- Middle Low Germandāler
- Dutchdaler
- Englishdollar
- Englishdidgeridoo
- Englishdollarydoo
Blend of dollar + didgeridoo. A faux-Australianism originally coined as "dollaridoos" by television writers Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein for “Bart vs. Australia”, an episode (1995) of the animated sitcom The Simpsons.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
dollarydoo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollarydoo
“dollarydoo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollarydoo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dollarydoo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollarydoo.
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