Timeline for Why do Aussies use "cactus" to mean "dead," "useless," or "broken"?
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| Aug 6, 2019 at 14:32 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| Aug 4, 2019 at 23:52 | answer | added | Mari-Lou A | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 4, 2019 at 22:52 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | From a deleted answer, which was supposed to be a comment: nah cactus to us means its busted, broken or not working. " is your car running mate?" "nah mate she's fuckin cactus" its up there with kicked the bucket and keeled over @gage May 8, '19 EDIT Ops, it's been posted underneath a user's answer. | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 10:39 | comment | added | Dog Lover | @Mr.prickles Your name fits perfectly with this question! Also, the irony is that "Citroën" sounds like the French word "citron", which means "lemon". | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 0:58 | comment | added | Mr. prickles | Well, I note with great interest and concern that Citroen have a car called a "Cactus"......... Maybe for the Australian automotive market it's a play on some sort of marketing reverse psychology ? Hmmmmmm,,,, | |
| Nov 23, 2016 at 3:58 | comment | added | Phil Sweet | prickly pear cactus. Cactused = RAAF as pear shaped = RAF? | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 23:19 | answer | added | Jonathan | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 25, 2016 at 23:29 | answer | added | laurie42 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 4, 2015 at 6:05 | answer | added | Magoo | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 3, 2015 at 18:05 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/551439290874740736 | ||
| S Jan 3, 2015 at 17:34 | history | suggested | Scimonster |
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| Jan 3, 2015 at 15:37 | answer | added | user66974 | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jan 3, 2015 at 15:27 | history | asked | Rusty Tuba | CC BY-SA 3.0 |