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galah

guh-LAHnounInformal

A Australian English slang term. Browse all Australian slang.

What it means

  1. A fool; someone behaving noisily and stupidly.

In use

  • Stop carrying on like a pack of galahs.

  • What a galah, he's reversed into the fence.

Where it comes from

From the pink-and-grey cockatoo, a bird that gathers in loud, chaotic flocks and is known for hanging upside down from wires apparently for fun. The word comes from Yuwaalaraay, an Aboriginal language of New South Wales.