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Barbie vs Bardie - What's the difference?

barbie | bardie |

As nouns the difference between barbie and bardie

is that barbie is a proportionally very thin, tall plastic doll figure of a woman, approximately one foot tall while bardie is (scotland) a minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by or bardie can be (australia) the edible larva of an insect.

As a proper noun barbie

is a diminutive of the female given name barbara.

As an adjective bardie is

rude and insolent; bolshie.

barbie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) Short form of barbecue.

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    bardie

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by .
  • * 1998 , Carol McGuirk, Critical Essays on Robert Burns , page 168,
    • Burns signals her distance from the Classical Muses, and his position as more bardie than bard.

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rude and insolent; bolshie.

    • Etymology 3

    From bardi .

    Alternative forms

    * bardee * bardy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia) The edible larva of an insect.

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