Numskull vs Galah - What's the difference?
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(pejorative) A dunce, mentally dull or stupid person.
(pejorative) A label for a person who refuses to learn or grow mentally.
A traditional name for a fool who serves as the butt of jokes about stupidity.
A pink and grey species of cockatoo, Eolophus roseicapilla , native to Australia.
* 2005 , David Lindenmayer, Mark A. Burgman, Practical Conservation Biology ,
(Australia, slang) A fool, an idiot.
* 1991 , , River of the Sun ,
* 1999 , , Solomon's Song ,
* 2006 , John Chalmers, The Professional Guest ,
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Numskull is a related term of galah.
As nouns the difference between numskull and galah
is that numskull is (pejorative) a dunce, mentally dull or stupid person while galah is a pink and grey species of cockatoo, eolophus roseicapilla , native to australia.numskull
English
Alternative forms
* numbskullNoun
(en noun)- That numskull will never learn how to compose a letter.
Usage notes
Numskull is often capitalized as the fictitious name of the traditional fictional butt of jokes.Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* numpty, numptieReferences
*galah
English
(wikipedia galah)Noun
(en noun)page 175,
- The Galah' has benefited from changes in the environment brought about by human activities (Rowley, 1990; Saunders and Ingram, 1995; Forshaw, 2002). The ' Galah ?s diet is predominantly seeds, especially those from cereal crops and agricultural weeds.
- That galah nearly drove me off the road.
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- ‘Don?t just stand there, you great galah , lend a hand here!’ Billy Kemp shoved Edmund towards the longboat. ‘Get it free. The lads are bringing up the casks.’
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- ‘But, Sergeant, I reckon a man would look a proper galah falling about with an empty rifle, going click, click, click, “bang you?re dead” when he wasn?t doing rifle drill on parade, like when it?s not official, know what I mean?’ one of the infantrymen volunteers.
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- ‘Then you will strut around like a great galah tryin? to impress the sheilas about what a fuckin? big iron ore miner you are.’
