• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Numbats? Dunnarts?

    These names aren’t all Australian colloquialisms for “dumb”… are they??

    Also… no love for the Cult of Quoka? I mean seriously, look at these guys? How is anything that cute?

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      2 months ago

      I don’t think I’ve ever heard any of these used to mean “dumb”, apart from “numbat”.