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Old 09-21-2009, 10:14 AM   #8072
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Originally Posted by gazza View Post
And after lunch I will be too shickered (useful Australian term) to even find my computers.

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That's funny, I thought 'shicker' was Yiddish for 'drunk', as in 'I think he's shicker'. This reference says it's a noun. Could it have come from the Jewish community of Australia?
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