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Old 10th Aug 2007, 23:27
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what Fair Dinkum means

Weasil,

from the aussie slang dictionary located at http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html#D

Dinkum, fair dinkum :
true, real, genuine ("I'm a dinkum Aussie"; "is he fair dinkum?")

personally I have used it here and there as another way of saying "are you/is it for real?"

It isn't usually used for swearing purposes but could be perhaps construed that way depending upon the circumstances.
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