Word of the Day: Billabong

Bil-la-bong
[bil-uh-bawng, -bong]

-noun Australian .
1.
a branch of a river flowing away from the main stream but leading to no other body of water; a blind or dead-end channel.
2.
a creek bed holding water only in the rainy season; a dried-up watercourse.
3.
a stagnant backwater or slough formed by receding floodwater.

Origin:
1830: < Wiradjuri bilaban creek that runs only during the rainy season, equiv. to bila river + ban poss. suffix

Who knew??

Source: Dictionary.com.

Whoever writes the best novel whose characters live near a billabong will get a million comments from Jane, Britt will make them pot pie, and I will wink at them.

I like the reward so I will start right away on this novel! XD

My guess was maybe it was a boomerang type thing. Ha! It's funny that the company wants to represent itself with something that means "stagnant, dead-end pool." Do the investors know?

A quote:

"Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree"

Andrew Barton Peterson

What's a coolibah tree? o.0

Maybe you'll get lucky and Jane will make it tomorrow's word...

Very suspenseful! :D

^^

I think we have a winner! :P

Ahhhhhhhhahahaha! Hellon, that second was hilarious! Perfect. It's so unfortunate that a novel must exceed 60,000 words to count. Bloody shame.

I'll still wink at ya, though.... ; )