Pobblebonk (noun)
pob-l-bonk
Either of two Australian frogs of the genus Limnodynastes (family Myobatrachidae) having a loud, twang-like, single-note call: L. dorsalis of western Australia and L. dumerili of south-east Australia and Tasmania.
1960s. Imitative; perhaps influenced by English regional (Berkshire) pobble the noise made by water bubbling as it starts to boil and bonk.
Example sentences
“The noise of the pobblebonks ringing in the distance.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
