Chookas
Sat, 16 Sept 2006, 12:50 pmTari-Xalyr27 posts in thread
Chookas
Sat, 16 Sept 2006, 12:50 pmI have a question. I know people say Chookas to wish people luck - it's been said to me quite a bit lately but does anyone know the story behind that saying? It's really beginning to bug me so anyone who knows please . . .let me know! lol
~ Tari
Chookas
Sun, 7 Jan 2007, 06:33 amI was interested in that term, too. The spelling doesn't look right, so I did a net search using mutliple search engines and dictionary searches (remember those!) of both "chookas" and "chookers". I even tried "chukkers". Both "chookas" and "chookers" appear to be used by theatre people for the same expression. I also looked up an old Australian slang dictionary (1943) that I have in my own bookshelves. The term appears nowhere I have been able to discover in an authoritative website or publication (I'm not referring to usage here: it's definitely used backstage!). There is a Wikipedia entry, but its derivation and meaning is not there: it is merely an acknowledgement of the use of the term. It is not in my copy of the Macquarie Dictionary, nor in the online "Macquarie Dictionary of Australian Slang".
I have requested the Macquarie Dictionary people to follow it up.
Cheers,
Jim