the bush telegraph



the bush telegraph

  (British & Australian)
the way in which people quickly pass important information to other people, especially by talking News of the redundancies spread immediately on the bush telegraph.
See beat about the bush
See also: bush, telegraph

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aldritt
JorjaJAWR-jəEnglish (Modern)
Mauriciomow-REE-thyo (Spanish), mow-REE-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Aureliuszow-REL-yuwshPolish
Natia-Georgian
JÓHannes-Icelandic, Faroese