Oodnagalahbi
/ˌuːdnəɡəˈlɑːbi
/(also Oodnagalahby, Oodnagalahbie)
noun Australian derogatory
An imaginary place, extremely remote and supposedly backward: I drove through Kickastickalong, then turned left at Oodnagalahbi...
- Bullamakanka belongs on the same imaginary map as 'Oodnagalahbi', and 'Woop Woop'.
- I drove through sleeping Buggorup, and then turned west towards Oodnagalahbi and the sea.
- Their great-grandfather changed the first light bulb in Oodnagalahbi in 1923.
Origin
1960s: from the name of Oodnadatta (a small, remote town in South Australia) + galah (in the sense 'stupid person') + bi.