Well that's a word I've never previously encountered.

**Pondlife** · 14 January 2014, 14:21

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]
IPA(key): /spruːk/
Etymology[edit]
Unknown, likely Germanic – compare Dutch spraak (“speech”).
Verb[edit]
spruik (third-person singular simple present spruiks, present participle spruiking, simple past and past participle spruiked)
(transitive, Australia) To promote a thing or idea to another person. [quotations ▼]
Synonyms[edit]
(promote something to someone): pimp, pitch, tout, hawk
Derived terms[edit]
spruiker

Those funny little Aussies.

**barrydidit** · 14 January 2014, 14:24

spruik (ˈspruːɪk)
vb
1. (intr) Austral to speak in public (used esp of a showman or salesman)

Doesn't make sense in that sentence, unless there's other Aussieness in there too.

**Sysman** · 14 January 2014, 16:27

Originally posted by zeitghost View Post

?misprint?

Though it's not the Grauniad.

Found this on

Cookies must be enabled. | The Australian

coz The Australian printed an article from The Thunderer about Windoze 8 becoming Windoze 9 verbatim (or v.v.):

Cookies must be enabled. | The Australian

On The Thunderer's website it's behind a paywall, whilst on The Australian's it ain't.

<ZG in "don't pay the bastard a penny" mode>

The Oz rag's article comes up as Premium Content for me.

I'm not paying the git a penny either...

Well that's a word I've never previously encountered.