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in the nuddy en · ADP
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(Australia, New-Zealand, UK, childish) Naked or nude
It got a lot hotter than that some times. We used to swim in this lake in the nuddy. I learned to swim in the lake. It was all bush all around, beautiful park. All parks all around, all bush. We’d swim in the nuddy.
2004 April 23, “Frederick Toholka (Punchy, Groper)” (14:09 from the start), in Australians at War Film Archive, episode 1869, spoken by an Australian World War II veteran (Frederick Toholka):He was on a favourite topic of his and he was reminding her, during their Sunday afternoon stroll, that Australia had borrowed a lot. "We have lived on borrowed money. We still live on it," he said. "Most of the things we have we obtained by borrowed money. The very clothes you are wearing are bought with borrowed money!" he exclaimed. There was a pause, and the charming unbeliever looked up into his eyes. "But what are we to do? Am I to go round in the nuddy?" And his world crashed down around him.
1930 September 15, “Heard and Seen”, in Goulburn Evening Penny Post, page 2:Over the years I've found families typically divide into two very distinct categories: naked homes, or non-naked homes. The former, of course, means nudity is normalised (within reason); kids can feel free to run around in the nuddy and parents aren't too pressed about being seen in their birthday suits.
2022 October 2, Lana Andelane, “Kiwi parents weigh in on whether nudity should be normalised in the family home”, in Stuff, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2026:Alex Horne: Design the most iconic album cover... / Lou Sanders: Oh, I like that. / Alex Horne: ...best album cover, album title, and band name wins! Your album cover photo will be taken in thirty minutes. Your time starts now. / Lou Sanders: Great. / Iain Stirling: This is right up our street! / Lou Sanders: OK, lovely, so we're all in the nuddy. / Iain Stirling: No.
2019 June 12, “Rock 'n' roll umlaut.” (15:44 from the start), in Taskmaster, season 8, episode 6, spoken by a contestant (Lou Sanders):
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in the nude