on the bung

English

Prepositional phrase

on the bung

1. (Australia, slang) Not working properly; kaput.
   • 2021, Doddie Weir, Stewart Weir, Doddie's Diary:

     […] and on the way back home on the train, drinking white wine out of plastic cups, I had to take a call from someone whose sewage system had gone on the bung.

References

• Tony Thorne (2014) “on the bung”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury