bushranging means the outlaw lifestyle of a bushranger. It carries an Arena rating of 1301, earned across 13 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, bushranging ranks #3,068 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #3,417 of 17,127 for Most Vivid Words, #4,301 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #5,795 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books.
Why “bushranging” is a great word
The practice of robbery and fugitive survival in the Australian wilderness, forged from bush, referring to the Australian wilderness, and ranging, meaning to roam over a wide area. Unlike 'highway robbery,' which denotes a specific criminal act on a travelled road, or 'outlawry,' a broad legal status, bushranging is the sustained condition of becoming a creature of the landscape itself. It is the creak of leather in a sun-blasted gully, the glint of a stolen watch in a fire-lit camp, and the peculiar freedom of a man whose entire world has shrunk to the horizon he can watch for troopers—a life defined not by its aims but by the sheer, stubborn fact of its persistence in the empty places.
Etymology
From bush + ranging.
noun
- The outlaw lifestyle of a bushranger.
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