First, a definition: Budgie Smugglers A male bathing costume that encloses the wearer's genitalia in a manner that resembles the concealment of a budgerigar. The establishment that I feature above, Budgie Smugglers , is a takeaway joint that can be found on Collins Street here in Hobart. As the name suggests, they no doubt consider themselves a funky dive. It is Theme Thursday you see. Today's theme is a word that sends shivers up my spine: FUNKY . Funky , you see, is a loaded term. Of course, those etymologists amongst us will recognise the root from the Latin, fetid ; that is, offensively malodorous . 'A foul odour ', if you will. It is certainly what I think when someone starts getting funky on my arse. That is because funky is a dated term that is meant to denote something stylish and modern in an unconventional way . As with most things, this terribly unconventional tendency is now a convention. Thus, all those I know who have embraced funky as both a word an...