What Is a Brass Razoo?

Brass razoo is an Australian phrase that was first recorded in soldiers' slang in World War I. It is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "a non-existent coin of trivial value". It is commonly used in the expression I haven't got a brass razoo, meaning the speaker is out of money.

What is razoo?

Mightycause (formerly Razoo) is a free online fundraising and donor management solution that provides effective peer-to-peer, giving day and team fundraising tools for nonprofit organizations. Key features include branded online fundraising forms, pages and widgets, donor management, and rich data analytics.

Where did the word RORT come from?

Probably a back-formation from rorty (“boisterous or rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué”). Originally slang but now in common usage.

Elena Rostova

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