Cloughy and his girlfriend’s father were taking a load to the rubbish dump in Brisbane.
But things took a comedic turn when his girlfriend’s dad asked the workers “if it’s alright if we go for a quick root over there”.
Cloughy explained: “The guy was like nah, and looked back at his work colleague a bit weird.”
Still unsure of the unfortunate slip up, the father doubled down and asked the workers again “come on mate, can we just have a quick root there, just that pile there”.
The worker, who remained confused and suspicious then replied: “Nah mate, there’s cameras. You can’t.”
For a week the two expats were confused before they learned that the term “root” is New Zealand and Australian slang for having sex.
Cloughy explained to Aussie and Kiwi viewers that in the UK the term root means “to have a look around”.
But their embarrassing slang blunder didn’t end there.
Cloughy said they went back a week later for another trip to the rubbish dump and the workers recognised the pair and asked him what he was there for this time.
“Anyway, we found out root means shag. And it doesn’t just mean shag, apparently. The lads at work have said it’s like an aggressive f***.”
They then asked the workers for a look around instead of a root.
Cloughy laughed: “They think I am his little toy boy.”
Viewers weighed in on the blunder with many poking fun at the unfortunate incident.
“Hahaha I’m an Aussie and it took till the end of the video for me to understand what you were actually asking to do,” one wrote.
Another added: “I like that the guys’ main issue with it was that you’d be caught on camera.”
“My British uncle once asked an Aussie real estate agent if they could have a root upstairs,” a third said.