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AUSTRALIA TRAVEL INFORMATION: AUSTRALIAN SLANG
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(Australia - English Dictionary!)
Aussie English – as she it is spoke.. spake.. spoken... bugger it…mangled..!
Editors Note:
Australian Slang is extremely colourful - indeed in some places it would be given an ‘R’ Rating! It is both a mixture of home grown phases and London cockney rhyming slang (e.g. china plate: ‘mate’) brought back to Australia by WW1 Diggers and early British immigrants. It can take some (ok – a lot!) of getting used to but certainly adds a lot of ‘colour’ to the language. Australians also tend to roll a string of words all together into the one sentence such as ‘howyagoinmate’ (how are you mate?) or 'waddayareckon' (what do you reckon?), ‘owyagoin’ (how are you going?) etc. - We hope you enjoy this rather extensive ‘Aussie dictionary!’
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Aussie......a PROUD Australian
ANZAC Day... April 25th, the anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli in 1915, is the national day of remembrance for Australian forces who fought in /were killed in wars overseas.
abo....indigenous (aboriginal) person ( now considered VERY offensive and a racial slur )
she'll be Apples ....every thing will be all right
apple Isle......Tasmania ( they grow a LOT of apples in the Australian state of Tasmania...)
apple Islander.....someone from Tasmania
amber fluid......beer
anklebiter.....young child
arvo....afternoon
this arvo... this afternoon
ace.. excellent
aveagoodweegend...to wish somebody 'a good weekend'..
arse...bottom, backside, posterior or used as an expression of degeneration...'what an arse'...
arsehole...ditto above.. but more specific to anatomy..also used as a withering negative description of a person...'what an arsehole'..
arsing around...messing about...
aussie rules...Australian Rules Football ( a unique exciting game of national Australian football that is modelled closely on Gaelic football with 18 a side.
aerial ping pong.....Australian rules football (derogatory nickname usually from a rugby fan)
'avagoyermug'… someone is not trying hard enough when playing sport, (usually Aussie Rules football - or maybe cricket if it is England v Australia and the English are slow at scoring runs...)
awning over the toy shop....beer belly on a man (that overhangs his willy..)
aggro... someone who is aggravated, or upset about something
ant's pants... height of fashion ..loooks good...or sometimes used to describe a person's high opinion of themselves..
arthur or martha...in a quandry..really busy..as in: 'I don't know whether I am arthur or martha these days..
anyhow mate... generally used to suddenly change the subject when in a conversation..usually when someone is bored with the present topic....
arse over tit ....to trip or fall over
get your arse into gear...to get moving...hurry up!
arse about face....back to front
ay? or eh? didn't catch what someone has said, (wodjasayaymate??)
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B
bloody..the great Australian adjective
banana Bender....a Queenslander
to go bananas....get irate
back of beyond....the far outback
back of Bourke...the far outback(Bourke being town in outback New South Wales)
to bag someone...to criticise someone, usually behind their back
barbie....barbeque
bang (a 'root') to have sexual intercourse - adj. usually used in a derogtaroy term as in 'she/he bangs like a dunny door in a gale..'
to barrack for...to support a sports team
a battler..a hard worker,struggling financially
thats beaut!..expression of approval
you little beauty !...excited cry of approval
better half....spouse
beyond the black stump..far out in the bush (cattle drovers and bullock train drivers would light a fire in a tree stump as a fireplace, so farther than civilization)
to big note yourself....exaggerate your importance
a billy..container for boiling water on campfire
to put the billy on.....make a cup of tea
billabong...waterhole, offshoot of river
go bite your bum....told to be quiet
blackfella.....Aboriginal ( can be considered racist, depending on who says it and how ! )
bloke.....an aussie male
blow your dough...spend, waste your money
blow-in...a stranger, newcomer
blowies...blowflies
blue...a fight, row
blue / bluey...nickname for redheaded male
true blue...really Australian
blue heeler..police ( from australian cattle dog, that wont let you get away)
to bludge...to be lazy, to cadge or beg off others
bludger....a lazy person
boomer..kangaroo
thats bonzer...thats great
brumby...a wild horse
burl..to give it a try...'i'll give it a burl' ..'take the car for a burl'..
built like a brick shithouse....strong (outdoor toilets in old days were usually built of wood, so not as strong)
bum nuts....eggs
bundy....Bundaberg Rum as in 'bundy and coke' mate (rum and coco cola)
bunyip....mythical creature
the bush....rural Australia
bush telegraph...the town gossip
a bush pig...an ugly woman
bullshit ...not true..as in that's a load of bullshit..
bullshitter..someone who is reknown for not telling the truth
don't bullshit a bullshitter...don't try and bullshit me as I am a better bullshitter than you...
bs...politically correct abbreviation for word: bullshit
what do you think this is, bush week ?... disbelieving response to some one you think is trying to con you
as busy as Bourke street in the rush hour ....very busy (Bourke St. is a main street in Melbourne)
as busy as a one armed paper hanger....(now you would be busy - wouldnt you..!)
B.Y.O...bring your own (alcohol/meat/etc) Usually to a barbie - but Australia pioneerd BYO restaurants where you bring your own alcohol - a marvellous idea and very inexpensive..
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C
crikey...an expression of suprise..very old fashioned now...
crook...feeling unwell..or..a criminal..or a rogue..(confusing?)
things are crook in Tallarook ( or Musselbrook )...somethings wrong
chook.......chicken
may your chooks turn into emus and kick your shithouse door down...implying you are not very happy with someone
cackhanded...lefthanded (me..!!)
camp oven....a cast iron pot for cooking on a camp fire, especially damper
a Captain Cook at....take a look at (rhyming slang)
to cark it...to die
catch me, fuck me...derogatory term for Rugby League from aussie rules fans (from huddling together in the scrums )
china....friend ( china plate = mate )
chunder...vomit (also chuck chunder )
chock a block... or chocker's...something is full to the point it is overflowing
chuck.. to throw something.. or to vomit ..chuck up..
cobber.....true blue Aussie term for friend, mate ..a little old fashoined but still frequently used in the country..
clobber...clothes
g'day cobber....hello friend
cockie....a farmer, also cockatoo (type of bird) or a cockroach
cockroach... someone who lives in the state of New South Wales..(??) (not nice to ask why..)
cod's... testicles
coldie... a cold beer
compo ...Worker's Employment Compensation for injury at work..usually royally rorted by its recipients..
conk out..to stop..the car conked out...
cooee...called out to someone to get attention at long distance in bush ..old Australian bush call ..shouted out as COOOO- EEEEEE
corroboree....Aboriginal dance
cossie or cozzie....swimming costume (NSW)
cunning as a shithouse rat...VERY sneaky...
croweater...some one from state of South Australia (from the number of crows in the country?)
you need to take a cut lunch and a waterbottle...you have a long trip ahead of you
mad as a cut snake...upset, unpredictable
cactus...something has broken - or is no longer workable - or died...
cakehole... your mouth
cheerio...goodbye.. or sending best wishes genrally to someone far away..as in 'a big cheerio to my mum in Australia'...
cheese & kisses.... the missus, you wife (Cockney ryhming slang)
chew the fat... have a good talk together
clanger ...tell a real big lie ..a porky pie...or say something inappropriate
claytons...usually something that is not what it is purporting to be..Claytons is a non alcoholic drink that is sold as 'the drink you're having when you're not having a drink'
clocked... hitting someone..I clocked him...
clod hoppers... your feet
waiting till the till the cows come home... you be waiting all day
couldn't organise a **** in a brothel...a person is incompetent, - can't even arrange to have sex in a brothel
cow juice... milk from a cow (aka: moo juice)
to earn a crust ...to earn a living, employment..'what do you do to earn a crust? '
give someone a bit of curry... give someone or something a hard time of it
cut lunch... sandwiches
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D
damper....unleavened bread cooked in camp oven when camping outdoors
dacks......trousers or shorts
your a dag....literally, you look like *shit on a sheeps bum, (*dags) or (more friendly) you dress awfully, usually a friendly reproach and term of endearment! (only and aussie could get away with this one..)
daggy...looks bad
dead horse....sauce (usually tomato, often on a dogs eye, or meat pie )
digger...Australian soldier (origin: 1st world war - ANZAC) also used as a an expression of mateship.. 'gidday digger'
dufffer...very old word...originally means a cattle thief (cattle rustler) today the word is used as an expression of light endearment to tell somone they are silly..as in: 'you forgot your gloves you silly duffer'..(again this demonstrates the low regard early settlers held for the law as cattle thieves were not seen as thieves at all..at worst they were "Robin Hood" types..(to steal from the rich and give back to the poor) Ned Kelly (the infamous Australian bushranger) was a 'duffer'.
a dill....someone not too smart
to dilly-dally....waste time
dingoes breakfast...crudely put - a piss and a good look around ..used to describe not having anything to eat or drink for breakfast - but it is breakfast - a dingoes breakfast...
didgeridoo / dijeridoo......Aboriginal musical instrument made of a hollow tree branch
a dingbat.....a fool
dickhead..someone (usually a male) who is stupid, ill mannered, not very smart. ( meant to conjure up the image of a man's penis replacing his head) ..usually used as a term of derision by a male to a male, however it can also be used by close male friends with each other as a term of light hearted reproach...as in: 'you dickhead..you forget the tinnies'...
dinkum ?....really ? 'is this fair dinkum mate' = is this REALLY true?
dinki di...really Australian, the genuine article, the real deal...
dogs eye...meat pie
dogs breakfast......messy, a mess
donga / donger.....penis
donk.....motor, engine
dork....idiot, fool
dry as a dead dingo's donger... drought..very dry climate..or your mouth after a night on the Fosters (Famous Aussie beer)
drongo....an idiot, someone that is stupid, an insult .( truly another GREAT Aussie classic word...!)
drover's dog...no good , useless
drover.....someone who herds cattle, sheep from one place to another...during drought periods drovers move stock along roadside reserves ( the long paddock )
duds....clothes
up the duff.... pregnant
to be dudded.....ripped off, conned
dunny......toilet ( old word for outside toilet ..still used as slang for toilet..)
dunny budgie... a fly
noisy as a dunny door in a gale...something or someone making a continuous noise.. or..
bangs like a dunny door in a gale....describing the sexual prowess of a lady..
durry....tobacco, cigarette
dux ...top of the class at school (n.); to be top of the class (v) - "She duxed four of her subjects".
daks...trousers
deadset... without a doubt (replaced these days with 'absolutely'.!)
dead cert ...absolute certainly (same as deadset..)
dead marine... empty beer bottle
dob... to dob someone in... a dobber..(same as 'to grass someone' in England) to give someone up, to dob them in to authorities...
dodgy ...something suspicious and underhanded is going on
dog and bone... telephone (from ryhming Cockney Slang)
donkey's years ...as in 'have not seen you in donkeys years'...someone you haven't seen in a long time
blowing all your dough....spending all your money
drip....a person with no personality, boring stupid
dropped your bundle....losing control of the situation, being dispirited, finding it hard to cope with things
drop your guts.... you have farted (obviously very badly..)
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E
I could eat a horse....to be very hungry
to earbash....talk for a long time, forcefully
esky....insulated ice box, cooler
elbow grease... working hard
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F
face fungus.....beard
fag a cigarette...(be careful with this one...)
fanny... female genitilia (old expression not used very much now and replaced by 'pussy')
fair crack of the whip !....come on, give me a fair chance, - fair go mate!
fair suck of the sav...give me a fair go !
fair dinkum...really, honestly
fair go, mate !...give me a chance !
fair crack of the whip...a fair go.. to let someone know when they have done or said something wrong or not correct
fair enough... OK - you are right, I agree
fella...man, person ( blackfella, whitefella )
old fella ( old fellow )....penis
fartarsing around....to get a move on..'stop fartarsing around'
flake...shark , sold in fish and chip shops
flake out.....lie down, collapse
flat out like a lizard drinking.....to do something fast - be really very busy...
five finger discount....shoplifting
( pie ) floater....meat pie floating on a thick pea puree ( tastes better than it sounds )
footy.....football ( Rugby or Australian Rules Football , depending on your allegiances )
footbrawl.....derogatory name for Australian Rules football, from non footy fan
franga / franger....condom
to front someone...to confront, ask direct question
more front than Myers..(refers to a the magnitude of a person's boldness: in relation to the famous Melbourne department store (Myers) that occupies a whole city block..big
full as a boot.....drunk
floater.... meat pie floating in thick pea soup or ....(!!)
a floater..an obstinate bowel movement that does not want to flush..
flicks...the pictures, movies, cinema
old fella.... a man's penis
fibber... someone who tell lies
flaming thing.. flaming good ...very old adjective.. used very much likebloody is today..original cockney english
flash as a rat with a gold tooth... dressed and groomed very nicely
flat chat ...flat out... being very busy or going very fast in a car
give it the flick...to discontinue doing something ...stop something
go to the flicks... you off to the cinema
flog...to sell something or sometimes means to steal..(!!??)
fossicking... hunting for gemstones etc (usually opals or sapphires)
Fred Nerk...an imaginary person who get the blame ...
Fridee... Friday (!!)
frocks... older ladies dresses...
front someone...(front up to someone..) to ask them what they're hiding
fruit cake... mentally unstable .. nutty..
full as a boot ...drunk
fosters..famous Australian beer...(tastes a lot better in Britain than it does in Australia)
funny as a fart in an elevator... something that is definately not funny...
funny farm... mental institution
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G
g'day......hello, hi
game...as in 'game as Ned Kelly' - as in 'I will have a go at it' - 'having a go' at something - usually that you have not done before..
bloody galah....obnoxious, noisy, often stupid person ( from a noisy bird - a galah )
gibber.....small rocks ( gibber plain..rocky plain,desert )
the good oil....the truth
good on ya mate....congratulations or expression of satisfaction at someones achievement..
it's a goer...she's a goer.... something that will definitely occur, that you have been trying to make happen
good as gold!... something is great
good oh.... okay
googie....egg
full as a goog..... drunk or full (of food)
grazier.....owner of a large sheep or cattle property
green around the gills....feeling sick, crook
grog....alcohol
grommet / grommie...young surfer
grouse......great, wonderful
he is a gun at something.......he is the best at something , ie gun shearer, gun footballer etc
to come a gutzer / gutsa....to get hurt, have an accident, make a big mistake, come down in life..
gidday or g'day....Aussie welcoming each other (same as hello or hi)
have a gander... have a look
garbo....garbage collector
garbologist....garbage collector
gasbag....a person who talks a lot
give it away....as in 'give it away mate'.... give up on something
goose....someone that is not too clever
come off the grass....do you think I'm stupid
gregory peck.... your neck (ryhming slang)
grizzle... complaining person
grog.... alcohol
you are a grot.... you are very dirty/untidy
grouse...good, wonderful
down the gurgler....down the plug hole, something has failed
gutzer or gutsa... to fall over and hurt yourself or plan that does not work out ..to come a gutsa
gimpy ...'got a gimpy leg' your leg is not working, its hurt..
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happy as Larry.....very happy
happy as a pig in shit....REALLY happy...
humpy / humpie....rough bush shelter
hair of the dog... drinking more alcohol as a cure for a hangover
put hairs on your chest.. someone that if you eat or drink will make you manly (hmm...)
handles like a dog on lino.. (linoleum) used to describe your car's road handling or something that handles very badly (ever seen a dog try to run on lino or try to stop in a hurry..too funny..)
hardcase... someone with closed mind, but they might not think so or a tough guy
hit the hay.. or hit the sack... go to bed to sleep
hit the frog and toad... hit the road, leave, usually said by a visitor when they are ready to leave
hoon ..a show-off with limited intelligence
hooroo... saying goodbye
howzat? asking someone how something is...often shouted at cricket when appealing for a batsman to be dismissed
humping (humping something heavy) ... carrying something heavy usually very hard or more modern use imported from US: having sex
humpy... bush dwelling of cheap construction
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Idiot box... television set
iffy...something is a bit Iffy.. risky or suspect
irrits...you give me the Irrits...someone is extremely irritating to you..
ivories... your teeth ...(to tickle the ivories) to play the piano
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J
jackeroo.....junior hand on a cattle station
jillaroo......female jackeroo
jack and Jill.......bill
to be jack of something...to be fed up with something
jaffle...a toasted sandwich made in a jaffle iron - usually over an open fire (bit hard to do on an electric hotplate..)
jaffle iron...cast alloy holder to make jaffles on a camp fire
jocks...men's underwear
Joe Bloggs......the average man in the street
Joe Blake......a snake (ryhming slang: blake:snake)
jumbuck.......a sheep
"just down the road"...in tthe Australian countryside this could be 1000 miles away especially in the outback and flying between cattle stations..
jack of....you a fed up with something
jack-in-the-box... someone who can not sit still
jack dancer ...Cancer
jerry.... chamberpot
to job someone...to hit someone
jocks.... male underpants
joe blake... a snake
jumper...woollen sweater
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K
Kiwi...a New Zealander
a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock......mentally deficient
to knock something or somebody...criticise something or somebody..
knockers......people who criticise regularly
knockers as in 'big knockers': Big Breasts...
kerfuffle.. argument or a disturbance
keen as mustard.... enthusiastic about something
kick the bucket... dead
kindy... kindergarten
kip... short rest or sleep or nap
knackers... testicles
knickers... female underwear
knock-off ...a counterfeit product
knock shop...a brothel
knocked me back...usually applied to mean rejection of sexual intercourse by one person to another
knocked up... she is pregnant (also 'up the duff'...)
knock off time... time to go home from work
get knotted....used an as angry term of dismissal or diagreement
you know ...used mostly used by people who do not know what they are talking about, and hope you do (some Aussies (andKiwis) Use at the end of a sentence - VERY IRRITATING...)
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lamingtons...small sponge cakes, dipped in chocolate then covered in coconut shavings...an australian institution...
lamington drive....fund raising effort, by selling cakes
long neck.....a large bottle of beer
the long paddock....taking cattle out onto roadside and stock routes looking for feed during droughts
lady muck... a woman who puts on airs of a grand lady, usually badly (stuck up)
laughing gear ...your mouth
leb...lebbo...a person of lebanese descent..word is unfortunately used as a racial slur and is peculiar to the big cities ie Sydney and Melbourne..particulary with the Sydney race riots of December 2005
lashing out... going on a spending spree
lav or lavvy ..toilet
leading you up the garden path... someone is try to deceive you
take a leak... go to the toilet
get a leg over... throw a leg over... have sexual intercourse
help you get a leg up... someone is going to help you get started at something (usually when you are new to something)
lemon.... something that is faulty or broken or bad or useless (that you are usually stuck with)
lights on but no one's home.... someone is not too smart
lippie... lipstick
liquid amber....bBeer
use your loaf ...use your head, think about it , be intelligent about something
lob-in.... on someone visit someone unnannounced
do your lolly....lose your temper
lollywater..... soft drink, also an insult to a host or barperson who has served an alcoholic drink that is not up to scratch
long as a month of Sundays... a very long time ...
long drink of water... someone who is tall
long neck... large bottle of beer
how long is a piece of string....used when someone asks when something will be finished and a finish time cannot be determined.
on a good lurk... on to a good thing or a sweet job perk...
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map of tasmania...womans area of pubic hair ..
mate...general greeting term.....how's it going mate ? (the word is usually drawled out considerably in the Aussie vernicular so it sounds like 'howzitgoinMAAATE....)
matilda.....old term for a swag, bedroll ( as in "waltzing your Matilda" )
mexican....a southerner ( ie a Victorian is a Mexican to somebody from New south Wales )
middie.....a beer glass
min min lights.....unexplained lights people claim to have seen in the outback
mozzies....mosquitos
mulga......the bush, the scrub
things are crook in Muswellbrook......(or Tallarook if your from Victoria...) something is wrong
mystery bags.....sausages ( you don't know what went into them ! )
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the never never.....remote outback
noah's ark..........a shark
nulla nulla.....heavy wooden club
nackered ..exhausted , very tired
na na ...banana
nappy... diaper (not slang)
narkie... short tempered or negative about everything
naughty..to have a naughty... sexual intercourse
NCR (Root Rating )= Number of Cans Required (NCR) (number of beers required before you would have sex with an ugly girl (or if a girl - with an ugly man..) also known as the PB test ( Number of Paper Bags required over their head)
neddie.. a horse
in the nick....naked
nick off ...go away, get lost
get nicked...get lost, used uslaly quite vehemently
nickers... female lingerie, underpants
no-hoper.. someone who is hopeless
nockers... women's breasts
noggin... head or brains
on the nose... something stinks
not bad...usually an admiring understatement of something being good and used as a congratulatory statement.. Most often used when asked how you are (as in your helath..)
in the nuddy...naked
nulla-nulla ...wooden club used by Aborigines (made from very heavy hardwood)
nuggets... man's testicles
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oz......Australia
ocker... An uncultured (?) Aussie that likes beer, sport and women..in that order...
outback.....remote inland Australia
ocker....stereotyped uncultured Aussie, with a liking for beer, sport and women
off like prawns in the sun......to leave quickly or have something happen quickly or food 'go off 'quickly..(like prawns in the hot Australian sun!)
overlander...someone who used to drive cattle long distances across country
outhouse.....toilet, dunny, from when it was not in the house and in the backyard before modern sewage
oy! oy! oy! - teeth grinding (to everyone else in the world!) chant /' war cry' first used by aussie fans at the Sydney 2000 Games when the Aussies blitzed the world whith a record haul of medals
off the beaten track... on a road not used very much, a back road or no road at all..usually in a remote part of Australia
off like a brides nightie... leave very quickly ..to do something quickly
go off like a free keg at a wharfies picnic..for something to be used up very quickly ..to do something quickly
off-sider... assistant or partner
oldies... parents
once over... giving something the look over or checking it out
one armed bandit.... poker machine (slowly being replaced by the button version)
on ya mate... (as in Good on ya) well done mate
ooroo... goodbye
orright! ...can mean great delight but could also be a protest at being asked to do something you don't want to do. Depends on the tone of voice
outback... remote part of Australia
bun in the oven.. pregnant
ow-yar-goin... how are you?
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P
pat malone.....on your own
pavlova ( pav ).....dessert made from meringue, cream and fruit (another Australian Icon - ALTHOUGH - It was invented in NZ!)
pie floater....meat pie served on a pea puree, with tomato sauce
poddy......young unbranded cattle
pommie or pom....English born person: expression derives from old convict name for a convict shipped out to Australia: 'Prisoner of Mother England ' (P.O.M.E) however it somehow got turned around since then to descrive a British/Englsih person...very strange....
pot....a beer glass
pub....a bar, hotel
pack a (of) poo tickets... toilet paper
pash or pashing.... heavy kissing and cuddling
perk.. something good your employer supplies for nothing as a part of your job (and the taxman usually wants a part of)
pigs bum ...wrong, or incorrect
piker.... someone who does not want to do something that the rest of the group want to do
pinch..to steal
pissup....have a lot of alcohol ....generally at a party
could not orgnise a pissup in a brewery....a scornful description of the lack of organisational ability of someone.....
pissed as a family fart... very drunk
pissed as a parrot... drunk
pissed off....angry or unhappy sometimes by pretending to do something you are not
plonk....very cheap wine
pong ....a bad smell or unpleasant odour
talking on the porcelain telephone.....vomiting into a toilet (driving the Porcelain bus)
like a pork chop in a Jewish Synagogue......(NOT popular..)
possie (pozzy).... advantageous position, in good spot (eg at sporting event, fishing spot)
postie ....postman, mail delivery person
pot calling the kettle black.... someone critising someone and having the same issues as those they criicize..
pot hole....hole in the road
prang....automotive crash
prawn..... shrimp
raw prawn....as in 'don't come the raw prawn with me mate'....hard to logically explain (!!) but usually a warning to someone not to try to strongly enforce their views on you when you have your own differing views of something..or..don't try and put one over me...
prezzies.... gifts
proud as a rat with a gold tooth...(also used as 'slick as a rat with a gold tooth'..)..someone is very proud of how they look or something they have done
pub... hotel, place for buying and drinking alcohol ..(any hotel is called a pub in Australia unlike Britain where usually only country side pubs are refrred to as 'pubs'....
puffed.... out of breath
pull your head in mate... mind your own business..behave yourself...go away..
piss off....go away.. quickly
pull up your socks.....improve yourself...'get your shit together'...get your act together
push-bike..... bicycle
pussy... domestic cat (or a females private part..)
put up or shut up... prove you can do something or be quiet..
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quack.. doctor
quid.... money
not the full quid.... short on brains , stupid, berefit in the iq department..
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rat bag....obnoxious person
ridgie didge....really, honestly, fair dinkum
ring-in.....an imposter
road train.....large truck seen in outback, with 3/4 trailers, usually over 50 metres in length
root.....to have sexual intercourse
rooted....to have had sex with someone, or tired
rug rat...young child, crawling age
rat up a drainpipe...as in: do something very quickly..get in quickly..take to a new situation quickly..as in: 'he took to it like a rat up a drainpipe'..
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sandgroper.....someone from Western Australia ( thought to be a very sandy, desert state )
sanga......a sandwich
schooner....large beer glass
a sheila.....old fashioned slang for a woman
your shout....your turn to buy the drinks when in a group at the pub
a slab....a carton of beer ( 24 stubbies)
snags....sausages ( what Aussies really put on BBQs...only Paul Hogan(or an American) would throw a shrimp on the barbie for tourists )
snag short of a barbie.....short of commonsense (also sanga short of a picnic, a stubbie short of a sixpack. )
strine.....Australian slang
stubbies.... small bottles (375ml) of beer, or short shorts usully worn by men (with overhanging beer guts..)
swag.....bedroll, made from canvas and thin matress
swaggie./ swagman..in the 1930s depression the name for itinerant men who travelled the countryside looking for odd jobs and handouts, owning only a billy, clothes and his swag, ( as in the famous Australian song "Waltzing Matilda"...."once a jolly swagman, camped by the billabong.." yada yada yada...)
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technicolour yawn...to be sick, to vomit..
thunderbox.....toilet
taswegian....somebody from state of Tasmania
thongs.....rubber sandals, flip flops
a tinnie.....a can of beer, or a small aluminium boat
to crack a tinnie.....open a can of beer
true blue......really or proudly Australian
two up...traditional Australian gambling game, based on calling heads or tails on two coins (pre decimal Australian pennies) tossed in the air simultaneously. Fiercly protected illegal gambling game that originated from WW1. Played every Anzac Day in every hotel in Australia after the Anzac march - and the police completely turn a blind eye to it . A venerable Aussie tradition..
tucker......food
tuckshop.....school canteen or cafeteria
tuckerbox...container for holding food, nowadays called an icebox or ‘esky’ (tuckerbox is from the famous 1850's Australian poem by 'Bowyang Yorke' ( an unknown 'pename' )” The Dog sat on the Tuckebox”
"As I was coming down Conroy's Gap,
I heard a maiden cry;
'There goes Bill the Bullocky,
He's bound for Gundagai.
A better poor old beggar
Never earnt an honest crust,
A better poor old beggar
Never drug a whip through dust.'
His team got bogged at the nine mile creek,
Bill lashed and swore and cried;
'If Nobby don't get me out of this,
I'll tattoo his bloody hide.'
But Nobby strained and broke the yoke,
And poked out the leader's eye;
Then the dog sat on the Tucker Box
Nine miles from Gundagai."
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U
ute....utility, a type of motor vehicle with a single cabin and a half ton tray for carrying things behind the cabin...(called a pickup truck in the US) (The back of utes are usually used to 'throw down the swag' to sleep off the nights excess by the owners at famous Australian Ute Musters like the Denny Ute Muster (Deniliquin) - the largest Ute muster in the World...Aussie lads LOVE their utes.. more than their girls...
um-ah... indecisive or can be doing something wrong
Uee, Uie or Uwie... doing a U turn (usually in a ute...) (or car!)
underdaks... (or undies) underpants
uni... university
up shit creek ...things are going wrong for you
up shit creek in a barbed wire canoe..things are REALLY going wrong for you
up (a) (the) gumtree someone that got them self in a spot of trouble, in a quandary
up yourself... full of yourself ..( up him/herself) .....
get up your nose ...to upset or make you very cross (pissed off..!)
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vegemite....traditional australian food ( a type of spread, similar to Marmite but tastes like car axle grease compared to English Marmite which tastes like truck axle grease...)
to be a happy little Vegemite.....happy and contented person ( from old advertising song)
vegies... vegetables
verbal diarrhoea... talking utter rubbish..talking shit..
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waka..whacka...your a waka....strange term of endearment ..like being called a dag...a loveable fool..??
to go walkabout....to go away, travel
to go walkabout.....aboriginals would go away to seek spiritual enlightenment
on the wallaby track....to travel looking for work
the wet ....the rainy summer period in tropical Australia (Dec - April)
wowser.....old fashioned killjoy, spoilsport
waffle.... nonsense
wag... skip school, truancy
walkover... something is done easily or someone deceived easily
on the wallaby track... to go from place to place in search of work
wally... someone who keeps making mistakes
wanker... a male that is well..a wanker - this is a delicious Aussie word and is extremely derisory and describes a male that is 'up themselves' - a real wanker...
it will all come out in the wash.... something will sort it's self out over time
go down to the waterhole... off to the hotel or pub
weatherboard...a wooden house
wedding tackle...a man's penis (love it!)
westie...a person from the western suburbs of Sydney..a purely Sydney expression of a lower class person as the western suburbs are percieved to to be much less affluent than the rich northern & eastern suburbs ..(very controversial and frankly not true - given the race riots of December 2005)
wharfie... dockworker
whip around.... collecting money for a gift for someone leaving work
give it a whirl... to try something
white pointers... a lady sunbaking topless
who-ha ...someone is making a fuss about something, usually nothing important: "a lot of who-ha"
wing-ding... a great party, celebration or even a big fight or argument
wossat?!... you didn't catch what someone was saying, and you want them to say it again.
on a good wicket... on to a good thing or earning a good income
willy... a man's penis
willy willy...a small circular whirliwind
willy-nilly... something kept in a untidy way
put the wind up someone....frighten or intimidate someone
winge...(adj.winger) ...complain incessantly..NOT a done thing in Australia...
wobbly.... it's a shaky position..
chuck/throw a wobbly... throwing a tantrum
wog...a cold, the flu or virus
wog ...old fashioned derisory term for a non Australian - new european immigrant - (not British however)
wonky...something is unsteady or shaky
woomera...throwing stick used by Aborigines to throw spears also old Australian (and UK) rocket test centre in outback Australia
woop woop...a mythical place in the Australian outback that is a very long way from civilisation
wowser... killjoy or prude, old fashioned (also a derogatory term for a religious person usually of the methodist faith)
wouldn't be dead for quids....really happy and relaxed...
writeoff...crash the car beyond repair..
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x it out ....cross it out or erase something
ex....ex boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/husband
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Y
yakka ..an iconic brand of Australian mens clothing
hard yakka.....hard work
yabbie......freshwater crayfish
yowie....mythical Australian creature, like yeti or bigfoot
yack.....talk a lot
yahoo..... loudmouthed person, exhibitionist, out of control..(put's a whole new perspective on the Internet Search Directory....)
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zak....sixpence in pre decimal days...( now 5 cents), as in "did not have a zak to his name" ( stony broke )
catch some Z's.... go for a sleep
zebra crossing.....broad striped paint lines for pedestrian crossing of a roadway
zonked.... very very tired
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