Aussie Slang
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A
Ankle biter: small child
As dry as a dead dingo’s donger / as dry as a dead dog’s dick: dry
Aussie: Australian
B
Bail out: To leave or depart
Barbie: barbecue
Bastard: term of endearment
Battler: someone working hard to make a living
Billabong: an oxbow lake cut off by a change in the watercourse
Bizzo: business
Bloke: man, guy
Bloody oath! : I agree, that’s certainly true (Also common is “Fuckin’ Oath!”)
Blowie: Fly
Blue: Argument
Bogged: To get your vehicle stuck in mud and/or deep sand
Boogie board: a hybrid, half-sized surf board
Booze bus: police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers
Bottle shop: liquor store
Brekkie: breakfast
Brickie: bricklayer
Buckley’s, Buckley’s chance: no chance (“He’s got Buckley’s chance of winning that bet”)
Bunyip: mythical outback creature
Bushranger: highwayman, outlaw
C
Cactus: not functioning
Chewie: chewing gum
Chook: a chicken
Chuck a sickie: take the day off sick from work
Clacker: anus
Cockie: cockatoo
Compo: Workers’ Compensation pay
Crack a fat: get an erection
Cranky: in a bad mood
Cubby house: Small, usually timber, house in the garden for children, like a club house for kids
Cunt: expletive, often used as a term of endearment among mates; or used as an insult to a person when angry
D
Dag: amusing person who is not necessarily “trendy”
Damper: bread made from flour and water
Dill: an idiot
Dipstick: a loser, idiot
Docket: a bill, receipt
Doodle: penis
Down Under: Australia
Dropkick: loser / idiot
Dunny: toilet
Dux: top of the class
F
Fair dinkum: true, genuine
Fair go: a chance, or a second chance
Figjam: Fuck I’m good, just ask me
Fly wire: gauze flyscreen covering a window or doorway
Franger: condom
Freo: Fremantle in Western Australia
G
G’Day: hello!
Garbo, garbologist: municipal trash/waste collector
Going off: High praise of a party or event
Greenie: environmentalist
Gyno: gynecologist
H
Heaps: a lot
Hooroo: goodbye
I
Icy pole: Popsicle
In The Nuddy: To be naked
J
Jumbuck: sheep
K
Kero: kerosene
Knock: to criticize
L
Lippy: lipstick
Longneck: tall 750ml bottle of beer
M
Making a Quid: earning a living / position of employment
Mappa Tassie: Map of Tasmania, meaning a woman’s pubic area
Metho: methylated spirits
Middie: 285 ml glass of beer
Mongrel: despicable person
Mozzie: mosquito
Mull: cannabis
N
No drama: positive expression of assurance, same as “No Worries”
O
Oldies: parents
P
Pash: long passionate kiss – often referred to as “having a snog” in the UK
Perve: checking out / looking at someone of the opposite sex
Pig’s arse! : I don’t agree with you
Piss: Beer
Postie: mailman
R
Rack off: Get lost! Get out of here!
Rage on: to continue partying
Ratbag: mild insult, often used endearingly between friends
Rego: vehicle registration
Road train: big truck with many trailers
Rollie / Rolley: a cigarette that you roll yourself
Roo bar: heavy bar set to the front of a car to protect it against hitting kangaroos
Root rat: somebody who is constantly looking for sex
Rort: Cheating, fiddling, defrauding within politics
Rubbish: trash, garbage
S
Sandgroper: a person from Western Australia
Screamer: somebody who gets drunk on very little alcohol
She’ll be right: it’ll turn out okay
Sheila: a woman
Shoot through: to leave
Smoko: smoke or coffee break
Spunk: a good looking person, sexy, hot
Stands out like dog’s balls: very obvious
Stoked: very pleased
Strewth: exclamation
Stubby holder: insulated holder for a beer bottle
Sunnies: sunglasses
T
Tall poppy syndrome: the tendency to criticize successful people
Tea: supper/dinner
Thongs: cheap rubber backless sandals
To skull a beer: to drink a whole glass of beer in one shot without stopping for a breath
Too right! : Definitely!
Truckie: truck driver
Tucker: food
Two up: gambling game played by throwing two coins up in the air simultaneously
U
Up oneself: have a high opinion of oneself – “he’s really up himself”
Ute: utility vehicle, pickup truck
V
Veg out: relax
W
Walkabout: a walk in the Outback by Aborigines that lasts for an indefinite amount of time
Whinge: complain, whine
Wuss: coward
Y
Yakka: work
