Aussie Slang

1.
A Cold One – Beer

2. Arvo – Afternoon
3. Aussie Salute – Wave to scare the flies
4. Bail – To cancel plans. ‘Bruce bailed’ = Bruce isn’t going to turn up.
5. Barbie – Barbecue
6. Bathers – Swimsuit
7. Beauty! – Great! Most often exclaimed as “You Beauty”
8. Billabong – A pond in a dry riverbed
9. Billy – Teapot (In the Outback on the fire)
10. Bloody – Very. Used to extenuate a point
11. Bloody oath – yes or its true. “You right mate?”… “Bloody Oath”
12. Bludger – Someone who’s lazy, generally also who relies on others (when it’s
someone who relies on the state they’re often called a ‘dole bludger’)
13. Bogan – This word is used for people who are, well let’s say, rednecks. Or, if
you like, just call your friends a bogan when they are acting weird.
14. Booze Bus – Police vehicle used to catch drunk drivers
15. Bottle-O – Bottle Shop, basically a place to buy alcohol
16. Brekky – Breakfast
17. Brolly – Umbrella
18. Bruce – An Aussie Bloke
19. Budgie Smugglers – Speedos
20. Bush – The Outback.
21. Cab Sav – Cabernet Sauvignon
22. Cactus – Dead, Broken
23. Choc A Bloc – Full
24. Choccy Biccy – Chocolate Biscuit
25. Chook – Chicken
26. Chrissie – Christmas
27. Ciggy – a Cigarette
28. Clucky – feeling maternal
29. Cobber – Very good friend. ‘Alright me ‘ol cobber’.
30. Coldie – Beer. ‘Come over for a few coldie’s mate.’
31. Coppers – Policemen
32. Crikey – an expression of surprise
33. Crook – Being ill or angry; ‘Don’t go crook on me for getting crook’
34. C*nt, the “C” word – Used when exchanging pleasantries between close
friends or family member. If someone calls you the “C” word in Australia (and
you haven’t done anything to make them angry), then breathe a sigh of
relief… it means you have entered the mate zone.
35. Dag – Someone who’s a bit of a nerd or geek.
36. Daks – Trousers. ‘Tracky daks’ = sweatpants (tracksuit pants)
37. Deadset – True
38. Devo – Devastated
39. Drongo – a Fool, ‘Don’t be a drongo mate’
40. Dunny – Toilet
41. Esky – An insulated container that keeps things cold (usually beers)
42. F*ck Me Dead – that’s unfortunate, that surprises me
43. Fair Dinkum – ‘Fair Dinkum?’ … ‘Fair Dinkum!’ = Honestly? … Yeah
honestly!
44. Frothy – Beer
45. G’day – Hello
46. Galah – an Australian cockatoo with a reputation for not being bright, hence a
galah is also a stupid person.
47. Going off – busy, lots of people
48. Good On Ya – Good work
49. Goon – the best invention ever produced by mankind. Goon is a cheap,
boxed wine that will inevitably become an integral part of your Australian
backpacking experience.
50. Hard yakka – Hard work
51. Heaps – loads, lots, many
52. Hoon – Hooligan (normally driving badly!)
53. Knickers – female underwear
54. Larrikin – Someone who’s always up for a laugh, bit of a harmless prankster
55. Legless – Someone who is really drunk
56. Lollies – Sweets
57. Maccas – McDonalds
58. Manchester – Sheets / Linen etc. For someone who’s from England, finding a
department within a shop called Manchester seriously confused me at first.
59. Mongrel – Someone who’s a bit of a dick
60. Mozzie – Mosquito
61. No Drama – No problem / it’s ok
62. No Worries -No problem / it’s ok
63. Nuddy – Naked
64. Pash – to kiss
65. Piece of Piss – easy
66. Piss Off – go away, get lost
67. Piss Up – a party, a get together and in Australia – most social occasions
68. To Piss – to urinate
69. Pissed – Intoxicated, Drunk
70. Rack Off – The less offensive way to tell someone to ‘F Off’!
71. Rapt – Very happy
72. Reckon – for sure. ‘You Reckon?’… ‘I reckon!’
73. Ripper – ‘You little ripper’ = That’s fantastic mate!
74. Root Rat – someone who enjoys sex (maybe a little too much)
75. Rooted – Tired
76. Runners – Trainers, Sneakers
77. Servo – Service Station / Garage
78. Sheila – A woman
79. Shoot Through – To leave
80. Sickie – a sick day off work
81. Skull – To down a beer
82. Slab – A carton of beers
83. Snag – Sausage
84. Stiffy – Erection
85. Stoked – Happy, Pleased
86. Straya – Australia
87. Strewth – An exclamation of surprise
88. Stubby – a bottle of beer.
89. Stubby Holder – Used so your hands don’t get cold when holding your beer!
90. Stuffed – Tired
91. Sunnies – Sunglasses
92. Swag – Single bed you can roll up, a bit like a sleeping bag.
93. Tea – Dinner
94. Tinny – Can of beer
95. Thongs – Flip Flops. Do not be alarmed if your new found Australian friend
asks you to wear thongs to the beach. They are most likely expressing their
concern of the hot sand on your delicate feet.
96. Tucker – Food. ‘Bush Tucker’ tends to be food found in the Outback such as
witchety grubs.
97. Two Up – A gambling game played on Anzac day.
98. U-IE – to take a U-Turn when driving
99. Ya – You
100. Yous – (youse) plural of you!

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