Australians dont say cobber thats very Pommy! boardies = An abbreviation of board shorts (bathers or swimwear which look like shorts). flick = Get rid of, e.g. Down Under = Australia, e.g. Ive known him for yonks. not much chop = Not very good, e.g. Ive just paid all of my bills, and now Ive got bugger all money left. kangaroos loose in the top paddock = Someone who is not all there, a bit mad, crazy, loony, e.g. Sometimes abbreviated as dig. Hello. nana = A banana. Bog standard - basic, unadorned, without accessories (a bog-standard car, telephone etc.) Bodgies were regarded as uncouth louts. The phrase is based on spunky in the sense of spirited, and is influenced also by spunk in the sexual sense. Davo, Jacko, Johno, Robbo, Stevo, and Tommo (David, Jack, John, Robert, Steve, and Tom). clucky = Refers to a woman who is showing interest in babies, or in having a baby, from the clucking of a mother hen over her chicks. Phrase/term . An exclamation of frustration, annoyance, or angst over a negative occurrence; e.g. arse . office bike = A woman who is sexually active with many men, i.e. oo roo = Goodbye. Raymond, I am familiar with this phrase from as long as I can remember growing up in country SA especially common on the footy field! bugger off = Leave me alone; go away. The next-door-neighbour wasnt feeling so hot yesterday, then he carked it last night, My car engine has been acting up, I think its about to cark it. hawk the fork = Soliciting for purposes of prostitution; from hawk (to sell) and fork (vagina). people from Bananaland (a slang name for Queensland). being selected to join a team or group). ugly tree = A negative reference to someones looks, e.g. Shut up, or Ill bonk you on the noggin (i.e. beyond the Black Stump = Somewhere that is far away from civilisation. Derived from the term Cabbage State, referring to the state of Victoria; the term infers that, because the state is quite small (compared to the other states of Australia), Victoria is about the size of a cabbage garden. Similar to a nosey parker, the latter phrase being apparently British in origin, possibly referring to Matthew Parker (1504-1575), Archbishop of Canterbury, who was known for poking his nose into the activities of his priests. Can also refer to someone who is perceived to be a bit mad or crazy. fang it = To move quickly, especially to drive fast, e.g. cant be bothered = Dont feel like doing something, not in the mood to do something, cant be arsed, e.g. its a boomerang = Used in reference to loaning an item (making it clear that it is not a present to keep, but a loan that is to be returned; like a boomerang, it is meant to come back), e.g. refo = Abbreviation for refugee; can also be spelt as reffo, e.g. CJ. bog in = Indulge freely; same as the expression dig in. bush tucker = Food found out in the bush, growing wild; exemplified in the TV series Bush Tucker Man (which aired in the 1980s and 1990s, starring Les Hiddins). If it was connected with Strachan, it could date back to his Skyhooks days (beginning in the 1970s), or it could even be connected to his fame as host of the TV childrens show Shirls Neighbourhood (1979-1983). Davo, Jacko, Johno, Robbo, Stevo, and Tommo (David, Jack, John, Robert, Steve, and Tom). See: IAC list on Trove. Also used as a play upon words, e.g. sweet as = Awesome, fantastic, really good, terrific, e.g. built like a brick dunny = Someone of a solid and heavy build, e.g. You know, strain the potatoes. 125 Common Australian Slang Words, Terms and Phrases 1. toey = Restless, e.g. Scabs are also known as blacklegs. thongs - flip-flops. Shes up the duff. someone who hasnt got any guts (courage). --phrase 3. bail on (someone), to abandon (someone). After explaining it they still dont believe it is a legit phrase. Similar to a rooster one day, a feather duster the next. [See the entry: Buckleys chance. Distinct from the slang word lolly, used in Europe and the USA, which refers to an under-age girl (derived from the movie Lolita, made in 1962 and re-made in 1997). knackers = Testicles. Ditch, the = The Tasman Sea, as the ditch between Australia and New Zealand; sometimes pronounced as the dutch, as a reference to the New Zealand style of pronouncing vowels. stinker = A very hot day, e.g. I owned acreage in Speewah, just out of Kuranda and didnt know we were classed as that faraway from the rest of the world.. there ya go onya! shell be right = Everything will be alright. blind Freddie = A phrase used in comparison to establish something that is obvious or easy, e.g. It's like my Australian Slang Dictionary! Hes a real bloody drongo. bush pig = Someone with little or no manners, a badly-behaved person. pulled that one out of their arse. gutless wonder = A coward, i.e. Snag. beer oclock = A way of saying that its time for a beer. not worth a cracker = Something that is worthless, or close to worthless; may come from the worth of a cracker (biscuit), but possibly from the term cracker that denoted a clapped-out or near-worthless cow or sheep. No worries That's OK; It doesn't matter; Don't mention it. She fell out of the ugly tree (can also can be given in a longer form, such as He fell out of the ugly tree, and hit a few branches on the way down). Siphon the python? Cornstalks = People from New South Wales; New South Welshmen. Its 12 Ks to the nearest petrol station. Kevin 747 (Kevin Rudd)Kevin 747 = Kevin Rudd (Prime Minister of Australia, Dec. 2007 to June 2010 and June 2013 to Sept. 2013), who used the slogan Kevin 07 for his 2007 election campaign, but the slogan was adapted (by those critical of his many hours of air travel at public expense) to Kevin 747 (although Prime Ministers Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison were later reported as having taken more overseas trips than Rudd, but escaped being labelled for doing so). Also spelt ooroo. game as Ned Kelly = Someone who is brave, willing to face incredible odds, e.g. bloke = A man. Aussie is the best country in the world, Holden is an Aussie car. Plate, bring a : Instruction to bring a plate of food to a party. 125 Australian Slang Words & Phrases A Cold One - Beer Accadacca - How Aussies refer to Australian band ACDC Ankle Biter - Child Arvo - Afternoon ( S'Arvo - this afternoon!) 'Bruce bailed' = Bruce isn't going to turn up. In earlier times (when New South Wales was the main area of settlement in Australia), it was used to refer to native-born Australians in general (regarding those of British-European descent, as the term did not include the Aborigines). Piece of piss : easy task. great grey migration, the = When, in the winter season, thousands of retired Australians (grey hairs) from the southern states travel to Queensland for a holiday. ripper = Something really good. Coined by Australian cartoonist Ben Ward, milkshake duck not only marks an Australian contribution to the global lexicon, but also carries shades of an Australian cultural contribution: the tall poppy. Send her down, Hughie! bees dick = Something very small, or used as an indication of a short distance or a close call, e.g. Its a bit of an old bomb. bugger = [1] Damn. Other variations included spunk bubble and spunkette. Aussie salute - brushing away flies with your hand. Also spelt little Johnnie. fair suck of the sauce bottle = To call for fair treatment, or a demand to give someone a reasonable chance, e.g. (Give it a) Burl: Give it a shot. hlphoto/Shutterstock All about Australia Back o'Bourke Outback. Banana bender Resident of Queensland. dead-set drongo = Someone who is regarded as a total idiot, stupid, clumsy or worthless, e.g. Similar to hoo roo. off like a brides nightie = To depart very quickly, e.g. arsey = Someone who is considered lucky, e.g. Call it Strine, call it Ocker, call it whatever you like, but the way we speak is at the . bucks party = [See the entry: bucks night.]. Youre useless, you should go south til your hat floats. Aussie battlers = Australians who are not rich, battling against lifes odds. Johno = John. noun (uncountable) Touchwood . Everyone turns up in their vehicles, there's a raging party and they sleep/pass out in their swags, alone or if the night has worked out well, with company. as used in the song I come from a land down under. Similar to the phrase Damn you to hell. couldnt raffle a chook in a pub = Referring to someone who is incompetent. not bad = Something which is good, e.g. earbashing = To talk non-stop, to talk incessantly, or to tell someone off, e.g. garbo = Garbage man; the person who comes along in a truck to collect your rubbish. [See the entry: Bodgies and Widgies.]. Thanx telling lies, fanciful stories (tall stories), or saying what is considered to be incorrect information. A Ace! (chiefly British) semen; 3. pluck; spirit; mettle (blend of spark (fiery particle) and obsolete funk (spark, touchwood)) The phrase is based on spunky in the sense of spirited, and is influenced also by spunk in the sexual sense. 71. See the following list: https://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=132374 Fuck Off, Were Full sign on a fencefuck off, were full = A nationalistic slogan against immigration, often depicted upon a map of Australia. buggery = [See the entry: go to buggery.]. What else did you get for Christmas? Hes a real little bugger, isnt he?. black velvet. Similar to cactus. No budgie smugglers ? Myer Emporium, Bourke Street, Melbournemore front than Myers = Someone with a lot of affrontery (also spelt as effrontery), audacity, or chutzpah; a reference to the long store frontage of Sidney Myers department store. go like the clappers = To move at high speed. And the big men fly phrase pissed to the eyeballs: https://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=117007, Spewin (adj) objecting to a situation, place or thing causing the person to become vocally angry, agitated or upset. best thing since sliced bread = Something that is very good, a great invention. Be quiet, or Ill hit you on the head). Point Percy at the porcelain = To urinate (Percy is slang for a penis). B&S = Bachelors and Spinsters; being a reference to a Bachelors and Spinsters Ball, a dance party arranged for single people, or humourously referring to a gathering that is said to look like one. They hadnt seen each other in ages, so when they caught up they had a real good chinwag. Look here, kiddo, youd better not do that. Dictionary of Australian slang . Not necessarily intended as a derogatory term, but in modern times it may sometimes be regarded as derogatory even if not intended as such. No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest [poem by Mary Gilmore, 29 June 1940] Davo = David. Another boatload of refos landed on the north coast yesterday. slopehead = An Asian person (a derogatory term). A modern usage of the term refers to those alcoholic drinks which have a low alcohol content. The Newcastle song [music video, sung by Bob Hudson] bloods worth bottling = A compliment, e.g. spunk google books The following definitions and usage are from: Dalzell -The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2nd Edition. Derived from beautiful. Can also be used regarding non-human subjects. Mild admonishment. Distinct from the modern term bonk, which refers to people having sexual intercourse. he was carrying on like a pork chop. Then toss a coin to decide who will answer the question: Heads = Ask, meaning you can ask anyone else the question Tails = Tell, meaning you have to answer the question yourself You can't change the question after flipping the coin Suggested questions Bazza, Gazza, and Shazza (Barry, Gary, and Sharon). Where did you get your licence? Shooting the moon [short story by Henry Lawson], Timeline of Australian history and culture, Calendar of Australian history and culture, Significant events and commemorative dates. drink with the flies = To drink alone, especially regarding drinking beer alone. bludger = Someone who bludges; i.e. See: IAC list on Trove. get your end in = To have sexual intercourse. Singular: snag, e.g. He put the bite on her for a loan. someone who doesnt work very hard, or doesnt work at all. Similar to a few cents short of a dollar, a few sangers short of a barbie, a couple of lamingtons short of a CWA meeting, and a stubbie short of a six pack. A Furphy water cartfurphy = A rumour. good onya = Good on you, well done, great going, e.g. It includes words and meanings that have originated in Australia, that have a greater currency here than elsewhere, or that have a special significance in Australian history. crawler = Someone who sucks up to authority figures, e.g. Want a lift? Someone stole his bike and he chucked a wobbly. Australian Army soldiers who served in North African campaign WW2 DEUCE - sentence to jail for two months (criminal slang 1950s) . Similar to buggered, knackered, stonkered. carry on like a pork chop = Someone carrying on in an unduly agitated manner, e.g. Yeah, bloody oath it is, mate!. curry = To attack or abuse, to give someone curry, e.g. He took off like a brides nightie. vomiting). Fair dinkum, thats what happened. bush week = Uncultured behaviour, referring to the possibility of people living in the bush (without refined manners) coming down to the city en masse and acting up, e.g. Australian slang words - a definitive guide to Aussie slang Mark October 18, 2007 12 Comments So you've decided to move to Australia. The word cobber is quintessentially Australian (definitely not English); although it is now mainly used by much older Australians (just like the term dig to refer to a friend). (UK, slang) male ejaculate; semen (UK, slang) to ejaculate noun (countable, obsolete) A spark. Horny Aussie spunk rat Steve is always on the prowl for other hot and horny men for rugged one-on-one sex and group action in his pursuit of the elixir of life: manjuice. The Encyclopdia Britannica defines slang as "unconventional words or phrases that express either something new or something old in a new way. Aussie Slang. mate = Friend, cobber. snags = Sausages. : Excellent! Then there was the spunk rat, meaning a sexually attractive person. Balmain basket weavers = Inner-city trendies, or left-wingers; from the Sydney suburb of Balmain, once a poor suburb, but later populated by middle class trendies. Australian slang, also known as 'Strine' is widely used by Australian people. Similar to knackered, shattered, stonkered. This is part of the Australia tradition of giving various names a zza suffix, e.g. big smoke = The city (can be used to refer to any big city). Skips = A derogatory term for Australians of British ethnicity; a term that originated with those of Southern European ethnicity to refer to Anglo-Australians. shattered = Very tired, exhausted. give something a try, e.g. he build the shed, but its a bit of a bodgy job; similar to the term dodgy, and possibly related to the term botched (to carry out a task badly, or carelessly; to botch up a job). This is part of the Australia tradition of giving various names a zza suffix, e.g. Dryblower Murphy Singular: Skip. [See the entry: havent got a brass razoo.]. parma = A parmigiana. This Australian slang phrase is not as common as it once was. Perhaps due to the cultural dominance of the United States, Australia borrowed much of its slang from the Reagan-era USA. OS = Abbreviation for overseas (i.e. When the English language was exported, English took on another form of it's own. Whilst buggery does not specifically mean hell, it serves the same function as hell as used in common phrase Go to hell. bloomin = An exclamatory oath (blooming), I cant believe that happened, no bloomin way. Excuse me, say again? John Smith: dumb one day, stupid the next. Fair suck of the sauce bottle. Dont come the raw prawn with me!. couldnt organise a root in a brothel = Referring to someone who is incompetent. durry = A cigarette, e.g. I mentioned this in passing amongst some American friends. Taken from the rhyming slang apples and spice for nice. = An advertising slogan for Bonox drink; subsequently used in a jocular teasing fashion to give hitchhikers false hope of getting a lift, e.g. Tommo = Tom or Thomas (or the surnames Thomson or Thompson). The phrase within coo-ee denotes a manageable distance, whereas not within coo-ee denotes somewhere far away. Little Johnny (John Howard)Little Johnny = John Howard (Prime Minister of Australia, 1996-2007), who was tagged in the media as little Johnny Howard (although at 59, or 175cm, he was about average height; Howard was taller than Prime Minister Bob Hawke, who never received the somewhat derogatory nickname of little, even though Hawke stood at 57, or 170cm). loo = Toilet (crapper, dunny, shitter, water closet). grog = Alcohol, an alcoholic drink, e.g. apples = Shell be apples, Its apples, or Everythings apples. She went crook at him when she found out that he ate all the chocolates. That blokes a flamin galah; he doesnt know whether hes Arthur or Martha . drum = Reliable information, e.g. Brisvegas/Brizzie: Informal name of the city of Brisbane. On the other side of the coin, a woman is known as a sheila. Ill save this drink for Ron; this is a play upon words, used as if the speaker is keeping something aside for someone named Ron, when the item is actually being kept aside to be used later on. youse = You all; you guys. Makes a bit more sense than just she bangs like a dunny door! cossie = An abbreviation of swimming costume, i.e. These are common words and phrases that have become iconic to Australians. Up shit creek without a paddle = In dire trouble, in a quandary. (Supplied: Chelsey Horne) Gnarly Gnarly can mean very good as well. He really thinks hes the bees knees, doesnt he?. Now youve broken it; good onya, idiot. Western Australians. 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