Aussie slang

[Tro]

A list of 25 and then some more

1. Arvo: afternoon

2. Barbie: barbeque

3. Bogan: redneck, an uncultured person. According to the Australian show Bogan Hunters, a real bogan sports a flanno (flannel shirt), a mullet, missing teeth, homemade tattoos (preferably of the Australian Flag or the Southern Cross), and has an excess of Australia paraphernalia. This "species of local wildlife" can be found by following their easily distinguishable tracks from burnouts or the smell of marijuana.

4. Bottle-O: bottle shop, liquor store

5. Chockers: very full

6. Esky: cooler, insulated food and drink container

7. Fair Dinkum: true, real, genuine

8. Grommet: young surfer

9. Mozzie: mosquito

10. Pash: a long passionate kiss. A pash rash is red irritated skin as the result of a heavy make-out session with someone with a beard.

11. Ripper: really great

12. Roo: kangaroo. A baby roo, still in the pouch, is known as a Joey

13. Root: sexual intercourse. This one can get really get foreigners in trouble. There are numerous stories about Americans coming to Australia telling people how they love to "root for their team." If you come to Australia, you would want to use the word "barrack" instead. On the same note, a "wombat" is someone who eats roots and leaves.

14. Servo: gas station. In Australia, a gas station is called a petrol station. If you ask for gas, don’t be surprised if someone farts.

15. She’ll be right: everything will be all right

16. Sickie: sick day. If you take a day off work when you are not actually sick it’s called chucking a sickie.

17. Slab: 24-pack of beer

18. Sook: to sulk. If someone calls you a sook, it is because they think you are whinging

19. Stubbie holder: koozie or cooler. A stubbie holder is a polystyrene insulated holder for a stubbie, which is a 375ml bottle of beer.

20. Sweet as: sweet, awesome. Aussies will often put ‘as’ at the end of adjectives to give it emphasis. Other examples include lazy as, lovely as, fast as and common as.

21. Ta: thank you

22. Togs: swim suit

23. Tradie: a tradesman. Most of the tradies have nicknames too, including brickie (bricklayer), truckie (truckdriver), sparky (electrician), garbo (garbage collector) and chippie (carpenter).

24. Ute: Utility vehicle, pickup truck

25. Whinge: whine

The more:

Good onya, mate! Understanding the Aussies should be easy as now.A Cold One – Beer
Accadacca – How Aussies refer to Australian band ACDC
Arvo – Afternoon (S’Arvo – this afternoon!)
Aussie Salute – Wave to scare the flies
Avo – Avocado
Bail – To cancel plans. ‘Bruce bailed’ = Bruce isn’t going to turn up.
Barbie – Barbecue
Bathers – Swimsuit
Beauty! – Great! Most often exclaimed as “You Beauty”
Billabong – A pond in a dry riverbed
Billy – Teapot (In the Outback on the fire)
Bloody – Very. Used to extenuate a point
Bloody oath – yes or its true. “You right mate?”… “Bloody Oath”
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’)
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.
Booze Bus – Police vehicle used to catch drunk drivers
Bottle-O – Bottle Shop, basically a place to buy alcohol
Brekky – Breakfast
Brolly – Umbrella
Bruce – An Aussie Bloke
Budgie Smugglers – Speedos
Bush – “Out in the bush” – “he’s gone bush” In the countryside away from civilisation
Cab Sav – Cabernet Sauvignon
Cactus – Dead, Broken
Choc A Bloc – Full
Choccy Biccy – Chocolate Biscuit
Chook – Chicken
Chrissie – Christmas
Ciggy – a Cigarette
Clucky – feeling maternal
Cobber – Very good friend. ‘Alright me ‘ol cobber’.
Coldie – Beer. ‘Come over for a few coldie’s mate.’
Coppers – Policemen
Crikey – an expression of surprise
Crook – Being ill or angry; ‘Don’t go crook on me for getting crook’
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.
Dag – Someone who’s a bit of a nerd or geek.
Daks – Trousers. ‘Tracky daks’ = sweatpants (tracksuit pants)
Dardy – meaning “cool”, is used amongst South West Australian Aboriginal peoples and has also been adopted by non-indigenous teens. – source
Deadset – True
Defo – Definitely
Devo – Devastated
Drongo – a Fool, ‘Don’t be a drongo mate’
Dunny – Toilet
Durry – Cigarette
Esky – An insulated container that keeps things cold (usually beers)
Facey – Facebook
Fair Dinkum – ‘Fair Dinkum?’ … ‘Fair Dinkum!’ = Honestly? … Yeah honestly!
Flannie / Flanno – flannelette shirt
Flat out – Really busy – “Flat out like a lizard drinking” – As busy as a bee
Footy – Football (AFL / Aussie Rules)
Frothy – Beer
F*ck Me Dead – that’s unfortunate, that surprises me
Furphy – rumours or stories that are improbable or absurd
G’day – Hello
Galah – an Australian cockatoo with a reputation for not being bright, hence a galah is also a stupid person.
Going off – busy, lots of people / angry person “he’s going off”
Good On Ya – Good work
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.
Hard yakka – Hard work
Heaps – loads, lots, many
Hoon – Hooligan (normally driving badly!)
Iffy – bit risky or unreasonable
Knickers – female underwear
Lappy – Laptop
Larrikin – Someone who’s always up for a laugh, bit of a harmless prankster
Legless – Someone who is really drunk
Lollies – Sweets
Maccas – McDonalds
Manchester – Sheets / Linen etc. As someone who’s from England, finding a department within a shop called Manchester seriously confused me at first.
Mongrel – Someone who’s a bit of a dick
Mozzie – Mosquito
No Drama – No problem / it’s ok
No Worries -No problem / it’s ok
Nuddy – Naked
Outback – The interior of Australia, “The Outback” is more remote than those areas named “the bush”
Pash – to kiss
Piece of Piss – easy
Piss Off – go away, get lost
Piss Up – a party, a get together and in Australia – most social occasions
Piss – (To Piss) to urinate
Pissed – Intoxicated, Drunk
Pissed Off – Annoyed
Rack Off – The less offensive way to tell someone to ‘F Off’!
Rapt – Very happy
Reckon – for sure. ‘You Reckon?’… ‘I reckon!’
Rellie / Rello – Relatives
Ripper – ‘You little ripper’ = That’s fantastic mate!
Root Rat – someone who enjoys sex (maybe a little too much)
Rooted – Tired
Runners – Trainers, Sneakers
Servo – Service Station / Garage
Sheila – A woman
Shoot Through – To leave
Sickie – a sick day off work, or ‘to pull a sickie’ would be to take a day off when you aren’t actually sick
Skull – To down a beer
Slab – A carton of beers
Snag – Sausage
Stiffy – Erection
Stoked – Happy, Pleased
Straya – Australia
Strewth – An exclamation of surprise
Stubby – a bottle of beer
Stubby Holder – Used so your hands don’t get cold when holding your beer, or to keep your beer warm!
Stuffed – Tired
Sunnies – Sunglasses
Swag – Single bed you can roll up, a bit like a sleeping bag.
Tea – Dinner
Tinny – Can of beer or small boat
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.
Tucker – Food. ‘Bush Tucker’ tends to be food found in the Outback such as witchety grubs.
Two Up – A gambling game played on Anzac day.
U-IE – to take a U-Turn when driving
Woop Woop – middle of nowhere “he lives out woop woop”
Ya – You
Yous – (youse) plural of you!

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[RAPT(+)R]

I love this.

[The Mummy]

Tbh loved the root description

[HadeesDrudge]

Looking forward to the kiwi version:D

[LonG]

hahahaha i was asked "root or boot" for a girls photo i was like root or boot? lol

I only knew a few of them off the top of my head like arvo and sickie

[LonG]

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.

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Well if you say that here take a deep breath because you're probably 'bout to be slapped in the face, punched in the face, or kicked in the balls

[tripullcrown]

Fucking gay !

[Tro]

Looking forward to the kiwi version:D

1. Sweet as
This is what Kiwis say when we mean ‘no problem’, ‘awesome’ or ‘cool’. It is a standard response in text conversions and is used often in everyday life. “Hey, are you happy meeting up at the time I suggested?” “Yep, sweet as.” “Are you happy with fish and chips for dinner tonight?”, “Yeah, sweet as.” Though ‘sweet as’ is the most common form, almost any adjective can be placed in front of the ‘as’ to make a sentence “it’s quiet as in this hallway” or “it’s hot as at the beach today.” What the hallway is as quiet as, or what the beach is as hot as is never fully defined.

2. Chur/Choice
This is another Kiwi-ism that substitutes a completely different word for ‘cool’ or ‘awesome’ into the conversation. “Hey, I got you guys some food to eat” “Chur” “Oh choice bro!”

3. Bro or Cuz
This is what male friends often call one another. Although they will often not call their actual brothers bro, or their real cousins cuz. This is also the go-to label men use for each other in casual conversation. “Hey bro, how are things going?” “Good bro, how are you?” “Yeah, I’m really good too bro.”

4. Eh/Ay/Aye
This can be added to pretty much any sentence you can think of. This is basically what Kiwis do to turn all sentences into a question. Its pronounced “ay” but that doesn’t mean that’s how its spelt! No-one can agree a definitive spelling so everyone just writes it the way they prefer. “Its hot out there eh/ay/aye?” “Yeah bro, super warm eh/ay/aye?”

5. All good/No Worries
Both basically mean “okay”, “you’re welcome” or “everything is alright.” One or both is said in response to someone who thanks the person. Either can also be used in a situation where you are reassuring someone that they will be alright. “Oh no, I forgot my cricket ball bro!” “No worries mate, I’ve got mine in my bag.” “Sorry cuz, I forgot to buy you a pie!” “All good, I’ll buy my own later.”

6. Keen
When someone is enthusiastic about something this is normally the first response. “Do you wanna go to the beach later?” “Keen!”

7. Heaps
It means you have a lot of something. This is a word used by Kiwis that often confuses people from outside the country. “I have heaps of birthday cake leftover from my party last night” “I had heaps of that cake last night, it was delicious.”

8. Crack up
When something is funny, instead of saying “that’s funny” you can say “that’s crack up” instead. “That joke was crack up.”

9. Yeah-nah or Nah-yeah
Depending on what comes at the end this either means yes or no. “Yeah-nah” means I’m not sure, I get what you’re saying, but it’s a no. “Nah-yeah” means I’m not sure, I get what you’re saying and I think it’s a yes. “Would you like some of my chocolate bar?” “Oh, yeah-nah, not really” or “Oh, yeah-nah-yeah, I probably shouldn’t but I can’t resist Cadbury chocolate.”

10. Yarn
Telling a story. Sometimes people will say that its false because it sounds so crazy. “That old guy told a really long yarn last night!” “Yeah, you reckon it was all true or he made some of it up?”

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[High on Death]

TC's a bludger. And a root rat. Bloody oath.