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The Great Aussie Slang Dictionary
Arvo: Afternoon.
Air Biscuit: Fart.
Avos: Avocados.
Avago You Mug: Shout of encouragement to a sportsman not performing to his best
Banana bender: A Queenslander.
Barbie: Barbecue, as in "I'll throw some shrimp and chook on the barbie."
Bash: Party. As in: birthday bash
Balls: Testicles, knackers, goolies, cods, jewels, the boys, pebs, clangers, nads.
Bevvy: Beverage, beer.
Bonzer: Pronounced "bonsa" - grouse, great, excellent.
Bloke: Man, guy.
Bloody hell: An expression of disbelief – eg: “bloody hell, get a load of the norks on that sheila!”. Other such expressions include: Strewth, crikey, bloody nora, strike a light, stone the crows.
Bludger: Lazy person, layabout.
Bluey: (also known as Blue) Slang for any bloke with red hair, and also known to describe the Australian Cattle Dog.
Bonnet: Hood of a car.
Boomer: A large male kangaroo, as Rolf Harris sings, "Six white boomers, snow white boomers on Santa's Australian run...".
Boot: Trunk of a car.
Bottlo: Bottle shop, Liquor shop.
Box of blowflies: Ugly, as in "that's as ugly as a box of blowflies!" And that's pretty ugly!
Buckley's Chance: No chance at all.
Bung: To put or place. E.g bung another snag on the barbie
Bunyip: A mythical bush spirit, Australia's bigfoot. Probably just a hairy surfie!
Capsicums: Green or red bell peppers.
Carpetbagger steak: Beef stuffed with oysters.
Chemist shop: Drug store.
Chew the Fat: To talk, engage in pleasant conversation. Chinwag, gasbag, gossip, yap, yarn.
Chick: A Female person.
Chook: Chicken.
Cockie: Farmer.
Cockroach: Someone from New South Wales
Crook: Sick, or badly made.
Cut Snake: Angry, as in; He was as mad as a cut snake
Crow eater: A South Australian.
Crud: [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse], crap, turd, excretion. Also used as an expression of disbelief: “what a load of crud/crap/[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]/[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]”
Dag: A funny person, nerd, goof, loser. See also “wally”
Dead Horse: Tomato sauce, ketchup.
Digger: A soldier.
Dilly-bag: Food bag.
Ding bat: Fool.
Dinky-di: The real thing.
Donk: Car or boat engine.
Donkey's years: Ages.
Donger: Penis, dick, shlong, Johnson, tally whacker, wanger, [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse], member, the main vein….you get the idea.
Drop-in: To steal a surfer's wave. This is a serious crime in Surfer's Paradise.
Durry: A cigarette, [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse], cancer stick, lung buster, a BHP, dodger.
Earbash: Non-stop chatter.
Esky: Portable icebox or cooler - it's always a good idea to have one in the boot stocked with some cold ones just in case the party's bar runs dry.
Fair Dinkum: Kosher, the real thing - as in "Fair Dinkum Aussie" (true blue Aussie original). Often used by itself as a rhetorical question to express astonishment verging on disbelief ... "Fair Dinkum, mate?" (you've got to be kidding, haven't you?)
Fair go: A good chance
Footpath: Sidewalk.
Footy: Rugby League
Flyer: female kangaroo
Galah: Noisy fool, named after a parrot which is commonly seen hanging upside down from powerlines and generally acting the fool.
Game: Brave.
G'arn: Go on, you're kidding!
G'day: Universal greeting, used anytime day or night, but never as a farewell. Pronounced "gud-eye", usually followed by "mate" (mite) or a typically strung-together "howyagoinallright"(= how are you today, feeling pretty good?)
Give it a burl: Try it.
Good as gold: Great!
Good oil: Useful information, a good idea.
Good Onya: Omnipresent term of approval, sometimes ironic, offering various degrees of heartfelt congratulations depending on inflection. Indispensible during Aussie smalltalk - substitute "really, oh yeh, aha, etc."
Grizzle: To complain.
Grouse: Rhymes with "house" - means outstanding, tremendous. Can be applied
universally to all things
social ... "grouse birds (women), grouse band, in fact, grouse bloody gay and hearty (great party!)"
Have a yarn: To talk to someone.
Hit your kick: Open your wallet.
Hooroo: Pronounced "who-rue"... means "see ya later", make sure you don't say g'day when meaning goodbye - it's a dead giveaway you're not a true blue Aussie.
Hotel: Often just a pub.
Icy pole: Popsicle.
Jackaroo: A male ranch hand.
Jillaroo: A female ranch hand.
Joey: Baby kangaroo.
Journo: Journalist.
Jumbuck: Sheep.
Jumper: Sweater.
Knock: To criticise.
Lemon squash: Lemonade.
Lob-in: Drop in to see someone.
Lollies: Sweets.
Lolly water: Soft drink.
Missus: Wife, girlfriend, main squeeze.
Never Never: Distant outback.
No-hoper: A fool, loser
Offsider: An assistant.
O.S.: Overseas, as in "she's gone O.S."
Oz: Australia; God's country
Pines: Pineapples.
Pommie or pom: An Englishman.
Rafferty's rules: Chaos, disorder.
Reckon: Think, as in "Your shout or mine? What' ya reckon?".
Ridgy-didge: Original, genuine.
Right: Okay, as in "she'll be right, mate."
Ring, tingle: Phone someone up, as in "I'll give him a ring."
Ripper: Pronounced "rippa" means beaut, tippy-tops, grouse
Root: The act of having Sex, shag, bonk, hump, bump uglies, tear one off: “geez, I reckon she’d be a good root”.
Rubbish: To knock something.
Sandgroper: A Western Australian.
Shark biscuit: New surfers, grommets on boogie boards. Tres uncool!
Sheila: A woman
She'll be right: No problem, don't worry, mate.
Shootin' through: Leave, take off.
Smoko: Smoke or coffee break.
Snag: A sausage. Also referred to as a banger. A nice combination of ground meats of your choice, stuffed inside pigs intestines, and cooked on the barbee, sounds great huh?
Sook: Someone who complains a lot
Spit The Dummie: Lose your cool - A "dummie" is Australian for a child's pacifier.
Stickybeak: Nosy person.
Stone the crows: An exclamation of surprise.
Strewth: Pronounced "sta-ruth" ... general exclamation of disbelief or shock.
Strine: Australian slang, from "Aus-strine", the way Aussies say Australian.
Stubby: A regular sized bottle of beer – 375ml, as apposed to a “long neck”, which is 750ml, a “throw down’ is 250ml and is reserved for the less manly type who cant drink, or prefer to pour into a glass and top with lemonade – whereas the Northern Territory folk have such a thing called a “Darwin stubby” which is a 2litre bottle, but they’re just [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]heads.
Swagman: Itinerant farm worker, tramp
Taswegian: A resident of Tasmania.
Tee-up: To set up an appointment.
Toey: Horny, randy, hangin’ for a shag. “Crikey, I’m toeyer than a roman sandal !”
Too right: Definitely!
True blue: Honest, straight.
The Lucky Country: Why, Australia, of course.
Tucker: Food.
Vegemite: A dark brown, gooey, salty vegetable yeast extract. It's what makes Aussies strong.
Wally: Idiot , clown, clumsy person – can be used as a term of endearment.
Whinge: Rhymes with "hinge" Means to complain incessantly
Woopwoop: in the boonies, nowhere.
Wowser: Straight-laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport.
Yabber: Talk.
Yobbo: An uncouth person.
Arvo: Afternoon.
Air Biscuit: Fart.
Avos: Avocados.
Avago You Mug: Shout of encouragement to a sportsman not performing to his best
Banana bender: A Queenslander.
Barbie: Barbecue, as in "I'll throw some shrimp and chook on the barbie."
Bash: Party. As in: birthday bash
Balls: Testicles, knackers, goolies, cods, jewels, the boys, pebs, clangers, nads.
Bevvy: Beverage, beer.
Bonzer: Pronounced "bonsa" - grouse, great, excellent.
Bloke: Man, guy.
Bloody hell: An expression of disbelief – eg: “bloody hell, get a load of the norks on that sheila!”. Other such expressions include: Strewth, crikey, bloody nora, strike a light, stone the crows.
Bludger: Lazy person, layabout.
Bluey: (also known as Blue) Slang for any bloke with red hair, and also known to describe the Australian Cattle Dog.
Bonnet: Hood of a car.
Boomer: A large male kangaroo, as Rolf Harris sings, "Six white boomers, snow white boomers on Santa's Australian run...".
Boot: Trunk of a car.
Bottlo: Bottle shop, Liquor shop.
Box of blowflies: Ugly, as in "that's as ugly as a box of blowflies!" And that's pretty ugly!
Buckley's Chance: No chance at all.
Bung: To put or place. E.g bung another snag on the barbie
Bunyip: A mythical bush spirit, Australia's bigfoot. Probably just a hairy surfie!
Capsicums: Green or red bell peppers.
Carpetbagger steak: Beef stuffed with oysters.
Chemist shop: Drug store.
Chew the Fat: To talk, engage in pleasant conversation. Chinwag, gasbag, gossip, yap, yarn.
Chick: A Female person.
Chook: Chicken.
Cockie: Farmer.
Cockroach: Someone from New South Wales
Crook: Sick, or badly made.
Cut Snake: Angry, as in; He was as mad as a cut snake
Crow eater: A South Australian.
Crud: [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse], crap, turd, excretion. Also used as an expression of disbelief: “what a load of crud/crap/[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]/[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]”
Dag: A funny person, nerd, goof, loser. See also “wally”
Dead Horse: Tomato sauce, ketchup.
Digger: A soldier.
Dilly-bag: Food bag.
Ding bat: Fool.
Dinky-di: The real thing.
Donk: Car or boat engine.
Donkey's years: Ages.
Donger: Penis, dick, shlong, Johnson, tally whacker, wanger, [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse], member, the main vein….you get the idea.
Drop-in: To steal a surfer's wave. This is a serious crime in Surfer's Paradise.
Durry: A cigarette, [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse], cancer stick, lung buster, a BHP, dodger.
Earbash: Non-stop chatter.
Esky: Portable icebox or cooler - it's always a good idea to have one in the boot stocked with some cold ones just in case the party's bar runs dry.
Fair Dinkum: Kosher, the real thing - as in "Fair Dinkum Aussie" (true blue Aussie original). Often used by itself as a rhetorical question to express astonishment verging on disbelief ... "Fair Dinkum, mate?" (you've got to be kidding, haven't you?)
Fair go: A good chance
Footpath: Sidewalk.
Footy: Rugby League
Flyer: female kangaroo
Galah: Noisy fool, named after a parrot which is commonly seen hanging upside down from powerlines and generally acting the fool.
Game: Brave.
G'arn: Go on, you're kidding!
G'day: Universal greeting, used anytime day or night, but never as a farewell. Pronounced "gud-eye", usually followed by "mate" (mite) or a typically strung-together "howyagoinallright"(= how are you today, feeling pretty good?)
Give it a burl: Try it.
Good as gold: Great!
Good oil: Useful information, a good idea.
Good Onya: Omnipresent term of approval, sometimes ironic, offering various degrees of heartfelt congratulations depending on inflection. Indispensible during Aussie smalltalk - substitute "really, oh yeh, aha, etc."
Grizzle: To complain.
Grouse: Rhymes with "house" - means outstanding, tremendous. Can be applied
universally to all things
social ... "grouse birds (women), grouse band, in fact, grouse bloody gay and hearty (great party!)"
Have a yarn: To talk to someone.
Hit your kick: Open your wallet.
Hooroo: Pronounced "who-rue"... means "see ya later", make sure you don't say g'day when meaning goodbye - it's a dead giveaway you're not a true blue Aussie.
Hotel: Often just a pub.
Icy pole: Popsicle.
Jackaroo: A male ranch hand.
Jillaroo: A female ranch hand.
Joey: Baby kangaroo.
Journo: Journalist.
Jumbuck: Sheep.
Jumper: Sweater.
Knock: To criticise.
Lemon squash: Lemonade.
Lob-in: Drop in to see someone.
Lollies: Sweets.
Lolly water: Soft drink.
Missus: Wife, girlfriend, main squeeze.
Never Never: Distant outback.
No-hoper: A fool, loser
Offsider: An assistant.
O.S.: Overseas, as in "she's gone O.S."
Oz: Australia; God's country
Pines: Pineapples.
Pommie or pom: An Englishman.
Rafferty's rules: Chaos, disorder.
Reckon: Think, as in "Your shout or mine? What' ya reckon?".
Ridgy-didge: Original, genuine.
Right: Okay, as in "she'll be right, mate."
Ring, tingle: Phone someone up, as in "I'll give him a ring."
Ripper: Pronounced "rippa" means beaut, tippy-tops, grouse
Root: The act of having Sex, shag, bonk, hump, bump uglies, tear one off: “geez, I reckon she’d be a good root”.
Rubbish: To knock something.
Sandgroper: A Western Australian.
Shark biscuit: New surfers, grommets on boogie boards. Tres uncool!
Sheila: A woman
She'll be right: No problem, don't worry, mate.
Shootin' through: Leave, take off.
Smoko: Smoke or coffee break.
Snag: A sausage. Also referred to as a banger. A nice combination of ground meats of your choice, stuffed inside pigs intestines, and cooked on the barbee, sounds great huh?
Sook: Someone who complains a lot
Spit The Dummie: Lose your cool - A "dummie" is Australian for a child's pacifier.
Stickybeak: Nosy person.
Stone the crows: An exclamation of surprise.
Strewth: Pronounced "sta-ruth" ... general exclamation of disbelief or shock.
Strine: Australian slang, from "Aus-strine", the way Aussies say Australian.
Stubby: A regular sized bottle of beer – 375ml, as apposed to a “long neck”, which is 750ml, a “throw down’ is 250ml and is reserved for the less manly type who cant drink, or prefer to pour into a glass and top with lemonade – whereas the Northern Territory folk have such a thing called a “Darwin stubby” which is a 2litre bottle, but they’re just [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]heads.
Swagman: Itinerant farm worker, tramp
Taswegian: A resident of Tasmania.
Tee-up: To set up an appointment.
Toey: Horny, randy, hangin’ for a shag. “Crikey, I’m toeyer than a roman sandal !”
Too right: Definitely!
True blue: Honest, straight.
The Lucky Country: Why, Australia, of course.
Tucker: Food.
Vegemite: A dark brown, gooey, salty vegetable yeast extract. It's what makes Aussies strong.
Wally: Idiot , clown, clumsy person – can be used as a term of endearment.
Whinge: Rhymes with "hinge" Means to complain incessantly
Woopwoop: in the boonies, nowhere.
Wowser: Straight-laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport.
Yabber: Talk.
Yobbo: An uncouth person.
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Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere, angel
Come get up my baby
Look at that sky, life's begun
Nights are warm and the days are young
Come get up my baby
There's my baby, lost that's all
Once I'm begging you save her little soul
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Come get up my baby
Some of these days, and it won't be long
Gonna drive back down where you once belonged
In the back of a dream car twenty foot long
Don't cry my sweet, don't break my heart
Doing all right, but you gotta get smart
Wish upon, wish upon, day upon day, I believe oh Lord
I believe all the way
Come get up my baby
Come get up my baby
Look at that sky, life's begun
Nights are warm and the days are young
Come get up my baby
There's my baby, lost that's all
Once I'm begging you save her little soul
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Come get up my baby
Some of these days, and it won't be long
Gonna drive back down where you once belonged
In the back of a dream car twenty foot long
Don't cry my sweet, don't break my heart
Doing all right, but you gotta get smart
Wish upon, wish upon, day upon day, I believe oh Lord
I believe all the way
Come get up my baby
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Northam's "explanation" and the ad that got him elected.
(Just how many times DID he put "black face" on his face?)
(Just how many times DID he put "black face" on his face?)
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