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Goon – The best/ worse version of wine – based on your favourite.Going off – An angry person’s response “he’s going off”.Furphy - unlikely or outrageous tall tales, rumours, or stories (also the name of a beer brand!).Australian Rules Football | Aussie Rules Football Football (not English football/soccer).

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Fair Go / Fair Crack of the Whip / Fair Suck of the Sav – To offer someone a second opportunity.Dunny Means Toilet in Australian slang (featuring a man and woman symbol on a round raised plaque on the wall with text overlay of the translation above).Australia and New Zealand are located in the southern hemisphere.Dogs Breakfast – a sloppy piece of work a shambles (and also used to describe how someone seems!).Sweatpants/tracksuit pants are referred to as ‘tracky daks.’

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Choc A Bloc / Cockers – Chicken – Full Chook.CBD stands for Central Business District (used to refer to a city centre: Melbourne CBD, Sydney CBD etc.).Cactus - Deafeningly Deafeningly Deafeningly (an object, i.e.“Out in the bush” or “he’s gone bush” are two expressions for “out in the bush.” Bushman’s Alarm Clock – a Laughing Alarm Clock in the Countryside Kookaburra.Buckley’s Chance – Not a Chance Nearly Impossible.Billabong – A pond is located in a dry riverbed.Bathers = Swimwear in Australian slang (featuring a woman floating on her back in blue water wearing a white one-piece swimsuit with text overlay of the translation above her).Bathers / Budgie Smugglers – Swimsuits / Speedos.Australian Salute – Wave to frighten the flies away.Arvo – Afternoon (S’Arvo signifies this afternoon!).Ankle Biter is an Australian slang term for a youngster (featuring a child wearing glasses and a cape with one arm in the air superman style with text overlay above with the translation).Acca Dacca – How Australians refer to an Australian band ACDC.Spit the Dummy – To get upset / to crack itĪustralian Slang Phrases And Words For Day To Day Life.Rack Off – A less aggressive way to tell people to get lost.Galah – A dumb individual called after the Australian bird known for its ridiculous actions and loud noises.Far out – ‘Really?!’– can be used in both positive and negative statements.Crack the shits – Being angry at something or someone.The Australian version of the US’s rednecks. Bludger – a lazy person who depends on others (someone who relies on the state is called a ‘dole bludger’).Beauty! – Excellent! Often shouted as “You Beauty”, especially when a good thing happens (in sports).Banana Bender – a person from Queensland.Bush Tucker– food from Outback like witchetty grubs.Īussie Expletives, Exclamations, Insults & States Of Being.Sausage Sizzle – a weekly barbecue event organised outside Bunnings.Stubby Holder – insulated sleeve which prevents your hands from making beer warm.Flake – Gummy shark meat supplied in fish and chip eateries.Fairy Floss – Cotton Candy, Candy Floss.Esky – AKA an Ice Box, Cool Box, Chilly Bin or Chest Cooler.Docket – Bill or list of issues to be addressed.BYO – bring your own (typically in the context of alcohol).Bring a Plate – Bring a Plate – directions for bringing a plate of food to a Barbeque or event.Bottle-O – Bottle or Liquor Store - essentially a location to buy booze that is not a restaurant.Booze Bus – A police van that is used to capture intoxicated drivers.

Billy – Tea-kettle (in the Desert on the fire) (or some Australians use it to describe a bong but only those who want to be unique, as bongs are relatively common internationally.).

We’ll teach you the jargon of Australia, reveal their interpretations and their roots, and have you speaking like a native in a short while. In this post, you’ll learn a short Australian Slang 101. However, another thread to the Aussie slang includes strange and quirky Australian slang and phrases that are difficult to translate. For example, Avocado is spelled Avo Kangaroo is spelled Roo Mosquito is spelled Mozzie, and so on. To participate, simply delete the last few characters of a word and substitute them with a vowel sound (-a, -ie/y, -o). Generally, the shortening of words is clear and straightforward to comprehend. They have a penchant for reducing 90 percent of the words they use to generate Australian Slang. (Compare this with a jam tin bomb.Aussies are typically a laid-back lot, which is frequently reflected in the way they talk. A list of slang terms used in Bert's letter to help you understand what he means.Īustralia an Australian soldier a wound bad enough to get a soldier back to AustraliaĪ Turkish artillery piece which shelled the beach at AnzacĪ Turkish grenade made of iron, the size and shape of a cricket ball, with a burning fuse.