Australian terms A · aerial ping pong.....Australian rules football (usually derogatorily from a rugby fan) · Abo....indigenous (aboriginal) person ( now considered offensive ) · she'll be Apples ....every thing will be all right · Apple Isle......Tasmania ( an apple growing state) · Apple Islander.....someone from Tasmania · amber fluid......beer · anklebiter.....young child · arvo....afternoon · Av-a-go-yer-mug......yell of encouragement to sportsman who you think is not trying hard enough · Aussie......Australian · aussie rules...Australian Rules Football ( a fast exciting 18 a side game) · awning over the toy shop....beer belly on a man B · Banana Bender....a Queenslander · to go bananas....get irate · back of beyond....the far outback · back of Bourke...the far outback(Bourke being town in outback New South Wales) · to bag someone...to criticise someone, usually behind their back · barbie....barbeque · to barrack for...to support a sports team · a battler..a hard worker,struggling financially · thats Beaut!..expression of approval · you little Beauty !...excited cry of approval · better half....spouse · beyond the Black Stump..far out in the bush (cattle drovers and bullock train drivers would light a fire in a tree stump as a fireplace, so farther than civilization) · to big note yourself....exaggerate your importance · a billy..container for boiling water on campfire · to put the Billy on.....make a cup of tea · billabong...waterhole, offshoot of river · go bite your bum....told to be quiet · Blackfella.....Aboriginal ( can be considered racist, depending on who says it and how ! ) · bloke.....an aussie male · blow your dough...spend, waste your money · blow-in...a stranger, newcomer · blowies...blowflies · blue...a fight, row · blue / bluey...nickname for redheaded male · true blue...really Australian · blue heeler..police ( from australian cattle dog, that wont let you get away) · to bludge...to be lazy, to cadge or beg off others · bludger....a lazy person · boomer..kangaroo · thats Bonzer...thats great · brumby...a wild horse · built like a brick shithouse....strong (outdoor toilets in old days were usually built of wood, so not as strong) · bum nuts....eggs · Bundy....Bundaberg Rum · bunyip....mythical creature · the bush....rural Australia · bush telegraph...the town gossips · a bush pig...an ugly woman · what do you think this is, bush week ?... disbelieving response to some one you think is trying to con you · as busy as Bourke street in the rush hour ....very busy (Bourke St. is a main street in Melbourne) · B.Y.O...bring your own (alcohol/meat/etc) C · chook.......chicken · may your chooks turn into emus and kick your shithouse door down...implying you are not very happy with someone · cackhanded...lefthanded · camp oven....a cast iron pot for cooking on a camp fire, especially damper · a Captain Cook at....a look at (rhyming slang) · to cark it...to die · catch me, fuck me...derogatory term for Rugby League from aussie rules fans (from huddling together in the scrums ) · China....friend ( china plate= good mate ) · chunder...vomit (also chuck chunder ) · cobber.....old fashioned term for friend, mate · clobber...clothes · g'day cobber....hello friend · cockie....a farmer, also cockatoo (type of bird) or cockroach · Cooee...called out to someone to get attention at long distance in bush · corroboree....Aboriginal dance · cossie or cozzie....swimming costume · cunning as a shithouse rat...sneaky · croweater...some one from state of South Australia (from the number of crows in outback S.A. ? ) · crook...wrong, or sick · things are crook in Tallarook ( or Musselbrook )..somethings wrong · you need to take a Cut lunch and a waterbottle...you have a long trip ahead of you · mad as a cut snake...upset, unpredictable D · damper....unleavened bread cooked in camp oven · dacks......trousers or shorts · your a Dag....literally, you are like the shit on a sheeps bum, or (more friendly) you dress awfully, or friendly reproach · daggy...looks bad · dead marine....empty beer bottle · dead horse....sauce (usually tomato, often on a dogs eye, or meat pie ) · digger...Australian soldier · a Dill....someone not too smart · to dilly-dally....waste time · didgeridoo / dijeridoo......Aboriginal musical instrument made of a hollow log, Click here to hear it . · a dingbat.....a fool · dinkum ?....really ? · dinki di...really Australian, the genuine article · dogs eye...meat pie · dogs breakfast......messy, a mess · donga / donger.....penis · donk.....motor, engine · dork....idiot, fool · dry as a dead dingo's donger.....very dry · you Drongo....you idiot ! · drover's dog...no good , useless · drover.....someone who herds cattle, sheep from one place to another. Long distance droving is done by truck now, but during drought periods drovers may move stock along roadside reserves and stock routes looking for fresh feed ( the long paddock ) · duds....clothes · to be dudded.....ripped off, conned · Dunny......toilet ( Used to be outdoors) · dunny budgies..... flies · as noisy as a Dunny door in a storm......very noisy (from door of outdoor toilet slamming in wind) E · I could Eat a horse....to be very hungry · to Earbash....talk for a long time, forcefully · esky....insulated ice box, cooler F · face fungus.....beard · fair crack of the whip !....come on, give me a fair chance · fair suck of the sav...give me a fair go ! · fair dinkum...really, honestly · fair go, mate !...give me a chance ! · fella...man, person ( blackfella, whitefella ) · old fella ( old fellow )....penis · flake...shark , sold in fish and chip shops · flake out.....lie down, collapse · flat out like a lizard drinking.....to do something fast · five finger discount....shoplifting · ( pie ) floater....meat pie floating on a thick pea puree ( tastes better than it sounds ) · footy.....football ( Rugby or Aussie rules , depending on your allegiances ) · footbrawl.....derogatory name for Aust. Rules football, from non footy fan · franga / franger....condom · to Front someone...to confront, ask direct question full as a boot.....drunk · G'day......hello, hi · bloody Galah....obnoxious, noisy, often stupid person ( from a noisy parrot like bird ) · have a Gander.....have a look · Garbo......garbage collector · gibber.....small rocks ( gibber plain..rocky plain,desert ) · the good oil....the truth · good-on-ya Mate!.....congratulatory or sarcastic remark, depending on tone of voice · googie....egg · grazier.....owner of a large sheep or cattle property · green around the gills....feeling sick, crook · grog....alcohol · grommet / grommie...young surfer · grouse......great, wonderful · he is a gun at something.......he is the best at something , ie gun shearer · to come a gutzer / gutza....to get hurt, have an accident H · Happy as Larry.....very happy · Happy as a pig in shit....very happy · humpy / humpie....rough bush shelt J · Jackeroo.....junior hand on a cattle station · Jillaroo......female jackeroo · Jack and Jill.......bill · to be jack of something...to be fed up with something · jaffle...a toasted sandwich · jaffle iron...cast alloy holder to make jaffles on a camp fire · jocks...men's underwear · Joe Bloggs......the average man in the street · Joe Blake......a snake · jumbuck.......a sheep · "just down the road"...beware, in the bush , this could be a long way K · Kiwi...a New Zealander · a few Kangaroos loose in the top paddock......mentally deficient · to Knock something...criticise something · knockers......people who criticise regularly, or breasts L · Lamingtons...small sponge cakes, dipped in chocolate then coconut · Lamington Drive....fund raising effort, by selling cakes · long neck.....a large bottle of beer · the Long paddock....taking cattle out onto roadside and stock routes looking for feed during droughts M · Mate...general greeting term.....how's it going mate ? · Matilda.....old term for a swag, bedroll ( as in "waltzing your Matilda" ) · Mexican....a southerner ( ie a Victorian is a Mexican to somebody from New south Wales ) · middie.....a beer glass · Min Min lights.....unexplained lights people claim to have seen in the outback · Mozzies....mosquitos · Mulga......the bush, the scrub · things are crook in Muswellbrook......something is wrong · mystery bags.....sausages ( you don't know what went into them ! ) N · the Never Never.....remote outback · Noah's Ark..........a shark · Nulla Nulla.....heavy wooden club O · Ocker....stereotyped uncultured Aussie, with a liking for beer, sport and women · off like prawns in the sun......to leave quickly · overlander...someone who used to drive cattle long distances across country · Outback.....remote inland Australia · outhouse.....toilet, dunny, from when it was in backyard before modern sewage · Oz......Australia P · Pat Malone.....on your own · pavlova ( pav ).....dessert made from meringue, cream and fruit · pie floater....meat pie served on a pea puree, with tomato sauce · Poddy......young unbranded cattle · poddy duffer...cattle thief · Pommie or pom....English born person · pot....a beer glass · pub....a bar, hotel Q R · rat bag....obnoxious person · ridgie didge....really, honestly, fair dinkum · ring-in.....an imposter · road train.....large truck seen in outback, with 3 trailers, nearly 50 metres long · root.....to have sex · rooted....to have had sex with someone, or tired · rug rat...young child, crawling age S · Sandgroper.....someone from Western Australia ( thought to be a very sandy, desert state ) · sanga......a sandwich · schooner....large beer glass · a sheila.....old fashioned slang for a woman · your shout....your turn to buy the drinks when in a group at the pub · a slab....a carton of beer ( 24 stubbies) · snags....sausages ( what Aussies really put on BBQs, only Paul Hogan would throw a shrimp on the barbie for foreign tourists ) · snag short of a barbie.....short of commonsense ( also sanga short of a picnic, a stubbie short of a sixpack, etc. ) · Strine.....Australian slang · stubbies.... small bottles (375ml) of beer, or shorts · swag.....bedroll, made from canvas and thin matress · swaggie./ swagman..someone who travelled the countryside looking for casual work and handouts, owning only a billy, clothes and his swag, ( as in the traditional song "Waltzing Matilda".....once a jolly swagman, camped by the billabong..)   T · thunderbox.....toilet · Taswegian....somebody from state of Tasmania · thongs.....rubber sandals, flip flops · a tinnie.....a can of beer, or a small aluminium boat · to crack a tinnie.....open a can of beer · True Blue......really or proudly Australian · two up...traditional Australian gambling game, based on calling heads or tails on two coins tossed in the air · tucker......food · tuckshop.....school canteen or cafeteria · tuckerbox...container for holding food, usually an icebox or esky nowadays U · Ute....utility, a type of motor vehicle (a pick up truck in USA ) V · vegemite....traditional australian food ( a type of spread, similar to Marmite) · to be a happy little Vegemite.....happy and contented person ( from old advertising slogan) W · to go Walkabout....to go away, travel · to go walkabout.....aboriginals would go away to seek spiritual enlightenment · on the Wallaby track....to travel looking for work · the Wet ....the rainy summer period in tropical Australia · wowser.....old fashioned killjoy, spoilsport X Y · hard Yakka.....hard work · yabbie......freshwater crayfish · yowie....mythical creature, like yeti or bigfoot Z · zak....was sixpence ( 5 cents) , as in "did n't have a zak to his name"

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