Australian language has a global reputation for is individuality, phonetics and humour value. It
has been brought about by the need for expressions for things that have never needed
expressing before, so improvisation was usually used. Add 200 years of abbreviating to that and
you are speaking Australian. Here are a few examples of the Australian language.....
A A bit strong - A hurtful remark or action Aerial Pingpong AFL (Australian Football League) Arse over tit or tip -fall over get your Arse into gear someone is asking you to get moving Arse about face something is back to front Ankle biter young child Ant's pants height of fashion OR high opinion of themselves Aussie some one from Australia a Australian Ay? didn't catch what someone has said, or pardon me this Arvo this afternoon Aggro some who is aggravated, upset about something Av-a-go-yer-mug someone is not trying hard enough in their sport, and you
want them to (this is yelled to give them a bit of a push a long) Anyhow mate! a saying used to change the subject when talking
(usually when
they bored with what you are saying) Apricots a man's testicles (reproductive glands) Ace excellent Alf stupid person Amber fluid beer Apple eaters someone who lives in the state of Tasmania (apple growing state) Arvo afternoon Awning over the toy shop male beer belly Agots man's testicles your Acres male testicles
Barbie or B.B.Q
barbecue cooking outdoors Bananas someone going crazy with anger Banana bender some who lives in the state of Queensland,
Basket case
someone on the edge of mental collapse Better half your wife or husband Bloke Australian male true Blue something that is real Australian having a Blue having a fight or argument that's Bang on it's hit the target right in the middle, OR it's right, or
correct give it a Bash you will try something you are not sure of you're Battler you work hard to earn a living Blowing your dough spending all your money you're a Bow wow you are really ugly what is this? Bush week? you tell someone something is not true Bull dust a lie Breakky first meal of the day you little Beauty, that's Beaut excited approval, something has gone really
well Big note yourself to say you are better or more important than you are Bottoms up drinking the whole glass of something all at once (usually beer) your old Bag, the old Bag a term for a woman, usually the wife, the mother
inlaw, or such Bagged someone criticised or put someone down a terrible Balls up terrible mistake, every things gone all wrong the Back of Beyond far out bush as you can get, right out
outback of
Australia past the Black stump the same as back of beyond Blow through leave in a hurry Bloody oath I do "yes" you really, really do approve of what's
someone is saying Bob's your uncle you just understood something that at first you did not not
understand hit in the Breadbasket they hit you in the stomach put the billy on putting water on to boil, usually camping out to make a cup
of tea he bolted he left very quick Bonzer there mate! that's great friend Boomer kangaroo Booze, Boozer alcohol, pub or hotel OR a person who is a heavy drinker got no Brass you got no money Blue Heeler police Barrack to spur you team, or sport on Billabong a waterhole Blowies blow flies Buckley's chance no chance at all(Buckleys &nunn) off to the Bog to leave an offering off to the toilet to leave a deposit Banged up pregnant Blimey you are surprised by something you little Bottler delight, something as gone the way you want ya bloods worth Bottling! someone has done something good for you, you make
this statement go for a Bo-peep a sly look at something Bunghole your mouth Bum your arse end(bottom) or someone down on their luck and living on the
street give it a "Butchers" you will look into it (rhymes with butcher's
hook) Built like a brick shit house you are saying something or someone is of very
strong construction (usually outside toilets are made of wood) old Batalax or Battle-Axe wife OR mother-inlaw Brass razoo no money he's a Broken packet of biscuits his life looks good on the outside, but his
a mess on the inside going to have a Bex you are going to settle your self down from some sort of
stress (figuratively not taking a Bex which is a drug) usually a cup a tea, a cry
and a good lie down Bugalugs a friendly endearment Beating around the bush not getting to the point on a subject Bluey a nickname for someone with red hair gidday you old Bastard a term of endearment Back of Bourke the middle of nowhere Bail out you leave Bail up hold up OR rob OR earbash have a Barney fight or scuffle OR argument or tiff Bathers swimming costume Belt up! you are asked stop talking ,be quite, in a angry way Berko angry in a unreasonable way Booze bus Police van used for random breath testing for alcohol have a feed of Bug (Moreton Bay Bug) small crab Bullamanka imaginary place in the far outback, as far as you can go in the
outback Bunyip mythical spirit creature from outback give it a Burl give something a try, that you have not done before Bushbash go off road in a vehicle, forcing your way through untouched bush it's BYO bring your own (alcohol to a restaurant, OR meat to a barbecue) not doing Bugger all you doing absolutely nothing Bush telegraph the town gossip network Bludger someone who fails to do anything at all they are asked (lazy) Bludge to do nothing at all what a Bummer you're been let down by something Boogie Board half-sized surf board ugly as a box of Blowflies that's real ugly Brown-eye to show ones bottom, mooning Bickie a dollar or a cookie Beanie ski hat going Berko gone mad, looks like going mad it's a Bomb it's cool or it' a old car Bindie-eye a grassy nettle go to Buggery ask to leave or keep your nose out-in a very nasty way
on the Blower telephone Bugger me dead! extremely shocked at something Bugger off! they are telling you to go, in a not very nice way Brumby wild horse Bum nuts eggs doing your Block you are getting very angry, loosing your head town Bike Woman of loose morals, sleeps around Bush pig an un-attractive woman I'm Busy as a one legged bloke in an arse kicking contest your doing nothing Burr up get angry a Bruce a man my Bad my mistake Back hander a bribe out in the Back Blocks beyond suburbia and the more established farm and
cattle property Belly flop diving incorrectly into water with the stomach breaking the water to put the Bite on someone to ask them for money even Blind Freddy could see that what someone would say to you, if you are
not understanding something think is obvious Beaten by a blow shearer slang, running shears from one end of sheep to the
other Buddy Bundaberg rum Brickies cleavage top of the buttocks exposed Bolt erect penis Blotto someone being drunk Bite your Bum go away or be quiet Butcher 285ml beer in South Australia going like a Blue ass fly doing something very fast better then a poke in the eye with a Blunt stick something is sorter OK Bog going to the toilet or having a ....
Chippie
carpenter Chook a chicken, rooster or hen it's Chock a block or Chocker's full to the point you can fill no more or
crowded to over flowing Chinnwag having a good chat someone Carked it they've died somethings Cactus It's died you Choof off You go now Cheerio saying goodbye
Chunder - Vomit something is a Cock up its gone all wrong Cock and bull something its a lie (cock and bull story) Codswallop cods-swal-lop a lot nonsense or a lie Croweater someone who lives in the state of South Australia,
the states outback has a lot of crows Cockroachsomeone who lives in the state of new south wales, don't ask why Creamed someone beaten someone else or term by a huge margen go and have a Cuppa have cup of tea or coffee give someone a bit of Curry give someone a hard time of it off to the Crapper you off to the toilet that's a load of old Crap (load of old shit) a lie Cripes !! I,ve stepped in something you in extreme discomfort stop the Crap! stop what you are doing or saying its not right you will be waiting till the Cows come home you'll be waiting all day Clod hoppers your feet I'll go and have a Captain Cook you'll go and have a look at something Chew the fat have a good talk together put on your Cossie put on your clothing Cockie farmer a Cockie cockroach ga day Cobber welcome close friend got no Coin got no money Cakehole your mouth Clanger someone tell a real big lie OR a shock Cri-key ! surprise at something Cunning as a shithouse rat someone is very cunning and under handed may your Chooks turn into emus and kick your shithouse down statement you can make when, you're not very happy
with what someone has done to you Corroboree aboriginal festival dance Cruddy something of low quality Curly nickname for a bald person Camp oven Large cast iron pot with a lid, for cooking on a open fire Clobber Clothes Chuck throw something OR vomit Cooee call for greeting someone at a distance in the bush Cozzie swimming costume (NSW) Crook ill OR something that is not functioning Cut lunch sandwiches Chalkie teacher Crack onto to make a pass at/chat up Cop it sweet to get what's coming to you, with out try to get back at them Cow-tow bow and scrape to someone Carpetbagger steak beef stuffed with oysters Claytons something of questionable intergrety, a fake Conk to hit someone Cleanskin unbranded cattle OR not a criminal to make a Crust to earn a living, work for wages you're a Candy you're sweet not worth a Crumpet something is worthless you need to take a Cut lunch where you going is a long walk Crockery teeth Cherio cocktail sausage Cod's male testicles Clocked someone you're hit someone mad as a Cut snake someone very upset, that could do anything Coldie a cold beer feeling Crook not feeling well Call it a day to finnish what you have been doing for the day Cheeky someone who is having fun with you and teasing you in a fun way Cackyhander left handed person Cushie to have it easy another nail in the Coffin you are smoking another cigarette Christmas grip someone has hold of your testicles Cobber good friend going to the Can going to the toilet Cupper-nuser have another cup of tea Chrissie Christmas
going to the Dunny
off to the toilet Dinki-di something good from a Australia OR originating from downunder going to your Dig is going to your home the place you live you are a Dingo you are cunning bad person you are a Dobber the person has told someone else what you've been up to you are Drover's dog you no good, you a useless, you are of no importance Donger a mans penis if you are a Drip you are someone with no personality, no character, boring spending all your Doe spending all your money
up the Duff
pregnant you are a Dag you say they are the shit that hangs the wool on the rear end
of a sleep OR
a friendly endearment (the trick is knowing which one they mean, check to see
if they a smiling) OR to describe unfashionable way of dressing Daggy something that looks very bad Dropped your guts you have farted its a Done Deal its something finished or completed
Dilly-bag
food bag or small bag to carry things haven't seen you in Donkey's years you haven't seen someone in a real long
time Drink with the flies to drink alone your Dial your face Deadset without a doubt Dead cert absolute certainly Dill someone that is not to smart Do-dar or Doo-dah something or item you do not know the name of is a do-dar Dead marine empty beer bottle see you a Divvy see you in a very sort time Dropped your bundle you lost control of the situation, and finding it
hard to
get it sorted out ,finding it hard to cope with
things (Bundle a load you carry) Drop of the perch glass of beer Dunlop cheque cheque that bounced (the bank bid not except, return to you)
rubber Damp squib someone who is not thinking to well, a bit of a dub (squib
was a
small firecracker, a damp squib is one that doesn't go off) so I guess they saying your not
firing to well Dry as a dead dingo's donger drought OR very dry climate noisy as a Dunny door in a storm something or someone making a continues
noise Digger Australian soldier Dunny budgie a fly Dodgy something suspicious and underhanded is going on Doesn't know if it's pitt street or christmas to be confused (a country
bloke
confused at all the lights of Sydney's Pitt Street
he's got the Darling pea behave strangely, OR insane (it's a plant that
causes some strange behaviour mainly in animals that eat it) you Drongo! idiot, someone that is stupid Dud-dropper one who sells cheap stuff as good stuff, implying that it's
cheap
because it fell off the back of a truck. stolen Dudder con-man, won't pay bill's I've been Dudded! someone's conned you, cheated you Damper flour and water bread mix cooked in the coals of a camp fire Dijeridu Aboriginal wind musical instrument Divvy van Police divisional van Donk car or boat engine or motor bike Dork fool or idiot Dover a bush knife Dog and bone telephone Dead horse tomato sauce Docket a bill, receipt Durry cigarette Dingbat someone who is a fool here's the Deal prepare yourself to hear some important facts Dog's Breakfast a mess or messy who cut the dog in half? someone has farted Dacks trousers or shorts Doona like a quilt, used instead of blankets (containing feathers and down) Dilly Dally someone that taking there time to go someone where Duck's Dinner drinking with nothing to eat get the Drum on that get the truth on that Dutch courage having a few (alcohol) drinks before doing something or going somewhere to give you courage
getting a good Earbashing
someone talking to you a long time Elbow grease working hard (digging etc) I could Eat a horse, and chase the jockey you are very very hungry Esky large insulated box which you put ice bricks in, to keep food and drink
cold(beer) Evo evening the day the Eagle shits pay day
Face fungus man's beard, hair on the face Five finger discount shoplifting Fibber someone who tell lies Funny farm mental institution Full as a boot drunk Flat chat or Flat out going very fast what ever they're doing Fat chance someone has little to no chance of something happening Fair dinkum someone really genuine Fair go / really / the truth / good Fair enough OK you are right, I agree about something go to the Flicks you off to the cinema Flaked out laid down for a rest or fell down from over doing it Flaming thing or Flaming good time extra bad or extra good you are a Fruit cake you are mentally unstable Fossicking hunting for gemstones etc(usually opals or sapphires) you Front someone you asked them what they're hiding Fair crack of the whip! give me a fair go Floater meat pie floating in thick pea soup (South Australia) give it the Flick you throw it away
I suppose it was Fred nerk I suppose it was someone imaginary Fair-go Mate! statement you make when someone is not letting you do or say
something Fair suck of the sav statement you make when someone is not letting you do or
say something Flash as a rat with a gold tooth dressed and groomed nicely Fanny females private part Footy Ozzie Rules Football Footbrawl northerners term for Ozzie Rules Football Flake Shark meat, used in Fish and Chip shops in Full Feather in real good health Fart-arse around you not getting on with the job at hand, and doing other
things Fruiterer one who sells fruit and vegetables Full as a Fairy's phone book something that is not at all empty Fridee Friday Frocks older ladies Dresses Flat out like a lizard drinking doing something very fast Flog to sell something Full of it someone who loves themself and speaking absolute rubbish Freshie freshwater crocodile Franger condom
you are a Galah
loud, rudely behaved person Ga day or G 'day a freindly welcome (same as hello or hi) Gasbag talking alot Good oh okay Grizzle complaining person down the Gurgler down the plug hole, something has failed
Gone round the bend
gone crazy or mental you dirty Grub dirty eater or dirty child go eat some Grub go eat some food Gibber a large rock or a desert Grazier sheep or cattle farmer (usually in a big way) Goog a egg (he's got a big goog on is head) he's a bump on the head as big as
a egg full as a Goog drunk or eaten to the excess you are a Grot you are very dirty or untidy you've got a Gympy leg you leg is not working, its damaged Good on ya Mate! you are happy with what they are doing you're Game if you have a go at something others think or find difficult,
they say you"re Game or brave have a Gander have a look Garbo Garbage collector Give it away give up on something Grog alcohol it's a Goer something that will definitely occur, that you have been trying to
make happen hop into the Grub start eating food Going like hot cakes something selling or given away very fast Green around the Gills your are feeling queezy or sick what a Goose! Someone that is not to smart, silly Gumsucker someone who lives in the state of Victoria down the Gurgler down the plughole spill your Guts confess to something he's a Gun at something he's the best at something
a Hoon
a show-off with limited intelligence Humpy bush dwelling of cheap construction Howzat ? asking someone how something is Humping something heavy caring something heavy usually very hard or having
sex Hardcase someone with closed mind, but they might not think so Haggle you try to talk the price down Hit the Hay OR Hit the sack go to bed to sleep Hair of the dog strong alcohol put Hairs on ya chest -if you eat this or drink this you will
become a man Holy-dooly an expression of surprise Hit your kick open your wallet Hot under the collar to get angry Hoo-roo saying goodbye to someone Happy as a pig in mud very happy Handles like a dog on lono your car or what ever handles very badly Happy as a bastard on father's day unhappy, depressed Half your luck! congratulation in a envios way Hang on a tick wait for minute Heart starter having a alcoholic drink usually early in the morning Heave Ho get rid of something I've been Had you've been tricked or created going on Holls going on holidays Hollow leg's someone who will not stop eating
Ivories
your teeth (to tickle ivories) to play the piano something is bit Iffy its risky or suspect you give me the Irrits they're extremely irritating Idiot box television set Interesting ! used when someone asks how something looks or tastes and it
is terrible
see you in a Jiffy
they see you in a short time any old Joe blow will tell you any one you don't even know will tell you
(someone
you do not know the name of) I will Job you! I will hit you or punch you the thing is Jigged its broken or no long useful I will fix your Jack and Jill I will pay your bill, usually in a restaurant Jumbuck sheep Journo journalist Jaked broken down the John off to the toilet Jackaroo or Jillaroo trainee male or female Cattle Station hand bye Jingos! exclamation of wonder Jack-in-the-box someone who can not sit still Joe Bloggs you are referring to the average citizen Jaffle toasted sandwich (toasty toast) Jack Dancer Cancer Joe Blake a snake Jarmies Pyjamas, bed clothes Joker a male person, that you are unsure about
going for a Kip
short rest or sleep or nap Knock shop a house of prostitution she Knocked me back she didn't want to have sex with you she's Knocked up she is pregnant I Knocked off work time to go home from work Knock-off a counterfeit product get Knotted! is a angry way of say go now you Kick the bucket you are dead pack your Kit pack up all your belongings or your possessions Kiwi someone who live in New Zealand (New Zealander) Kafuffle argument Or a disturbance Keen as mustard enthusiastic about something Knackers male testicles Knickers female underwear Knockers - breast Kindy kindergarden Kark to die Kangaroo court people judging you in what they think you are doing wrong cunning Kick hiding money from the wife Kick in contribute money to something
Lav
or Lavvy outdoor toilet take a Leak go to the toilet
Lippie
lipstick Liquid amber Beer
Lashing out going on a spending spree hit my Lolly or do your Lolly hit your head or shouting and raving in a angry
way (loosing you head) use your Loaf use your head, think about it help you get a Leg up someone is going to help you get started at something Lob-in on someone you've visited someone unannounced Lights on but there's no one home someone not to smart a Lemon something that is faulty OR broken OR bad OR useless
(that you are
stuck with)OR a lesbian you Leading me up the garden path someone is try to deceive you, but you are
not waking up to it Laughing gear your mouth
Lame-brained someone that is stupid Lolly money OR candy on a good Lurk on to a good thing or job Lamingtons sponge cakes coated in chocolate and coconut grated (genuine aussie
cake) Lollywater soft drink Lady muck a woman who puts on airs of a grand lady, usually badly (stuck up) Lady blamey a beer glass made from the bottom half of a beer bottle Long drink of water someone who is tall Long neck large bottle of beer Lie doggo hide away, to get out of something Lugs ears
Mate
friend Matilda your sleeping bag or bed roll for camping out Milk bar OR corner store the corner shop that sells all sorts (mainly food) Missus your wife Mozzie mosquito Mug your face you are a Mug you are a fool Mad as a cut snake you gone crazy gone up the Mulger gone bush, gone to the country not touched by man Mollydooker a left hander Moosh your mouth More of them, then you can poke a stick at a lot of something you look like a stunned Mullet dazed OR you mind is off thinking about
something else Manchester household linen Middy or Middie 285 ml beer glass (NSW) Mob group of people or things, not necessarily unruly things are crook in Musclebrook times are bad (theres no such place as
Musclebrook but could refer to Muswellbrook(NSW). Min Min mysterious lights at night in the outback plates of Meat your feet Mundee Monday away with the Pixies day dreaming Muff female private part Mexican someone from the State of Victoria Mackers Mc Donald's
you got a good Nick
you got a good name you're in the Nick you are naked you're in the Nuddy you are naked Nick off go now, get lost Nick steal something something in good Nick something in good shape and condition Nickers females underpants I'm Nackered absolutely exhausted or very tied Nockers women's breasts Narkie short tempered gone out to the Never Never gone out in to the bush, usually off the beaten
track,
gone off in our native country sides not developed by man No-hoper someone who is hopeless Nana banana Nacked annoyed Neddie a horse Nulla-nulla wooden club used by Aborigines (made from very heavy and hard
wood called
Blackbut) Not until the other shoe drops have thought about (what ever) but I will need
to think or decide about it some more Nuggets man's testicles Nappy diaper (not slang) it's on the Nose someething stinks Noggin head or brains Noah's ark a shark Nong idiot
Ocker
Aussie that likes beer, sport and women and uncultured good On ya mate well done there mate Oz Australia Outback remote part of Australia Off the beaten Track on a road not used very much, to no road at all or in a
remote part of
Australia or just un-tourist place Off like a brides nightie leave very quickly OR a stinks Oldies parents Off like a bucket of prawns in the hot sun leaving very quickly Off-sider assistant or partner Oy! a Aussie bush call Ow-yar-goin how are you going? Overlander driving sheep or cattle overlong distance in the outback
Prang
automotive crash Pull your head in mate tell them to mind their own business Put up or shut up show you can do it or say it or keep quite you are Raw Prawn you are easy to deceive Postie Postman, mail delivery person you Pong you smell or have a unpleasant odour Pissed as a parrot drunk Perk at work something good your employer supplies for nothing as a part of
your job(and
the taxman wants apart of) Playing Possum you are hiding yourself or try to keep something from someone Pot hole hole in the road Prawn shrimp (that's right we don't put a shrimp on the barbie, that's
just
advising to con you in
to come here, no Aussie but hogan has ever said it) Pull the belt in stop spending money Pull your socks up get you life in order OR your act together Pub hotel, place for buying and drinking alcohol Plonk real cheap alcohol Prezzies gifts Pigs bum that's wrong, or incorrect Pearl excellent Pester annoy or bother someone Piffle nonsense Pinch to arrest Possie advantageous position, in good spot Pot 285 ml glass of beer (VIC & Qld) pack of Poo tickets toilet paper talking on the Porcelain telephone vomiting into a toilet (driving the
Porcelain bus) Piker someone who does not want to do, what the rest of the group want to do Pash or Pashing kissing and cuddling Paw-paw Queensland papaya fruit (tropical) Paper yabber letter Push-bike Bicycle as Proud as a rat with a gold tooth someone is very proud with how they look
or something have done Pommy or Pom english person Pat-malone you are on your own, alone Puffed you are out of breath Pie floater a meat pie floating in pea soup(mash), usually with lots of sauce
(traditional aussie tucker)
Rip off
you been cheated it's a Ripsnorter something is really great I've been doing a Roaring trade you been doing a lot of bussiness Righto okay or that's right Ridgie didge true or genuine article Rellie relative or family it's a Ripper it's really great smells Ripe smells off or bad Rack off go now, in an angry way, get lost Rapt overjoyed Rafferty's Rules every thing is a mess and mixed up, done all wrong, with no
rules at all you got the Rough end of the pineapple you got a bad deal or you bad end of
something Road train multi-trailered semi truck Rooted very tired, or had sex Ropable very ill tempered or angry Rug up dress warmly Rug Rat baby
Salvo
- salvation army officer Sanger or Sanga Sandwich Sandgroper someone who lives a the state of Western Australia (very sandy
state) Scone your head great Australian Salute swatting flies Short and curlies pubic hair
when someone states they (got you by the short and curlies) you're in a bad
position
going for a Slash a man is going to urinate up the Spout pregnant Stone the crows! Shock at something Sickie - Day off work due to invented illness Smoko have a break, and usually having something to eat and drink, and have a
cigarette. you Scrub-up well you are now dressed, hair done nice, you look good, where
you didn't
before She'll be right! this means everything at all will be good or OK or all right I'll Sort it you'll fix it what ever it is I don't give a Stuff you don't care about something my Shout buying friends alcohol (usually beers) at a pub (then its their turn
to buy you one, one sure way to get drunk, especially
if there is enough of you) Strewth shock at something good Sport someone who is good about loosing a Shark used car salesman you look pretty Swank
you look dressed expensive, dressed well etc cheap Skate someone will not spend money or tight wad Sit on a beer take a long time to drink a beer Spunky someone is sexy (can say ' What a spunk') Stickybeak someone can not mind their own business( nosy) a Spark electrician a Sheila a woman (not really used any more other then by some old timers) Snag sausage (put a snags on the barbie) Spud a potato you've been Sprung you been caught doing something they should not Shack a simple dwelling or house Silly Season Christmas holiday's Slippery-dip kids slide Stick in the mud someone is stopping you from doing something, you say this
statement Spit the dummie you gettiing or got very up set at something Snakey someone is very up set or angry Show you the ropes show you how to do a job call a Spade a Spade telling something like is, not saying something good if
its not , or bad
if its good Stubby small bottle of beer OR a pair of mens shorts Scallops fried potato cakes (Qld/Nsw), Shellfish (elsewhere) Schooner large beer glass (NSW & SA) See you in the Soup see you around Shellacking complete defeat Shivoo rowdy party Shonky unreliable a very suspect deal Shoot through to leave in a hurry Shove off! go away, said in a angry way Shirty to get upset or angry Skite to boast or brag about ones personal accomplishments Slog hard work Square off to apologise Squatter
someone who live on someone else's land or house with out permission Stinger Box Jellyfish
Strine alot of Aussie slang said at once Swag canvas bag or cover that you keep all your belonging and bedroll in, to
protect it from the weather when camping out Slow as a wet weekend you doing something very slowly, and they trying to get
you moving on it at a faster pace A Sausage Short of the barbecue short of brains (a Snag Short of a
barbie) Stroppy someone in a bad mood, and being difficult Strides trousers to Scrounge to get something for free to Scrounge around to furious look for something Speedo's bather's Slugo's mens bather's (speedo's) Scungies bather's dick Stickers bather's Stuffed very tired Scarce as hen's teeth something extremely rare he had to run around in the Shower to get wet someone is very skinny Seppo American a Shag on a rock alone and stuck away from others pull up Stumps moving home, changing address Squib out you are backing out of something, chickening out wouldn't Shout in a shark attack will not take is turn buying the drinks in a
bar Short arms long pockets someone will not part with is money have a Squiz at have a look at something Sandshoes joggers, sneakers, trainers Snapping log crocodile you a big Sook! your are very sensitive, and upset over nothing a Slab pack of 24 cans of beer well Stacked large breasted women Sloppy joe a cotton sweater Servo service station for cars Spun out or Spin me out surprised and amazed Spewin or Spewing being sick or being very disappointed at something Suck it and See going to try do something that you think is going to be
troubles but may not be Suss it out check something out lower than a Snake's armpit someone very underhanded Saltie saltwater crocodile Stormstick umbrella Schnozz nose out of the Sack get up from bed Singlet under shirt or tanktop Stirrer someone who causes trouble Stunded mullet to describe some who does not seem to be with it
he's got Tickets on himself
this person is highly
self opinionated hang on a Tick wait a short moment Thunder box toilet Ta or Tar thanks Tucker food Tuckshop Aussie schools call a canteen or cafateria or eatery Tuckerbag a bag for storing food in the bush Tinnie can of cold beer or a aluminum boat crack a Tinnie open a can of cold beer a couple of Tinnies short of a slab someone a bit simple minded
Turn it up
stop what your say or doing as its not right you Tight wad you don't want to part with your money make Tracks you want to get going somewhere Thongs sandals made from rubber True blue really Australian Thingo something you don't know the name of is a thingo to Talk the leg off an iron pot someone with the gift of the gab (someone who
talks
a lot) going Twenty to the dozen moving or doing something very fast, or to fast Thugby southerners term for Rugby League Football Tea evening meal/dinner Tee up organise or arrang something Too right! something is absolutely right & correct Two-up traditional Australian heads or tails gambling game with two coins Taswegain someone who lives in the state of Tasmania Top-ender someone who lives in the Northern Territory Thing-a-ma-jigger term you use when you can't actually remember the name of
something Thing-eme-bob term you use when you can't actually remember the name of
something Tides gone out your glass is not full bush Telly looking up at the stars Toey someone very nervous Tallie 750ml large bottle of beer
Underdaks
or undees underpants Um-ah indecisive or can be doing something wrong Uee or Uwe doing a U turn someone got Up your nose they've really upset you and irritated and annoying
you Uni University Ute utility (in the USA a pickup truck) Up the gumtree someone that got them self in a spot of trouble, in a quandary get the frog untied to depart or leave, hit the road
Wanker
Someone with an ego problem Walkover something is done easily or some one deceived easily I got the Wog I got a cold or the flue or virus Whip around collecting money for a gift for someone leaving work You had a great Wing-ding you had a great party or get together or sometimes
can mean an argument something is Wobbly its shaky chucked a Wobbly you told a story that doesn't sound quite true, OR throwing
a tantrum (in WA) Gone for a Walkabout you gone for a long walk, for a aboriginal it a holiday
away in the bush, period of spiritual enlightenment. I put a bit of Woffle dust on it if you are playing card or dice and you are
looking for bit of luck say you,re put a little Woffle dust on it, theres no such thing
and you don,t actually put
any dust on your cards or dice, it's just slang for luck. What's that!! you didn't catch what someone was saying, and you want them to
say it again. Wowser killjoy or prude, old fashioned White pointer highway patrol White pointers lady sunbaking topless Wag skip school, truency Wonky something is unstable or unsteady or shaky put the Wind up ya! frighten someone OR to intimidate Who-ha someone is making a fuss about something, usually nothin important go down the Waterhole off to the hotel or pub Wally someone who keeps making mistakes Waffle nonesense on the Wallaby track to go from place to place in search of work Weatherboard wooden house Wharfie dockworker Winge complain and carry on unnecessarily Willy-nilly something kept in a untidy way Woomera stick used by Aborigines to throw spears Wedding tackle man's genitals Willy man's penis it will all come out in the Wash something will sort it's self over time how's ya Warwick farms? How are your arms Walking ticket layed off from your job Woop woop somewhere a long way from civilization give it a Whirl to try doing something, by giving it your best on a good Wicket on to a good thing life OR earning a good income putting on the Wobbly boot you're drunk, you have had to much to drink
(alcohol) backroom Waltz discipline dished out at the Police Station Wouldn't be dead for quids you're very happy and well Wrapped excited about something good that has happened Watering the horse going to urinate no Worries mate! don't worry about it, everything is fine (Australian
Attitude) couldn't get out of a Wet paperbag someone is not to strong or smart
hard Yakka
hard work tell you a Yarn tell a story that maybe true or it might not be, that's for
them to work out Yapping talking none stop Yahoo loudmouthed person which usually out of control in some way Yobbo same as a yahoo but no values at all, looks like a slob always Yabbie freshwater Australian crayfish Yank American Yacking talking a lot your Yanking my chain or don't Yank my chain your telling a lie Yarn Someone telling a fictional story Yonks a long period of time
catch some ZZZ's (Zed's)
go for a sleep Zonked really really tied Zebra crossing broad striped paint lines as a pedestrian crossing of a
roadway Zits acne
