Tools. Are you fair dinkum? (i.e. chockers = [See the entry: chockablock.]. dead marine = An empty beer bottle (possibly of US origin or reference thereto). choof off = To depart, usually (but not always) said in a friendly manner, e.g. But it s all right for her, she s got a whole smorgasbord selection of classic spunk Contemporary slang, spunk-rat Australian Slang sexually attractive person English dialects glossary, spunk n 1a. You know, strain the potatoes. Aussie = [1] An Australian; usually with patriotic or nationalist overtones, being a reference to a fair dinkum Australian. duck-shoving = To move things around, to jockey for position, or to evade responsibility. Thesaurus. Aussie slang such as 'budgie', 'greenie', 'pollie', 'surfie', and even 'mozzie' are now also making appearances in global English. Derived from beautiful. A country dunnydunny = Toilet (bog, crapper, loo, shitter, water closet). They hadnt seen each other in ages, so when they caught up they had a real good chinwag. arsey = Someone who is considered lucky, e.g. BS = An abbreviation of the word bullshit (referring to a lie, to something said that is disagreed with, or to a situation that is disagreed with), e.g. Where did you get your licence? Balmain folk dancing = Putting the boot in, when a fighting opponent is on the ground; from the Sydney suburb of Balmain, once considered to be a tough area. Meaning everything will be alright. Also spelt ooroo. Abo = Abbreviation of Aboriginal; not necessarily intended as a derogatory term, but in modern times it is now almost always regarded as derogatory, even if not intended as such. Pozzy : position. Cart flick = Get rid of, e.g. blow-in = An uninvited newcomer, a recent arrival, someone who is not really a part of the group; the term is usually derogative, being a reference to something that has just been blown in by the wind; e.g. You reckon you can beat me, do ya? Allan BorderAB = Allan Border, cricketer (Test captain of the Australian cricket team during 1984 to 1994). Similar to butchers hook, which is rhyming slang for look (the latter is often abbreviated to simply butchers). Plate, bring a : Instruction to bring a plate of food to a party. [See the entry: spat the dummy.]. Look at that sheila burping, farting, and carrying on; geez, shes as rough as guts. FIFO = [1] Acronym for Fit In or Fuck Off. bomb = A no-good car, of bad appearance, or poor mechanical worth, e.g. couldnt organise a piss-up in a brewery = Referring to someone who is incompetent. Tucker Food . Aussie Salute - Wave to scare the flies Avo - Avocado Bail - To cancel plans. Davo, Jacko, Johno, Robbo, Stevo, and Tommo (David, Jack, John, Robert, Steve, and Tom). Similar to the phrase Up shit creek without a paddle. Go on, get outta here. A list of significant Australiana Timeline of Australian history and culture not British sterling). Finding an adorable nickname for your sweetie-pie little guy should be no trouble at all. billy lid = Rhyming slang for kid (child). shell be right = Everything will be alright. So, that's why we simply define slang as very informal language or specific words used by a group of people. he drank ten beers, then he chucked up in the toilet. Geez, its a real stinker out there, Its stinking hot, Its a stinker of a day. My belief of that usage is that it means something like PUSHY, perhaps RUDE, perhaps ill-mannered. Singular: Anglo. [See the entry: Buckleys chance. ambos = Ambulance medics. Within the term there is an implied joke about Queenslanders spending their time bending the bananas before they are sent off to be sold. Put another snag on the barbie, will ya love?. While Aussies speak English, the dialect and accent are unique to them. slant-eye = An Asian person (a derogatory term). John Shaw Neilson ! up the duff = Pregnant, e.g. Excuse me, say again? Ive just done a 12 hour shift, and Im completely buggered. Account & Lists Returns & Orders. Please note that some of the slang words or phrases herein may be regarded as offensive, whether thought of as swearing, sexist, or racist. Rommels comments on Australian soldiers [1941-1942] Whilst buggery does not specifically mean hell, it serves the same function as hell as used in common phrase Go to hell. Can be hyphenated, i.e. bloody oath = Too right, thats the truth, an affirmation of a truth, e.g. Aussie Cossie = Swimwear; Speedos (Speedos are an Aussie cossie, as they are regarded as good Australian-designed bathers, i.e. blind Freddie = A phrase used in comparison to establish something that is obvious or easy, e.g. bog = Toilet (crapper, dunny, loo, shitter, water closet). Im a bit sus of the tyres on my car, I think theyre no good, I think that used-car dealer is a bit sus. spewin = Angry, very upset, not very happy, e.g. Weve been here too long, its time to hit the frog and toad. Mate is what we say here. Distinct from the slang word lolly, used in Europe and the USA, which refers to an under-age girl (derived from the movie Lolita, made in 1962 and re-made in 1997). Also rendered as Send er down, Hughie! or Send it down, Hughie!. Your email address will not be published. Kookaburra Top Enders = People from that area of the NT from Katherine north. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. 33. Jacko = Jack (or the surname Jackson). two-pot screamer = Someone who gets drunk very easily; someone who gets drunk after drinking just two pots of beer (a pot of beer is a 285ml glass of beer, which is about half of an imperial pint). This is part of the Australia tradition of giving various names an o suffix, e.g. Thanks for fixing my car, good onya! Can also be used in a sarcastic manner, e.g. Everyone's favourite all-Aussie dog. Derived from the large apple-growing industry in Tasmania. Point Percy at the porcelain = To urinate (Percy is slang for a penis). (Originally illicit) relations of white male and black female. So I looked at G.A. Hes just a blow-in. spunk = A handsome man, a sexy man. cleanskin = Someone without any criminal convictions, or in other circumstances someone with a clean sheet. best thing since sliced bread = Something that is very good, a great invention. lemonade, cola); sometimes the term is used to specifically refer to coloured soft drinks. Davo = David. flat out like a lizard drinking = Working very hard, e.g. Not a slang term as such, but it is included here since Americans can get confused over the term, as a thong in the USA refers to a skimpy piece of underwear (Australians also call that type of clothing a thong; however, they are well aware that there are two main types of thong, one for footwear and one for underwear). bottle-o = A bottle shop, especially a drive-through bottle shop. Marie E. J. Pitt use your loaf = Use your head, think clearly, e.g. Find below our ever-growing list of common Australian Slang words you could expect to find at some point when conversing with an Australian. Look here, kiddo, youd better not do that. office bike = A woman who is sexually active with many men, i.e. The phrase within coo-ee denotes a manageable distance, whereas not within coo-ee denotes somewhere far away. buggered = [1] Broken down, not working, e.g. mate = Friend, cobber. Also abbreviated as Gropers. fizzer = Something that fails to live up to expectations, e.g. Although most people who aren't from Australia hear Aussie slang terms and scoff at how "they're just shortforms of real words" a lot of words we use today originated from the Lucky Country. Be quiet, or Ill hit you on the head). Jesus H. Christ! a few sangers short of a barbie = [See the entry: a few sandwiches short of a picnic.]. 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In Australia, the terms bugger and buggery are relatively inoffensive (in the right context, they are only as offensive as the word damn); however, this usage is very different to other places, which is why the ABC television show Club Buggery (1995-1997) had problems being sold to overseas markets, since in other countries the term buggery is only known regarding its original meaning of anal intercourse (in 1998 the show was revamped as The Channel Nine Show). bust up = A disagreement or fight, e.g. 2. to withdraw in a cowardly manner from (a contest, a dare, the riding of a large wave, etc. . point the bone = To wish ill upon someone; from the practice of Aboriginal witch doctors, who would point a bone at someone in order to place a curse upon them. = A question asking as to someones state of wellbeing, meaning How are you going? or How are you today?. fair suck of the sauce bottle = To call for fair treatment, or a demand to give someone a reasonable chance, e.g. compo = Workers compensation, also known as workers comp. Who asked you to stick your bib in?. Someone stole his bike and he chucked a wobbly. carked it = To die; stop working, e.g. Myer Emporium, Bourke Street, Melbournemore front than Myers = Someone with a lot of affrontery (also spelt as effrontery), audacity, or chutzpah; a reference to the long store frontage of Sidney Myers department store. wet enough to bog a duck = Very wet, e.g. Have a Captain Cook at this. You can borrow my hammer; but, remember, its a boomerang. noggin = Head, e.g. Im going to the bottle shop to get some grog. You bewdy!; may be called out when something good happens. Plural: durries. The full phrase is Fair suck of the saveloy, but saveloy has long since been shortened to sav (a saveloy is a seasoned pork sausage). Emma Chisit = A reference to the Australian pronounciation of How much is it?; based upon an allegedly true incident in which an author, at a book signing, was handed a book by a customer, who asked How much is it?, and the author signed the book with the message To Emma Chisit. Hes a fair dinkum Aussie. You stay there, Ill get the drinks, its my shout. Well, drink Bonox!. Singular: Skip. These are common words and phrases that have become iconic to Australians. Bodgy - of inferior quality. Derived from beautiful. bees dick = Something very small, or used as an indication of a short distance or a close call, e.g. earbash. Thorpie = Ian Thorpe, the famous swimmer. Gor blimey, I ate too much, Im as full as a goog. Also used to refer to real Australians, e.g. Youve got Buckleys chance of winning Tattslotto. blower = Telephone, e.g. a car driver sounding his horn a lot (the imputation being that the driver was acting like a child who had received a present for Christmas, who would play with it a lot, due to the excitement of having just received a new toy). The Australian National Dictionary (AND) is a dictionary of Australianisms. The phrase has several longer variations, each ending with a reference to a strong wind, such as She bangs like a dunny door in a cyclone / hurricane / gale / high wind / Southerly / storm / wind. Block has a few meanings but the more Aussie one is your head. FIFO = [2] Acronym for Fly In, Fly Out, referring to workers (particularly regarding mine workers in remote areas of Western Australia) who fly in to a remote locations, work for two to three weeks, then fly back to their homes for a week or so, and then fly back to work again. people from Bananaland (a slang name for Queensland). cow cocky = A dairy farmer. Fair suck of the sauce bottle. However, now that you have a bit of Aussie slang under your belt, you're a bit more prepared. Brissie = An abbreviation of Brisbane (the capital of Queensland). bushmans clock = A kookaburra (a bird whose calls can be very loud and long in the morning). He arced up when he was told he had to leave the pub, Dont arc up on me, I had nothing to do with it. used to describe somebody who has attitude, who has a presence. skite = Boast, e.g. Sausage. The phrase is based on spunky in the sense of spirited, and is influenced also by spunk in the sexual sense. the movie theatre was chockablock, there were no empty seats left, the train was chockers, so no more passengers could get in. Fuck Off, Were Full sign on a fencefuck off, were full = A nationalistic slogan against immigration, often depicted upon a map of Australia. magpie = A hoarder; someone who is attracted to shiny things, who wants to take them home. was fired; got the sack), his girlfriend didnt like him any more, so she gave him the arse. Folk music and bush music (videos) chigger = Tasmanian name for a bogan (from the Tasmanian suburb of Chigwell, which was regarded as a low-class area). stonkered = Very tired, exhausted. ), instead of referring to all Asians in general; this differs to the UK usage of the term, where Asian usually refers to someone of Central Asian ethnicity (from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, etc.). In earlier times (when New South Wales was the main area of settlement in Australia), it was used to refer to native-born Australians in general (regarding those of British-European descent, as the term did not include the Aborigines). Then there was the spunk rat, meaning a sexually attractive person. back of Bourke = A long way out from civilization (Bourke was once considered to be the remotest town in New South Wales). However, when I look at his second meaning, this seems to cover your given usage: These place names are typically used in tall tales, such as in the story Crooked Mick of the Speewah. hes an arsey bastard. Excuse me, mate, can you tell me where the nearest pub is? Similar to the American word buddy. To pronounce this properly, the words oo and roo should both rhyme with boo, do, or you. as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike = Someone, or something, that is not useful. = An advertising slogan for Bonox drink; subsequently used in a jocular teasing fashion to give hitchhikers false hope of getting a lift, e.g. She bottled her boyfriend in a spat, He seems really angry, it looks like hes going to bottle someone. Go bite your bum, chum. Coathanger, the = A humourous name for the Sydney Harbour Bridge (a reference to the bridge being perceived as being in the shape of a coathanger). hes dirty on her for flirting with his brother, shes dirty on him for spending the night at the pub; also to have the wrong thing done to someone, e.g. A term arising from the vast sandy deserts of Western Australia; also, sandgroper is the name of a burrowing insect found in Western Australia, belonging to the Cylindrachetidae family). Get the root rat mug. guernsey = A football jumper (clothing used to cover the torso), which displays the teams colours; to get a guernsey refers to being picked, or selected, for a footy team (can also be used in other contexts, re. He donged him on the head. Ahhh, the days of Dragon playing at the Bondi Hotel, opposite the beach. Gor blimey, I ate too much, Im as full as a goog. shattered = Very tired, exhausted. Synonym of Spunk-rat: Australian Slang Spunk-rat sexually attractive person Translation. She fell out of the ugly tree (can also can be given in a longer form, such as He fell out of the ugly tree, and hit a few branches on the way down). gday cobber = Another way to say Hello mate or Good day to you, my friend. Minnesota is known as The Land of 10,000 Lakes, but the official count of lakes more than ten acres (40,000 m) in size is approximately 11,842. bum steer = Given the wrong information, received the wrong directions, misled. bizzo, ambo), and then original Aussie slang phrases. not much chop = Not very good, e.g. I would strongly suggest to remove this slang work from your dictionary. Not to be confused with BS. chink = A Chinese person; usually considered derogatory. bush pig = Someone with little or no manners, a badly-behaved person. Fair go, mate! as a demand for fair treatment. Or fair suck of the sav. You reckon theres life on Mars? off like a brides nightie = To depart very quickly, e.g. as miserable as a bandicoot, as poor as a bandicoot. Distinct from crook, meaning criminal. . The phrase is based on spunky in the sense of spirited, and is influenced also by spunk in the sexual sense. This is part of the Australia tradition of giving various names a zza suffix, e.g. Raymond, I am familiar with this phrase from as long as I can remember growing up in country SA especially common on the footy field! Derived from the rumours men swapped with each other when gathered at water carts (many of which used to have the brand name on them of the Shepparton manufacturing company called J. Furphy & Sons); especially applies to a rumour or story which is untrue or which sounds unlikely to be true. couldnt raffle a chook in a pub = Referring to someone who is incompetent. bottled = To smash someone (usually over the head) with a bottle, such as in a pub fight, e.g. Ah spewin mate, cant believe she took the last roll.. Have a bo peep at that over there. not bad = Something which is good, e.g. Derived from the name of the Australian television series Skippy, about a kangaroo. wuss = Someone who is cowardly, usually referring to males. 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