Hi, I know there are a lot of sites with Australian slang on them but sadly very few seem to have actually been written by actual 'true blue' Australians. They are extremely out of date and in lots of cases wrong. Some of the terms are not in general use and some have not been used since the 1930's. SO here is a list of Australian terms which are in common use, used in this house in fact. I will add to it as I think of more, and feel free to ask if there is anything I have not made clear enough.

1.g’day- when we are being all aussie

2.mate- friend, pal, buddy.
for males by both males and females, and to females onlyby males women don’t call each other mate

3. sheila- girl,woman.
used by guys about girls and not used directly to their faces
those sheilas over there etc

4. drongo- idiot

5.the s’arvo - this afternoon
used in reply to the question when are you going out

6. shops- the store or the mall
going down the shops be back soon

7.holidays- vacations

8. lollies- candies

9.kangaroos- shorten to roos not kangas

10. see ya 'ron- comes from saying see ya later on

11.bloody- is a swear word [cuss word] bloody hell.
bloody idiot…I spose it means absolute

12.ripper- excellent
an exclaimation
I bought you the book you wanted…ripper thanks

13.swearing- cussing

14.bonnet- the hood of your car

15.boot- the trunk of your car

16.windscreen- windshield…windscreen wipers

17.biscuits- cookies

18.scones- biscuits said with a really short o like october

19.hungry jacks- burger king

20.maccas - mcdonalds

21.lift- elevator

22.rear vision mirror- rear view mirror

23.footpath- sidewalk

24.on the grog- getting drunk at home or at someone else’s home

25.out on the grog- getting drunk at the pub……or pub crawl

26.stubbie- beer…wanna stubbie

27.dickhead- really not a nice word……… sorta swearing
a special sort of idiot

28.petrol station- gas station

29.petrol- gas

30soft drink- pop [hehe] soda

31.fairy floss- candy floss. cotton candy

32.vegemite- god’s own food black spread for toast

33.dagwood dog- only available at the show….a frankfurter hotdog dipped
in batter. it is disgusting served dripping with tomato sauce

34.buckleys- means not a chance
you got buckleys mate no chance
or said you have two chances buckleys and none

35.cling wrap- saran wrap you wrap food in it and to put in the
fridge
36.milo- a chocolate drink
drunk both hot and cold
37.car park - parking lot

38.tele- television

39.Bugger- kinda means oh bother it all but ruder

40.perve- to check someone out

41.thongs- flip flops
you wear them on your feet
42.g-string - american version of a thong

43.dunny- toilet….a corse expression

44.koala- NOT A BEAR REPEAT NOT A BEAR
he is a marsupial. there is a song about him hehe

45.chips- fries

46.footy- now for bobby footy is afl………..cos he is Victorian,but the
footy is also rugby league, kinda like rugby but better but
rugby union is usually called rugby. don't ask me why!!

47.chuck a ‘uee- no one in Australia ever makes a u turn we all chuck uees

48.geegees- horses………usually you bet on the geegees

49.go to the ponies- what you would call going to the track

50.cuppa- means cup of tea
not usually coffee

51.pushy- a bicycle…………also a push bike and a deadly treadly
[although my kids would never say that one it is a bit old]
get on your treadly and pop down the shops for me please

51.needles- same as shots
go and get your needles for whatever disease

52.whinge- whine [said win j]

53.spuds- potatoes

54.hit for 6 - use the same way Americans say homerun

55.chooks- chickens
when referring to live chickens, go and feed the chooks
we eat chicken sandwiches not chook

56.cackleberrys- eggs [my kids wouldn't say this one either]

57.googs- also eggs
some people say googie egg when talking baby talk
[ yuck I hate baby talk……..just sayin]

58.nippers- young children
where are the little nippers today

59.pressies- presents/gifts

60.chrissy- Christmas
used with the words presents and cake usually

61.prawns- shrimp…….we do not cook them on the barbie

62.Barbie- barbeque
both the event and the cooking apparatus
come over for a barbie the s’arvo

63.bottleo- drive in place where you can get beer
usually go down the bottleo for a six pack or a slab

64.slab- carton of beer 24 cans

65.piss- beer
as in get on the piss…….start drinking

66.bonza- great wonderful
used by old people usually these days

67.cobber- friend
also used mainly by old people meet my cobber pete etc.

68.bumbag- fanny pack
a fanny in oz is female genitalia

69.pram- baby carriage

70.Torch- flashlight

71.smoko- morning tea…….around 10am

72.blighters- annoying things and people
annoy little blighters, would be a reference to mosquitos

73.swanning- wasting time
usually used as swanning around

74.smacker- sloppy loud fun kiss

75.esky- what Americans call a cooler
insulated box for taking food on picnic etc

76. cupboard- closet.
the kitchen had cupboards so does the bedroom
[also wardrobe for the bedroom]

77.nappies- diapers

78.dummy- pacifier

79.cot- crib

80.manual- stick shift car

81.mozzies- mosquitos

82 sulking- pouting

83. mucking around- horse play

84 whipper snipper- weed whacker

85. hooroo- another goodbye
sorry they are not in order i wrote them for a friend as i thought of them.

:happydance: aussie :happydance:

LOL. These are GREAT!!! :thumbsup: Even your explanations sound Aussie. For instance, the dagwood dog. In America, we call them corndogs if you're in the midwest, Pigs-in-a-blanket if you're down South, I believe.

This is great fun! PLEASE keep adding more! And if you can figure out how to do it, can you also explain how to pronounce some of them too? Like whinge... is that pronounced the way it's spelled, or is it pronouned "whine"?

Looks like I'm going to be busy for the next little while. I have a lot of going back and correcting to do on my stories. :think:

We have both, corndogs and pigs in the blanket, two different things here

Here too! Corndogs are hotdogs wrapped in a honey tasting corn batter.
then they are deep fried to a golden brown.

Pigs in a blanket are pancakes wrapped around sausage links.


Both are really yummy!

corndogs are like that here but pigs in a blanket are just weiners wrapped in pastry here and baked

some more for your amusement. :lol:

86. fringe- bangs

86. crawler- someone who is sucking up

87. jelly- jello, the wobbly stuff

88. jam- jelly, the stuff for toast

89. overalls- coveralls

90. dobber- tattletale

Jam is for toast? I thought with you Aussies it was vegemite. :rolleyes:

So is your toast a slice of bread that's been put in a little machine that browns both sides and pops up when it's finished and scares the bejeebers out of you? Or is your toast our version of crackers? :think:

Toast is just toast (and vegemite on toast is heaven) :yum:

and a few more!

91 caravan- trailer [mobile home thing you live in]

92 trailer- okay the nearest i can figure, a u-haul

93 rockmelon- cantelope

94 pawpaw- papaya

95 toffee- taffy

96 jumper- sweater

97 cobbers- milk duds

98 true blue- authenitic, usually authentically australian, like me!! :lol:

99 dead set- honestly, are you deadset sure?

100 jackaroo- 'ranch' hand, [jillaroo for girls]

Hey look i did 100!! :happydance:

:lol: Who knew there would be so many! :lol:

101. midday - noon

102. sandpit - sandbox

103. seesaw - teeter totter

104. shout - buy a round of drinks at the pub.....your shout....you turn to buy

105. billy - usually a 6lb jam tin with a wire handle, used for boiling water over an open fire to make the tea........so of us say i will boil the billy when we put the kettle on!!

Honestly it is like a whole other language!! :rofl:

106.museli bar- granola bar

107. biro- pen

108. property- ranch

109.tip- the rubbish dump

110.billy lids- children, our very own rhyming slang

LOL. Hey, look. Now you have 110! :rolleyes:

How is that pronounced? And do you say, "Hand me that biro, will you please?" or is it used in a different sort of way? :think:

Billy lids??? LOL. How would you used THAT one in a sentence? :lol:

yep insert the word biro where you would say pen, easy.
said like it is written - bi-row

billy lids. use like you would the word children. where are those little billy-lids. get the billy-lids in for dinner. etc.

i can use it in a sentance any time i like!!! :nana:

once you are about 15 you are too old to be a billy-lid unless the speaker is like your granny or someone.

some more. :lol:


111. gumboots - galoshes

112. autumn - fall

113. power point - outlet, i think where you plug stuff in like the toaster

114. mob - a group of kangaroos. but we also use mob for a groups people like a mob of kids in the park etc.

115. strop - cranky, in a strop feeling stropy

again.

116. doona comforter [duvet for the brittish]

117. terry towelling terry cloth

118. jumpsuit is an all in one suit with legs and arms that babies wear

119. teat is the bit on a babies bottle they suck out of

120. bunny rug baby blanket

i am back with more! :lol:


121. naughts and crosses-tic tac toe

122. trolley-shopping cart

123. indicators-turn signals

124. cotton buds-q tips

125. idiot box-television

Fascinating. :think: Now let's see if I can give it a trial run.

Bobby finished the last of his museli bar, turning his indicators on as he entered the parcade of the supermarket. Parking his car, he rounded up a trolley, pushing it along as he perused the aisles, tossing in a much needed box of q tips in the trolley with his pawpaw and rockmelon. Upon approaching the check out line, he said stropily to the lazy cashier as he tossed a box of cobbersonto the conveyor belt, "Put away that game of naughts and crosses, you drongo. I am in a hurry to go home and watch a game on the idiot box while I clean my ears out and eat fruit."

How did I do? :rolleyes:

(Hey... I thought a cobber was a friend. :unsure: Now I'm confused.)

Oh we have95 101,103,112 118,119,124 and 125 at least we call them the same things, just to name a few . 123 are only called that in the instrution booklets or our over manuals

Bobby finished the last of his museli bar, turning his indicators on as he entered the carpark of the supermarket. Parking his car, he rounded up a trolley, pushing it along as he perused the aisles, tossing in a much needed box of cotton buds in the trolley with his pawpaw and rockmelon. Upon approaching the check out line, he said stropily to the lazy checkout chick as he tossed a packet of cobbers onto the conveyor belt, "Put away that game of naughts and crosses, you drongo. I am in a hurry to go home and watch a game on the idiot box while I clean my ears out and eat fruit."

How did I do?

(Hey... I thought a cobber was a friend. Now I'm confused.)

7/10 :rofl:

a cobber is a friend, it is also a lolly [candy]!!! what one word with two meanings!!!!

Must you persist on being confusing, Aus? :rolleyes:

Can a person refer to a checkout chick as a drongo? Stupid me thought that drongo was a male term. Don't know why. :huh:

what is so confusing?? :think:

anyone can be a drongo, although that word ,now, isn't used by anyone younger than about 50. my kids, for example, wouldn't use it.

we have kinda undated our insults. :rolleyes:

Well, since Bobby is clearly not fifty, then we should probably learn the updated insults. Care to enlighten us as to what they are?

how would i know, i never insult people!!! :lol:

sadly way to much american television means most of our insults are boringly the same as everyone else's now.

if by some amazing chance i can think of any i will let you know.

126. bin - trash can

127. rubbish - trash

128. morning tea - a snack break around 11 o'clock, tea and a biscuit

129. thunder box - old fashioned outdoor toilet

130. dag - a cute sort of insult, not as insulting as loser, means well but just can't pull it off.

for example Howie is a bit of a dag.

hehe how inspirational is it being with the kid :rolleyes:

amazing what talking can reveal!! after days and days of solid yap finally we decided to write down some of the'aussieisms' we used, so here are ten more.

131. pat - pet americans pet levi we pat him

132. yarn - to have a chat i might go and have a bit of yarn with jack

133. poser - show off

134. piker - someone who says they will do something and chickens out

135. bogan - a new insult. best described to americans as a truckie with a mullet wearing a wife beater. not as nice as a dag

136. singlet - wife beater or undershirt [ a white one]

137. jackie howe - a navy blue singet [ see above] worn by truckies mostly

138. truckies - truckers

139. bikies - bikers

140. have a go - can mean to try, or to look, have a go at those sheila over there.
extremely slang probably said by jackie howe wearing truckies

enjoy :lol:

We're on a roll now, here are a few more:

141. ute - a small truck that only seats three people.

142. digger - foot soldiers from the first world war. Can also be used to refer to veterans.

143. righto (or righteo) sure, okay, yes.

144. You beauty or You little beauty (or if you are feeling particularly slack you beaut)- used very much like woo hoo! It can also be "good job" or "well done you". For example: My team won, you little beauty.

145. outback - okay here we go it took a while to work this one out. radiating out from the capital cities we have: city, suburb, towns [population from 10 to 50 thousand] small towns [population around 10 thousand] then the bush [scattered population a few thousand people] then the outback practically no-one.

mum grew up in the outback...24 hours drive to the nearest capital city not a tree to be seen.

dad grew up in the bush...12 hours drive to the nearest [same] capital city and some trees.

gee we rock! :lol:

146. tap - faucet

147. kitchen bench - kitchen counter

148. booties - baby socks, usually knitted with a ribbon to tie them on

149. dressing gown - bathrobe

150. ocker - very australian, lots of slang, think steve irwin the crocodile hunter

I just found another site that has a lot of aussie words on it, too :D ... I don't know if they're up to date, but I just wanted to let you all know :D

http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html

Is there Australian slang for 'electricity'?

hmm... i'm confused. museli bars... how is this different from muesli bars?

:bounce: Oooh ooh! I have a question aussie
When i was in canberra this wierd nut's screaming Ayergoyermug or something like that at the telly i think it was some cricket game he was watching. What on earth is that? and can you use it when you're computer doesn't work?

i am guessing the screaming person was yelling aveagoyamug.......which translated into english is have a go you mug.....which translated into english means try harder you idiot. mostly used by armchair sportsmen. :lol:

not really appropriate for not working computers although excellent when your favourite sports person is playing like an eleven year old school girl. :lol:

Hey Aussie,

This is aussome!!! Now I don't have to worry about writing up Bobby's dialogue.

I used to have an Aussie friend who said; "It's pissin' out there!" to mean it's raining very hard... as in 'raining cats and dogs'.

Is that a general Aussie lingo or is it just my friend's personal phrase?

~Siti~

lol i like that avegoyamug! hee! should have used that with the cricket team! Hee!
So what can i use when the computer is not working?

wildwitch: you could say stupid computer isn't working! :rolleyes: but i am guessing that is not what you are asking.

you could say the thing is cactus......which means it is broken. is that what you are after?

MizzN: the term would be it is pissin' down out there, and it is not at all polite, you could use the term in a story but it would have to be rated pg17 for language.

glad i can help :)

well not initially i guess what i want to say is:
"Aw! Come on you stupid computer, do something!!"
Guess i can't say 'Avegoyamug! You stupid computer!' heee hee hee
but cactus works for me
oh and is there any term for 'be a sport' ?

cactus would have to be used thus:

"this stupid computer won't work, i think it is cactus." or

" this computer is cactus, we need a new one."

as for be a sport, that kinda depends on how you want to use it.

I don't know but I do know some people who use that phrase for raining over here in the UK.

As in - "Come on Myles!" Bobby said. "Be a sport and show her how it's done."

Hey, thanks Aussie. Guess I won't be using that phrase at all in my stories.

Rosa, I didn't know they use the same phrase in the UK. Something new I learn. :rolleyes: Thanks!

~Siti~