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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZACDC
going both ways (sexually), bi-sexual - from dual power
aluminium
the correct way to spell can
amber fluid
beer
amber fluid
beer
See example usage in www.bbc.co.uk/holiday/destinations/australia.shtml
ankle biters
small children
apeshit
angry - getting angry, losing it, as in "doing your block"
apples
OK as in "She'll be apples" - "It'll be OK"
See example usage in www.realfooty.theage.com.au/news/2001/05/01/FFXBA7906MC.html
apples
what she is when there are no worries.
arvo
afternoon
See example usage in lists.samba.org/pipermail/ultimate/1999-October/000608.html
asian
oriental
avagoodweegend
classic Aussie farewell comparable to American TGIF, basically means Have a good weekend!
away with the fairies
dreaming, not having one's feet on the ground
B
back o' Bourke
outback, far away
backyard
garden (U.K.), yard (U.S.A)
bag
to criticise
Bali belly
diarrhoea, as suffered by travellers to South-East Asia
balls up
mistake, error (noun)
banana bender
person from Queensland
See example usage in danny.oz.au/travel/reports/knight.html
banana bender
A Queenslaner
bandaid
plaster or sticking plaster (UK) bandaid (US)
band-aid
plaster (U.K.)
bandicoot
hopping Australian marsupial. The bandicoot is smaller than a kangaroo, ranging from 6 inches to 22 inches in length
banged up
pregnant, with child
bank cheque
cashiers' check (USA)
barbie
BBQ - more often used in Hogan films than by Aussies
barny
argument
barrack
to shout encouragement for (a player, team, etc.). root (USA)
barrack
to cheer on or for (UK). N.B. “to barrack” (UK) means to shout, jeer at, e.g. "The England crowd at Lords barracked McGrath for constantly bowling bouncers at Flintoff." root (US) "I root for the Mets"
bash
1. a. a party. b. a drinking spree. 2. an attempt; a try: had a bash at is last night; give it a bash. 3. an act of sexual intercourse.
baths
public swimming pool
battler
someone who doesn't have much luck and struggles through life
beer gut
that part of a beer-drinking person (usually male) that hangs over the top of his/her jeans
beeswax
business, as in mind your own beeswax
bend the elbow
To imbibe the amber fluid
bend the elbow
to have a drink - pretty well self explanatory
Bevan
Lower educated person typically from the lower social class suburbs. Usually shows little adherence to the normal societal notions of sartorial or personal hygiene as a feral, but with no environmental views. "Trailer Trash (US)" - QLD See also 'Bogan' QLD and 'Westy' and 'Booner'ACT
bewdy
an exclamation of approval, delight, enthusiasm, etc. as in you (little) bewdy!, an exclamation of elation
Bex
a cup of tea, a Bex, and a good lie down, a stock formula used to describe a once popular method of relaxation. Also, a Bex, a cuppa and a lie down. [from Bex, a brand of pain killer]
bickie
rhymes with "sticky". Literally means a biscuit, but Aussie bickies are more like American cookies, and American biscuits are more like Australian scones (pronounced like the "Fonz"!)... go figure!
big bickies.
lots of money
bill
itemised slip for restaurant/bar/pub payment (check - USA)
billabong
waterhole, pool off a river
billy cart
a go-kart of a kids (childs) construction
biro
ball point pen
biscuits
cookies
bite
verb 1. to trouble; worry; disturb: What's biting him? 2. to react to a provocative statement: I knew if I hassled you enough, you'd bite eventually. 3. to borrow money from (someone). --noun 4. a person from whom one anticipates borrowing money: He'd be a good bite. 5. a reaction: Did you get a bite from Robin? --phrase 6. bite your bum, an expression of dismissal, contempt, etc. 7. put the bite on, to cadge.
bitsa
pronounces bit-sah - dog of no particular breed, mongrel
bitumen
black top (U.S.A)
blab
to talk, especially vacuously as in "quit blabbing! , to reveal some information that one is supposed to keep quiet; gossip
black stump
place marking the start of the outback - as in "beyond the black stump"
blind
shade (as in window shade)
blind Freddy
as in "blind Freddy could see that" - a chap who though blind is capable of seeing the obvious.
block
temper - as in "do your block" "lose your temper"
block of flats
apartment building
bloke
man
blonde and sweet
coffee or tea with milk and sugar
bloody
universal epithet the great Australian adjective. Used to emphasize any point or story. Hence "bloody beauty"(bewdy!) or "bloody horrible" or even "absa-bloody-lutely"! can take the place of 'very' as in 'bloody stupid' or to emphasise the noun to follow....as in 'bloody wanker'.....a wanker to the nth degree
blower
telephone
blowies
blow flies
blow-in
uninvited guest
bludger
someone who fails to do anything and lives off others
See example usage in www.theage.com.au/news/2001/03/29/FFXCNQLYTKC.html
blue
a mistake as in "make a blue"
Bob's yer uncle
"everything is OK" or "everything's sweet" or "going according to plan". similar phrases include: "She's apples!"... Bob may refer to Australia's long-serving Prime Minister , Sir Robert "Bob" Menzies
bodgy
of inferior quality
bogan
Lower educated person typically from the lower social class suburbs. Usually shows little adherence to the normal societal notions of sartorial or personal hygiene as a feral, but with no environmental views. "Trailer Trash (US)" - VIC See also 'Bevan' QLD and 'Westy' and 'Booner'ACT
bonnet
hood of a car
Booner
Lower educated person typically from the lower social class suburbs. Usually shows little adherence to the normal societal notions of sartorial or personal hygiene as a feral, but with no environmental views. "Trailer Trash (US)" - VIC See also 'Bevan' QLD and 'Westy' and 'Bogan' VIC
boot
trunk of a car
booze bus
a police inspection bus that parks at the side of the road for police to stop motorists at random to give a breathaliser test
Booze Bus
A vehicle that does not dispense booze but gives you the reason to drink more if you fail the test
bot
to borrow but not have to pay back - as in "can I bot a cigarette off you?" used also as a noun for someone who engages in such activity regularly - as in - "he's a real bot"
bot
to borrow, usually without repaying the favour ("He botted a fag off me but I never get one off him..."). Hence bot, the borrower who is not at all highly regarded
bottle shop
liquor store (U.S.), off-licence ("offie") (U.K.)
Boxing Day
December 26th. Public holiday and traditional outdoor barbie day. Major Aussie sporting events kick off on this day including the 'Sydney to Hobart' and the 'Melbourne Test".
brass razoo
no money
break-up day
last day of school
brekky
breakfast
brick veneer
a wood frame construction with outside walls made of brick.
brickie
brick layer, person who lays bricks
Brissie
Brisbane, capital of Queensland
brolga
one of two types of cranes found in Australia, the other being the Sarus Crane - also known as the "Australian crane" or as the "Native Companions"
brooch
pin
Buckley's
slim chance. This is also used in the Buckley's and none (Nunn) expression. Interesting derivation (courtesy Steve Wilson) - The term "You've got Buckley's chance" refers to an escaped convict named Buckley. The story goes that in colonial times, he and two others escaped a penal colony (near Sydney I think) and shot over the Blue Mountains. The authorities gave chase but eventually gave up looking for them (some versions of this story say they gave up after encountering hostile aborigines). They figured the escapees would either starve to death or be killed by locals. And two of them did. The only one to survive and stumble out of the bush (years?) later was Buckley. Thus, "Buckley's chance" means a slim chance... not no chance. The store name came afterwards and that's when the "two chances" came about - Buckley's and none (Nunn).
Buckley's (and none)
as in "you've got Buckley's" - You have two chances - Buckley's and none - from the department store Buckley's and Nunn.... cf "you've got Buckleys" - see definition of "Buckleys"
budgie
an Australian bird - from budgerigar -First recorded in the wild in the late 1700s by a colonist near Parramatta, the budgerigar (Melopisittacus undulatus) has become the most popular cage bird in the world. The name budgerigar comes from the Australian Aboriginal word betcherrygah, which means good food.
bugalugs
term of endearment
bugger all
nothing
bugger me!
an expression of surprise
bugger off
leave or mid your own business
bugger off
please leave the vicinity
buggered
physically tired
bull
stupid or unbelievable statement - short for bulldust
bulldust
stupid or unbelievable statement
bum
bottom, arse, butt
bumnuts
chook eggs
bundy
Bundaberg Rum. a very delicious dark rum distilled in Bundaberg Queensland. ' have a bundy and coke' which I believe is now on tap in the bars
bung
to put or to place - as in "bung another log on the fire"
bungalow
dwelling in back yard, grannie flat
bunyip
mythical spirit creature from outback
bush
The hinterland, the outback, anywhere that isn't in town.
bush lawyer
person with knowledge of the law, but without legal qualifications
bush telegraph
the town gossip network
bushed
lost or confused about something, as in 'I'm bushed' meaning 'I wouldn't have a clue'
bushed
tired, as in "I am bushed"
BYO
bring your own alcohol - to a party or to a restaurant
C
cabbie
taxi cab driver
cack
to laugh laugh so much that one is in danger of soiling oneself (verb) as in "I cacked myself over that joke",
cactus
dead, broken - as in "the car's cactus"
cake hole
mouth (noun)
cake hole
orifice through which the contents of tinnies are consumed. Sometimes works in the opposite direction also. (see "spew")
can't swing a cat
not enough room
capsicum
green or red bell pepper (vegetable)
car park
parking garage or lot (U.S.A)
caravan
mobile home (U.S.A.)
carbie
carburettor
cark
verb 1. to die. --phrase 2. cark it, a. to collapse; die. b. (of a machine) to fail; break down. Also, kark. [? shortened form of carcass body of a slaughtered animal]
carn
from "come on", interjection a sporting barracker's cry; come on! as in "Carn the Blues! "
carry on like a pork chop
act silly
cauli
cauliflower
Cazaly
phrase - "up there Cazaly", a cry of encouragement. Also, up there Cazzer. [from Roy Cazaly, 1893-1963, an Australian Rules Football player]
chalkie
teacher
See example usage in www.learner.org/jnorth/spring2000/species/mclass/Intro6.html
chateau de cardboard
wine in a cardboard box foil bladder flask
check account
checking account (USA)
check-out chick
a woman, especially a young woman, serving at a checkout or cash counter in a supermarket.
chemist shop
pharmacy (US)
cheque
check (U.S.A)
cheque account
checking account(U.S.A)
chew the fat
talk, engage in pleasant conversation, to have a chinwag.
chin wag
have a chat
china
noun a mate; friend. [rhyming slang china plate - as in, "me ol' china"
chippie
a brick labourer. Cuts bricks with the edge of trowel by chipping off pieces.
chippie
carpenter
chips
fries, French fries (U.K.)
chips
are chips, as in fish n’chips (UK). French fries are not "chips" but a poor substitute and they are not made with real chipped potatoes but with some extruded potato matter that is fried in oil. Closest to our chips in the US is home fries. In the US "chips" refers to our crisps.
chockers
full
chocky bar
chocolate candy (U.S.A.)
chook
chicken
Chrissie
Christmas. By now you probably realize that Aussies like to shorten any words they can by adding an "o" or "ie" or "y". No bloke named Christopher would be called Chrissie, probably 'Chrisso' or 'Toffa'.
chuck
to throw something, to vomit
chuck a a u-ey
do a U-turn u-ey pronounced yoo-ee
chunder
vomit (verb)
See example usage in members.aol.com/Oxym0r0n99/menatwrk.html
cinema
movie theatre
cinema
also “picture house” (UK) or “the flicks”, but a bit old-fashioned US -"The movies"
cladding
fake outside wall covering on dwellings - siding (USA)
claytons
something of questionable intergrety, a fake - from Claytons - a non-alcoholic spirit/mixer
See example usage in www.minister.immi.gov.au/media_releases/media98/r98092.htm
cobber
friend, mate (dated)
cock up
to mess up, ruin, a fiasco
cocky
small landowner - farmer - also short term for cockatoo an Australian bird
come off the grass
you're not serious !!! said when you do not believe what someone has said or done
commie
commo (U.S.A)
coot
man, slightly silly, as in "You silly old coot"
cop it sweet
to get what's coming to you, without making excuses or complaining
cop shop
police station, precinct
copper
policeman
cordial
flavoring to add to water for children's drink, (squash U.K.)
counter lunch
pub lunch
cozzie (cossie)
bathers, swimsuit
Crack the sh*ts/to crack it
to get angry/throw a tantrum ie. "I cracked the shits something fierce the other day!": I got extremely angry the other day!
creche
child-minding center (U.S.A)
crisps
chips (U.S.A)
crook
unwell or broken (adj). criminal (noun)
crow eater
South Australian
cry Ruth
to vomit
cuppa
cup of tea
cutlery
flatware (U.S.A)
D
dag
1.(n) dried excrement at the rear of a sheep. 2. a person who 'acts the goat'.
dago
any person of Latin ethnic origin. [originally US nautical slang (early 19thC), from Spanish Diego James] - racist and derogatory
daks
pants (as in jeans, trousers or slacks)
damage
cost - as in "what's the damage?" - "how much?"
Darwin stubbie
A 1.25 litre bottle of beer.
Darwin Stubby
stubbies are usually a small 375ml bottle of beer. In Darwin they have a large bottle 2 litre of a non dissimilar shape to a stubbie hence it gets the name Darwin Stubby
dead
certainty, as in "dead cert" - definite, certain (especially when referring to race horses and winning). A dead ringer is an exact replica ("I saw someone who was a dead ringer of Mary.")
dead horse
tomato sauce, ketchup
dead horse
Rhyming slang for the condiment placed on a Nellie Bligh
dead ringer
exact replica, as in "She's a dead ringer for Nicole Kidman"
dead set
for real
dekko
look or view.
derro
someone with no money and sruffy appearance - from derelict
See example usage in members.easyspace.com/mdol/story4.htm
dial
face. If some says to put a 'smile on your dial' it basically means to cheer up, she'll be right, mate.
digger
soldier or old Australian male (affectionate)
See example usage in www.smh.com.au/news/0104/26/pageone/pageone7.html
dill
idiot - but affectionate rather than abusive in use
dimmies
dim sims
dingbat
fool (affectionate)
dingo
Australian dog - a wild form of the domestic dog
dinky-di
genuine, the real thing (dated)
dismantle
To take something to bits, as in bits and pieces. (not used in the US)
Divvy van
a police van, usually used in reference to those who patrol the bars or parties waiting for drunk troublemakers. ie. The very popular Aussie drunkard ditty "We're goin' home in the back of a divvy van!"
dob
to reports something on someone, blab on someone
dobber
someone who reports something - blabs on someone
dole
unemployment benefits
See example usage in www.hrmguide.net/australia/work_for_dole.htm
don
as in 'the don' - Sir Donald Bradman and not the head of a Mafia Family (USA)
done like a dinner
finished, over, defeated
doona
duvet (U.K.)
dough
money
drongo
idiot
drover's dog
someone of no importance
duff
pregnant, as in "up the duff" - being pregnant
dummy
pacifier
dunnie
toilet, W.C., or bathroom. If someone busting to know where the dunny is, tell 'em to "follow their nose to the thunderbox".
duster
eraser for blackboard
E
earbash
talk and talk to someone till they are sick of hearing you
earbash
to harangue someone, to talk insistently and for a long time
echidna
Australian mammal - (pronounced "E-kid-na") - sometimes referred to as Spiny Anteaters resemble the hedgehog and the porcupine in that they are covered by sharp spines.
EFTPOS
Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale In Asia, EPS, in the U.S.A. Direct debit
egg plant
aubergine
emcee
master of of ceremonies
entree
appetiser (U.S.A)
esky
cooler
every bastard and his dog
100% of the population
every bastard and his dog
the general public
F
faculty
department at a university - as in "the Arts Faculty"
fag
cigarette
fair cop
something that is deserved
fair crack of the whip
fair crack of the sauce bottle, be reasonable
fair dinkum
genuine - real
fair go
a fair/equitable/just chance or attempt
fair suck of the sauce bottle
fair crack of the whip, be reasonable
fairy bread
slices of buttered bread (usually white) sprinkled with hundreds and thousands
fairy floss
cotton candy (US) candy floss (UK)
fairyfloss
candy floss (UK) cotton candy (US)
fanny
All Americans sit on it. Only half of Australians do.
fanny
female genitalia (cf American usage - fanny, butt) it is even more illegal to squeeze a stranger's in Australia
feral
1. a person with strong environmentalist views, who lives a very rugged, commodity-free, low-technology lifestyle, and who usually shows little adherence to the normal societal notions of sartorial or personal hygiene. --adjective 2. living as, looking like a feral. 3. disgusting; gross. 4. cool; excellent; unreal.
fib
lie, speak an untruth
fibber
liar
filing cabinet
file cabinet (U.S.A)
film
movie
flake
shark meat... boneless fish-n-chip shop choice of many
flat
apartment
flat chat
flat out, non-stop (UK)
flat out like a lizard drinking
busy, going very fast
flicks
movie(s)
floater
meat pie floating in thick pea soup - (outh Australia)
footpath
sidewalk (USA)
footy
pronouncied as it looks but with a 'd' instead of a 't' - football - which usually mean Australian Rules Football
fortnight
two weeks
franga
condom
fringe (hair)
bangs (U.S.A.)
frog
a person from France
full as a goog
completely filled with food (and drink). A 'Goog' is an egg (sometimes called a "googie egg").
funbags
breasts
furphy
misleading story - not the truth - rumour as in "Sounds like a furphy to me"
furphy
A rumour deemed unfounded. Originated from the brand of water cart where gossip was exchanged (a 19th century mobile water fountain) and often found to be baseless.
G
galah
it is a pink and gray bird, but used in a sentence like "bit of a galah" means "bit of a funny (strange, silly) person"
gander
noun - to look - as in "I had a gander at the new pub in town".
garbo
garbage (trash) collector
gas bag
someone who talks a lot
gee wiz
expression of amazement
gee-up
Encourage to movement..applied to horses (Aus) and also a group of people(U.K.)
give it a burl
try it in Scots (i.e. the form of English used in the Scottish Lowlands), “birl” exists and it means “to spin”, “move quickly”.
go bush
to go away for a while - out of circulation with their friends "they've gone bush" - disappeared
goanna
Australian monitor lizard
gobsmacked
astonished; flabbergasted
gobsmacker
1. a hard ,spherical ,sometime multi layered, coloured candy.
2. something which elicits a smile(used in U.K.)
gone bung
broken - as in the 'printer has gone bung'
good onya
omnipresent term of approval, sometimes ironic, offering various degrees of heartfelt congratulations depending on inflection. Indispensible during Aussie smalltalk - substitute "really, oh yeh,
goodo
good, OK then
grannie flat
dwelling for elderly relative)s) attached to house or in backyard
grazier
owner of a large sheep or cattle property
greenie
environmentalist
grill
to put under the griller (broil USA)
grizzle
(see whinge)
grizzle
complain (verb)
grog
beer or spirits
gumboots
knee length waterproof boots made out of rubber
gumnuts
seeds from a Eucyalyptus tree (gum-tree)
gyno
gynecologist (OBGY - USA)
H
handbag
purse (U.S.A)
hang on a tick
wait for minute
happy as Larry
fortunate, lucky
hash sign
#, pound sign (USA)
heave
vomit (verb)
hit the frog and toad
hit the road, leave
hit the frog and toad
get going, drive off
hole in the wall
ATM - automatic teller machine
holls, holidays
vacations or 'holidays'. Since most Aussies get at least 4 weeks 'holls' every year they usually take 2 or 3 of them at Chrissie which is our biggest family get together time (like US Thanksgiving).
home and hosed
done, completed and safe- the origin of this is unclear, but may have something to do with returning from a ride and hosing down the(sweaty) horses.
homestead
station, ranch, farm
hoo roo
don't know but I would like to as it was one of my Mum's favourite sayings and hence got her one of her nicknames. I have heard theories that it a corruption of the last Huurah so people just said Hooroo instead of Hurrah but i am not really sure as none of the explanations I have heard are particularly convincing
hoo roo
bye, see you later
hoon
lout, yobbo
Howzat
Also Owzat Similar to the U.S."How 'bout that?" or "Gotcha" Derived from the opposing team or bowler's appeal of "How's That" to the umpire in a cricket match when a batter has been caught out, stumped, run out the bowler has hit the wicket behind the batsman or any of the other actions to dismiss the batsman.
howzat
exclamation (awaiting definition)
hubbie
husband
hundreds and thousands
nonpareils
hundreds and thousands
sprinkles (U.S.A), non pareils
Hungry Jacks
Burger King
I
icy pole
popsicle (USA) ice lolly (UK)
idiot
hooligan
idiot box
television (US) The Box (UK) as in “What’s on the Box tonight?”; old-fashioned: goggle box
idiot box
What a television turns you in to is an idiot hence it is the idiot box
iffy
questionable, suspect (adjective)
in like Flynn
become involved eagerly. From Eroll Flynn the Tasmanian actor, known for his sexual prowess
innings
have had a good innings, to have had a long life or long and successful career
J
jack of
sick of something - not impressed with something, as in "I'm jack of it"
jackaroo
a young man sent out to gain experience living on a station (country property)
jaffle
a toasted sandwich
jaffle iron
cast alloy holder to make jaffles on a camp fire
jam
fruite conserve, spread, jelly
jarmies
pyjamas (US) jim jams (UK)
jelly
jello
jiffy
a very short time - as in "I'll be there in a jiffy"
jillaroo
female equivalent jackaroo
Jock
cf Taffy (Welshman) and Paddy (Irishman)
jocks
mens' undies Version of “jock strap”, which is what a batsman puts his box in??? One UK equivalent of jocks would be “y-fronts”.
joke Joyce
said when someone doesn't realise you were joking
journo
journalist
See example usage in workers.labor.net.au/121/news1_paddy.html
Joyce
someone who doesn't understand a joke - as in "it's a joke, Joyce"
jumbuck
sheep - only really used in the unofficial national anthem, "Walzing Matilda"
jumper
sweater
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