The Classics
g'day, mate : good day
no worries : no problem
she'll be right : no problem
she'll be fine : no problem
don't come the raw prawn with me, love!: don't try to kid me!
good sport: somebody who is easygoing, nice
Bloody Hell! : Exclamation of surprise, anger, ... I am sure
you can get the meaning
Vocabulary
arvo: afternoon
aussie: Australian
B.Y.O.: Bring Your Own; unlicensed restaurants where you are
allowed to bring your own wine,
beer
back o'Bourke: sort of no man's land
banana bender: resident of Queensland
barbie: barbecue
bathers: swimsuit (Victoria)
beaut: great, fantastic
beg yours: beg your pardon
bewdy: great, fantastic
bikie: motorcyclist
bikkie: biscuit
billabong: cut off ox-bow bend
billy: metal container used to boil water or make coffee
billy tea: tea made in a tin container in the bush
bloke: guy
bloody: very
bludger: someone who does not contribute their fair share
bluey: red-haired person
boot: trunk of a car
brekkie: breakfast
bum: tramp
bush: country
bushie: somebody who lives in the bush
bushie: volunteer firefighter from a bush fire brigade
chockie: chocolate
chook: chicken
chuck: to throw
click: kilometer
coakroach: resident of New South Wales
cozzie: swimsuit (New South Wales)
crikey: also crickey or cricky: expression of
surprise ; euphemism for Christ
crook: ill
cut lunch: sandwich
damper: bread made in the bush
dinkum: honest, sincere
dole: unemployment benefits, welfare
doona: duvet
dunny: outdoor toilets
esky: insulated portable box used to carry beer
fag: cigarette
firey: firefighter
footy: football i.e. in this part of the world, rugby
garbo: person who collects the garbage
goose: somebody behaving stupidly
grog: alcohool
joey: baby kangaroo
kanga: kangaroo
kiwi: New Zealander
lamington: dessert made of coconut and chocolate
larrikin: mischievous person
lollies: sweets
loo: toilets
Mexican: used by SE Queenslanders to designate a person
living in NSW
macca's: Mac Donald
mate: technically friend, but used generally to greet a person
meter maid: girls dressed in a
golden bikini found in the Gold
Coast (QLD); their function is to patrol the streets and put coins into
expired parking meters to save drivers from a
potential fine.
mozzies: mosquitoes
muffin top: refers to the roll
of fat hanging over the top of hipster jeans; Source: Kath & Kim
ABC series.
Outback: Australian bush
Oz: Australia
Pavlova: dessert made of meringue named after Anna Pavlova
pavers: paving stone
piss: alcohol
pissed: drunk
pissed off: angry
pokies: poker machines
polly: politician
pom , pome , pommy: Prisoner Of Mother
England or English person
postie: postman
reckon: think
rego: registration
roo: kangaroo
rubber: eraser
salvo: person from the Salvation Army
sandgrouper: resident of Western Australia
sheila: woman
shout: to buy a round of drinks
sickie: day off work (not necessarily because of sickness)
smoke-o: tea break
snag: sausage
sook: one who whinges or complains excessively - as in a child
that
can't get its own way
South of the border: used by SE Queenslander to refer to to NSW
spag bog: spaghetti bolognaise (seen in a pub)
spunk - spunky: good looking
strine: Australian language
sunbake: sunbathe
sweets: dessert
ta: thank you
Tassie: Tasmania
telly: television
tinnie: can of beer
Top End: north part of Northern Territory
truckie: trucker
tucker: food
undies: underwear
uni: university
ute: utility truck
Vegemite: yeast extract spread
vegies: vegetables
wanker: one who masturbates (either metaphorically or
actually); usually someone who has a very high opinion of him(her)self
white-shoe brigade: reffer to property developer in the Gold
Coast (QLD)
willy-willies: little sand tornados
Some Expressions that I have heard ...
hatch, match, dispatch: referring to the births, wedding and
obituaries published in newspapers
happy little Vegemite: somebody happy in a childish way
he doesn't know me from a bar of soap!
going bush: going away
flat out like a lizard drinking: I am very busy
I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire
let's make up: used in the fire brigade: let's pack all the
hoses back to the fire truck and go away (to the next
destination)