Derived from the imagined length of a bees genitalia. He cracked the exams (possibly from someone successfully opening or cracking a safe). walkabout = To head off somewhere without telling people where youve gone; to travel aimlessly, e.g. spat the dummy = To have a tantrum, get angry, be of bad temper; e.g. The phrase is based on spunky in the sense of spirited, and is influenced also by spunk in the sexual sense. av a go = Strine for Have a go, i.e. ankle biters = Young children. shell be apples = Everything will be alright, everything will be apples. There was also some slang relating to the Bondi Tram that I am unable to recall. thong = Open-toed footwear, designed to be used in hot weather, especially at the beach. they were often hired to work during a union strike, or to work in spite of work bans); Chinese were regarded as being linked with the spread of leprosy, and as that disease can make the skin appear scabby, Chinese non-union labour and strike-breakers were called scabs. Its a bit of an old bomb. Have a bo peep at that over there. Freedom on the Wallaby [poem by Henry Lawson, 16 May 1891] chockers = [See the entry: chockablock.]. It's like my Australian Slang Dictionary! Australian literature Weve been here too long, its time to hit the frog and toad. This is part of the Australia tradition of giving various names a zza suffix, e.g. Chuck us the stick over here, Hey, chuck us a can of beer, would ya?. opinions are like arseholes, everyones got one = A phrase used to denigrate someones opinion. Dorothy Dixer = A question asked in parliament by a member of the same party as a planned question in order to enable the responder to give a prepared speech; from a letters section in a newspaper where readers would write to Dorothy Dix, of which some were supposed to have been written by the newspaper staff themselves. They hadnt seen each other in ages, so when they caught up they had a real good chinwag. The phrase is based on spunky in the sense of spirited, and is influenced also by spunk in the sexual sense. Hes got a real down on him for smashing his car; also rendered as a downer. Derived from the hard life of a dingo, who may not always find it easy to obtain food. Davo, Jacko, Johno, Robbo, Stevo, and Tommo (David, Jack, John, Robert, Steve, and Tom). stoked = Excited, exhilarated, e.g. The Australian sense of swag is a transferred use of swag from British thieves' slang 'a thief's plunder or booty'. spit the dummy = Have a tantrum, get angry, be of bad temper. hlphoto/Shutterstock All about Australia Back o'Bourke Outback. Hes a real bloody drongo. [See the entry: Bandywallop.]. Often used in a negative sense regarding a person with an over-inflated opinion of themselves, e.g. Aussie battlers = Australians who are not rich, battling against lifes odds. best thing since sliced bread = Something that is very good, a great invention. Please note that some of the slang words or phrases herein may be regarded as offensive, whether thought of as swearing, sexist, or racist. knackers = Testicles. Now youve broken it; good onya, idiot. [See the entry: havent got a brass razoo.]. on the piss = Drinking alcohol, or drinking alcohol excessively. See: IAC list on Trove. stoush = A fight or brawl, e.g. Hello, sign in. dong = To hit or punch, e.g. Go on, give it a burl. dead-set drongo = Someone who is regarded as a total idiot, stupid, clumsy or worthless, e.g. ), 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.). [See the entry: shoot through like a Bondi tram.]. I tried to learn algebra, but I couldnt get a handle on it. duck-shoving = To move things around, to jockey for position, or to evade responsibility. Excuse me, digger, how do I get to the next town? Derived from World War One army slang, when the soldiers referred to each other as digger. aerial ping-pong = Australian Rules Football; a reference to the high kicks and leaps (such as in marking the ball). Budgy/Budgie smuggler: Slang for men's Speedo bathing shorts. Can also be spelt as Brizzie. bust up = A disagreement or fight, e.g. go to buggery = Go to hell. dog = An informer, especially an informer for the police or prison guards, e.g. there was someone running round like a chook with its head cut off, yelling blue murder, so to speak (The Bulletin, 10 February 1960, p. 33). Australian slang has evolved over time to something that's almost unrecognisable! Chrissy = Abbreviation of Christmas; can also be spelt as Chrissie. give it a bash = To have a go at doing something, to attempt to do something, e.g. beaut = Something that is great, e.g. apples = Shell be apples, Its apples, or Everythings apples. Also known as a root ute, a shaggin wagon, or a sin bin. Dont ask him to play, hes a bit of a sook. Shut up, or Ill bonk you on the noggin (i.e. Thats a nice car youve got there; shes a beauty alright. chuck = [2] To vomit, to chuck up, to throw up, e.g. Sanger is an alteration of the word sandwich.Sango appeared as a term for sandwich in the 1940s, but by the 1960s, sanger took over to describe this staple of Australian cuisine. that boxer was built like a brick dunny, she was massive, built like a brick shithouse. fossick = Look for something. 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. No fricking way! Bog standard - basic, unadorned, without accessories (a bog-standard car, telephone etc.) Thesaurus > Synonym of spunk-rat. Go on, give us a dink on your bike; also referred to as double-dinking. Give us the drum, Hes got the real drum on whats going on. A person . bees knees = Something very good. You bewdy!; may be called out when something good happens. A list of significant Australiana Thank you for pointing that out. Joseph Furphy Dont do that again, or Ill knock your block off. Whilst the word began as an acronym, with ANZAC correctly spelt with capital letters, it has a modern usage as a noun, with a meaning wider than that of the ANZAC military organization, and it is therefore now also correctly spelt with just its initial letter capitalised, i.e. My TV wont work anymore, its cactus! (its cactus is similar to its carked it). dead-set. cot case = Someone who should be put in a hospital bed (a hospital cot), usually regarding someone who is badly inebriated, but also used for someone who is mentally deranged. Not slang as such, but a well-known part of Australian pub culture. Winfield Blue cigarettes), swears a lot, drinks beer a lot, and has a mullet haircut. sticky beak = [2] Having an unwarranted look into someone elses business, e.g. go bag your head = Telling someone to rack off (telling someone to go away), usually while in a dispute or disagreement. arse = Get rid of, e.g. he bailed her up to talk about her decision. bog = Toilet (crapper, dunny, loo, shitter, water closet). in like Flynn = To seize an opportunity, often used in referring to a sexual opportunity; from the alleged activities of the Australian actor Errol Flynn. a reference to foreign countries). they became great friends, they got on like a house on fire. the movie theatre was chockablock, there were no empty seats left, the train was chockers, so no more passengers could get in. he was carrying on like a pork chop. Basically stands for a 'Bastards & Spinsters Ball' and they used to be a way for young singles to meet in country towns. chuck a sickie = To have a day off work, claiming to be sick whilst not being ill at all (falsely claiming sick leave). First Fleeter = Someone who arrived in Australia on the First Fleet, or one of their descendants. @James, from my experience cobber is a generational thing, typically said by our older mothers and fathers who would have been born in the WWII era. Shes been in bed with a wog (referring to someone being ill, but with a double entendre of being in bed with a person of Southern European or Mediterranean extraction). So I looked at G.A. Cart The Australian usage differs to the British usage of the term, where wog refers to people of Central Asian ethnicity (people from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, etc.). = A question asking as to someones state of wellbeing, meaning How are you going? or How are you today?. spunk google books The following definitions and usage are from: Dalzell -The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2nd Edition. Core of My Heart [My Country, poem by Dorothea Mackellar, 24 October 1908] He didnt get picked for the footy team, so hes having a bit of a sook. In AmE, the vulgar senses of spunk are rare and are in context. Although, the variation probably dates back further than that, as part of verbal culture. bottle-o = A bottle shop, especially a drive-through bottle shop. To pronounce this properly, the word furries should rhyme with curries, durries, or worries. Were working flat chat to get it done on time, He drove flat chat to get to the game on time. Also spelt as drop-bear or dropbear. Ozzie) : Australian Aussie salute : brushing away flies with the hand Avos : avocados B B & S : Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball - a very enjoyable party usually held in . Plate, bring a : Instruction to bring a plate of food to a party. The next-door-neighbour wasnt feeling so hot yesterday, then he carked it last night, My car engine has been acting up, I think its about to cark it. 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. Coined by Australian cartoonist Ben Ward, milkshake duck not only marks an Australian contribution to the global lexicon, but also carries shades of an Australian cultural contribution: the tall poppy. See the following list: https://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=132374 Aussie = [2] Australia, or something from Australia; 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. On the other side of the coin, a man is known as a bloke. booze bus = A police van, used as a mobile breath-testing station (for police to determine if a drivers blood alcohol level is over the legal limit). put the bite on = To ask someone for money, e.g. Aussie salute = Waving away flies from your face. Bush week?. Derived from the geographic position of Mexico, compared to the USA. bolt it in = To win easily, or to win by a great distance, e.g. Aussie Slang. bathers = Swimming costume; also known as a cossie (short for costume:, i.e. Derived from dunnekin (also: dunegan, dunikin, dunnakin, dunniken, dunnyken), from a joining of danna (slang for dung, excrement) with ken (slang for house). He glassed that bloke at the bar, Watch out, hes nasty, he might glass you. You reckon you can beat me, do ya? buggered = [2] Very tired, exhausted; e.g. Some are in current widespread use, whilst others are not; some may be derived or taken from overseas slang, but most are unique to Australia. I would strongly suggest to remove this slang work from your dictionary. bolshie = Someone who is perceived as being very left-wing; an abbreviation from the Russian Bolsheviks (communists), e.g. supports them), usually used in regards to people barracking for a football team, e.g. Distinct from crook, meaning criminal. blotto = A reference to someone who is very drunk, e.g. Use this Aussie slang in your day-to-day conversations and Aussie might think you're one of their own. boat race = Rhyming slang for face (can be abbreviated as boat). coldie = A cold can of beer, or a cold stubbie of beer. go like the clappers = To move at high speed. pull your head in = Shut up and mind your own business. fair suck of the sav = To call for fair treatment, or a demand to give someone a reasonable chance, e.g. shithouse = [2] No good, e.g. Yeah? wog = [2] Being ill with a bug (germ), e.g. Shes up the duff. Ill do you!; also as do over, e.g. mates rates = A decent-sized discount, which is given to friends (mates). BYO = An acronym for Bring Your Own, originally regarding alcoholic drinks but now also used for other items. Click Go the Shears [traditional Australian song, 1890s] A Ace! Thats a big ask. Speewah = Somewhere very far away. brolly - umbrella. gi-normous = Very big; a combination of gigantic and enormous, e.g. OS = Abbreviation for overseas (i.e. Babylon NG. Stone the crows! havent got a brass razoo = Being poor; a reference to a (non-existent) worthless coin, e.g. Bluey - bluebottle jellyfish. Robbo = Robert. FIFO = [1] Acronym for Fit In or Fuck Off. berko = To go berserk, to be really angry and out of control; e.g. Derived from the innovation of bakers selling pre-sliced bread, instead of whole loaves, which consumers had to cut up themselves with a bread knife. sook = [1] To sulk, e.g. good onya = Good on you, well done, great going, e.g. I made a bundle on that last horse race. awkward as a Chow on a bike = Acting in an awkward manner; from a negative reference to a Chinese person on a bike. She went crook at him when she found out that he ate all the chocolates. As Edward Gibbon Wakefield noted in his 1829 letter from Sydney: "The base language of English thieves is becoming the established language of the colony bible basher = Someone who is outspokenly Christian (similar to a bible thumper). Derived from the idea that when a man wears a small pair of tight bathers, it looks like he is smuggling (or hiding) a budgerigar (budgie) inside his bathers, whereas the bulge is actually his genitalia. like a bandicoot on a burnt ridge = Someone who is very alone. Snag. That show was a real fizzer; presumably from a firework which fizzles rather than goes off properly. he got angry and he clocked him; presumably from hitting someone across the dial (dial being slang for face, as the face of a clock is called a dial). Here is what you give as its meaning: arced up = A reference to someone being angry or upset, e.g. But it s all right for her, she s got a whole smorgasbord selection of classic spunk Contemporary slang . great grey migration, the = When, in the winter season, thousands of retired Australians (grey hairs) from the southern states travel to Queensland for a holiday. laughing gear = Teeth, mouth, e.g. may your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down = A phrase expressing ill-will, e.g. Put another snag on the barbie, will ya love?. Collins Street farmer = A businessman or investor who buys or invests in a farm or agricultural business (Collins Street is a street in Melbourne associated with businessmen, particularly with medical professionals); the New South Wales version is a Pitt Street farmer (after a street in Sydney associated with businessmen). shattered = Very tired, exhausted. Spelt both with and without a hyphen: Croweater, Crow-eater. Youve got Buckleys chance of winning Tattslotto. Probably wanting to get the tram to the beach, the tram was always full, and it left without you. A Bondi tram (Sydney)shoot through like a Bondi tram = To depart very quickly, to move fast, e.g. blower = Telephone, e.g. spunk rat spunk.nl spunked spunkie spunkier Spunkier spunkiest Spunkiest spunk in English dictionary . Horny Aussie spunk rat Steve is always on the prowl for other hot and horny men for rugged one-on-one sex and group action in his pursuit of the elixir of life: manjuice. boongs = Derogatory name for Aborigines; also used for Papua New Guineans (PNG used to be a territory of Australia). Download it's free. Then there was the spunk rat, meaning a sexually attractive person. doesnt know if hes Arthur or Martha = Someone who is confused; similar to doesnt know if he is coming or going. The full phrase is She bangs like a dunny door in a cyclone. Everyone else are Territorians! Bluey - heavy wool or felt jacket worn by mining and construction workers. Bog in - commence eating, to attack food with enthusiasm. Of course, slang is in the eye of . bottler = Someone who is really good. arsey = Someone who is considered lucky, e.g. Mary Gilmore Apple Islanders = Tasmanians. Derived from the term Cabbage State, referring to the state of Victoria; the term infers that, because the state is quite small (compared to the other states of Australia), Victoria is about the size of a cabbage garden. earbash. done like a dogs dinner = To come a cropper; also rendered as done like a dinner. Jack Moses 26 Comments "G'day cobber!" (a greeting used by an older generation of Australians)A collection of Australian slang words and phrases. fix you up = To pay someone, e.g. sus = Suspicious; something worthy of suspicion; someone or something thought to be a bit dodgy, e.g. Thesaurus. spewin = Angry, very upset, not very happy, e.g. Your email address will not be published. Recommended poetry falling head over heels, e.g. Derived from the large apple-growing industry in Tasmania. connie = A tram conductor (now outdated, since the removal of conductors from the trams in Melbourne). Derived from beautiful. choof off = To depart, usually (but not always) said in a friendly manner, e.g. Now listen mate, I need to splash the boots. Chappelli = Ian Chappell, cricketer (Test captain of the Australian cricket team 1971 to 1975); the nickname came from the way his name was displayed on cricket score boards, as Chappell, I, which distinguished him from his brother, Greg Chappell (Chappell, G), who played on the same team. Bush telly "Bush. someone in the family), e.g. She is a "root rat" She's a bit of a "root rat" That chick is a "root rat" by David Clarke February 2, 2005. He sounds like a bit of a bolshie, Just listen to him, hes a bolshie. Can also refer to someone who is perceived to be a bit mad or crazy. Well, av a go, ya mug!. Derived from the perception that galahs (a species of bird) are not very bright. Can also refer to someone who is perceived to be a bit mad or crazy. Piece of piss : easy task. Contents 1 Episode guide 1.1 Season 1: 1995 1.2 Season 2: 1996 1.3 Season 3: 1997 Wikipedia, Meet the Feebles Theatrical release poster Directed by Peter Jackson Produced by Wikipedia, Darkwing Duck s intertitle Genre Animated series Format Action/Adventure Wikipedia. bush tucker = Food found out in the bush, growing wild; exemplified in the TV series Bush Tucker Man (which aired in the 1980s and 1990s, starring Les Hiddins). butchers = Rhyming slang for look, an abbreviation of butchers hook, e.g. mate = Friend, cobber. beauty = Something of good quality, e.g. Want a lift? bloke = A man. The phrase within coo-ee denotes a manageable distance, whereas not within coo-ee denotes somewhere far away. drum = Reliable information, e.g. [See the entry: dead-set drongo.]. earbashing = To talk non-stop, to talk incessantly, or to tell someone off, e.g. digger = [1] Friend, cobber, mate. That expression, maybe only in Sydney, was Shot through like a Bondi tram,. Pozzy : position. more often than not comes with root rot. cant be arsed = Dont feel like doing something, not in the mood to do something, cant be bothered, e.g. He dudded me on the deal. Gods own country = A reference to Australia, or parts thereof, as a paradise on earth. Folk music and bush music (videos) Sausage. spunk = A handsome man, a sexy man. flat out like a lizard drinking = Working very hard, e.g. He really thinks hes the bees knees, doesnt he?. Brickie: A bricklayer. annoyed, irked. couldnt organise a root in a brothel = Referring to someone who is incompetent. 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. if someones car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they might exclaim Bugger! The term is used in the same way as Damn! Overseas visitors should take note that the term bugger is distinct from the original meaning of the terms bugger and buggery, regarding anal intercourse. 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. Can be used for emphasis, e.g. This is part of the Australia tradition of giving various names a zza suffix, e.g. 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). Look at that sheila burping, farting, and carrying on; geez, shes as rough as guts. shout = To buy drinks for others; to buy a round of drinks, especially in a pub, e.g. Not sure. See: IAC list on Trove. Just like the silly Australian Culture and Stereotypes. The term contains an implied insult, by being a reference to the time when Tasmania was known as Van Diemens Land, when it was still taking in convicts from Britain (the island, discovered by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, was originally named after Anthony van Diemen). I havent seen Dave for ages, I think hes gone walkabout. : I don't agree. bikkies = Biscuits (cookies in American terminology); can also be spelt as bickies. He was stoked when he won the raffle. ARSE: 2 Equivalent to tail (U.S.): sexual access to women; THE GOOD FORTUNE this implies. Poetry and songs, 1901-1954 Similar to hoo roo. Ayers Rock (Northern Territory)humungous = Very big; an extrapolation of huge, e.g. buggery = [See the entry: go to buggery.]. Johno = John. Shake hands with the wifes best friend? He looks a bit down in the mouth; hes about as happy as a bastard on Fathers Day. P. R. Stephensen arseholes = People who are considered to be not nice, e.g. See: IAC list on Trove. loo = Toilet (crapper, dunny, shitter, water closet). Gday cobber! (a greeting used by an older generation of Australians)A collection of Australian slang words and phrases. 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