AUSSIE SLANG
Aussies are known world wide for their colourful and unique take on the English language so here's a glossary of our slang words and phrases to help you get started!
some Aussie words....
Ankle
Biter child
Arvo afternoon
Aussie salute brushing the flies away
Barbie barbeque
Bloke male person
Big Smoke the city
Bikkie biscuit
Billy Lid kid, child
Blowie blow Fly
Bonza great, fantastic
Brekkie breakfast
Bush
Aussie outback
Cobber friend
Dunny
toilet
Fair dinkum true, honest
G'Day Hello
Glad rags best clothes
Gunna Be learner, apprentice
Hawker
travelling salesman
Matilda
see Swag
Musos
musicians
Ridgy Didge
true
Servo
petrol station
Shark Biscuit
child at the beach
Sheila female person
Shindig
party
Swag
rolled up canvas bed
True Blue
very Australian
Ya mates
your friends
and Aussie phrases....
A kangaroo short in the top paddock
not very smart, mentally challenged
Av a go ya mug!
keep trying, try harder
Flat out like a lizard drinking
very busy
Happy little vegemite
content and happy
Just down the road a bit
a distance that can vary between 20 metres and 200 km
Mad as a cut snake
furious, very angry
May your chooks turn to emus and kick your dunny down
go away and may terrible things happen to you
No worries, mate!
no need to worry about anything, everything will be just great
Round up your mates
call your friends to join you for a group outing
She'll be right!
expression used when you keep doing what you're doing even though it looks like it will fail completely.
Spit the dummy
get very upset and have a tantrum
Useful as tits on a bull
most unhelpful person or thing
