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Cakehole |
mouth. |
Can-do |
capable and obliging. |
Centralia |
the inland region of Australia. |
Champers |
champagne. |
Chinwag |
a chat, conversation. |
Chook |
a chicken. |
Cobber |
a mate, friend. |
Cockeyed |
twisted or slanted to one side; foolish, absurd. |
Codger |
a bloke, fellow, especially elderly and a little odd. |
Compo |
compensation for injury; workers compensation. |
Corker |
something striking or astonishing; something very good of its kind. |
Crapper |
toilet. |
Creepy-crawley |
an insect. |
Crook |
sick, disabled, bad inferior; a thief; to get angry. |
Crown Jewels |
the testicles. |
Cut up |
to cause distress to; to criticise severley. |
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Dag |
a person with little or no dress sense, uncouth. |
Date |
buttocks; a date roll is a roll of toilet paper. |
Dick stickers |
mens brief style bathers. |
Digger |
an Australian soldier, especially one who served in World War I. |
Ding |
a dent or damaged section of a car, bike, surfboard, etc. |
Dinkum / dinki-di |
true, honest, genuine. |
Down the road |
term indicating distance but no particular distance, it could be a few hundred metres but may be a few hundred miles. |
Drongo |
slow-witted or stupid person. |
Dunny |
an outside toilet, lavatory. |
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Earbash |
to talk incessantly, someone who talks too much. |
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Fair dinkum |
real, genuine, true. |
Few sandwiches short of a picnic |
slow witted, not all together. |
Footy |
rugby league. |
Fridge |
the refrigerator. |
Full as a boot |
intoxicated. |
Full of it |
someone is full of it if they are a liar. |
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G'day, gidday |
a greeting meaning good day. |
Gee-whiz |
an expression indicating astonishment. |
Get stuffed |
go away. |
Get the shits |
to become angry, upset or short tempered. |
Gnarly |
difficult, awkward; terrific, excellent. |
Go a meal or drink |
could eat a meal or have a drink. |
Go for broke |
to risk all ones capital. |
Greenie |
deprecatory term for an environmentalist. |
Grog / booze |
alcohol. beer, spirits. |
Grommet |
an idiot; a young surfer |
Grouse |
very good. |
Grub |
food. |
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Hack it |
to tolerate something or to keep up. |
Hair of the dog |
an alcoholic drink taken to relieve a hangover. |
Half your luck |
an expression often indicating envy of one's goodwill can also be a congratulatory remark or best wishes blessing. |
Hard yacka |
hard work. |
Hassle |
to give problems, complications or aggravations. |
Homestead |
main residence on a sheep or cattle station (ranch or farm). |
Hooroo |
goodbye. |
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In the shit |
in serious trouble. |
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Jingoes |
exclamation of surprise. |
Joe Blake |
snake (rhyming slang). |
John |
toilet. |
Jumbuck |
a sheep. |
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Kick in |
contribute money to something. |
Knock off |
to steal something; a counterfeit product. |
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Lag |
to inform on someone. |
Lair |
flashily dressed young man of brash or vulgar behaviour. |
Larrikin |
a lout, a mischievous young chap. |
Laughing gear |
mouth. |
Loo |
toilet. |
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Mad as a cut snake |
crazy. |
Mate |
usually a friend or acquaintance but anyone can be a mate. |
Middy |
a middle-sized (285ml) glass of beer. |
Mug |
a fool, one easily duped. |
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Nong |
a fool, idiot. |
Noah / noah's ark |
a shark (rhyming slang). |
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Ocker |
the uncultivated Australian workingman; boorish, uncouth. |
Ol' cheese |
mother. |
Ol' man |
father. |
Oldies |
parents. |
On a good lurk |
on to a good thing. |
On ya mate |
usually means well done but often used sarcastically. |
Open slather |
free-for-all, anything goes. |
Oz |
Australia. |
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Piker |
someone who doesn't want to do something especially within a group. |
Pissed |
drunk. |
Pissed off |
disgruntled, fed up. |
Plonk |
any alcoholic liquor, especially cheap wine. |
Poddy-dodger |
a cattle rustler, one who steals unbranded calves. |
Pollie / polly |
a politician. |
Pommie / Pom |
English person (usually whinging pom). |
Prawn |
a shrimp. |
Pub |
a hotel, short for public house. Usually taken to mean the bar or drinking area in a hotel. |
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Rack off |
go away, get lost. |
Rag |
a newspaper or a woman who sleeps around. |
Ratbag |
rascal, rogue. |
Ripper / rip snorter |
great, terrific. |
Roo |
short for kangaroo. |
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Sandshoes |
casual footwear, joggers. |
Sanga |
a sandwich or sausage. |
Schooner |
a large-sized (425ml) glass of beer. |
Scrub up |
dress up. |
Seppo / Septic tank |
an American (rhyming slang for yank). |
Servo |
a petrol / service / gas station. |
Sheila |
girl, woman. |
She'll be apples |
all is well (rhyming slang). |
Shout |
buy or pay for; a round of drinks in the pub. |
Skite |
boast, brag. |
Slab |
a carton of 24 beer cans. |
Slugo's |
mens brief style bathers. |
Smoko |
a break from work to indulge in chit-chat and a cigarette |
Spine bashing |
resting, loafing. |
Spit the dummy |
get very upset about something. |
Sport |
used as a term of address usually between males like mate. |
Squib |
to behave in a cowardly manner or to back down. |
Stickybeak |
to pry or meddle; one who pries or meddles. |
Strine |
Australian English. |
Struth |
an exclamation expressing surprise or verification. |
Stubby |
a small bottle of beer. |
Sunnies |
a pair of sunglasses. |
Swag |
a large number or unspecified number. |
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Ta / tar |
thanks. |
Tart |
once meaning 'sweet heart' but now a derogatory word for a woman. |
Tee up |
to organise something. |
Thingy / thingo / thingummyjig |
any thing that doesn't have a precise name. |
Tightarse |
someone who wont buy a drink or wont part with money. |
Tinnie |
a can of beer. |
True blue |
genuine. |
Tucker |
food. |
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Uee |
a U turn. |
Up a gum tree |
in difficulties, stranded. |
Up shit creek |
in trouble (often without a paddle indicating serious trouble). |
Ute |
small truck, short for utility truck. |
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VB |
Victoria Bitter, a beer. |
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Walkabout |
a period of wandering, usually in reference to Aborigines. |
Walloper |
one who thrashes someone. |
Wally |
someone who keeps making mistakes. |
Wanker |
one who masturbates; a person who is full of themself, egotistical. |
Waxxy / wax head |
a surfer. |
Wedding tackle |
a penis. |
Westie |
someone from Sydney's western suburbs, often used derogatorily to mean uneducated and/or uncultured. Also someone who acts like a westie. |
What-da-ya-know |
an expression of surprise; a friendly phrase used to open a conversation. |
Wombat |
a simple minded person. |
Wog |
a derogatory term for a foreigner, especially one of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern extraction. |
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a Queensland beer brand (pronounced four ex). |
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Yarn |
a story. |
Yobbo |
loutish, surly youth. |
Yonks |
a long period of time. |
