AUSSIE SLANG
Words and Phrases
A through C
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A
Akubra
Wide-brimmed, felt Australian hat
Aggro
Angry, upset
Amber Fluid
Beer
Ankle biter
A young child
Apples, She'll be
Everything will be okay
Arse
Ass
Arse over tit
To fall down ("head over heels")
Arsehole to breakfast time, From
All over the place
Arvo
Afternoon
As thick as two short planks
Very stupid
As ugly as a hat full of arseholes
Very ugly
Aussie (pronounced Awzzee) or Ozzie
Some one from Australia or an Australian
Ay?
"Pardon me?" "What did you say?"
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B
Back chat
Disrespectful replies
Back of Beyond
Way out in the bush or outback of Australia
Back of Bourke
In the middle of nowhere
Bail up
To rob or hold up
Bangs like a dunny door, She
She'd have sex with anyone.
Barbie
Barbecue
Bash, Give it a
you will try something you are not sure of
Bathers
Swimming costume
Battler
person (male) who's tried hard all his life, but been unsuccessful
Beaut
Wonderful
Beautiful
Delicious
Bench
Countertop
Bent
Corrupt
Berko, Gone
Gone crazy, berserk
Beyond the Black Stump
A long way away
Bickie
Short for biscuit, which is a cookie
Big Smoke
City
Billabong
pool or waterhole
Billy
tin can/metal container used by camper to make tea
Billy cart
A go-kart for children
Billy on, Put the
Put water on to boil to make a cup of tea
Bird
General term for a female
Black fella
Refers to an aboriginal person, but use can be taken as insulting
Blimey!
You are surprised by something
Blind Freddy
A rather dense person, not very perceptive
Bloke
Guy
Bloody oath I do!
You REALLY approve of what someone is saying
Blowies
Blow flies (similar in size to horse flies)
Bludge
Do nothing at all
Bludger
A lazy person who doesn't do anything
Blue
Red-haired person
Blue Heeler
Police
Bob's your uncle
You now understand something you didn't before
Boomer
Kangaroo
Bonnet
Hood of a motor vehicle
Boot
Trunk of a motor vehicle
Booze bus
Police van used for random alcohol testing
Bo-peep, Take a
Take a look at something
Brekkie
Breakfast
Brilliant!
Great!
Brown-eye
To show ones bottom, to "moon"
Brumby
Wild, Australian horse
Buckley's, You've got
You have no chance at all
Buggalugs
General nickname for any person
Bugger all, Doing
You are doing absolutely nothing
Buggered and burned!, I'll be
Statement of amazement
Bum
Butt or buttocks
Bumfluff
Downy hair on chin of adolescent male
Bung
To put (Bung another snag on the barbie.)
Bunyip
Mythical spirit creature from the Outback
Burl, Give it a
Give it a try.
Bush
Rural uninhabited parts of Australia (not necessarily the arid outback however)
Bush fire
Forest fire, but moves very quickly and does not burn as completely as forest fires in the States, land rejuvenated within a year or so.
Bushranger
Outlaw or highwayman
Bushbash
Go off road in a vehicle
Bush tucker
Food derived from the surrounding countryside (roots, berries, small animals, etc.)
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C
Cacked it, Damn I
Extreme fear
Cakehole
Person's mouth
Camp oven
Large, cast iron pot with a lid for cooking on an open fire
Captain Cook, Go and have a
Go and have a look at something
Caravan
Travel trailer
Car crash
Automobile accident
Carked it, Someone
Someone died
Cattle/sheep station
Cattle/sheep ranch
Cert, A dead
a certainty
Chalkie
Teacher
Chat (someone) up
To flirt or chat with someone under false pretenses
Cheeky
Smart-alec person; nice backside;
Cheerio
Friendly greeting
Chemist
Drugstore
Chew and spew
Fast food restaurant
China?, How you going
"How are you doing, friend?"
Chinwag
Have a good chat
Chippie
Carpenter
Chips
French Fries
Chock a block, Chockers
Full to overflowing
Chook (rhymes with shook)
Chicken, rooster or hen
Chrissy or Chrissie
Christmas
Chunder
Vomit
Cinema
Movie theater
Clanger
Mistake, blunder
Claytons
imitation, fake
Clinker
House made from old, reddish-blue, unevenly-made bricks
Clobber
Clothes
Clucky
Maternal
Cobber
Close friend
Cockie
Farmer
Cockroach
Someone who lives in New South Wales
Coffee Scrolls
Cinnamon Rolls
Coit
anus
Compo
Worker's Compensation
Cooee
Greeting someone at a distance in the bush
Cossie (pronounced kawzee)
swim suit (Female); from swim "costume"
Cowcockie
Cattle rancher
Crash repair shop
Auto body shop
Creche
Crib; Baby's room;
Cri-key!
Expression of surprise
Crook
Sick, ill; something that is not working right;
Cuddle
Hug (as in "give me a cuddle")

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Last Modified September 2, 2002