AUSSIE SLANG
Words and Phrases
P through S
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P
Paddock
Field or pasture (fenced in)
Pack of Poo tickets
Toilet paper
Pally
Friendly
Pash
Kiss and cuddle
Pearl
Excellent
Petrol
Gasoline for an automobile
Piece
Woman
Pigs bum!, In a
Wrong, incorrect
Piker
Person who lets others down
Pissed
Drunk (compared to "pissed off" which means angry as it does in U.S.)
Pissed as a parrot
Very Drunk
Pivot's on, It's
Consider
Playing Possum
Pretend ignorance, feign sleep
Plonk
Real cheap alcohol
Poddy dodger
Cattle rustler
Pom, Pommy
Englishman
Pong
Unpleasant odor, bad smell
Porcelain bus, Drive the
Vomiting in the toilet
Porcelain telephone, Talk on the
Vomit into a toilet
Possum, Stir the
Excite interest
Postman, Postie
Mailman, mail delivery person
Pot
285ml glass of beer
Pozzie
Advantageous (positive) position
Prang
Motor vehicle accident
Prawn
Shrimp
Prawn with me, Don't come the raw
Don't misrepresent the situation with me.
Prezzies
Gifts
Pub (Public House)
hotel (place for buying/drinking alcohol, but not necessarily having overnight rooms)
Pull your head in, mate.
Mind your own business.
Pull your socks up
Get you life in order. Get your act together.
Push-bike
Bicycle
Put the cows out on the long Paddock
Herd cows down edge of roadway
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Q-R
Quack
Any doctor
Quid, Not the full
Short of normal mental faculties
Rack off!
Go away! Buzz off!
Rafferty's Rules
Every thing is a messed up.
Ratbag
Not a nice person
Razoo, I Haven't got a brass
I haven't got any money.
Rellie
Relative
Ridgie didge
True or genuine article
Ring
Call someone on the phone
Ring in
Fraudulent substitution in a competition
Road train
Multi-trailered semi truck
'Roo
Kangaroo
Root
Have sex
Rooted
Very tired
Ropeable
Furious, requiring restraint
Rough end of the pineapple, You got the
You got a bad deal
RS (rat shit)
Feel Lousy
Rug up
Dress warmly
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S
Sacked
Fired from work
Salute, Great Australian
Swatting flies
Sandgroper
Someone who lives in Western Australia
Sanger
Sandwich
Scallops
Fried potato cakes
School
Group of drinkers, gamblers, etc.
Scone (pronounced skon)
One's head
Scrubber
Person of poor quality and hygiene
Scrub-up well, You
When you clean up, you look nice.
Scunge
One who begs for money, a leech
See you in the Soup
See you around
Septic Tank (seppo)
An American
Shark
Used car salesman
Shark biscuits
New surfers
Sheep Station, You're not playing
It's just a game, not a vital matter
Sheila
Female, woman
She'll be right.
Everything will be okay
Shirty
Get upset, angry
Shonky
Unreliable, unsound
Shoot through
Leave in a hurry
Short and curlies, Have someone by the
(Pubic hair) Have someone in a bad position
Shout, It's my
It's my turn to buy a round of drinks.
Sickie, Take a
Take a day of sick leave, even when not sick
Silly Season
Christmas holidays
Singlet
Undershirt without sleeves
Sit on a beer
Take a long time to drink a beer
Skite
Boast or brag
Slab
Case of beer
Slash, Going for a
Man going to urinate
Slippery-dip
Child's slide
Slow as a wet week
Something very slow
Smoko
Take a break (with or without cigarette)
Snag
Sausage (different from our hotdogs)
Snag short of a barbie
Short of brains
Sort it, I'll
I'll work it out.
Sparky
Electrician
Spit the dummy
Get very angry
Spout, Up the
Pregnant
Sprung, You've been
You've been caught doing something wrong
Spud
Potato
Spunk, What a
Someone who is good-looking, attractive
Spunky
Sexy person
Square off
Apologise
Stack
Car accident
Stickybeak
Someone who is nosey
Stinger
Box Jellyfish
Stone the crows
Shock at something
Strewth
Shock at something
Strides, trousers
Pants
Strine
Exaggerated Aussie slang
Stringybark cockatoo
Farmer of small means
Stroppy
Irritable, bad-tempered
Stubby
Small bottle of beer; men's footy shorts
Stuff, I don't give a
I don't care
Swag
Bedroll and canvas bag for belongings
Swimmers
Swim suit (male)

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