Aussie phrases are used to indirectly describe something or someone. Here is a short list of some of the more common phrases which you may hear and what they mean.
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Slang words, are words, which are used to resemble English words, but have evolved into a kind of second language that Australian’s use every day. The list here is not exhaustive, however it will give you an idea of what to expect. A good rule of thumb is don’t try to use to many slang words in a sentence. If you are unsure of what the word means don’t use it either, in the wrong context you will seem like a try hard and will look very uncool!
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A
Aggro- Aggressive
Ankle biter- Infant
Arvo- Afternoon
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B
Battler- Someone who struggles financially blue collar worker lower class
Beaut- good (also bewdy) bewdy good thing
Bender - Big drinking session
Berko - Go mad or crazy
Biffo - Fight
Big Bikkies - Lots of money
Big smoke - City
Bingle - car accident
Bloke - Man
Blotto - Drunk “I got blotto last night”
Blow-in - Newcomer
Blowie - Blowfly
Bludger - Lazy person
Blue - Fight
Bluey - A redhead
Boofhead - idiot, fool unliked person
Booze - Alcohol usually beer
Bottleo - (Bottle-ee-o) Bottleshop
Brekkie - Breakfast
Brown nose - some one who sucks up usually to the boss for some gain.
Buckleys - No chance
Bundy - Rum made in Budaberg QUeensland from cane sugar. Warning There is a fight in every bottle.
Burl - give it a go. “I’ll give it a burl”.
Bushed - Tired
Buggered - Tired Stuffed
Bust a gut - Work hard
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C
Cabbie or Cabbage - Taxi Driver
Cack - Laugh, someone who is funny to be scared to lose control. “They area Cack” “I Cacked myself”
Chrissie - Christmas
Chuck - Throw or be sick
Chuck a u-ie - Make a U turn in a car.
Chunder - to vomit
Cobber - Mate or friend
Country mile - a long distance
Crash - to go to sleep. To stay at someone elses house. “I’ll crash at your place”
Crock - not true, nonsense. “That’s a crock…”
Cuppa - Cup of Tea
Cushie - To have it easy
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D
Dag - Fool, uncool person.
Daks - Trousers
Date - Rectum sphincter
Deadset - Is that true
Dipstick - Stupid person
Doona - Duvet, blanket, quilt
Drongo - Idiot (not commonly used any more)
Duds - trousers
Dunny - Toilet.
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E
Earbashing - If someone talks continually to you that is an Earbashing.
Esky - Insulated ice box used to keep food usually beer cold when outdoors
Exie - Expensive “That is to Exie”
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F
Fair Dinkum - The truth, honest. Can be used as a statement or a question depending on tone. “Are you fair dinkum?” or “Fair Dinkum he is an idiot!”
Fair go - Give me a chance
Fang - Eat, snack
Feed - to eat or have a meal.
Fess up - confess or own up
Footie - Aussie Rules football or Rugby League or Union.
Franger - Condom
Furphy - Rumour or lie
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G
G’day - Hello, a greating “G’day Mate”
Garbo - Garbage collector
Good nick - Good condition
Green Can - VB beer
Grog - Alcohol
Guernsey - To be allowed to participate, to win approval.
Gumby - Fool, idiot
Gutser - to have an accident “to have a gutser”
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H
Half your luck - Well done, congratulations
Hard yards - work hard
Heave - Vomit
Hittin - to go drinking (beer) “Lets get on the hittin”
Hooley Dooley - Wow
Hoo roo - Goodbye
Hoon - reckless driver
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I
Idiot Box - Television
Irrits - To be annoyed ” You give me the irrits”
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J
Jocks - Underpants
Joshin - joking
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K
Kark it - Die or deep sleep “I karked it last night”
Knock - criticise “Don’t knock it”
Knuckle sandwich - a punch with a fist.
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L
Larrikin - jovial, playful all round good guy.
Lingo - Language
Lippie - Lipstick
Lush - An attractive woman
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M
Maccas - Mcdonalds food chain
Mate - Friend, used instead of someones name. COmmonly used with G’day as a greeting “G’day mate”
Mates Rates - Discount for friends
Moon tan - Pale skin
Mozzie - Mosquito
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N
Narky - Upset, angry, moody
No worries - It’s fine, It’s OK
Nude nut - Bald head (Don’t mention this to people who are bald)
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O
Ocker - Common person, very Austarlian.
Old Cheese - Mother
Old Girl - Mother
Old Lady - Wife
Old Man - Father
Olds / Oldies - Parents
Onya - Good on you. “Onya mate”
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P
Pash - Kiss
Perve - lustful gaze
Piccy - Picture
Piker - Leave early from a party
Plonk - Cheap wine
Pokies - Poker Machines
Pommie - English person
Prezzie - a gift
Pushie - bicycle
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Q
Quids - money “I wouldn’t do it for quids”
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R
Rack off - go away
Rapt - very pleased
Rellies - Relatives
Ridgy didge - genuine honestly
Rip snorter - excellent thing
Ripper - great
Rissole - hamburger meat
Roo - Kangaroo
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S
Sanger - Sandwich
Servo - Service station, gas station
Sheila - Female, woman “Have a look at that sheila”
Shoot Through - Leave
Shout - Round of drinks (beer)
Slab - 24 cans of beer
Snag - Sausage
Sook - Cry baby
Sparrows fart - Dawn
Spewin - Upset, disapointed also vomit
Spunk - Good looking
Squiz - Have a look
Strife - in trouble
Struth - Exclamation of a point, wow
Subbies - shorts or beer bottles
Sunnies - Sunglasses
Swill - to drink alcohol (beer) “Lets get on the swill” Top
T
Tantie - Tantrum
Tassie - Tasmania
Technicolour Yawn - To vomit
Thongs - Rubber sandles, flip flops.
Tinnie - Can of beer, small aluminum boat
Togs - Swimsuit
Trackie Dacks - Tracksuit pants
Treadly - Bicycle
Troppo - slightly mad
Truckie - Truck driver
True Blue - Genuine Australian
Tub - Bath Shower or wash
Tucker - Food
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U
Undies - Underwear
Unreal - excellent
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V
Vege out - Relax
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W
Walkabout - Disapear
Whinge - Complain
Whole kit and kaboodle - Got the lot everything
Wog - Illness usually a cold.
Woop Woop - Middle of nowhere
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X
XXXX - Pronounced four-ex beer
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Y
Yabber - Chat
Yack - Chat or vomit
Yarn - Tell a story
Yobbo - uncouth loudmouth
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Z
Zonked - Tired exhaused
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Drinking for the Uninitiated
THE SHOUTThe “Shout” is as Australian as fair dinkum and meat pies. To shout means to buy something for someone. It is most notably used in the context of drinking at the pub and requires a group of 2 or more people. The best number to have in a shout is 4, any more and the system tends to fail after a few beers, as no one can remember who shouted last. If you have more than 4 people break up into small more manageable groups.How the shout works.
The first person in the shout buys a round. A round is one drink for every person in the group, which is collectively called a shout. When all the glasses are nearing empty in the group, the next person to shout gets the round. It is important to note that the shout occurs before glasses are empty. This maintains a drinking rhythm. The system continues until it returns to the start and so on until you are kicked out of the pub or fall down drunk, which ever comes first.
Important points.
If at some time you wish to leave the shout, you should have a good reason and “I’m tired” usually doesn’t cut it. You will invariably be called lots of names, “Slack bastard”, “piker”, and the list goes on. To get out of a shout you must shout before you leave!!! So do it when your turn comes up and make a quick exit.
If you go to the pub with a new Australian friend and they say “Mate my shout” and get you a beer, you may think that this is very generous however it is not a “gimme”. You have just entered into a shout. It is your duty now to buy your new friend a drink. Sometimes it may be that friends are generous and will not allow you to shout them back, however an attempt must be made.
A shout can apply to any alcoholic beverage, spirits, bottles, jugs etc.
I’LL HAVE A …
Now that you have the common shout under your belt buying beer in different parts of Australia is done in different ways. “I’ll have a beer”, can mean a number of things. Of course you will get beer but how much? Look at the following for a guide to ordering beer around Australia.
“I’ll have a …”
… Beer in Queensland (QLD) and Victoria (VIC) you will get a 7 ounce (oz) glass. In New South Wales (NSW)you will get a 15 oz and the rest of the country a 10oz glass.
… Middy is terminology used only in NSW and South Australia (SA) It is 285ml or 10oz glass.
… Pint is a 425ml (15 oz) glass mainly SA and VIC.
… Butcher is 200ml or 7 oz in SA
… Pony is 140ml or 5 oz However you need not commit this to memory as any one who orders something this size really does not want a drink. If you start off a shout with this one…
… Pot is 285mL or 10 oz in QLD and VIC
… Schooner is 425 mL (15 oz) in NSW, VIC and 285 mL (10 oz) in SA.
… Glass is 200mL (7 oz) in QLD and VIC
… Handle 10 oz glass with a handle. You may be given one by asking for a pot a certain pubs. It is the same size however the advantage of a handle is that your hand does not heat the beer up. The colder the beer the better.
… Stubbie is a 375mL bottle.
… Tinny or Can is 375mL can.
… Darwin Stubbie 1.25litre bottle only found in NT
… Long neck 750mL bottle.
THE BOTTLE SHOP
Finally, the drive-thru bottle shop or “bot-le-o” which is an annex to a pub specifically for the purchase of take home alcohol. This is a mine field for the uninitiated. The problem occurs as it is usually busy and the drive through is for people who know what they want and know what they are doing. Don’t hold people up trying to decide, park your car and walk in. If you are more adventurous this is how it is done.
A slab or carton or box is 24 cans or stubbies of beer. You must specify cans or stubbies, the best thing is to tell the person serving how much cash you are going to give them, this makes the transaction even speedier.
It goes like this…
“I’ll have a cold slab of VB stubs mate out of 50″
This means that you wish to purchase 24 stubbies of Victoria Bitter (VB) in a box and you have a $50 note to give him for the purchase. The attendant will then go to fridge, get a carton of VB stubbies, go to the cash register and put the transaction through as though you gave him $50. He will then bring the change and the beer to you, take the $50, give you the change and the carton. You drive away. It’s that easy!
Important abbreviations;
VB: Victoria Bitter
Crownies: Crown Larger
Goldies: XXXX (Four ex)
Red Rimmers: XXXX heavy beer.
Heavy: Full strength beer
Light or Mid Strength: Less alcohol percentage.
The list goes on …
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Speak to any Aussie and they will tell you that they were bought up on vegemite. It is a staple of every true blue Aussie’s diet. Vegemite on toast, vegemite sandwiches even vegemite broth for those who don’t feel so well.
If you don’t try vegemite while you are down under you never will. If you do, you will be able to recount your experience for years to come. So how can one eat something that is made primarily out of the waste of beer (this is not the exact recipe). There is a secret and it is very simple.
Spread it thin!
Thin means so light that you can see the bread and butter through the vegemite. It is alright if it is patchy. Just remember the key is thin.
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