A
| Ace | Excellent, top job |
|---|---|
| Amber Nectar | Beer |
| Ankle Biter | Toddler |
| Arial Pingpong | Australian Rules Football |
| Arvo | Afternoon |
| Aussie | Australian |
| Aussie Salute | To brush away flies |
| B |
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| Back of Burke | A faraway place, too far to contemplate |
|---|---|
| Bail up | To keep someone talking |
| Barbie | Barbecue, cookout |
| Bastard | Endearing term |
| Battler | Hard workers that still struggle |
| Beauty! | Excellent |
| Bikies | Motor cyclists |
| Billy | A large tin use to boil water over a fire for tea |
| Black Stump | See back of Burke |
| Block | To get angry |
| Bloke | Male |
| Blokey | Acting like a man |
| Bloody | Very |
| Bloody Oath! | Very true |
| Blow In | Someone uninvited |
| Bludger | Someone that is lazy |
| Blue | Argument |
| Bodgy | See shonky |
| Bogan | Someone that is immature |
| Boomerang | Aboriginal weapon |
| Booze Bus | Police mobile breathalyser unit |
| Bonzer | See beauty! |
| Bottle-o | Off licence bottle shop |
| Bottler | See beauty! |
| Brass Razoo | Meaning lack of money |
| Brewski | A beer |
| Brickie | A Bricklayer |
| Buckley’s | You have no chance |
| Bull | It’s not true |
| Burl | To have a go at something |
| Bush | The outback |
| Bushie | Someone who lives in the bush |
| BYO | Bring your own alcohol |
| C |
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| Cadbury | Someone that gets drunk easily (a glass and a half) |
|---|---|
| Cactus | Not working |
| Captain Cook | To have a look |
| Carked It | Unfixable |
| Chewie | Chewing Gum |
| Choccie | Chocolate |
| Chockas | Full |
| Chunder | Vomit |
| Claytons | Not the real thing, an imitation |
| Cockie | Farmer |
| Coldie | A beer |
| Compo | Worker’s compensation for injuries at work |
| Cooee | A make-believe faraway place |
| Crack a fat | To get an erection |
| Cranky | Angry |
| Crook | Feeling sick |
| D |
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| Dag | Someone that is not popular |
|---|---|
| Deadset | The truth |
| Dero | A tramp or homeless person |
| Digger | Soldier |
| Dingo’s Breakfast | No breakfast |
| Dinkum | Genuine |
| Dinky di | Genuine |
| Dill | An idiot |
| Dipstick | An idiot |
| Dob | To tell the authorities about someone |
| Doco | A documentary |
| Dog | An ugly woman |
| Dole Bludger | Welfare cheat |
| Drongo | An idiot |
| Dummy Spit | To throw a tanty |
| Dunny | Outside toilet |
| Durry | A cigarette |
| E |
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| Ear Bashing | To nag someone forever |
|---|---|
| Esky | Portable insulated icebox |
| F |
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| Fair Dinkum | Genuine |
|---|---|
| Fair Go | A fair chance or something true |
| Fair Suck of the Sav | Questioning is something is true |
| Fairy Floss | Cotton candy |
| Fisho | Fishmonger or seller |
| Franger | Condom |
| Fruit Loop | Someone that isn’t all there |
| Full | Drunk |
| Furphy | A lie |
| G |
|---|
| Galah | An idiot |
|---|---|
| Garbo | Garbage collector |
| Gobful | To verbally abuses |
| Goodonya | Well done or sarcasm for well done |
| Greenie | Environmentalist |
| Grog | Alcohol |
| Grouse | Great (associated with Melbourne) |
| Grundies | Undies |
| Gutful of Piss | Drunk |
| Gyno | Gynaecologist |
| H |
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| Hoon | Hooligan |
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| I |
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| Iffy | Non committal |
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| J |
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| Jackaroo | Male farm hand in the outback |
|---|---|
| Jillaroo | Female farm hand in the outback |
| Journo | Journalist |
| K |
|---|
| Kangaroos loose in the top paddock | Someone is not all there |
|---|---|
| Kick the bucket | When someone dies |
| Kiwi | New Zealand national |
| L |
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| Larrikin | Prankster |
|---|---|
| Loo | Toilet |
| M |
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| Macca’s | McDonald’s |
|---|---|
| Mallee Bull | Fit and healthy |
| Map of Tassie | Female pubic area |
| Mate | Friend |
| Mate’s Rates | Cheaper rate for a service than usual |
| Milko | Milkman |
| Mongrel | Put down for someone with no morals or conscience |
| Mug | Someone who is easily led |
| Munchies | Snack |
| N |
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| Naughty | To have a naughty, sex |
|---|---|
| No Hoper | Someone with no future due to lack of drive |
| Not the Full Quid | Not all there |
| Nuddy | To be naked |
| Nun’s Nasty | Dry |
| O |
|---|
| Off One’s Face | Drunk |
|---|---|
| Oldies | Your parents |
| Ocker | Uncultured Australian |
| P |
|---|
| Pash | French kiss, to snog |
|---|---|
| Pav | Pavlova a meringue dessert |
| Perve | Admiring a spunk |
| Pig’s arse | Disagreeing |
| Piece of piss | Easy |
| Piker | Party Pooper |
| Pokies | Slot machines |
| Polly | Politician |
| Pom | English national |
| Postie | Postman |
| R |
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| Ralph | To vomit |
|---|---|
| Ratbag | See Mongrel |
| Raw Prawn | Someone that is argumentative |
| Reffo | Refugee |
| Rego | Car registration |
| Rellie | A relative |
| Ridgy Didge | Genuine |
| Ring In | A substitution |
| Root | To have sex |
| Rooted | Broken, see carked it |
| S |
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| Salvos | Salvation Army |
|---|---|
| Sambo | A sandwich |
| Sanga | A sandwich |
| Scratchy | Instant lottery ticket |
| Servo | Service Station |
| Sheila | A woman |
| Shout | To pay for a round of drinks |
| Shonky | Questionable |
| Smoko | A cigarette break |
| Snag | A sausage |
| Sook | Cry baby |
| Spag Bol | Spaghetti bolognaise |
| Spunk | Sexy person |
| Squizz | To have a look at |
| Station | Outback farm or property |
| Stickybeak | Busy body |
| Strewth | Exclamation of surprise |
| Stuffed | Exhausted |
| Swaggie | A swagman, tramp from the bush |
| T |
|---|
| Tall Poppies | Successful people |
|---|---|
| Tanty | A tantrum |
| Technicolour Yawn | To vomit |
| Tee up | To organise |
| Thongs | Flip flops |
| Tickets on yourself | Thinking you are better than others |
| Tinny | Can of beer or small dingy (boat) |
| Truckie | Someone who drives a truck |
| True blue | A patriotic Australian |
| Two Pot Screamer | See Cadbury’s |
| U |
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| Uey | A u-turn in a vehicle |
|---|---|
| Useless as… | A saying such as useless as an ashtray on a motorbike or tits on a bull – not helpful at all |
| Ute | Utility truck |
| V |
|---|
| Vego | Vegetarian |
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| W |
|---|
| Wagging | To skip school |
|---|---|
| Walkabout | To go away and not tell anyone |
| Whinge | To whine |
| Wobbly | See tanty |
| Whipper Snipper | Weed wacker |
| White pointers | Sharks and topless female bathers |
| Wombat | Someone that eats, roots and leaves |
| Wowser | Stick in the mud |
| Wuss | Someone with cowardice |
| Y |
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| Yakka | Hard work |
|---|---|
| Yobbo | See bogan or dipstick |
