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Page Two -- Aussie Slang --
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K -
Kark it- Die
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Kindie- Kindergarten
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Kiwi- A New Zealander
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Knock- Criticise
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Knuckle sandwich- A punch!
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Lamington- Small square of sponge cake covered in chocolate icing, and dessicated coconut
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Larrikin- Playful person
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Lay-by- Store system of paying for goods in instalments
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Lippie- Lipstick
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Liquid laugh- Vomit
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Liquid lunch- Drinking beer at lunchtime
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Lobster- $20 note, red in colour
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Lolly- Sweets, candy
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Longneck- Tall bottle of beer, 750ml or 26oz
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Lucky Country- Nickname for Australia
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Lurk- Illegal practice, dodge, racket
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Lush- An attractive person
M
- Maccas- A well-known fast-food chain
- Maggot bag- Meat Pie
- Mainlander- Person from Australian mainland to a Tasmanian
- Manchester- Linen
- Mate- Friend, used instead of someone's name!
- Mates rates- Discount rates given to friends
- Meat Pie- Rhyming slang for a try in Rugby
- Metho- Methylated Spirits
- Middy- Glass of beer, 285ml or 10oz, in NSW/ACT & WA
- Milko- Person who delivers milk
- Mollydooker- Left-hander
- Moon tan- Pale-skinned person
- Mozzie- Mosquito
- Muck-up day- Last day of High School, a day of pranks and mischief! ..
Schoolies Day
- Mullet- Idiot
- Muso- Musician
- Mystery bag- Meat pie
N
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Narky- Upset, moody
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Neato- Excellent
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Never Never- Remote outback place or term for hire purchase agreement
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No worries!- It's OK, everything's fine!
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Nong- Idiot
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Norks- Breasts
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Nude nut- Bald head, or very short haircut
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Nut ducker- Person who pretends not to see you in the street!
O
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O.S.- Overseas
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Ocker- Yob
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Old Cheese- Mother
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Old Girl- Mother
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Old Lady- Wife
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Old Man- Father
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Olds/Oldies- Parents
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On the nose- Smelly
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Onya- Good for you!
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Osteo- Osteopath
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Outback- Remote bush location
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Oz- Nickname for Australia
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Piff - To Throw. eg to throw a stone ( see Yonnie )
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Pash- Kiss, 'Pash-on'
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Patsy- Scapegoat
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Pav- Pavlova-Australian desert; a meringue base with fruit and cream topping
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Pavement pizza- Vomit
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Perve- Lustful gaze
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Petrolhead- Car enthusiast
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Piccy- Picture
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Piker- Bore, party pooper: 'Pike out'-To leave the party early!
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Pineapple- $50 note, yellow in colour
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Pinnie- Pinball machine
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Play sillybuggers- Waste time, mess around
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Plonk- Cheap wine
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Plonko- Wine addict
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Pokies- Poker machines, slot or fruit machines
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Pollie- Politician
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Pommie- Term used to describe an English person
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Port- Suitcase
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Postie- Person who delivers mail
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Pot- Glass of beer, 285ml or 10oz, in QLD & VIC
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Pozzie- Position, seat
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Preggers- To be pregnant
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Prezzie- A present, gift
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Pullie- Pullover, sweater, jumper
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Pushie- Pushbike, bicycle
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Pyro- Pyromaniac
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Queensland Nut- Macadamia nut
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Quids in- To be 'in the money', usually a sign of success or a win
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R.S.L.- Returned Services League-Social club, good place to play pool or have a counter lunch
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Rabbit- An idiot
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Rabbit's ears- Indoor television aerial
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acehorse- Thinly-rolled cigarette
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Rafferty's Rules- Having no rules
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Rage- To party on
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Railway tracks- Braces on teeth
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Rammies- Trousers
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Rapt- Pleased
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Rattler- A train
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Redback- $20 note, red in colour
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Rego- Registration
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Rellies- Relatives
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Retread- Person who returns to work after retiring
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Ridgy-didge- Genuine, honest
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Ring-in- An outsider, non-local or regular at a club or pub
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Rip-snorter- An excellent thing
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Rpper- Great!
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Rissole- Nickname for an RSL Club
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Roids- Steroids
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Rollie- Hand-rolled cigarette
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Roo- Kangaroo
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Root- To have intercourse
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Rottie- Rottweiler dog
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Rubber-necker- Tourist or nosey person
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Rugged up- Dressed in warm clothes
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Rugrat- Crawling baby
S
- Saltie- Saltwater Crocodile
- Salvo- Salvation Army worker
- Sandgroper- Person from West Australia State
- Sanger- Sandwich
- Sarky- Sarcastic
- Schoolies' Week-
End-of-school parties, especially held at the Gold Coast;
usually = fun/trouble!
- Schooner- Glass of beer, 425ml in NSW/ACT, NT & WA
- Scratchie- Instant lottery ticket
- Semi- Semi-trailer
- Seppo- American (Septic tank = yank)
- Servo- Service, gas station
- Shanghi- Y shaped stick with rubber arms attached, used as a stone sling,
- Sheila- General slang term for an Aussie female
- Shoot through-
Leave (especially husband walking out on wife)
- Shout- Round of beer/drinks
- Shrapnel- Small change, coins
- Sufti- Have a look
- Sickie- Paid day off work, usually not due to illness; "I'm gonna chucka sickie tomorra"
- Singlet- Sleeveless t-shirt or vest
- Slab- Tray of beer, usually 24 cans
- Sleep-out- Rear porch of house converted to extra bedroom
- Smoko- Workbreak, to have a cigarette, or cup of tea/coffee
- Snag- Sausage
- Snakey- Irritable
- Sook- Crybaby
- Spag Bog/Bol-
Spaghetti Bolognaise
- Sparrow's fart-
Dawn
- Special- Discounted item in a store
- Speedos- Men's swimming pants
- Spewing- Very upset, really mad! (also vomit)
- Spit the dummy-
Uncontrollably upset
- Spunky- Good-looking, 'hot'!
- Sprogs- Offspring, children
- Squiz- Have a look at
- Station- Large outback farm
- Stickybeak-Nosey person
- Stinger- Box jellyfish
- Storm stick- Umbrella
- Straight-up- Truthful, honest
- Strife- Trouble
- Struth- Exclamation "Struth mate!" from God's truth
- Stubbies- Men's shorts or bottles of beer
- Stubby Holder-
Insulated holder to keep beer cool
- Stuffed- Worn out, tired
- Sucked in-Duped, conned
- Sunnies- Sunglasses
- Swan a trip- All-expenses paid trip, common amongst politicians!
T
- T.A.B.- Totalisator Agency Board - betting shop
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Tall poppy- Successful person in a particular field
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Tanti- Tantrum
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Tassie- Tasmania
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Techie- Technician
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Technicolour Yawn- To vomit
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The Alice- Alice Springs
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The Gong- Wollongong
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Thingie- To be sensitive or in an odd mood
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Thingo- The word you substitute the name of something or someone you've forgotten!
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Thongs- Rubber sandals, flip-flops
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Thunderbox- Toilet
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TimTam- Chocolate sandwich biscuit, coated in chocolate. YUM!
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Tinnie- Can of beer, or aluminium boat
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Tinnie fish- Beer drunk (caught!) on a fishing trip
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Toey- Nervous
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Togs- Swimsuit
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Tomato- Cricket ball
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Top-ender- Person who lives at the top end of the Northern Territory
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Trackie-daks- Tracksuit trousers
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Treadly- Bicycle
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Troppo- Slightly mad, from being in the sun too long
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True blue- Genuinely Australian
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Tub- Bath, but also refers to shower
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Tucker- Food
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Tucker chute- Mouth
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Twisties- Cheese-flavoured twist-shape crisps
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Two-up- Gambling game involving throwing two coins in the air from a holder
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U-ie- U-turn
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Undies- Underwear
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Unit- Flat, condominium
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Unreal!- Excellent!
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Up yourself- Inflated ego
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Ute- Utility van with tray top, used by tradesmen
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Veg out- Relax, lie like vegetables (usually in front of the TV!)
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Vegies- Vegetables
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Vego- Vegetarian
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Vinnie's- St. Vincent de Paul charity shop
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Walkabout- Disappeared, gone on long walk
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Westie- Person from Western suburbs of Sydney
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Wharfie- Dock-worker
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Whinge- Complain (Usually of 'whingin' Poms'!)
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Windbag- Chatterbox or moaner
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Windies- West Indian Cricket Team
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Wing nut- Person with prominent ears
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Wino- Alcoholic (usually found drinking cheap cask wine)
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Within cooee- Close by, in hearing distance
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Wog- An illness, such as the flu
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Wowser- Killjoy, party pooper
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Wrinklie- Old person
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XXXX- Pronounced "Four-ex" not "ex-ex-ex-ex!" Famous Qld beer
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- Yabber- Chat
- Yabbie- Crayfish
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Yak- to chat or have a yarn
- Yack- Vomit
- Yahoo- Noisy, unruly person
- Yakka- Hard work
- Yobbo- Loudmouth
- Yodel- Vomit
- Yonnie- A stone
(To throw a yonnie)
- You beaut- Wonderful!
- Yucko- Something unpleasant
- Yummo- Something pleasant
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Z
- Zeds- Sleep; 'stack some Zzzz's'
- Ziff- Beard
- Zonked- Exhausted
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