Australia Day!

I thought I'd furnish you with a handy A-Z of Australian slang, I was going to pick just one for each letter but I struggled in places so it's just a random collection of the ones that amused me!

 

A

 

Aerial pingpong : Australian Rules football
Aussie salute : brushing away flies with the hand

B

Banana bender : a person from Queensland
Bastard : term of endearment
Bingle : motor vehicle accident
Bluey : pack, equipment, traffic ticket, redhead
Bluey : blue cattle dog (named after its subtle markings) which is an excellent working dog. Everyone's favourite all-Aussie dog.
Bluey : heavy wool or felt jacket worn by mining and construction workers.
Bluey : bluebottle jellyfish
Bodgy : of inferior quality
Bog in : commence eating, to attack food with enthusiasm
Bogan : person who takes little pride in his appearance, spends his days slacking and drinking beer
Bored shitless : very bored
Bottling, his blood's worth : he's an excellent, helpful bloke.

C Cactus : dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus") Cat burying shit, as busy as a : busy Cobber : friend Cook (noun) : One's wife Crack a fat : get an erection Cut lunch : sandwiches Cut lunch commando : army reservist Cut snake, mad as a : very angry D Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof Daks : trousers Date : arse[hole] ("get off your fat date") Dead dingo's donger, as dry as a : dry Dead horse : Tomato sauce Dill : an idiot Dingo's breakfast : a yawn, a leak and a good look round (i.e. no breakfast) Dinky-di : the real thing, genuine Divvy van : Police vehicle used for transporting criminals. Named after the protective 'division' between the driver and the villains. Donger : penis Doodle : penis Doovalacky : used whenever you can't remember what something is called. Thingummyjig, whatsit.

E   Esky : large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc. Exy : expensive   F   Fair suck of the sav! : exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief (see also "sav") Figjam : "F*ck I'm good; just ask me". Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves. Fossick : search, rummage ("fossicking through the kitchen drawers") Franger : condom Freckle : anus Furphy : false or unreliable rumour G   GAFA (pron. gaffa) : the big nothingness of the Australian Outback. Great Australian F**k All. Galah : fool, silly person. Named after the bird of the same name because of its antics and the noise it makes.

H Holy dooley! : an exclamation of surprise = "Good heavens!", "My goodness!" "Good grief!" or similar Hoon : hooligan Hooroo : goodbye I   Icy pole, ice block : popsicle, lollypop J   Jackaroo : a male trainee station manager or station hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property) Jillaroo : a female trainee station manager or station hand Jumbuck : sheep K   Kangaroos loose in the top paddock : Intellectually inadequate ("he's got kangaroos loose in the top paddock") L Larrikin : a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless prankster Liquid laugh : vomit Lunch, who opened their? : OK, who farted?

M Mappa Tassie : map of Tasmania - a woman's pubic area Milk bar : corner shop that sells takeaway food Mystery bag : a sausage N   Naughty, have a : have sex Never Never : the Outback, centre of Australia Nun's nasty, as dry as a : dry Nut out : hammer out or work out (an agreement, say) O   Ocker : an unsophisticated person P Piker : Someone who doesn't want to fit in with others socially, leaves parties early Pom, pommy, pommie : an Englishman • See the complaint about "Pom" etc. Pommy bastard : an Englishman (see also 'bastard') Pommy shower : using deodorant instead of taking a shower Pommy's towel, as dry as a : very dry - based on the canard that Poms bathe about once a month

Q   Quid, make a : earn a living - "are you making a quid?" Quid, not the full : of low IQ. [Historical note: 'quid' is slang for a pound. £1 became $2 when Australia converted to decimal currency] R   Raw prawn, to come the : to bullshit, to be generally disagreeable Ridgy-didge : original, genuine Root (verb and noun) : synonym for f*ck in nearly all its senses: "I feel rooted"; "this washing machine is rooted"; "(s)he's a good root". A very useful word in fairly polite company. Root rat : somebody who is constantly looking for sex. Ropeable : very angry Rort (verb or noun) : Cheating, fiddling, defrauding (expenses, the system etc.). Usually used of politicians S   Shark biscuit : somebody new to surfing Sheepshagger : A New Zealander Sheila : a woman Shit house (adj.) : of poor quality, unenjoyable ("this car is shit house", "the movie was shit house") Shit house (noun) : toilet, lavatory Shonky : dubious, underhanded. E.g. a shonky practice, shonky business etc. Spunk : a good looking person (of either sex) Squizz (noun) : look - "take a squizz at this"

T   Tall poppies : successful people Tall poppy syndrome : the tendency to criticize successful people Technicolor yawn : vomit Tinny : can of beer Tinny : small aluminium boat Tinny, tin-arsed : lucky Troppo, gone : to have escaped to a state of tropical madness; to have lost the veneer of civilisation after spending too long in the tropics. Trough lolly : the solid piece of perfumed disinfectant in a men's urinal U   Ugg boots : Australian sheepskin boots worn by surfers since at least the 1960s to keep warm while out of the water. Also worn by airmen during WW1 and WW2 because of the need to maintain warmth in non-pressurized planes at high altitudes. Ugh : ugly. hence Ugg boots Useful as an ashtray on a motorbike / tits on a bull : unhelpful or incompetent person or thing - "he, she or it is about as useful as tits on a bull" etc. etc. V   Vinnie's : St. Vincent De Paul's (charity thrift stores and hostels) W   Whacker, whacka : Idiot; somebody who talks drivel; somebody with whom you have little patience; a dickhead Wog : flu or trivial illness Woop Woop : invented name for any small unimportant town - "he lives in Woop Woop" X   XXXX : pronounced Four X, brand of beer made in Queensland Y   Yakka : work (noun) Z   Zack : sixpence (5 cents) - "it isn't worth a zack", "he hasn't got a zack"