| Act |
Pretending to be
something you're not |
| Bag |
Refers to a lady
who is not particularly pleasant |
| Barbie |
Barbeque |
| Barney |
A fight or scuffle |
| Beaut |
Very good
Excellent |
| Billy |
A straight sided
tin-can, with a handle, used for making tea over a campfire. The best
billies are the old ones, they make better tea |
| Black
Stump |
Out towards the
horizon, a long way away |
| Block |
Block has a few
meanings but the most common one is your head |
| Bloke |
A person - usually
a male |
| Bludge |
To bludge is to be
idle or to take things from others |
| Blue |
A blue can be
a fight or the nickname of someone with red hair |
| Booze |
Alcohol, usually
beer |
| Bush |
The Bush refers to
somewhere in the country or away from the city |
| BYO |
(Bring your own)
alcohol to restaurants |
| Chook |
Chook is "our
word" for a chicken, most pubs and clubs run a "chook
raffle" |
| Chuck |
Chuck has a few
meanings, it can mean to throw or to put in |
| Conk |
To hit someone |
| Cow |
Difficult |
| Crook |
Not feeling well or
not going well |
| Dag |
A bit of a fool or
not very well presented |
| Dinkum |
Genuine or honest |
| Dob
In |
To tell (an
authority) on someone |
| Dunny |
A toilet |
| Fair
Go |
Give some a chance
or an opportunity to do something |
| Galah |
A fool or a silly
person |
| Gidday-G'day |
A greeting.
It is the Aussie way of saying good day |
| Grouse |
Means excellent |
| Gutzer |
Some plans don't
work out or to have an accident. |
| Hooly-Dooly |
An expression of
surprise. |
| Jakeroo
|
A farm hand,
usually on a cattle station Jillaroo is the
female |
| Kick |
To share or join in |
| Knackers |
testicles (also
`love spuds', 'nuts' or 'nads') |
| Lollies |
Candy or
sweets. |
| Mate |
This usually means
a friend but it can be used to refer to anyone- even a total stranger
|
| Mug |
Either a fool or
your face |
| Owyergoin |
A greeting. How are
you going? Often used after 'G'day' and efore'Mate' |
| Pester |
Annoy or bother
someone. |
| Prang |
Is a word
used to refer to a car accident as in "I had a prang today!"
or "I pranged my car" |
| Quack |
A doctor,
especially if they are not very good |
| Ratbag |
Someone who does
not behave properly |
| Raw
Prawn |
A lie or a con job |
| Sack |
To be fired from a
job |
| Scrub |
Bush country where there are not many
trees |
| Shiela |
Female or woman |
| Shirty |
To get upset or
angry |
| Shoot
Through |
To leave or
disappear |
| Shout |
Pay for someone
else |
| Skite |
To boast |
| Sport |
A more general way
of referring to someone rather than a mate |
| Strewth |
An
exclamation, often of surprise |
| Thongs |
Rubber sandals also
known as flip-flops |
| Togs |
A set of clothes.
More often used to refer to a swimming costume |
| Tucker |
Food. Australian
schools call their canteens a tuckshop |
| Whinge |
Complain and carry
on unnecessarily |
| Wog |
An illness such as
the flu |
| Yakker |
Work - usually hard
work |
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