Austrailian Slang Words
Credit: Survivor2Austrailia.com
A
Acca: academic, an intellectual
Ankle biter: small child, a rug rat
Awning over the toy shop: a beer belly on a man
B
Back blocks: outer suburbs, beyond the city
Back of beyond: the far outback
Banana Bender: a derogatory term for a resident of Queensland--the home of Survivor 2
Barbie: (No, not Ken's girl) Barbecue, the backyard barbie, an Australian institution
Barney: an argument or fight
Bender: a heavy drinking session
Berk: Idiot, fool
Billabong: waterhole (wet or dry)
Billy: tin used to boil water for tea, in the bush
Bludger: a lazy person
Bouncing beef: kangaroo
Buck's night: stag party
Bum bag: fanny pack
Bum nuts: eggs
Bush Telegraph: 'Grapevine', word-of-mouth
Bush: the vast areas of Australia
C
Cab Sav: cabernet sauvignon wine
Cas: hospital casualty ward
Cheesed off: annoyed.
Chook: chicken
Chunder: vomit
Cobber: friend
D
Dacks: trousers
Date roll: toilet paper
Dead marine: empty bottle of beer
Dinkie-Di: genuine Australian
Dog's breakfast: a mess
Drongo: a stupid person, an idiot
Duck: no runs in cricket
Duds: trousers
Dunny: toilet or outhouse
E
Exsie: expensive
F
Face Fungus: facial hair (beard)
Fair go: a reasonable chance
Fang carpenter: dentist
Five-finger discount: shoplifting
Floater: meat pie served with mushy pea soup
Fossil: a senior citizen
Franger: Condom
Freshie: Freshwater crocodile
G
Garbo: garbage man
G'day: Australian greeting (popularized by Crocodile Dundee)
Germ: an obnoxious person
H
Half your luck!: congratulations!
He's got tickets on himself: an arrogant person
I
Icy-pole: frozen popsicle
J
Joey: baby kangaroo
K
Kark it: die
L
Lollies: candy
Long neck: a large beer bottle
Lush: an attractive person
M
Mate: friendMiddy: a small of beer
Mystery bags: sausage
N
Nick: to steal
Norks: breasts
Nude nut: bald head
O
Ocker: a common, simple person
Oldies: parents
Oz: Nickname for Australia
P
Pash: a prolonged, passionate kiss
Point percy at the porcelain: to micturate or urinate (take a piss)
Pom: derogatory term for the British
Put the bite on: ask someone for money
R
Rapt: Pleased
Retread: a person who returns to work after retiring
Root- to have intercourse
S
Salad Dodger: overweight person
Saltie: saltwater crocodile
Seppo: derogatory term for an American
Sheepdog: a bra
Sheila: an Australian female
Shout: to buy a round of beer at a pub
Snag: a sausage
Spunky: Good-looking,'hot'
Squib out: chickening out
Stickybeak: nosey person
Stormstick: Umbrella
Swan a trip: all-expenses paid trip
T
Thunderbox: toilet
Tinnie: can of beer
True Blue: proudly Australian
Tuckerbox: holding container for food
Two pot screamer: a person who can't hold his/her liquor
U
Useless as an ashtray on a motorbike: incompetent
V
Vegemite: yeast spread, a traditional Australian food
W
Wing nut: person with prominent ears
Wog: an illness, such as the flu
Wowser: spoilsport, killjoy
Y
Yobbo: an uncultured person
You'd have to run around the shower to get wet: describes a very thin person
Z
Zonked: exhausted
