This list will grow as I remember more, or Aussies remind me, of them. Phonetic spelling appears in (parenthesis). If you really want to speak 'Aussie' - slur all your words together in to one long word......ex: didyabringyagrogalong? Have fun!
Aussie (Oz-zie)-Yankee
agro-aggravated
arvo-afternoon
balls up - screw up
bag yer head- shut up
barney-fight
big girl’s blouse - girly boy
bludger-slacker
blue-fight
bogan-trailer trash
bonzer -great, anything pleasing
boof - idiot
boot-trunk (of a car)
brekkie - breakfast
buckleys-butkus (see comments)
budgie or budgerigar-parakeet
bum antlers- tattoo on the very lower back
bush - country
cactus - done, useless, dead
cark, carked it - die, died
chip, chips - french fries
chippie - carpenter
chockers - completely full
chook-chicken
chuck a wobbly-pitch a fit
chunder - vomit
cossie(Kaah-zie)-swimsuit
crack a tinnie - open a beer
crisps - potato chips
crook sick
cut lunch-sandwich
doona-comforter, blanket
dosh - cash
drongo - loser
dummy-pacifier, a babies
dunny-outhouse
dunnie - alternate spelling for dunny
dunnie budgie-big blow fly that hangs out around the dunnie
esky - cooler, (portable icebox)
exxy-expensive
fair dinkum - real, genuine
fairy floss-cotton candy
galah(Gah-lar)-Silly/stupid person
garbo - garbage collector
glory box - hope chest
greenie - environmentalist
grog-beer/spirits
grot-slob
grouse - excellent
jumbuck - sheep
jumper - sweater (not the little girl dress, LOL!)
knackered - spent, exhausted
lippie - lipstick
lollie-candy
Maccas-Mickey D's (McDonalds)
milko - milkman
mozzie - mosquito
muso - musician
on ya!-good one!
on yer bike-get outta here
petrol-gas
plonk - cheap wine, booze
pollie - politician
pong-stink (especially BO)
poofteenth - smidgeon
postie - postman
rabbit on - talk too much about nothing
rack off - get lost
ripper - excellent
‘ron-later on
roo loose in the top paddock - a screw loose
root - “getting lucky” (NOT cheering for your team, LOL!)
servo-gas station
shiela-babe, woman, girlfriend, wife
skerrick - nothing, empty
skite - show off
sledging - ‘trash talk’ (as in sports)
smoko - coffee break (smokers)
snag-sausage
sook - cry baby, pout
sparky - electrician
spit the dummy-temper tantrum
stirrer - trouble maker
stubbie-pony (of beer)
stunned mullet-shocked
subbie - sub-contractor
ta- thanks
thongs-flipflops
torch-Flashlight
umpie - umpire
unco - uncoordinated, clumsy
ute(you-t)-pickup truck
whinge-whine
yobbo - redneck
5 cent piece-nickle
10 cent piece-dime
25 cents-quarter (we don’t have 25 cent pieces in Oz, nor pennies)
(last updated July 2008)
16 comments:
'Dunney budgie' (not sure if that's spelt right), always made me laugh, (the big flies that hang around outside bogs). Bogs?...English slang...loo...toilet!
Haahaaa, On ya Lavender! One translation I've stumbled across that goes the other way around is Fairy Floss. We eat fairy floss but Americans wouldn't dream of eating fairy floss unless they are a gay man who likes to nibble a thong (not a flipflop but skimpy underwear). Where as we wouldn't dream of eating Cotton Candy unless nibbling underwear (cottons) that are made from sugar! HAHHAHHAAAA.
Your face looks stunned as a mullet now :)
And here I thot Thong's meant something else. LOL!
Love your avatar Barkfoot! And your blog....I think I should add Dunney budgie - its just too funny! (I dont know the correct way to spell it either, so we will just make it up as we go along) Thanks for your visit and comment!
Hey Anon, is your face red now? You had me in stitches with that one! My goodness, the richness of the lingo! Hahaha! I am going to add Fairy Floss-Cotton Candy - that ones (fairly) safe LOL! Ta!
Hi Nick! There you go, you might find yourself in a sticky situation one day that you can get out of by saying - you used 'thong' like the Aussies do! LOL
Ive just had 'bum antlers' by email - SK was too shy to post it - silly sue!
OMG thank you, I really needed a crash course :) Tough beng a Yank with a penchant for hot Aussies ::sigh::
PS - don't forget the doona, my personal favorite :)
Lavender, a few of them I knew, but thongs gave me a big laughs, as thongs mean something very different here.
Aoide - good catch! Ive added it, Ta. Hope youll find this useful soon Aoide!
Hi Captain, glad you got a laugh, Im sure that one causes quite a bit of confusion LOL
have to pick you up on Buckleys - it means 'no chance in the world' as in "you've got Buckleys of winning the lottery" -
'butkis' ?? nah!
love following the bird saga - who would have thought an aviary was so like Days of our Lives VBG
Hi Erica!
LOL - you got me thinking, so I decided to do some checking up on the US equiv....and to my horror I discovered that Ive spelled it wrong! Its supposed to be "butkus"...boy is my face red!
It refers to Dick Butkus, a gridiron player in the 60's-70's who sustained knee injuries which ended his career (as in 'no way in the world would he be able to play again')
But after all this thought, I wonder if "butkus" is only an expression in the Northeastern US...good thing Im not an authority!
Thank you Erica, for pointing this out - I will get that spelling error fixed pronto. Cheers!
Too many slang words from here to there. I don't know what I should say, OMG!!! I think I should have a "slang lesson", duh!
LOL carpartsnanny there is a ton of them - and so many more that Ive found and havent added yet - boggles the mind :)
Thanks for stopping in !
Oneida Zorries ?! Wow, Ive never heard that one before - Thanks Oneida!!!
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