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A
Ace
To successfully achieve or complete, e.g. “You aced that
exam!”
Amber
fluid Beer
Ankle biter
Small child, toddler, tyke
B
Banger
A sausage
Beaut
Fine, good, e.g. “A beaut car”
Beg yours
Could you please repeat
that?
Bloody
A word used to add emphasis
in signifying approval or
disapproval,
e.g. “Bloody hilarious”
Bugger
A foul, contemptible or
annoying person, e.g. “Stupid
bugger”
C
Chill-out
Designed or used for relaxing, e.g. “This is my favourite
chillout record”
Chips
French fries
Chockers
Completely full
Chook
A woman, e.g. “A nice old chook”
Crisps
Potato chips
Cuppa
A cup of tea or coffee
D
Dag
A person who is neat in appearance, conservative in manners,
and lacks style and sophistication
Daggy
Possessing the qualities of a dag
Daks
Trousers or shorts
Dill
A stupid person
Dinki-di
True, genuine, honest, e.g. “Dinki-di Aussie”
E
Ear basher
Someone who talks too much
Echo
Someone who reflects or imitates another
El cheapo
Of or relating to that which is cheap.
Esky
Ice chest or cooler
F
Fair dinkum
An expression for genuineness or realness
Footpath
Sidewalk
Footy
Football (includes Australian Rules, rugby and soccer)
Full on
Intense
G
G’day
Common Australian greeting
Good-oh!
An expression of satisfaction
Good on you (Good onya)
An expression of congratulations or approval
Grog
Beer
H
Hairy eyeball
A disdainful or disapproving look
Hooroo
Goodbye
Hoon
A fast reckless driver of a boat or car
I
In good nick
In good shape
Inked
Drunk or intoxicated
J
Jackaroo
A hired hand on a large farm or sheep station
Jiggered
Broken
Jumper
Sweater or jacket
K
Kamikaze
When surfing, a deliberate wipe-out
Kiwi
A New Zealander
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L
Later
A common exclamation of farewell, e.g. “Later, dudes!”
Lavish
Extremely good
Lousy
No-good; poor quality
M
Make a quid
To earn a living
Mate
An expression given to someone of close acquaintance, a
friend; common between males, but also used by females
Milk bar
A convenience store
Mozzie
Mosquito
N
Nick off
To leave; to depart
Nicked
Stolen
No worries
A common expression to indicate that everything is all right
O
On ya
An expression of encouragement commonly used in acceptance,
e.g. “Good on ya!”
Oodles
A large quantity; oodles of money
P
Piddling
Very small; insignificant
Piker
One who does not keep his/her word; someone who breaks
his/her promise
Pom
An English person
Q
Quack
Any medical practitioner, not necessarily an inferior one
Quid
Generally refers to money, e.g. “He’s got a lot of quid”
R
Ratbag
A worthless, despicable, unreliable person
Razz
To deride; make fun of; extreme criticism
S
Sanger
A sandwich
Shocker
Something that is distasteful, disliked, terrible
Sickie
To take a day’s leave from work when not really sick
Slab
A case of beer
Spitting chips
To be extremely angry
T
Ta
Thank you
Tomato sauce
Ketchup
Trackie daks
Sweat/track pants
Two-up
A form of coin gambling
U
Unco
Awkward, clumsy
Uni
University
Ute
A utility van or truck
V
Vegemite
A yeast extract used as a spread commonly on sandwiches or
toasts
VB
The name of a popular beer “Victoria Bitter”
W
Wacker
A crazy or funny person
Wanker
A self-indulgent or pretentious person
Whinge
To whine; to complain
Y
Yank
An American
Yobbo
An uncultivated Australian
Yonks
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