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A bit cheeky
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Rude - taking
liberties. For example walking into a room and immediately adjusting the temperate to suit
yourself without asking the people who are already there if it is alright to do so. A bit
cheeky really. |
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As scarce as hen's teeth
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Impossible - wanting
something that is impossible to obtain and in fact does not exist. |
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Back of Bourke |
Long way from the
city and civilization. Bourke is a town in outback Australia. |
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Backy |
Tobacco |
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Bender |
Drinking binge -
totally blind drunk. |
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Buckley's chance
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Very little
possibility of obtaining what you want. |
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Cahoots |
Planning some
activity with someone else and often involves something illegal. Means the same as (thick as
thieves). |
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Chop chop |
Tobacco that is
being sold by growers on the black market to avoid paying taxes to the Government. There is a
very stiff jail sentence for this. It is a pity our Government doesn't display the same
diligence in regard to other illegal more harmful drugs.
Can also mean to hurry up or get a move on. |
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Cossie |
Swimming or bathing
costume |
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Daks |
Trousers |
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Drink |
Referring to a river
or sea or water of some sort. Not to be confused with the verb to drink a glass of water, to
drink a glass of wine etc. |
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Drop dead |
Person is really
disgusted with what you are saying and wants you to go away. This does not mean that the
person actually wants you to die. |
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Fair Dinkum |
The truth. |
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Flick
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To permanently stop
engaging in some activity.
For example "I don't like Justine any more so I gave her the flick." |
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Give it a burl |
Give it a try.
An attempt to do something. |
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Jiminy cricket! |
An exclamation of
surprise and wonder. |
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Just quietly |
Just between you and
me (generally some hot gossip) but don't tell anyone. |
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Little Vegemites |
Children |
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Loads |
Got plenty of - he's
got loads of money - cars - personality etc. |
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Ocker |
Australian uncouth
chauvinistic males, but can also apply to uncouth females. |
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Off (one's) trolley |
Mad, irrational,
completely over the top. |
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On the blink |
Not working |
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Out of wack |
Not working as it
should. Something wrong. |
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Rack off |
Go away - get lost -
stop annoying me. |
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Rank and file |
Ordinary people -
the common people, main population. The ones who pay taxes and keep the country going. |
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Sickie |
Taking a day off
work and telling the boss you are sick, when you just want to go to the beach or do something other
than work and still get paid for the day. Dishonest behaviour which unfortunately some employee's
engage in. |
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Skite |
A person who brags
constantly about themself and how good they are and how much money they have etc. Don't do
this most Aussies hate it. |
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Sprung |
Caught doing
something that you shouldn't be doing. Like raiding a bank. Or a child caught taking
some lollies when they have been told not to take any. |
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The Big Smoke |
Mostly used by
country people when referring to the capital cities of Australia. In Victoria for instance
Melbourne would be considered to be the big smoke. |
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The sticks |
Out in the country |
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Top end |
Far north area of
Australia. The inhabitants there call it "God's Country". They've got tickets
on themselves - it is really hot up there in case they haven't already noticed! |
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Trouble and strife |
The wife |
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Very kerosene |
Very good - to like
very much. |
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Village bike |
Promiscuous woman. |
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Walking papers |
Dismissal from work
- the sack. |
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Watch it |
Be careful your
behaviour is becoming annoying. A severe warning to cease immediately what you are doing
otherwise you may end up getting a punch in the mouth etc. |
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Well turned out
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Well dressed. |
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Yahoo
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Buffoon, fool, rude,
brutish, crude, loud, oafish and uncultured behaviour. Unfortunately some Australians like to
display this type of behaviour especially when over-seas, while the rest of us cringe in
shame. Don't know why they (the yahoos) behave like this. Sometimes the song
"Waltzing Matilda" triggers it all off. |
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More Aussie slang will be coming soon. In fact loads more.
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