SLANG AUSTRALIAN STYLE
(ALSO CHECK OUT SOTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENGLAND SLANG WITH AN AUSSIE TWIST, ITS NEW)

Australian Slang: I'll interpret to the best of
my abilities.. although I am quite sure,
my accent would sound different. *L*


NEW as of 09-01-00:
Billabong = A watering hole
Woop Woop = The middle of nowhere
Bruce = Man
Sheila = Woman
Footy = Australian Rules football
Mackers = McDonald's restaurant
Amber Fluid = Beer


"G'day Mate"

"No worries"

"bit" small amount

"Cah" ( car.. Texas way would be carrrrrrr. *L* )

"Bonnet" ( hood of your car) "Boot" (trunk of your car)

"Yer" (yea. yes. your. you.)
"grouse" (great, cool, neat)

"shits" (giving you fits, or treating you bad, dumpng on you)

"Fairdinkum" means real

"buggered" (tired, difficult) "stuffed" (full, tired, messed up)

"As the crows fly" in Australia 'as the crows fly'
usually means in a curved wavy line as crows are
often drunk like most Australians.....ha ha ha (Tazangel *L*) <(br>
"Hit the frog and toad" (hit the road,leave..time to go)

"Nar" (no.. not.. ) "Love" "Lovey"

out woop woop......a looooooong way off
Oodna-witchety-grub............some town a long way off
(mixture of Oodnadatta=town, way up north in South
Australia + witchety-grub =larva of a moth which Aborigines eat)
beyond the black stump.......waaaay offffff in the outback
back of Bourke...... away off in the outback . . a town in New South Wales
Crow Eaters=South Australians
Sandgropers=Western Australians
ya ol bahstd..... you old bastard..... your best friend *s*
real bahstd.....not a very nice person

sheila......girls or woman
sort....girl who comes across ie. hops into bed with you
tart...girl who comes across with anyone
good on ya..... good job...great.... well done
she'll be right.... it'll be ok ...that's ok....that's all right
'Waltzing Matilda' ...... (Matilda is a bedroll....
Waltzing Matilda is 'hitting the wallaby' as in gone to the country ,
left town, going walkabout with your bedroll.....

"Night of grog" alcohol

Thanks to Spacewolf, Running_Wild, Davidt,
Tazangel, John, Kenjamin,& Tricky for you're help.

A special thanks to Running_Wild for
making this Australian background. *BIG HUG*

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Email: kismetlove@hotmail.com ,
if you have some to add. *S*

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