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For all the Americans I talk to that don't have any idea what I am saying, here are some of the phrases, sayings and general lingo that Aussie's use!
Alphabetical Sections
A.... B.... C.... D.... E.... F.... G.... H.... I.... J.... K.... L.... M
A
  • she'll be Apples! everything will be okay
  • Arse over tit or tip fall over
  • get your Arse into gear someone is asking you to get moving
  • Arse about face something is back to front
  • Ankle biter young child
  • Aussie someone from Australia, An Australian
  •  this Arvo this afternoon
  • Aggro some who is aggravated, upset about something
  • Av-a-go-yer-mug someone is not trying hard enough in their sport, and you want them to
  • Anyhow mate! a saying used to change the subject when talking>
  • Ace excellent
  • Amber fluid beer
  • Apple eaters someone who lives in the state of Tasmania (apple growing state)
  • Arvo afternoon
  • Awning over the toy shop male beer belly
  • Aerial ping pong Aussie rules football
  • All the go something is right with it, popular

B

  • Barbie or B.B.Q barbecue cooking outdoors
  • Bananas someone going crazy with anger
  • Banana bender someone who lives in the state of Queensland, (Queensland is the Banana growing state)
  • Basket case someone on the edge of mental collapse
  • Better half your wife or husband
  • Bloke Australian male
  • true Blue something that is real Australian
  • having a Blue having a fight or argument
  • give it a Bash you will try something you are not sure of
  • you're Battler you work hard to earn a living
  • Blowing your dough spending all your money
  • what is this? Bush week? you tell someone something is not true
  • Breakky first meal of the day
    you little Beauty, that's Beaut excited approval, something has gone really well
  • Bottoms up drinking the whole glass of something all at once (usually beer)
  • your Old Bag, the old Bag a term for a woman, usually the wife, the mother inlaw, or such
  • A Balls up terrible mistake, every things gone all wrong
  • The Back of Beyond far out bush as you can get, right out outback of Australia
  • Past the Black stump the same as back of beyond
  • Bloody oath I do "yes" you really, really do approve of what's someone is saying
  • Bob's your uncle you just understood something that at first you did not not understand
  • Hit in the Breadbasket they hit you in the stomach
  • put the billy on putting water on to boil, usually camping out to make a cup of tea
  • He bolted he left very quick
  • Bonzer there mate! that's great friend
  • Boomer kangaroo
  • Booze, Boozer alcohol, pub or hotel OR a person who is a heavy drinker
  • Blue Heeler police
  • Billabong a waterhole
  • Blowies blow flies
  • Buckley's chance no chance at all(Buckleys &nunn)
  • Banged up pregnant
  • Beak your nose
  • give someone a Bell ring them on the phone
  • Blimey you are surprised by something
  • you little Bottler delight, something as gone the way you want
  • ya bloods worth Bottling! someone has done something good for you, you say this
  • go for a Bo-peep a sly look at something
  • Bum your arse end(bottom) or someone down on their luck and living on the street
  • Built like a brick shit house you are saying something or someone is of very strong construction
  • old Batalax or Battle-Axe wife OR mother-inlaw
  • Brass razoo no money
  • Bugalugs a freindly endearment
  • Beating around the bush not getting to the point on a subject
  • Bluey a nickname for someone with red hair
  • gidday you old Bastard a term of endearment
  • Back of Bourke the middle of nowhere
  • Bail out you leave
  • Bail up hold up OR rob OR earbash
  • have a Barney fight or scuffle OR argument or tiff
  • Bathers swimming costume (VIC. & SA)
  • Berko angry in a unreasonible way
  • Block your head
  • do your Block you are angry or loose your temper
  • Booze bus Police van used for randon breath testing for alcohol
  • Bunyip mythical spirit creature from outback
  • give it a Burl give something a try, that you have not done before
  • Bushbash go off road in a vehicle
  • Billy cart a go-kart of a kids (childs) construction
  • not doing Bugger all you doing absolutely nothing
  • Bush telegraph the town gossip network
  • Bludger someone who fails to do anything at all they are asked (lazy)
  • what a Bummer you're been let down by something
  • Boogie Board half-sized surf board
  • ugly as a box of Blowflies that's real ugly
  • Bindie-eye a grassy nettle
  • go to Buggery ask to leave or keep your nose out-in a very nasty way
  • on the Blower telephone
  • Bugger me dead! extremely shocked at something
  • Brumby wild horse
  • Bugger off? they are telling you to go, in a not very nice way
  • Bum nuts eggs
  • doing your Block you are getting very angry, loosing your head
  • town Bike Woman of loose morals, sleeps around
  • Bush pig an un-attractive woman
  • I'm Busy as a one legged bloke in an arse kicking contest your doing nothing
  • my Bad my mistake
  • Back hander a bribe
  • to put the Bite on someone to ask them for money
  • Buddy Bundaberg rum
  • Brickies cleavage top of the buttocks exposed
  • Bolt erect penis
  • Bullshit! said when someone makes a incorrect statement or you may think so
  • Blotto someone being drunk
  • Bite your Bum go away or be quiet
  • Butcher 285ml beer in South Australia
  • going like a Blue ass fly doing something very fast
  • better then a poke in the eye with a Blunt stick something is sorta OK
  • Bog going to the toilet

C

  • Chippie carpenter
  • Chook a chicken, rooster or hen
  • It's Chock a block or Chocker's full to the point you can fill no more or crowded to over flowing
  • Chinnwag having a good chat
  • Someone Carked it they died
  • Somethings Cactus It's dead
  • Choof off You go now
  • Cheerio saying goodbye
  • a Cock up its gone all wrong
  • Codswallop a lot nonsense or a lie
  • Croweater someone who lives in the state of South Australia, the states outback has a lot of crows
  • Cock and bull something is a  lie (cock and bull story)
  • Creamed someone or term as beaten someone else or term by a huge margen
  • go and have a Cuppa have cup of tea or coffee
  • give someone a bit of Curry give someone a hard time of it
  • off to the Crapper you off to the toilet
  • that's a load of old Crap (load of old shit) a lie
  • stop the Crap! stop what you are doing or saying its not right
  • you will be waiting till the Cows come home you be waiting all day
  • I'll go and have a Captain Cook you'll go and have a look at something
  • Clod hoppers your feet
  • Chew the fat have a good talk together
  • Cockie farmer
  • ga day Cobber welcome close freind
  • Chunder vomit
  • Cakehole your mouth
  • Cri-key ! surprise at something
  • Cunning as a shithouse rat someone is very cunning and under handed
  • may your Chooks turn into emus and kick your shithouse down statement you say when you're not very happy with what someone has done to you
  • Corroboree aboriginal festival dance
  • Clobber Clothes
  • Chuck throw something OR vomit
  • Cooee call for greeting someone at a distance in the bush
  • Cozzie swimming costume (NSW)
  • Crook ill OR something that is not functioning
  • Cut lunch sandwiches
  • Cop it sweet to get what's coming to you, with out try to get back at them
  • Carpetbagger Steak beef stuff with oysters
  • Cleanskin unbranded cattle, no Tattoos
  • to make a Crust to earn a living, work for wages
  • not worth a Crumpet something is worthless
  • Clocked someone you're hit someone
  • mad as a Cut snake someone very upset, that could do anything
  • Coldie a cold beer
  • feeling Crook not feeling well
  • Call it a day to finnish what you have been doing for the day
  • Cheeky someone who is having fun with you and teasing you in a fun way
  • Cackyhander left handed person
  • another nail in the Coffin you are smoking another cigarette
  • Cobber good friend
  • Chocker a block
  • Chrissie Christmas

D

  • Dinki-di something good from a Australia OR originating from downunder
  • going to your Dig going to your home the place you live
  • you are a Dobber the person has told someone else what you've been up to
  • Donger a mans penis
  • a Drip someone with no personality, no character, boring
  • spending all your Doe spending all your money
  • up the Duff pregnant
  • you are a Dag you're say they are the shit that hangs the wool on the rear end of a sleep OR a freindly endearment(the trick is knowing which one they mean, check to see if they a smiling) OR to describe unfashionable way of dressing
  • Daggy something that looks very bad
  • Dropped your guts you have farted
  • its a Done Deal its something finnished or completed
  • haven't seen you in Donkey's years you haven't seen someone in a real long time
  • Drink with the flies to drink alone
  • your Dial your face
  • Deadset without a doubt
D
  • Dill someone that is not to smart
  • Do-dar or Doo-dah something or item you do not know the name of is a do-dar
  • Dead marine empty beer bottle
  • noisy as a Dunny door in a storm something or someone making a continues noise
  • Digger Australian soldier
  • Dunny budgie a fly
  • Dodgy something suspicious and underhanded is going on
  • you Drongo! idiot, someone that is stupid
  • Damper flour and water bread mix cooked in the coals of a camp fire
  • Dijeridu Aboriginal wind musical instrument
  • Divvy van Police divisional van
  • Donk car or boat engine or motor bike
  • Dork fool or idiot
  • Dog and bone telephone
  • Dead horse tomato sauce
  • Docket a bill, receipt
  • Durry cigarette
  • Dingbat someone who is a fool or acting foolist
  • Dacks trousers or shorts
  • Doona like a quilt, used instead of blankets (containing feathers and down)
  • Dilly Dally someone that taking there time to go someone where
  • Duck's Dinner drinking with nothing to eat
  • Dosh money
  • Dutch courage having a few (alcohol) drinks before doing something or going somewhere to give you courage

E

  • Elbow grease working hard (digging etc)
  • I could Eat a horse, and chase the jockey you are very very hungry
  • Esky large insulated box which you put ice bricks in, to keep food and drink cold(beer)

F

  • Face fungus man's beard, hair on the face
  • Five finger discount shoplifting
  • Fat chance someone has little to no chance of something happening
  • Fibber someone who tell lies
  • Fair enough OK you are right, I agree about something <
  • Fair dinkum someone really genuine
  • Funny farm mental institution
  • Flat chat or Flat out going very fast what ever they're doing
  • Flaked out laid down for a rest or fell down from over doing it
  • Fair crack of the whip! give me a fair go
  • Floater meat pie floating in thick pea soup (South Australia) sounds bad but it's great on a cold night
  • Fair-go Mate! statement you make when someone is not letting you do or say something
  • Fair suck of the sav something you say when someone is not letting you do or say something
  • Fanny females private part
  • Footy Ozzie Rules Football
  • Footbrawl northerners term for Ozzie Rules Football
  • Flake Shark meat, used in Fish and Chip shops
  • Fair crack of the whip said when someone has done or said something wrong or not correct, or going to.(to let them know, you know)
  • Fart-arse around not getting on with the job at hand, and doing other things
  • Fitz a large sausage used for cutting into slices for sandwiches or to eat with salad(SA)
  • Fridee Friday
  • Flat out like a lizard drinking doing something very fast
  • Flog to sell something
  • Full of it someone who loves themself and speaking absolute rubbish
  • Full of shit speaking absolute rubbissh
  • Fairy Floss cotton candy
  • Freshie freshwater crocodile
  • Franger condom
  • old Fart someone a little older then yourself

G

  • you are a Galah loud, rudely behaved person
  • Ga day or G 'day a freindly welcome (same as hello or hi)
  • Gasbag talking alot
  • what's your Game what are you up to, something going on that is wrong
  • Good oh okay
  • down the Gurgler down the plug hole, something has failed
  • you dirty Grub dirty eater or dirty child
  • go eat some Grub go eat some food
  • Grazier sheep or cattle farmer (usually in a big way)
  • Grouse something is great,terrific
  • full as a Goog drunk or eaten to the excess
  • you are a Grot you are very dirty or untidy
  • Good on ya Mate! you are happy with what they are doing
  • have a Gander have a look
  • Garbo Garbage collector
  • Grog alcohol
  • Gutzer or Gutsa to fall over and hurt yourself or plan that does not work out
  • Good as Gold! something is great
  • it's a Goer something that will definitely occur
  • get off the Grass!! do you think I'm stupid or gullible
  • Going like hot cakes something selling or given away very fast
  • Green around the Gills your are feeling queezy or sick
  • spill your Guts confess to something
  • down the Gurgler down the plughole
  • what a Goose! Someone that is not to smart, silly
  • Gumsucker someone who lives in the state of Victoria

H

  • a Hoon a show-off with limited intelligence
  • Humpy bush dwelling of cheap construction
  • Howzat ? asking someone how something is
  • Happy as larry you extremely over joyed
  • Hit the Hay OR Hit the sack go to bed to sleep
  • Hair of the dog strong alcohol
  • put Hairs on ya chest  if you eat this or drink this you will become a man
  • Hooly-dooly an expression of surprise
  • Hot under the collar to get angry
  • oo-roo saying goodbye
  • Happy as a pig in mud very happy
  • Half your luck! congratulation in a envios way
  • Heart starter having a alcoholic drink usually early in the morning
  • I've been Had you've been tricked or cheated
  • Hollow leg's someone who will not stop eating

I

  • Ivories your teeth (to tickle ivories) to play the piano
  • Idiot box television set
  • Interesting !!!! used when someone asks how something looks or tastes and it is terrible
  • Iffy something is questionable

J

  • see you in a Jiffy they see you in a short time
  • Just down the road someone says this, ask for more details because this could be 100 yards to a 1000 miles away
  • Jumper usually a woolen a sweater
  • Jocks male underpants
  • Jumbuck sheep
  • Jackaroo or Jillaroo trainee male or female Cattle Station hand
  • Jack of that you a feed up with something
  • Joe Bloggs you are refering to the average citizen
  • Jack Dancer Cancer
  • Jarmies Pyjamas, bed clothes
  • Joker a male person, that you are unsure about

K

  • I going for a Kip short rest or sleep or nap
  • She knocked me back she didn't want to have sex with you
  • I Knocked off work time to go home from work
  • get Knotted! is a angry way of say go now
  • you Kick the bucket you are dead
  • Kiwi someone who live in New Zealand (New Zealander)
  • you Know! mostly used by people who do not know what they are talking about, and hope you do (habit phrase some aussies use on the end of a sentence
  • you must have Kangaroos loose in the top paddock you going a little crazy
  • Kafuffle argument Or a disturbance
  • Knackers male testicles
  • Knickers female underwear
  • what do you Know? someone is try to open a discussion with you, in a friendly way
  • Kangaroo court people judging you in what they think you are doing wrong

L

  • Lav or Lavvy outdoor tiolet take a Leak go to the tiolet
  • Lippie lipstick
  • Liquid amber Beer
  • Lashing out going on a spending spree
  • ga day Luv substitute for the womans name in a freindly way
  • use your Loaf use your head, think about it
  • Lolly's candy
  • Lamingtons sponge cakes coated in chocolate and coconut grated(genuine aussie cake
  • Lady muck a woman who puts on airs of a grand lady, usually badly(stuck up)
  • Lame-brained someone that is stupid
  • Lights on but there's no one home someone not to smart
  • a Lemon something that is faulty OR broken OR bad OR useless (that you are stuck with)OR a lesbian
  • Lead up the garden path someone is try to deceive you, but you are not waking up to it
  • Long neck large bottle of beer

M

  • Mate friend
  • Matilda your sleeping bag or bed roll for camping out
  • Missus your wife
  • More of them, then you can poke a stick at a lot of something
  • I was just Mucking around you where playing around in a way that others generally don't like
  • Mozzie mosquito
  • gone up the Mulger gone bush, gone to the country not touched by man
  • Middy or Middie 285 ml beer glass (NSW)
  • Mackers Mc Donald's
  • Mug your face
  • you are a Mug you are a fool
  • Mundee Monday
  • Mutt dog that is a bitser
  • Mexican someone from the State of Victoria
  • Mob group of people or things, not necessarily unruly
  • a stunned Mullet dazed OR you mind is off thinking about something else
  • Muff female private part

Aussie lingo N-Z 

 

 

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