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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
N.... O.... P.... Q.... R.... S.... T.... U.... V.... W.... Y.... Z
N
  • you're in the Nuddy you are naked
  • Nick off go now, get lost
  • Nick steal something
  • in good Nick something in good shape and condition
  • Naughty sexual intercourse
  • Nooky sexual intercourse
  • I'm Nackered absolutely exhausted or very tied
  • Not backward in coming forward someone is pushy about doing something, eager to do something
  • Nockers women's breasts
  • Narkie short tempered
  • gone to the Never Never gone out in to the bush, usually off the beaten track, gone off in our native country sides not developed by man
  • Never Never mythical place in the outback
  • No-hoper someone who is hopeless
  • Nulla-nulla Wooden club used by Aborigines (made from very heavy,hard wood called Blackbut)
  • Nappy diaper
  • On the Nose something stinks
  • Noggin head or brains<

O

  • Ocker Aussie that likes beer, sport and women and uncultured
  • good On ya mate well done there mate
  • Ooroo goodbye
  • Oy! a Aussie bush call
  • Ow-yar-goin how are you going?
  • Oz Australia
  • Outback remote part of Australia
  • Off the beaten Track on a road not used very much, to no road at all or in a remote part of Australia
  • Oldies parents
  • Out house toilet (coming from the old days when a toilet was down the backyard

P

  • Prang automotive crash
  • Pull your head in mate Tell them to mind their own business
  • Put up or shut up Show you can do it or say it or keep quite
  • Postie Postman, mail delivery person
  • you Pong You smell or have a unpleasant odour
  • Pissed as a parrot Drunk
  • Pissed off You are angry or unhappy with something
  • Pull your socks up get you life in orderOR your act together
  • Possie Advantageous position, in good spot
  • Piss and wind Futile excercise
  • Piece of Piss something is easy
  • don't Piss in my Pocket someone telling you their troubles, that you are not interested
  • Pub hotel, place for buying and drinking alcohol
  • Plonk real cheap alcohol
  • Pot hole hole in the road
  • Pot 285 ml glass of beer (VIC & Qld)
  • Piker Someone who does not want to do, what the rest of the group want to do
  • Prezzies gifts
  • Pigs bum that's wrong, or incorrect
  • Pussy domestic cat OR a females private part
  • Pash or Pashing kissing and cuddling
  • Pommy or Pom english person
  • Pie floater a meat pie floating in pea soup(mash), usually with lots of tomato sauce (traditional aussie tucker)
  • away with the Pixies day dreaming

Q

  • Quid money
  • not the full Quid short on brains

R

  • Rip off you been cheated
  • it's a Ripsnorter something is really great
  • don't come the Raw prawn don't tell me that lie or don't be act stupid
  • Rug Rat baby
  • Righto okay or that's right
  • Ridgie didge true or genuine article
  • Rellie relative or family
  • it's a Ripper it's really great
  • Reckon you are right believe or think you're right
  • Rubber eraser
  • Rack off go now, in an angry way, get lost
  • Root sex
  • you got the Rough end of the pineapple you got a bad deal or you bad end of something, the deal
  • the Rag newspaper OR a women who sleeps around
  • Rooted very tired
  • Ropable very ill tempered or angry
  • RS lousy (rat shit)
  • Ratbag not a nice person

S

  • Sanger or Sanga Sandwich
  • Sandgroper someone who lives a the state of Western Australia (very sandy state)
  • you've been Sacked you been fired from work
  • great Australian Salute swatting flies
  • going for a Slash a man is going to urinate
  • Stone the crows! Shock at something
  • Smoko have a break, and usually having something to eat and drink, and have a cigarette if you are allowed to,
  • you Scrub-up well you are now dressed, hair done nice, you look good, where you didn't before
  • She,ll be right! this means everything at all will be good or OK or all right no Sweat no worries
  • I don't give a Stuff you don't care about something
  • my Shout buying friends alcohol (usually beers) at a pub (then its their turn to buy you one,)
  • Strewth shock at something
  • cheap Skate someone will not spend money or tight wad
  • Sit on a beer take a long time to drink a beer
  • Spunky someone is sexy
  • Stickybeak someone can not mind their own business( nosy)
  • Snag   a sausage (put a snags on the barbie)
  • Spud a potato
  • you've been Sprung you been caught doing something they should not, busted
  • Silly Season Christmas holiday's
  • Stick in the mud someone is stopping you from doing something,
  • Spit the dummie You are gettiing or got very up set at something
  • Snakey someone is very up set or angry
  • call a Spade a Spade telling something like it is, not saying something good if its not , or bad if its good
  • Stubby small bottle of beer OR a pair of mens shorts
  • Schooner large beer glass (NSW & SA)
  • See you in the Soup see you around
  • Shonky unreliable a very suspect deal
  • Shirty to get upset or angry
S
  • what a Spunk (Spunky) good-looking, attractive
  • Stinger Box Jellyfish
  • Swag canvas bag or cover that you keep all your belonging and bedroll in, to protect it from the weather when camping out
  • Slow as a wet weekend you doing something very slowly
  • Sausage Short of the barbecue  Short of brains (a Snag Short of a barbie)
  • Stroppy someone in a bad mood, and being difficult
  • Shag Sex with someone
  • Stuffed very tired
  • As rare as Rocking Horse Manure something extremely rare
  • pull up Stumps moving home, changing address
  • Shank's pony going some where by foot
  • have a Squiz at have a look at something
  • Satdee Saturday
  • Sundee Sunday
  • Sandshoes joggers, sneakers, trainers
  • a Slab pack of 24 cans of beer
  • Sloppy joe a cotton sweater
  • Servo service station for cars
  • Spun out or Spin me out surprised and amazed
  • Spewin or Spewing being sick or being very disappointed at something
  • Suss it out check something out
  • lower than a Snake's armpit someone very underhanded
  • Saltie saltwater crocodile
  • Schnozz nose
  • Singlet under shirt or tanktop
  • Stirrer someone who causes trouble

 

T

  • he's got Tickets on himself this person thinks they are the greatest, highly self opinionated
  • hang on a Tick wait a short moment
  • Thunder box toilet
  • Too right! something is absolutely right & correct
  • Two-up traditional Australian heads or tails gambling game with two coins
  • Taswegain someone who lives in the state of Tasmania
  • Top-ender someone who lives in the Northern Territory
  • Ta or Tar thanks
  • Tucker food
  • Tuckshop Aussie schools call a canteen or cafateria or eatery
  • Tuckerbag a bag for storing food in the bush
  • Tinnie can of cold beer or a aluminum boat
  • crack a Tinnie open a can of cold beer
  • a couple of Tinnies short of a slab someone a bit simple minded
  • make Tracks you want to get going somewhere
  • Thongs sandals made from rubber
  • True blue really Australian
  • Thingo something you don't know the name of is a thingo
  • going Twenty to the dozen moving or doing something very fast, or to fast
  • Thugby southerners term for Rugby League Football
  • Tea evening meal
  • Thing-a-ma-jigger term you use when you can't actually remember the name of something
  • Thing-eme-bob term you use when you can't actually remember the name of something
  • Tides gone out your glass is not full
  • Tightarse someone who will not part with is money
  • Tuesdee Tuesday
  • Thursdee Thursday
  • bush Telly looking up at the stars
  • Tallie 750ml large bottle of beer

U

  • Up shit creek things are going wrong for you
  • Up yourself full of yourself
  • Underdaks or undees underpants
  • Uee or Uwe doing a U turn
  • someone got Up your nose they've really upset you and irritated and annoyed you
  • Ute utility (in the USA a pickup truck)
  • Up the gumtree someone that got them self in a spot of trouble, in a quandary

V

  • Vegies vegetables
  • Verbal diarrhoea talking utter rubbish

W

  • Wanker a male that is really stupid but they think they are the greatest
  • got the Wog I got a cold or the flue or virus
  • car is a Write off car can not get fixed after a crash (totalled)
  • something is Wobbly its shaky
  • Wonky something is unstable or unsteady or shaky
  • chucked a Wobbly you told a story that doesn't sound quite true, OR throwing a tantrum(inWA)
  • Gone for a Walkabout you gone for a long walk, for a aboriginal it a holiday away in the bush, period of spiritual enlightenment.
  • Wowser killjoy or prude, old fashioned
  • Wally someone who keeps making mistakes
  • go down the Waterhole off to the hotel or pub
  • Wag skip school, truency
  • put the Wind up ya! frighten someone OR to intimidate
  • Who-ha someone is making a fuss about something
  • it will all come out in the Wash something will sort it's self over time
  • Weatherboard wooden house
  • the Wet rainy season in Northern Australia
  • Wharfie dockworker
  • Winge complain and carry on unnecessarily
  • Willy-nilly something kept in a untidy way
  • Willy man's penis
  • Willy Willywind whirly or dust twister
  • Woop woop somewhere a long way from civilization
  • give it a Whirl to try doing something, by giving it your best
  • on a good Wicket on to a good thing life OR earning a good income
  • Wouldn't be dead for quids you're very happy and well
  • Wrapped excited about something good that has happened
  • Watering the horse going to urinate
  • no Worries mate! don't worry about it, everything is fine(Australian Attitude)

Y

  • hard Yakka hard work
  • tell you a Yarn tell a story that maybe true or it might not be, that's for them to work out
  • Yahoo loudmouthed person which usually out of control in some way
  • Yobbo same as a yahoo but no values at all, looks like a slob always
  • see you Yewse latter see you you all latter
  • Yabbie freshwater Australian crayfish
  • Ya tellin me someone said something you agree with, you say thatis
  • Yank American
  • Yacking talking a lot
  • Yonks a long period of time

Z

  • catch some ZZZ's go for a sleep
  • Zonked really really tied

Aussie Lingo A - M

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