Aussie Slang

Australian Slang Words

A, as in the big A	To give someone the big A is to dismiss that someone
Aggro	Aggravated, bothered, aggression
Airy-fairy	Unsubstantial, hare-brained, nothing much, in your dreams
Arvo	Afternoon
Aussie	Australian
Aussie salute	Waving of the hand to shoo flies away
Avagoodweegend	Have a good weekend

Bangers	Sausages
Bangers and mash	Sausages and mashed potato with gravy
Bewdy	Beauty, she's a bewdy
Beaut	Beautiful, lovely, great
Bikkie	Biscuit

Biggie	Something big or bigger than usual
Big smoke	The city
Billabong	A waterhole
Billy	Container for boiling tea
Bizzo	Business
Bloke	Man
Bludger	Lazy person

Blue	A fight, arguement
Bluey	Blue heeler, a breed of dog
Bob's your uncle	A term of agreeance
Bottlo	Bottle shop
Bum	Buttocks or Bottom
Bush	The country, the bush
Bush telegraph	The local gossip network
Bushed	Very tired
Captain Cook	To have a Captains Cook is to have a look
Chinwag	A chat, conversation
Chook	Chicken.

Cobber	Mate, friend
Codger	Bloke, man, especially elderly
Corker	Something striking, astonishing or good
Corroboree	Aboriginal assembly or gathering
Crook	Sick, ill, as in He's crook or to be crook or angry with someone
Dead-set	A certainty, assured
Digger	Australian soldier
Ding	A damaged section of a car, or bike
Dinki-di	True blue, fair dinkum, genuine
Dinkum	True blue, real, genuine. fair dinkum
Drongo	Slow-witted person
Dunny	An outside toilet.
Ear basher	Someone who talks too much
Fair dinkum	Genuine. also really

Fang	To eat or feed up
Footy	Football
Fossick	Search often referred to search for small deposits of ore and precious metals
Garbo	Garbologist, garbage collector
G'day, gidday	Common daytime greeting, as in g'day mate
Good guts	Accurate information
Goodie	Something nice
Hooroo	Goodbye, see you later
Iffy	Doubtful, bit iffy
Jumbuck	Sheep
Kiwi	New Zealander

Knackered	Exhausted
Knickers in a knot	To become agitated or flustered
Lair	Flashy dresser or extreme of behaviour
Larrikin	Mischievous person normally young male
Loo	Toilet or Dunny
Make a good fist	Do a good job
Mate	A friend, male acquaintance
Middy	A middle-sized (285ml) glass beer

Motza	A win normally associated with a gambling win
Mozzie	Mosquito
Mug	A fool
Never-never	Buying on credit when it appears there is no end to the payments
Nick off	Scram or get lost
Nong	Fool, idiot
Oz	Australia the land or Australian the person
Pollie	Politician
Pommie, Pom	Englishman
Pub	A hotel
Quid	Money
Rack off	Command get lost
Ratbag	Rascal
Reckon	Very commonly used for think. You reckon?

Ripper	Great, terrific, beauty
Roo	Kangaroo
Schooner	A large-sized (425ml) glass of beer
Sport	Similar to mate
Shout	Buy or pay for normally a shout of beer
Skite	To boast or brag
Slab	A carton of 24 beer cans
Smoko	A break from work to have a brew and a cigarette
Sook	Easily offended a Cry baby
Sport	Similar to mate
Squib	Back down, or act cowardly
Stickybeak	To pry or meddle in an others one’s business
Stoked	To be thrilled or delighted
Strewth	Exclamation expressing surprise

Stubby	Small bottle of beer
Sunnies	Sunglasses
Suss	Suspicious or of questionable nature
Swagman	One who travels doing odd jobs.
Ta	Thanks
Ta-ta	Good-bye
Thingy	To describe something when one may not know or has forgotten its’ name
Thongs	Rubber sandals
Tinnie	A can of beer or can also be an aluminium boat
True blue	Genuine
Tucker	Food or Bush Tucker is bush food
Underdaks	Underpants
Ute	Small truck, short for utility truck
Vegies	Vegetables
Willy-willy	Small spiral of wind and dust
Yack	Chat or gossip
Yahoo	A lout
Yobbo	A lout
Yonks	Ages to know someone for yonks
Zilch	Nothing or nil
Zonked	Stuffed, very tired or exhausted