A
Aggro: Pissed off. Also the name of an awesome puppet from the early 90s.
Akubra: a rabbit-skin hut bushies wear
Alice, the: Alice Springs
Amber fluid: beer
Anchors: brakes
Anklebiter: a kid (short, so they bite your ankles)
ANZAC: Australia and New Zealand Army Corps
Arse over tit: fall over
Ashes, the: a trophy we play the Poms for in cricket every few years. Called that coz when we whooped their arses back in the day the joke was made that English cricket was dead so they cremated the stumps and put them in an urn. They're called The Ashes.
B
Back blocks: The cheapo suburbs
Back of Bourke: far away
Banana Bender: Queenslander
Barbie: BBQ
Barney: a fight
Battler: someone who's working hard to survive
Billabong: a little lake kinda thing that's created when a riverbed dries up and there's just a bit left. Also a surfwear brand.
Billy: a tin for boiling water over a fire
Billy tea: tea with a eucalyptus leaf in it for flavour.
Bingle: a small car accident
Bite ya bum: shut up
Blackfella: Aborigine (don't use it unless you are one coz it's racist-sounding otherwise)
Bloke: a guy
Blowy: windy
OR
a blowfly
Bonzer: awesome
Box, the: TV
Bunyip: monster that lives in rivers and billabongs
Bush: the country
Bushed: tired
Bushie: someone from the country
Bushranger: a highwayman or outlaw
Bushwhacker: a highwayman or outlaw
OR
A 4-wheel-drive someone uses to drive through the bush
BYO: Bring Your Own (normally alcohol but sometimes food too)
C
Cactus: not working
Call it a day: finish working
Cark it: die
Carn: come on
Chemist: pharmacy
Chew the fat: talk to someone
Chinwag: a talk
Chippie: carpenter
Choc a bloc: full
Chockers: short for choc a bloc
Choccie: chocolate
Chook: chicken
Chrissie: Christmas
Chuck a leftie: turn left
Chuck a right: turn right
Chuck a spaz: get angry
Chuck a U-ey: make a U-turn
Chuck up: spew
Chuffed: happy
Chunder: spew
Clapped out: old and broken
Clobber: clothes
OR
smack someone
Cobber: good friend
Cockie: a cockatoo
OR
a farmer
OR
a cockroach
D
Dag: a goofy person
Daks: pants
Damper: a bread make with flour, salt and water
Damper, to put on: slow down progress
Dead cert: completely certain
Dead horse: tomato sauce
Dead ringer: exact copy
Dead set: true.
Derro: someone crap, a derelict. Someone stupid
Desert Rat: someone who served in N Africa in WWII
Dial: face
Didgeridoo: a wind instrument made from a hollow eucalyptus branch.
Digger: someone who fought at Gallipoli in WWI
Dingbat: someone stupid
Dinkum: real or honest (See also Fair Dinkum)
Dinki Di: the real thing
Dirty: pissed off
Dob in: tell on someone.
Dodgy: suspicious
Dog's Breakfast: a mess
Donkey's Years: a long time
Doona: a feather quilt
Down Under: The BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
Drongo: a stupid person
Dud: something that's no good
Duds: pants
Duffer: a cattle rustler
OR
a silly person
Dunny: toilet
Durry: a cigarette
E
Earbash: talk incessantly
Earbashing: a reprimand
Earth: electrical ground
Easy on: a direction to calm down
Egg on: encourage someone
Elbow grease: hard work
Esky: an insulated box used to keep food or drinks cool at a BBQ or picnic. Shortened version of the trade name Eskimo Box.
F
Fag: cigarette
Faggot: a gay man
Fair Crack of the Whip: an equal go for everyone
Fair go: an equal chance
Fanny: vagina AMERICANS, PLEASE STOP CALLING YOUR ARSE YOUR FANNY. WE ARE ALL LAUGHING AT YOU!
Fed Up to the Back Teeth: completely pissed off with a situation. Had enough.
Fire away: direction to start talking
Five-Finger Discount: shoplifting
Flake: shark meat
Flaming: family friendly version of "Bloody"
Flat out: full speed
OR
really busy
Flat Out Like a Lizard Drinking: Really Really REALLY busy or hard at work
Flog: to beat someone
Footy: Football
Franger: condom
From go to whoa: From start to finish
Fussed: worried
G
Gab: talk
Ga-ga: loony
Galah: a pink and grey parrot
OR
a fool or silly person
Gander, have a: to look at something
Gaol: Aussie (and therefore correct) spelling of 'Jail'
Garbo: garbage man
G'day: hello. Short for Good day
Get Nicked: piss off
Ghan: train line to Alice Springs. Named after the Afghan camel trains that used to take travellers to Alice.
Give it Heaps: Not hold back
Gizmo: a tool
Gun: very good
H
Happy as a Pig in Shit
very happy
Happy Little Vegemite: someone who is contented. From an ad in the 40s.
Have a Burl/Have a Crack/Have a Go: try
Heaps: lots
Herb: not Aussie but you should know we pronounce the 'H'
Hoik: throw
Home and Hosed: finished easily
Hoof it: walk
Hooroo: bye
Hum dinger: something really good
I
Icing: cake frosting
Idiot Box: TV
Iffy: suspicious
I'm Easy: not worried
In a tick: in a moment
In the Altogether: naked
In the Bag: describes a job that is as good as done
J
Jack of: sick of
Jackroo: a male stationhand. The female version is a Jillaroo
Jack Shit: nothing
Jaffle: toasted sandwich
Jaffle Iron: sandwich toaster
Jiffy: a second
Jillaroo: see Jackaroo
Joe Bloggs: the average person
Joey: a baby kangaroo
K
K: Kilometre
Keen as mustard: very eager. From the brand Keen's Mustard
Kelpie: A breed of cattle dog
Kerfuffle: a commotion
Kick in the Teeth: a setback
Kick in: put in a share of the work or money
Kick the Bucket: die
Kindy: kindergarten
Knackered: tired
Knee-high to a Grasshopper: short
OR
very young
Knock: criticise
Knock back: refuse something
OR
drink
Knock off: finish work for the day
L
Lamington: a sponge cake covered in chocolate icing and coconut, often layered inside with cream and jam.
Lamington Drive: traditional way of raising money for schools, charities or the scouts.
Larrikin: an irresponsible young boy (nice)
Lay-by: pay something off at the shops. US = Lay away
Lead-foot: fast driver
Leckie: an electrician
Legend: someone who's great
Lift: elevator
Lino: linoleum
Lippie: lipstick
Liquid amber: beer
Lob: throw
Lollies: candy or sweets
Loo: toilet
Lucky Country: THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
M
Maggies: magpies, a black and white bird
Make a quid: earn money
Make do: cope
Make tracks: leave
Mallee: bush between Victoria and S Australia
Mate: a friend (but not always an endearment) US = buddy
Metho: methylated spriits or someone who drinks it
Mexican: someone from south of the state it is used in. A Victorian is Mexican to a New South Welshman, who is Mexican to a Queenslander etc. Tasmanians are never Mexican though as they aren't from the mainland.
Middy: 285ml of beer
Misery guts: a constant complainer
Moo juice: milk
Mozzie: mosquito
Mucking around: playing
Mudguard: fender
Mulga: the outback bush
Mum: mother
Mushie: mushroom
Mystery bags: sausages (coz you don't know what really goes into them)
N
Nappy: diaper
Nark: a continual complainer
Narked: pissed off
Never-Never: a region of desert in the Northern Territory (from the book, 'We of the Never-Never')
New Australian: a migrant
Nick: the condition of an object
Nick off: piss off
Nick out: go out for a little while
Nip: a Japanese person (don't use it unless you want your arse kicked by Asians), from the word Nippon
nipper: young child
Nong: silly person
Nose, on the: smelly
Nud/Nuddy, in the: nude
O
Ocker: stereotypical uncultured Aussie. Kind of similar to the US 'redneck' but nicer
Off one's face: really drunk
Off the beaten track: away from the main traffic
Old chook: disliked old lady
Old man: father
OR
husband
Old lady/woman: mother
OR
wife
Oldies: parents
On for young and old: out of control, usually refers to a fight
Onya: 'Good on you'
O.S.: Overseas
Out in the sticks: in the bush
Outback: the bush
Outhouse: toilet in the backyard
Oz: THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
P
Pack a wallop: punch someone hard
Paddock: field on a farm
Pamphlet: brochure
Pash: kiss
Pavlova: a meringue covered in cream and fruit. Named after Anna Pavlova. the Russian ballerina.
Peckish: hungry
Pie Floater: Pie floating in pea soup. Looks like arse, tastes like Heaven
Pikelet: small pancake
Pinch: steal
Plonk: cheap wine
Polish off: finish something
Pom: an English person. From 'Person of her Majesty'
Poof: gay man
Pozzie: position
Post code: zip code
Prang: car accident
Prawn: a shrimp
Preggers: pregnant
Pub: hotel
Pull up stumps: finish for the day and go home
Q
Quince, do your: lose your temper
R
Rack off: piss off
Rapt: keen (short for enraptured)
Rego: car registration
Rellies: relatives
Ridgy-didge: the real thing
Rip-off: cheat
Rissole: meat patty
Rolly: hand-rolled cigarette
Roo-bar: Bullbar on a car
Ropeable: really angry
S
Sanger: sandwich
Schoolie: someone who just graduated from school
Schooner: a large beer
Scorcher: a hot day
Seppo: an American
Servo: petrol station
Shiela: an Aussie chick
Shirty: pissed off
Shonky: dodgy
Shoot through: leave in a hurry
Shout: buy a drink for everyone in your group
Sickie: a day off work when "sick" but probably you're healthy and bullshitting so you can go surfing
Skint: completely broke
Slab: a carton of 24 drinks
Slog: hard work
Smoko: a short break from work
Snag: sausage
Snow job: a con job
Sook: a cry-baby
Sparrow's Fart: dawn
Squatter: someone leving somewhere illegally
Squiz: a look
Station: large farm US = ranch
Stockman: mounted stationhand US = cowboy
Strewth: Wow
Strine: Aussie slang
Stubbie: small bottle of beer
Stunned mullet: used to describe someone's face when shocked
Sus: suspicious
Sus out: check something out
Sussed: worked out
Swaggie/Swagman: someone who wanders the country looking for work
T
Ta: thanks
Tall poppy: an overachiever
Tally-ho: cigarette papers
Taswegian: someone from Tasmania
Tea: dinner
Thongs: flip flops
Thunderbox: toilet
Tingle: a phonecall
Tinnie: a beer
OR
a small boat
Tomato sauce: ketchup
Too right: "I agree completely"
Top End: Northern part of NT
Torch: flashlight
Tracksuit/Trackie daks: sweatshirt and pants.
Troppo: crazy
True blue: genuine
Turps: Turpentine
OR
strong alcohol
Two-up: a gambling gameplayed on ANZAC Day
U
Ugg Boots: Sheepskin boots
Uni: university
Up yourself: Egotistical
Ute: Utility vehicle US = pickup truck
V
Vegemite: black, salty, yeast spread that we eat on toast or sangers. I think you've got to have eaten it before age 3 to like it.
Veg out: hang around and do nothing
W
Wag: skip school
Walkabout: go for a long walk
Waterhole: a pub
Weatherboard: a way of covering a house with overlapping wooden planks.
Wet, the: monsoon season in Northern Australia
Wharfie: a dock-worker
White Ants: termites
White or black?: "Do you like your tea/coffee with or without milk?"
Willy Nilly: all over the place
Willy Willy: a whirlwind
Witchetty Grub: a grub that lives in trees and is eaten by many inland Aborginal tribes. Said to taste like chicken or mutton.
Wonky: unstable
Woop Woop: mythical place far from civilisation
XYZ
Yabby: freshwater crayfish
Yak: talk
Yakka: hard manual labour
Yank: an American
Yarn: a long story
Yonks: a long time ago
Zed: Z
Zonked: really tired