AussieWords – Chapter 2
New Aussie words to be learned for our Aussie Party today. Here they are:
| AUSSIE SAYING | TRANSLATION |
| A blow in | A non local person |
| A feral | A hippie (someone who still belongs in the 60s/70s) |
| Aerial Ping Pong | Australian Rules Football |
| Ankle biters | The children |
| Aussie Salute | Brushing away flies from your face |
| Back of Bourke | Way in the outback or a long way off |
| Banana Bender | A person from Queensland |
| Battler | someone working hard and only just making a living |
| Beyond the Black Stump | Same as Back of Bourke |
| Bloody Oath | That’s the truth |
| Bludger | Lazy person, somebody who always relies on other people to do things or lend him things |
| Bottle-o | Liquor Store |
| Budgie Smugglers | Mens Brief Bathing Suit (ie. Speedos, etc…) |
| Cactus | Dead, not functioning (ie. “this bloody washing machine is cactus”) |
| Cark(ed) It | To die, cease functioning |
| Cobber | Friend, Mate, etc… |
| Crack a Coldie | To open a Beer |
| Dag | A funny silly person |
| Digger | Army soldier |
| Dog’s eye and dead horse | Meat pie and tomato sauce |
| Doovalacky | Used whenever you can’t remember what something is called. Thingamijiggy, whatsamathingy. |
| Do the Harold Holt | To leave abruptly |
| Dunny | The toilet |
| Fair dinkum | The absolute truth |
| Fair suck of the sav | Exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief (a sav is a saveloy (frankfurt) sausage, if you were wondering) |
| Get the pink slip | get the sack (pink used to be the main colour used for a termination form) |
| Give it a burl | Give something a try |
| He aint gotta Brass Razoo | A very poor person |
| Hooley Dooley | An exclamation of surprise (ie. “Good heavens!”, “My goodness!” “Good grief!” or similar) |
| Hooroo | Goodbye, see you later |
| I feel stuffed | I’m really tired |
| Jumbuck | Sheep |
| Kangaroos loose in the Top Paddock | Intellectually inadequate (ie. “he definitely has kangaroos loose in the top paddock”) |
| Mongrel | Despicable person |
| Moolah | Money (ie. Show me the moolah) |
| Not the full quid | Not bright intellectually |
| Piker | Someone who doesn’t want to fit in with others socially, leaves parties early, etc… |
| Rock Up | To turn up, to arrive (ie. we rocked up at their house at 8pm) |
| Ropeable | Very angry (ie. You shoulda seen him, he was absolutely ropeable) |
| Sandgroper | A West Australian |
| Sanger | A sandwich |
| She’ll be right mate | Everything will be alright, it will be OK |
| Show pony | someone who tries hard, by their dress or behaviour, to impress those around them |
| Skull | To drink a beer or alcoholic beverage in one go without taking a break or a breath in between |
| Spit the dummy | Get very upset about something |
| Stands out like a shag on a rock | Very obvious |
| Strewth | Exclamation, mild oath (ie. Strewth, that Chris is a bonzer bloke) |
| Tall poppies | Successful people |
| Tall poppy syndrome | Criticizing successful people, cutting down their reputation |
| Thongs | Cheap rubber backless sandals |
| Tinny | 2 meanings – 1. Tin of beer and 2. small aluminum boat for the river… |
| To have a lend of | To take advantage of somebody’s gullibility, to have someone on (ie. “he’s having a lend of you”) |
| To have tickets on yourself | Have an unfounded high opinion of yourself, arrogance, etc… (ie. Geez she really has tickets on herself) |
| True blue | A true aussie patriot |
| Two cans short of a six pack | A person considered a little stupid |
| Two pot screamer | Someone who gets drunk on very little alcohol |
| Useful as an ashtray on a motorbike / tits on a bull | Unhelpful or incompetent person or thing (ie. he, she or it is about as useful as tits on a bull, etc….) |
| Veg out | Relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable) |
