AUSSIE SLANG
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MEANING IN PLAIN ENGLISH
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HOW THE AUSSIES USE IT
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| "avago" |
Have a go |
"Avago, ya mug" (Have a go, you mug) |
| "barbie" |
Barbecue |
"Throw a yabbie on the barbie" |
"ankle biter"
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young child |
"She has an ankle biter to feed" |
"banana bender"
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Queenslander... because they grow lots of bananas in Queensland |
"He's a banana bender"
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"beaut"
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beautiful |
"That's a beaut...!"
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"billabong"
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Waterhole in semi-dry river |
"And his ghost may be seen roaming at the billabong" (from "Waltzing Matilda)
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"bickie"
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biscuit |
"Let's have a bickie...!"
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| "bloke" |
Man, used like "guy" in the US |
"That bloke!" |
"bludger"
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scrounger |
"You dole bludger" is one who lives off social security payouts
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"BYO"
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Bring Your Own drink to a restaurant |
"It's a BYO only"
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"Bonzer"
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Terrific |
"That's a bonzer...!"
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"Bottle Shop"
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Liquor shop |
"Let's drop by the Bottle Shop"
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"bush"
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The countryside |
"Let's go to the bush..."
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"bushranger"
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Outlaw, highwayman |
"Ned Kelley - the bushranger"
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"cask"
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Boxed bag of cheap wine |
"Let's get a cask at the bottle shop"
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"chook"
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Chicken |
"There's a chook in the fridge"
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"crooked"
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Sick |
"I'm feeling real crooked..."
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"Crissie"
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Christmas |
"Where will you be, this Crissie?"
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"dag/daggy"
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Mild term for fool or unfashionable person |
"What a dag..."
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"daks"
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trousers |
"Where's my pair of daks?"
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"Digger"
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Australian soldier, or any old male character |
"He was a digger... in WW2"
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"dinkie die"
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The truth |
"That's dinkie die, I swear..."
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"dingo"
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Australian native wild dog |
"He's as wild as a dingo..."
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"dinkum"
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Genuine or honest |
"That's real fair dinkum..."
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"dunny"
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Toilet |
"Excuse me, where's the dunny?"
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"esky"
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Cooler |
"Let's bring an Esky to the picnic"
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"footy"
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Australian football |
"Let's go to the footy this weekend..."
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Tourism 
