|
AUSSIE SLANG
|
MEANING IN PLAIN ENGLISH
|
HOW THE AUSSIES USE IT
|
"garbo"
|
Garbage collector |
"The garbo will take it away..."
|
"good on ya"
|
Well done or "Good for you" in the US |
"Great job... good on ya" |
| "greenie" |
A conservationist |
"He's a greenie..." |
"grog"
|
Alcoholic drink |
"He's had too much grog..." |
| "Kiwi" |
A New Zealander" |
"He's a Kiwi..." |
| "knackered" |
Tired |
"I'm really knackered today...!" |
| "mate" |
Friend (does not mean spouse) |
"Gday, mate" |
| "milk bar" |
Small general store |
"Go get some bickies at the milk bar" |
| "mozzie" |
Mosquito |
"Bloody mozzies...!" |
| "ratbag" |
Trouble maker |
"He's a real ratbag..." |
| "Sheila" |
Female (derogatory) |
"Where's your Sheila?" |
| "sickie" |
Sick day off work |
"I'm taking a sickie..." |
| "she'll be right" |
It will all be ok |
"She'll be right, mate...!" |
| "stingers" |
Jellyfish |
"Beware of stingers...!" |
| "stubby" |
Small bottle of beer |
"Let's have a stubby first, shall we?" |
| "stunned Mullet" |
Someone who looks shocked |
"He's looking like a stunned Mullet" |
| "Tassie" |
Tasmania |
"Let's go holiday in Tassie..." |
| "tucker" |
Food |
"Let's dig into the tucker..." |
| "uni" |
University |
"He studied at a uni..." |
| "ute" |
Utility" truck - a pickup truck |
"I drive an ute..." |
| "Vegemite" |
Brown yeast sandwich spread which Australians grow up on, but is regarded by most foreigners as "semi-toxic". |
"I'll have a Vegemite sandwich, thanks..." |
| "whinge" |
Complain |
"What a whingeing Pom..." |
| "wog" |
Someone who comes from the Mediterranean countries (derogatory) |
"He's a wog" |
| "yack" |
To talk |
"Can you stop yack-ing?" |
| "yonks" |
A long time |
"It's been yonks that I've seen him" |
| "yabbie" |
An Australian shrimp-like sized lobster with claws |
"Let's throw a yabbie on the barbie..." |
|
Tourism 
