Below is a list of Australian slang. Next time you talk to an Aussie, you might even be able to understand them!
Phrase | Translation |
Ace | Excellent |
Amber nectar | Beer |
she'll be Apples! | everything will be OK |
Arvo | Afternoon |
Bagged | Criticised |
Bail out | Leave |
Banana Bender | Queenslander |
Barbie | BBQ |
Have a Barney | Fight or argue |
Beak | Nose |
You little Beauty | Excellent, good |
Beer o'clock | End of the working day |
Bludge | To do nothing |
Bonzer! | Great! |
Buckley's chance | No chance |
Cactus | Dead (it's cactus) |
Chook | Chicken |
Clobber | Clothes |
Crook | Ill |
Dobber | Snitch |
Fair dinkum | Genuine, honest |
G'day | Hello! |
Hit the sack | Go to bed |
Mozzie | Mosquito |
Narkie | Short or bad tempered |
Ocker | Aussie that likes beer, sport and women |
Off like a bucket of prawns in the hot sun | Get away quickly |
Olds | Parents |
Pearl | Excellent |
Pinch | Arrest |
Playing Possum | Hiding |
Don't come the Raw Prawn | Don't try it on with me |
Proud as a rat with a gold tooth | Proud of their look/themselves |
Quack | Doctor |
Rack off | Get lost |
Scrubber | Someone who's rough, low quality |
Sheila | Woman |
Call a spade a spade | Tell it like it is |
Good sport | Doesn't mind losing |
Strewth! | Gosh! Surprised exclamation |
Stubby | Bottle of beer |
No sweat | No problem, easy |
Bush telly | The stars |
Ticker | Heart |
Tinnie | Can of beer |
Tucker | Food |
Up shit creek | In trouble, it's all going wrong! |
Up yourself | Snobbish, arrogant |
Ute | Utility vehicle |
Wag | Play truant |
Give it a whirl | Try it out |
Who-ha | Fuss about nothing |
Throw a wobbler | Have a tantrum |
Yabbie | Crayfish |
Yahoo | Loudmouth |
Yakka | Work, hard labour |
Yewse (see you) | See you all later |