澳洲实用俚语大全

A

Ace! : Excellent! Very good!

Aerial pingpong : Australian Rules football

Amber fluid : beer

Ankle biter : small child

Apples, she'll be : It'll be alright

Arvo : afternoon

Aussie (pron. Ozzie) : Australian

Aussie salute : brushing away flies with the hand

Avos : avocados

B

B & S : Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball - a very enjoyable party usually held in rural

areas

Back of Bourke : a very long way away

Bail (somebody) up : to corner somebody physically

Bail out : depart, usually angrily

Banana bender : a person from Queensland

Barbie : barbecue (noun)

Barrack : to cheer on (football team etc.)

Bastard : term of endearment

Bathers : swimming costume

Battler : someone working hard and only just making a living

Beaut, beauty : great, fantastic

Big-note oneself : brag, boast

Bikkie : biscuit (also

Billabong : an ox-bow river or watering hole

Billy : large tin can used to boil water over a campfire for tea

Bingle : motor vehicle accident

Bities : biting insects

Bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that)

Bizzo : business (

Black Stump, beyond the : a long way away, the back of nowhere

Bloke : man, guy

Bloody : very (bloody hard yakka)

Bloody oath! : that's certainly true

Blow in the bag : have a breathalyzer test

Blowie : blow fly

Bludger : lazy person, layabout, somebody who always relies on other people to do

things or lend him things

Blue : fight (

Blue, make a : make a mistake

Bluey : pack, equipment, traffic ticket, redhead

Bluey : blue cattle dog (named after its subtle markings) which is an excellent

working dog. Everyone's favourite all- Aussie dog.

Bluey : heavy wool or felt jacket worn by mining and construction workers.

Bodgy : of inferior quality

Bog in : commence eating, to attack food with enthusiasm

Bondi cigar : see

Bonzer : great, ripper

Boogie board : a hybrid, half-sized surf board

Boomer : a large male kangaroo

Booze bus : police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers

Boozer : a pub

Bored [***]less : very bored

Bottle shop : liquor shop

Bottle-o : liquor shop

Bottler : something excellent

Bottling, his blood's worth : he's an excellent, helpful bloke.

Bounce : a bully

Bourke Street, he doesn't know Christmas from : he's a bit slow in the head. (Bourke

Street is a brightly lit Melbourne street)

Brass razoo, he hasn't got a : he's very poor

Brekkie : breakfast

Brick [***] house, built like a : big strong bloke

Brickie : bricklayer

Brizzie : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland

Brown-eyed mullet : a turd in the sea (where you're swimming!)

Brumby : a wild horse

Buck's night : stag party, male gathering the night before the wedding

Buckley's, Buckley's chance : no chance (

Australia at football

Bull bar : stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos

Bundy : short for Bundaberg, Queensland, and the brand of rum that's made there

Bunyip : mythical outback creature

Bush : the hinterland, the Outback, anywhere that isn't in town

Bush oyster : nasal mucus

Bush telly : campfire

Bushie : someone who lives in the Bush

Bushranger : highwayman, outlaw

BYO : unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog, also similar

party or barbecue

C

Cactus : dead, not functioning (

Captain Cook : look (noun) (

Cark it : to die, cease functioning

Cat burying [***], as busy as a : busy

Cat's [***], as mean as : mean, stingy, uncharitable

Chewie : chewing gum

Chokkie : chocolate

Chook : a chicken

Chrissie : Christmas

Christmas : see Bourke Street

Chuck a sickie : take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy

Chunder : vomit

Clacker : anus (from Latin cloaca = sewer). Also the single orifice of montremes

(platypus and echidna) used both for reproduction and for the elimination of body

wastes.

Clayton's : fake, substitute

Click : kilometre -

Clucky : feeling broody or maternal

Cobber : friend

Cockie : farmer. Also a cockatoo

Cockroach : a person from New South Wales

Coldie : a beer

Come a gutser : make a bad mistake, have an accident

Compo : Workers' Compensation pay

Conch (adj. conchy) : a conscientious person. Somebody who would rather work or

study than go out and enjoy him/herself.

Cooee, not within : figuratively a long way away, far off - England weren't within

cooee of beating Australia at cricket

Cook (noun) : One's wife

Corroboree : an aboriginal dance festival

Counter lunch : pub lunch

Cozzie : swimming costume

Crack a fat : get an erection

Cranky : in a bad mood, angry

Cream (verb) : defeat by a large margin

Crook : sick, or badly made

Crow eater : a person from South Australia

Cut lunch : sandwiches

Cut snake, mad as a : very angry

D

Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof

Daks : trousers

Damper : bread made from flour and water

Date : arse[hole] (

Dead dingo's donger, as dry as a : dry

Dead horse : Tomato sauce

Deadset : true, the truth

Dero : tramp, hobo, homeless person (from

Digger : a soldier

Dill : an idiot

Dingo's breakfast : a yawn, a leak and a good look round (i.e. no breakfast)

Dinkum, fair dinkum : true, real, genuine (

dinkum?

Dinky-di : the real thing, genuine

Dipstick : a loser, idiot

Dob (somebody) in : inform on somebody. Hence dobber, a tell-tale

Docket : a bill, receipt

Doco : documentary

Dog : unattractive woman

Dog's balls, stands out like : obvious

Dole bludger : Somebody on social assistance when unjustified

Donger : penis

Doodle : penis

Down Under : Australia and New Zealand

Drink with the flies : to drink alone

Drongo : a dope, stupid person

Drum : information, tip-off (

Duchess : sideboard

Duffer, cattle : rustler

Dummy, spit the : get very upset at something

Dunny : outside lavatory

Dunny budgie : blowfly

Dunny rat, cunning as a : very cunning

Durry : cigarette

Dux : top of the class (n.); to be top of the class (v.) -

subjects

E

Earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter

Ekka : the Brisbane Exhibition, an annual show

Esky : large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc.

Exy : expensive

F

Face, off one's : drunk (

Fair dinkum : true, genuine

Fair go : a chance (

Fair suck of the sav! : exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief (see also

Fairy floss : candy floss, cotton candy

Feral (n.) : a hippie

Figjam :

of themselves.

Fisho : fishmonger

Flake : shark's flesh (sold in fish & chips shops)

Flick : to give something or somebody the flick is to get rid of it or him/her

Flick it on : to sell something, usually for a quick profit, soon after buying it.

Fly wire : gauze flyscreen covering a window or doorway.

Footy : Australian Rules football

Fossicking : searching, rummaging (

Franger : condom

Freckle : anus

Freeo : Fremantle in Western Australia

Fremantle Doctor : the cooling afternoon breeze that arrives in Perth from the

direction of Freeo

Frog in a sock, as cross as a : sounding angry - a person or your hard drive!

Fruit loop : fool

Full : drunk

G

G'Day : hello!

Galah : fool, named after the bird of the same name which flies south in the winter - a

bloody silly thing to do in the Southern Hemisphere

Garbo, garbologist : municipal garbage collector

Give it a burl : try it, have a go

Gobful, give a : to abuse, usually justifiably (

party so I went and gave them a gobful

Going off : used of a night spot or party that is a lot of fun -

going off

Good oil : useful information, a good idea, the truth

Good onya : good for you, well done

Goog, as full as a : drunk.

Greenie : environmentalist

Grinning like a shot fox : very happy, smugly satisfied

Grog : liquor, beer (

Grouse (adj.) : great, terrific, very good

Grundies : undies, underwear (from Reg Grundy, a television person)

Gutful of [***] : drunk,

Gyno : gynaecologist

H

Handle : beer glass with a handle

Heaps : a lot, e.g.

Holy dooley! : an exclamation of surprise =

grief!

Hoon : hooligan

Hooroo : goodbye

Hotel : often just a pub

Hottie : hot water bottle

I

Icy pole, ice block : popsicle, lollypop

J

Jackaroo : a male station hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property)

Jillaroo : a female station hand

Joey : baby kangaroo

Journo : journalist

Jumbuck : sheep

K

Kangaroos loose in the top paddock : Intellectually inadequate (

loose in the top paddock

Kelpie : Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie

Kero : kerosene

Kindie : kindergarten

Knock : to criticise

Knock back : refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb)

Knocker : somebody who criticises

L

Lair : a flashily dressed young man of brash and vulgar behaviour, to dress up in

flashy clothes, to renovate or dress up something in bad taste

Lair it up : to behave in a brash and vulgar manner

Larrikin : a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless prankster

Lend of, to have a : to take advantage of somebody's gullibility, to have someone on

(

Lippy : lipstick

Liquid laugh : vomit

Lizard drinking, flat out like a : flat out, busy

Lob, lob in : drop in to see someone (

Lollies : sweets, candy

London to a brick : absolute certainty (

down

Long paddock : the side of the road where livestock is grazed during droughts

Loo : toilet

Lucky Country, The : Australia, where else?

Lunch, who opened their? : OK, who farted?

Lurk : illegal or underhanded racket

M

Maccas (pron.

Mallee bull, as fit as a : very fit and strong. The Mallee is very arid beef country in

Victoria/South Australia.

Manchester : Household linen, eg sheets etc.

Mappa Tassie : map of Tasmania - a woman's pubic area

Mate : buddy, friend

Mate's rate, mate's discount : cheaper than usual for a

Matilda : swagman's bedding, sleeping roll

Metho : methylated spirits

Mexican : a person from south of the (Queensland) border

Mickey Mouse : excellent, very good. Beware though - in some parts of Australia it

means inconsequential, frivolous or not very good!

Middy : 285 ml beer glass in New South Wales

Milk bar : corner shop that sells takeaway food

Milko : milkman

Mob : group of people, not necessarily troublesome

Mob : family or herd (?) of kangaroos

Mongrel : despicable person

Moolah : money

Mozzie : mosquito

Muddy : mud crab (a great delicacy)

Mug : friendly insult (

Mull : grass (the kind you smoke)

Muster : round up sheep or cattle

N

Nasho : National Service (compulsory military service)

Naughty, have a : have sex

Never Never : the Outback, centre of Australia

Nipper : young surf lifesaver

No drama : same as 'no worries'

No worries! : Expression of forgiveness or reassurance (No problem; forget about it; I

can do it; Yes, I'll do it)

No-hoper : somebody who'll never do well

Not the full quid : not bright intellectually

Nuddy, in the : naked

Nun's nasty, as dry as a : dry

O

O.S. : overseas (

Ocker : an unsophisticated person

Offsider : an assistant, helper

Oldies : parents -

Outback : interior of Australia

Oz : Australia!

P

Paddock : see 'long paddock'

Pash : a long passionate kiss; hence

Pav : Pavlova - a rich, creamy Australian dessert

Perve (noun & verb) : looking lustfully at the opposite sex

Piece of [***] : easy task

Pig's arse! : I don't agree with you

Piker : Someone who doesn't want to fit in with others socially, leaves parties early

Piss : beer. Hence

Plate, bring a : Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to bring your own food. It

doesn't mean they're short of crockery!

Plonk : cheap wine

Pokies : poker machines, fruit machines, gambling slot machines

Polly : politician

Pom, pommy : an Englishman

Pommy bastard : an Englishman

Pommy shower : using deodorant instead of taking a shower

Pommy's towel, as dry as a : very dry - based on the canard that Poms bathe about

once a month

Port : suitcase (portmanteau)

Postie : postman, mailman

Pot : 285 ml beer glass in Queensland and Victoria

Pozzy : position - get a good pozzy at the football stadium

Prezzy : present, gift

Q

Quid, make a : earn a living -

Quid, not the full : of low IQ. [Historical note: 'quid' is slang for a pound.

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became $$2 when Australia converted to decimal currency]

R

Rack off : push off! get lost! get out of here! also

Rage : party

Rage on : to continue partying -

Rapt : pleased, delighted

Ratbag : mild insult

Raw prawn, to come the : to bull[***], to be generally disagreeable

Reckon! : you bet! Absolutely!

Reffo : refugee

Rego : vehicle registration

Rellie : family relative

Ridgy-didge : original, genuine

Right : okay (

Rip snorter : great, fantastic -

Ripper : great, fantastic -

Ripper, you little! : Exclamation of delight or as a reaction to good news

Road train : big truck with many trailers

Rock up : to turn up, to arrive -

Rollie : a cigarette that you roll yourself

Roo : kangaroo

Root (verb and noun) : synonym for f*ck in nearly all its senses:

washing machine is rooted

company.

Ropeable : very angry

Rort (verb or noun) : Cheating, fiddling, defrauding (expenses, the system etc.).

Usually used of politicians

Rotten : drunk -

Rubbish (verb) : to criticize

S

Salute, Aussie : brushing flies away

Salvos, the : Salvation Army, bless them

Sandgroper : a person from Western Australia

Sanger : a sandwich

Sav : saveloy (see also

Schooner : large beer glass in Queensland; small beer glass in South Australia

Scratchy : instant lottery ticket

Screamer : party lover;

alcohol

Seppo : an American

Servo : petrol station

Shark biscuit : somebody new to surfing

She'll be right : it'll turn out okay

Sheila : a woman

Shonky : dubious, underhanded. E.g. a shonky practice, shonky business etc.

Shoot through : to leave

Shout : turn to buy - a round of drinks usually (

Show pony : someone who tries hard, by his dress or behaviour, to impress those

around him.

Sickie : day off sick from work (chuck a sickie = take the day off sick from work

when you're perfectly healthy!)

Skite : boast, brag

Slab : a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer

Sleepout : house verandah converted to a bedroom