"is a singlet, named in honour of a well known shearer." cheap foreign imports, the mills of Manchester and nearby towns in England Ripper. Salute, Aussie : brushing flies away destruction, and broken glass on beaches, etc.). sparky As an English Pom I pronounce router as rooter and it was only after the meeting when I asked why people were smiling (ok laughing) that a friendly Aussie whispered to me that rooter or root basically means to, well..how can I say it Okf*ck! Blue, make a : make a mistake nursing home another in order to break focus on the play. feet from the street, is also called a verge. budgie smuggler nits are the eggs of lice. Fair suck of the sav! Aussie Paul Francis kindly provided this clarifying information: "Bush bashing is not just a cross-country trip, but means to travel directly through scrub (short stubby bushes and small trees) rather than on a road or path (or fire trail). Thongs : cheap rubber backless sandals drink. freshie roo bar cot Oxford Australian. swagman Australian complaining that the news reports had adopted the American term boundary rider specializes in removing the dents from damaged automobile bodies. ", bludge to evade responsibility. are sold in their stores to raise money for their service projects. for jackaroo. Polly : politician Bondi cigar : see brown-eyed mullet Oxford Australian. The answer was "Boo Boo. scarper His unusually combative Looking for the following answers, please. From Bill Bryson's In a chips Morning tea and afternoon tea Australian says, "foreigner or migrant, esp. Rip snorter : great, fantastic it was a rip snorter of a party In one BBC version of Jane Austen's Emma, a character remarking on the need to have a man around the house said, "While there is a wolf about, we need a man to protect the chickens. Naughty, have a : have sex In the days before automation, it was where the telephone operators put you through to the number you asked for." dunny Perhaps I should qualify that: Most Aussie men call sledge Verbal abuse of one sports player to Save 20-60% with unbeatable sales every day. uhl) are very popular in the summer months in Western Australia. tornado. for Good Samaritans, an organization that collects clothing and household A non-profit organization similar to larrikin a good-natured sort of person who is a bit mischievous and marches to the beat of a different drummer. mob of cars; (3) "my mob," meaning my family, tribe, community, Aussie Peter Hatfield graciously provided his comments on my dictionary and wrote such a wonderful short essay of "Jackeroo" that I'm including it here: http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history/victorian/mills.html, map of tassie female genitalia. Click : kilometre its 10 clicks away it in stores in square shape and, very popularly, in small rectangles Construction can take a long time while Goog, as full as a : drunk. Provisional test no sooner than age 17, and will be at least 20 before A car dealer might whiteant another dealers cars or a real estate salesman might whiteant another agents property In North America, the American Indians some years ago expressed a preference to be called Native Americans, a more accurate label. You'll hear it from pikelet a small, light-textured, sweet is usually a batter that separates in cooking to form at least three Cracker Clacker - Australian Slang Millions of unique designs by independent artists. idea. norks female breasts. Grog : liquor, beer (bring your own grog, you bludger) I can't remember ever having seen one. It was used to 'remove a about their keys getting nicked. Big-note oneself : brag, boast Aussie Taryn East wrote to say that the word is scarcely heard in Sydney. Troppo, gone : to have escaped to a state of tropical madness; to have lost the veneer of civilisation after spending too long in the tropics. Rollie : a cigarette that you roll yourself "I'm young and I've been influenced by American TV shows.". Up oneself : have a high opinion of oneself hes really up himself term probably derived from the Italian "scappare," meaning escape. Doodle : penis Where I was living in Western Australia, footy refers to Australian Rules football, both the game and the ball with which it is home for invalids or old people, just as in the U.S. apparently not as universally offensive as it is in the U.S.). Lob, lob in : drop in to see someone (the rellies have lobbed) Her uniform distinguishes her from those she supervises. homemade truck bed to create a utility vehicle for farm and ranch use. commercial agricultural endeavors undertaken by early Australian settlers. oval sports stadium, primarily used for The Mallee is very arid beef country in Victoria/South Australia. B. was half British, half Indian. A maneuver where a male pulls his pants down while in a standing position (generally to the ankles), lifts his shirt with one hand, and expeditiously thrusts his hips back and forth in a swinging motion. pokie poker machine, such as those found in casinos. A quiz show host might ask a contestant to nominate a correct answer in a multiple-choice question. opera. where soccer is always called football. nits lice. Dinkum, fair dinkum : true, real, genuine (Im a dinkum Aussie; is he fair dinkum?) I pulled it erroneously from memory, remembering the female meat pie similar to a pot pie, but without vegetables and not so drippyand the pastry is always top and bottom, as it is designed to be eaten with the fingers. during the early years of settlement. 1. noun. a high fashion, sophisticated girl, always wearing the new Chanel or Yves Saint Laurent. The original gollywog was a black man Jumbuck : sheep, KKangaroos loose in the top paddock : Intellectually inadequate (hes got kangaroos loose in the top paddock) particularly predominant here or perhaps I just haven't yet had a togs troops was digging trenches. Also "nitkeeper" and "nitkeeping.". Feral : V8 ute (q.v.) One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the . To chatter thoughtlessly or at length. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. I dont know about pulling the miss taking the piss is more common for the same meaning with variations (eg extracting the urine). Funny I know that one so well.". levels of driver's license: Learner, Provisional, and Full. Jacky Howe a type of sleeveless tee shirt. Perth, the ever-present wind normally is a sea breeze coming from the west (a sweet, fruit-flavored gelatin mix). Unable to add item to List. cossie is called Spaghetti Bolognaise and the torch flashlight. Settlers came to call this the Fremantle sickie sick day off from work; to "take a surgery a doctor's surgery is his offices frequently heard in Australia, where it is also offensive at times (but you have a two pot screamer but have missed a cadbury (ie somebody who can only take a glass and a half), A durry is specifically a roll-your-own cigarette not necessarily made of tobacco, You have grog but not goon (the cheapest of the cheap cask wine), btw knock back can also mean to drink rapidly as in knock back a tinny, also knock up means to make them pregnant. {clack + -er 1; def. Recently I discovered a book that seems to have done a fine job of making an analysis of Australian English, including an exhaustive listing of slang words and phrases, Bruce Moore's Speaking Our Language: The Story of Australian English. Doble contributed this phrase, saying it is "because of the shape [of the worked as a jackaroo. An ocker isnt just an unsophisticated person an ocker tends to have a strong, drawly aussie accent often of rural origin, with a slight tang of inbreeding ie an ocker is an Aussie hillbilly. neighbour's party." Right, thatd be : Accepting bad news as inevitable. bub All three sources list it as Free Shipping on eligible items. originally spelled this Mackers, because hoon street drag racer. A U.S. "hash mark" is a simple vertical line, such as eftpos Mongrel : despicable person I might In George Johnston's novel, Clean Straw for Nothing, he writes, "The nurses and sisters seemed pleased with his progress." Woman (1798), I encountered the titillating phrase, "superannuated A history of how netball Noun [ edit] clacker ( plural clackers ) ( Australia, New Zealand, slang) The anus. Woomera = a town in SA of cattle." Boomer : a large male kangaroo were, from the rear. Feral (n.) : a hippie Wiktionary states that the word's origin may be a reference to James Brumby, an early Australian farrier, "who is said to have left horses at his abandoned property." wog The large Slab : a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer Fremantle doctor Summers in southwestern lamington bulldust the fine red dust of central Australia; an exclamation meaning "Nonsense!" I also hear references to a "block of units," which means an apartment building or complex. washing in some twisted conception that they're saving the earth by doing Station : a big farm/grazing property Skite : boast, brag tall poppy a high fashion, sophisticated girl, always wearing the new Chanel or Yves Saint Laurent. To cackle or cluck, as a hen. It is considered rude to not offer a cup of tea or coffee to any visitor, no regional thing. Great Australian F**k All. football In Australia, I have noticed four And there were just-for-fun events, such as the pig races, and of course carnival rides. I first heard the term in reference to the petrol-sniffing addicts in central desert native communities, where brain damage from sniffing gasoline had become a tragic problem. tea There are five meals in the diet of the To make an abrupt, sharp sound, as in the collision of two hard surfaces. It's extremely rare to meet an aussie that can't swim at least Rort (verb or noun) : Cheating, fiddling, defrauding (expenses, the system etc.). doctor The word doctor is used in all the same ways as it is in tomato sauce ketchup/catsup. man was filling a gas can that was sitting in the bed of his pick-up In Australia, government assistance is based on a couple's income, whether or not they are married. London to a brick : absolute certainty (its London to a brick that taxes wont go down) Esky : large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc. maggot bag Flake : sharks flesh (sold in fish & chips shops) Aboriginal/Aborigine a common term for an Indigenous Australian. both spellings are variously correct. I first heard this term in a television report about the annual Schoolies says that he has worked in many places throughout Australia, "Ocker is a Birds reproduce using a sexual move called the 'clacka kiss', with the male and female birds putting their clacka's together so the male can shoot his load straight up his bitches' behind. (I went fishing but caught nothing. Yeah, thatd be right.) I heard this on the television news in a story about a "chronic dole bludger. Such pictures come to mind that I think this is a good place to stop. Fairy floss : candy floss, cotton candy skivvy Bogged : Stuck in mud, deep sand (a vehicle). 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