G'day all.
It's just latish here and I was watching an old Aussie show on Foxtel (cable tv) and was laughing at some of the "Aussieisms" and was thinking that sometimes when I'm talking to some people overseas that they have no clue what I am on about.
I'd like to think most time it's the language that I use! *grin*
Anyhow, here are just some commonly used Australian expressions. Just because I can.
She'll be Apples ...It will be OK
Ankle Biters ...Children
Arvo ...Afternoon
Australian Salute ...Swipe the Flies or insects away
Back o' Bourke ...Way outback or Far far away
Barbie ...Barbecue
Bingle ...Motor Vehicle Accident
Bloke ...Man
Blue ...Fight
Buckleys ...as in "buckleys and nunn"(an old department store) meaning "none" or no chance at all
Cactus ...Dead
Chunder ...Vomit
Chuck ...Throw
Esky ...Portable insulated cooler
Fair Dinkum ...Genuine
Fair Go ...Be fair
Gedday (G'Day) ...Good Day, as in "Hello"
Hard Yakka ...Very hard work
Hoon ...Acting the fool
Knackered ...Tired, worn out
Karcked it ...Dead
Lizard Drinkin ...as in "Flat out like a Lizard Drinking"...or very Busy
Mate ...Friend or Partner
Maccas or Golden Arches ...McDonalds Restaurants
Mug ...Face
Onya ... Good on you
Piece of piss ...easy
Pigs Arse ...That is not true
Piss ...Alcohol
Rego ...Vehicle Registration
Roo ...Kangaroo
Rug up ...Get Warm
Sanger ...Sandwich
Sheila ...Female
Sickie ...Day off
Slab ...Box of beer
Snag...Sausage
Stubby ...Small bottle of beer
The Box ...Television
Togs ...swimming costume
Tits on a Bull ...as in as useful as, meaning "useless"
Turps ...Alcohol
White Pointers ...Nipples
Wog ...Influenza
Wombat ...A Wombat eats roots and leaves
Woop Woop ...far away