Anyone who lives in australia..........?

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Ozmaniac

Most of your list are fairly commonly used.

I don't know what a 'Mystery bag' is and very few young people would ever say 'hooroo' (goodbye) though you'll hear a few oldies using it. In Queensland, the oldies say 'Hooray' instead, but it means exactly the same thing.

I don't say Chrissie (Christmas) myself - it's a bit bogan (thumbs down welcome), but is often heard.

Same goes for barbie (barbeque), though it's more common and less bogan.

'Make a blue' is bogan, but everyone knows that it means to make a mistake. It's more usual to say 'had a blue' as in "I had a blue with Dad about whether I could borrow his car" and it means to have an argument - not usually actual violence.

'Dag' isn't all that common, but again, everyone knows what it means. "He's a bit of a dag" is the usual usage and can mean that he's funny with a droll sense of humour, or could also mean non-trendy though that would usually be "He's a real dag".

We Queenslanders answer to 'Banana Bender'

'Exy' (expensive) and 'mozzie' (mosquito) are very commonly used by many (even most) people.

We only use 'Down Under' when we're talking to people from the northern hemisphere. We don't think of ourselves as living down under.

EDIT:
Imelza's either mistaken or pulling your leg. We do not say "im parched wanna go down to the billabong with me sheila?" and anyone who calls a girl a sheila will end up having a blue with her.

EDIT #2:

Nearly forgot one of the most common Oz words and that's 'chook'. A chook is a chicken (the bird) and nearly everyone says it. You feed the chooks; you eat roast chook; but the actual meat is usually referred to as chicken just like everwhere else.

Imelda

No one on the face of this country would EVER say "I'm parched do you want to go to a billabong with me sheila?" or anything even remotely similar to this!!!!! That's hilarious.
With reference to your words:
Banana bender: I'm a Queenslander, and though I've heard this phrase, I'd never use it.
Barbie: yep, bbq, use it all the time!
Make a blue: never heard of it like that, I've heard 'have a blue, or had a blue' - as in, Paul had a blue with his Mum' - an argument.
Chrissie - yep, Christmas
Dag - unfashionable
Down Under - we come from a land down under!
Exy - pricey
Hooroo - my Nanna used to say this! Means see ya later! (I've never heard anyone except my Nanna and her mates say this though! - she's 80)
Mystery bag - never heard of it.
Mozzie - yep - mosquitos. I actually can't remember that last time I heard someone say 'mosquito' instead of mozzie!

Other Aussie words:
chuck a u-e (making a U turn)
howyagoin - How are you?
doing his block (going nuts - angry!)
bogan - rough dag
mate - friend
Ta- thanks
and the other answer is right - Americans can never quite get 'g'day' right - it's not 'goodday' it's giday!

Angie â™¥'s Twilight!

Hi! yes, i live in Australia. Yes, most of those words are quite common here. Words i hear and say the most are:
-barbie
-chrissie
-dag
-hooroo
-mozzie
-dunnie
-gday
Um, hmm. It is hard to think because the words come out so naturally i dont think about it...

-'roo (kangaroo)
-snag (sausage)
-loo (toilet)
-cheers (hi, yes,)
-mate (friend)
-cop (police)
-skidgem (go get it- dog)
-honker (nose)
-chock-a-block (full)
-chokkas (full)
-fuffies (foo-fies) the little bits of dust flying around in the air
-spoof (flower on bread rolls)

Well that is about as much as i can think of off the top of my head, i hope this helps!! PS- you really should come to australia, it is awesome! I love living here!

jade=)

what the hell is a banana bender lol
barbie YES lol definetly!
make a blue...no
chrissie??...oh yeh christmas
dag - kinda
down under - kinda
exy??
hooroo - no
mystery bag - WTF
mozzie - YES

snag means sausage
maccas for mcdonalds...do you use that?

veg_hel

I say barbie, dag and mozzie. The others are out of date, but I am also middle aged so perhaps these are out of date as well. The other things I say are:
Fibro - in reference to a house made of fibro material
scungies- mens swimmers or my partner calls them dick stickers or budgie smugglers
Boardies - swimming shorts
a lobster - in reference to our $20 bill which is lobster coloured

Then there are expressions which my family say such as
"ugly as a hat full of assholes" in reference to an unattractive person or "well slap me with a stocking full of hot sh*t" as an expression of disbelief.

Laitka

I think you've probably got a good list from people here with some aussie (Aussie - and that's pronounced 'Ozzie'!!) slang.

From those you've listed I use exxy all the time (expensive) as well as mozzie and dag. The others are a bit old.

Aussies abbreviate just about everything! And often we abbreviate then add 'y' or 'a' or 'o' (hence the 'exxy', 'mozzie', 'maccas', 'chockas' & 'chuck a u-y') This goes for nicknames too - We love to give a nickname whether surname or first! (Johnno, Macca, Gazza, Robbo, etc etc)

There's heaps of others I'm sure but I guess we use them in every day life so we probably won't recognise them until someone points them out to us!!

JOx

I live in Australia and use many of those terms every day. I always use Barbie
Chrissie
Dag
Exy
and Mozzie

QUEENSLANDER

Bella is completly wrong we do use these words teens dont but as you get older you do
banana bender-Queensaler-not commonly used
Barbie-used alot
make a blue-make a fight-used a bit
chrissie- christmas-used alot
dag- a dagy person-used alot
down under austrlia- yeah its used
exy-pricey-not realy
horro no idea
mystety bage- no idea
mozzie- mosquito- every one uses this

trackiedaks- trackpants
bordies-swimming shorts
sanga-sandwich
snag-sausage
chookas-full
but sont try and use these word youll just look like a dag

John M

Banana bender -- is a queenslander
Barbie -- bbq
make a blue -- make a mistake or pick a fight
Chrissie -- xmas
Dag -- not a classy person
Down Under -- as we live under most of the world
Exy -- Ecstasy (drugs) or if live in Queensland Brisbane Exhibition Show
Hooroo -- goodbye
Mystery bag -- a bag of lollies
Mozzie -- mosquito

samlovesyou

ahh people are so stereotypical of us. I mean some people may use some of those words but people think that everybody in Australia talks like that. It's just not true.

Most of us speak normally.

LESSE!!! :)

Hi, i live in Australia. It really depends on the person that you ask. I mean, there are a lot of people who talk like that, but there are more who don't say all those things.

rustupd

i use some of them
Banana bender -don't use
Barbie -use
make a blue-don't use (have a blue=fight)
Chrissie-use
Dag-very old don't use
Down Under -don't use
Exy-dont use (?)
Hooroo-old don't use
Mystery bag -snag(sausage)use
Mozzie-use all the time(bloody things)

Bandit

I won't waste your time as everyone else has answered most things correctly but Mystery bag is a meat pie

Dan

Banana bender = Queenslander
Barbie = BBQ
Make a blue = Start a fight
Chrissie = Christmas
Dag = Someone who is disliked (won't get too extreme)
Down Under = Australia
Exy = Expensive
Hooroo = Bye
Mystery bag = Lucky dip (not too sure but should be something similar)
Mozzie = Mosquito

Crystal

You have most of the answers , although l haven't heard of mystery bag as a saying, l have heard of 'lucky dip' which means mystery bag.
some others are 'pot luck' = ' whatever' as wats for dinner or take a chance.
chuck a uuueee or do a uuueee = make a U-turn
bonza ,=great
get pissed =get drunk
spud = potato
moron, or di*k head = stupid or silly
arvo = afternoon
and you have heard of this ;;G'day only we pronounce it as Gidaay we don't sound out the 'D' as much as the americans do when trying to say it.

Anastasia

I live in australia and this is what i think
Banana bender:never herd of it.
Barbie: first thought the doll then realized it meant BBQ
make a blue:no clue
Chrissie: I'm guessing this is christmas but I'm not sure.
Dag: someone out of trend
Down Under: australia
Exy: expensive
Hooroo: no clue
Mystery bag : no clue
Mozzie: Mosquito

I never say any of those thing cept for mozzie. Umm things people normally say are Oh my god, hot, sus, cool pretty typical american words lol.

Kristin

we do say down under because australia is down under the world
a popular saying is ozzy ozzy ozzy oi oi oi (like boy but with just the oy) i am not australian but i have been to australis they call girls shelias and they say things like im parched wanna go down to the billabong with me sheila? (im thirsty want to go get a drink with me girl or female friend wich ever)
HOPE THIS HELPS!!!!

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