What Australian slang would be useful for tourists to know? What are some classic Aussie sayings?

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shellzbellz

Blowie-blow fly
Chook : chicken
Dunny Budgie : blowfly
Mozzie : mosquito
Bail out : depart often angrily
Blue : fight/argue
Bog in : tuck in, commence eating
Chuck a Uey : do a u turn
Dob in : to inform on somebody
Dummy, spit the : get very upset at something
Face, off one's : drunk
Flat out : busy
Flog : to sell / steal
Get up somebody : to rebuke somebody
Gobful, give a : to abuse verbally
Knock : to put down / criticise
Plate : bring your own / some food (often to a BBQ)
Rapt : pleased
Root : have sex
Rooted : tired
Ropeable : very angry
Rort : Cheating, defrauding
Session, to have : go out drinking
Shoot through : to leave
Sickie, throw a : have a day off due to illness
Smoko, have a : take a break
Spewin : very angry
Squizz : to look
Waggin' school : playing truant
Walkabout : wander off
Whinge : complain
Wobbly, throw a : go mad
Veg out : relax in front of the TV
Yabber : talk a lot
Yakka : work (noun)
Yewy : u-turn in traffic
Spit the dummy : get very upset at something
Rock up : to turn up, arrive
Lob in : drop in to see someone
Lend of, to have a : to take advantage of someone
Game : up for it
Burl : have a go
Bail (somebody) up : to corner somebody physically

fiveamrunner

They should know if the weather is "Fresh." its pretty dang cold outside.

>>>LADY<<<

Here is a site to help you!

http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html

Good Luck

miss piggy

She'll be right mate!

Rachel

I loved reading this. I am an Aussie and some of this was new to me ..so don't trust it all. I have never heard the police called Blue Heelers.....This is actually the name of a police t.v show.
Never heard a punch in the puss but have heard a punch in the gob (mouth)

It is true however that we call red headed people Blue. I have a friend by this name.
What a laugh this was. Thanks

Sars

I chose the letter 'B' from this website on slang, but it is definitely worth having a look at her website for the rest.

Banana Bender....a Queenslander
to go bananas....get irate
back of beyond....the far outback
back of Bourke...the far outback(Bourke being town in outback New South Wales)
to bag someone...to criticise someone, usually behind their back
barbie....barbeque
to barrack for...to support a sports team
a battler..a hard worker,struggling financially
thats Beaut!..expression of approval
you little Beauty !...excited cry of approval
better half....spouse
beyond the Black Stump..far out in the bush (cattle drovers and bullock train drivers would light a fire in a tree stump as a fireplace, so farther than civilization)
to big note yourself....exaggerate your importance
a billy..container for boiling water on campfire
to put the Billy on.....make a cup of tea
billabong...waterhole, offshoot of river
go bite your bum....told to be quiet
Blackfella.....Aboriginal ( can be considered racist, depending on who says it and how ! )
bloke.....an aussie male
blow your dough...spend, waste your money
blow-in...a stranger, newcomer
blowies...blowflies
blue...a fight, row
blue / bluey...nickname for redheaded male
true blue...really Australian
blue heeler..police ( from australian cattle dog, that wont let you get away)
to bludge...to be lazy, to cadge or beg off others
bludger....a lazy person
boomer..kangaroo
thats Bonzer...thats great
brumby...a wild horse
built like a brick shithouse....strong (outdoor toilets in old days were usually built of wood, so not as strong)
bum nuts....eggs
Bundy....Bundaberg Rum
bunyip....mythical creature
the bush....rural Australia
bush telegraph...the town gossips
a bush pig...an ugly woman
what do you think this is, bush week ?... disbelieving response to some one you think is trying to con you
as busy as Bourke street in the rush hour ....very busy (Bourke St. is a main street in Melbourne)
B.Y.O...bring your own (alcohol/meat/etc)

â™£

I wouldnt worry - you're only likely to encounter true Aussie slang in the outback. If you do come across a term you don't understand, just ask the person and you might end up having an interesting conversation! But learning slang is by no means necessary in communicating here. I live in the city and rarely come across 'Aussie slang'. In fact, in the cities there is more American slang than anything.

Ally

Hit the frog - head home from a night out
Have a captains: go have a look at something

florence

Where the bloody hell are you?

souladvice

You can purchase a small dictionary of Australian Slang from travel outlets. There are too many words to list. Just remember we talk like we have a clothes peg on our nose and you will be ok mate!

yellow rose

Well if they said what Susan said above you'd reckon the poor buggar was really a closet poof.. homosexual

I am as full as a bull.. full

Full up to pussycat's bow.. very full!

Are you pulling my leg..? are you joking?

Gammon.. just joking

Flat out like a lizard drinking.. very busy

Crikey.. amazing

Get stuffed.. insult

Piss off.. get lost

Struth.. hard to believe

You beauty, you little ripper..means you have won, scored something, somethings gone your way..

tinikk

Bloody Oath - bascially means oh my gosh.. nothing rude

clarkie

Cobber = mate
Shiela = girl
She'll be right = it will be OK
ken oath = that's definitely true
Septic tank = American
the clap = an STD
Clayton's = a poor imitation
cooee = bush call (within cooee = within calling distance)
dunny = toilet
drongo = idiot

devilinv8

down a coldey have a beer.
lets go for a sheash,
go for a smoke

butterflysista

PLEASE Please please!!! Don't listen to those web sites that list "aussie slang" Hardly ANYONE talks like that and if come over here and start talking like that people are going to think your BACKWARDS or and out right IDIOT!!!!!! Forget it just speak as you always do!!!!! And like someone else said if you don't understand a something someone says ask them about it!
Happy holiday!!!

zee_prime

I live in NZ, not Oz. But I've worked in Oz and have rellies and friends there, with whom I keep in contact.
Useful expressions? Choke a darkie (crap), fair dinkum (true), chunder (vomit), Starve the lizards (expletive when you're surprised or shocked), fair crack of the whip (really), sheila (lady), look, the quickest way to learn Strine (Australian English) is to google Barrie McKenzie. It's a series of stories about an uncouth Australian's adventures in Britain.

ANNA

not much would be useful because if u said something like that u would ( if u were polite ) tell them what it means

nero_drago

my favortie is from alf steward from home and away
flaming galar

my_bleww_eyes

how's it hanging mate?

big manly giraffe

fair dinkum - No Way!!
or
fair-flamin'-dinkum - That is unbelievable
adding and -as to the end of words
ex. sweet-as cool-as right-as ect.

amysthrn

Gday would be the best one if u know wat i mean

frank_recupero

hi bro

Sue W

If you go up to a girl and say what Susan reckons above, you're likely to get a smack in the puss (Punch in the face)

GIMME A BREAK MATE...Leave me alone,you are annoying me.

lyric

G'day, it means Good-day, it's just a shorter version. It's easy to remember.
I don't think that Australiam slang is REALLY necessary, or useful.

suicideblonde

you should download an episode of the tv show 'Kath and Kim'

marissa

A thong is a piece of rubber that goes on your foot (not in your bumcrack), a root a screw and a roll in the hay, a shag and a **** are all the same thing, we drink Piss at the local (Beer at the pUB) Built like a Brick shithouse is personally my fave slang, it means your big and muscly, i believe

jackie

g'day mate! although i don't use this saying but many australians do. Also bloody, fair dinkum, crikey, sheila and that's all i can think of.

iroam76

I'm a kiwi living in Oz and I think the best one for me so far has been "going off like a frog in a sock" followed closely by "as dry as a dingo's donger". The first one I'm not too sure what it meant but the second one was used to tell me the guy was thirsty.

foxtel_iq

Hello - we have really learnt to tell people what we really mean, we have an american student here in Aust at my Uni.

Galah - idiot, moron.
G'day - hello, hi
Flamin - more than normal - eg. big idiot
Poofter - Gay/Homosexual
Bum Dance - A dance invented by first year Big Brother star Sarah Marie
Dunny - Toilet
Dunnie Budgie - Flys
'ere - come here
Tim Tam - A chocolate layer biscuit

Jadey P

Every thing I think that good Aussie blokes should teach People coming into Australia.
My uncle works with a man from Africa and the African said he didn't under strand what the men were saying because he wasn't taught our proper Australian slang

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