What are some terms used in Australia & New Zealand?

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Elizabeth

I'm an Aussie. I don't know if, "princess", the answerer above is or not. The very least she could have done is to give you the site where she nicked her answer from.
The site is ridgy-didge and gives the good oil. Some of the words and phrases are a little outmoded and only heard outside of the big cities these days.
So, if you go there, you'll get more genuine words and phrases than you can handle. It's alphabetical and goes from A to Z not just A to C.

The site is -
http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
Australian slang words and phrases.

dookie

Most of the common ones are covered...

Gday
Gday mate
Sick!
Good as gold
Right as rain
Sweet
Sweet as!
Choice!
Beaut!
Thongs or Jandels = flipflops
Bonnet = hood
Boot = trunk
Sunnies = sunglasses
Boardies = boardshorts

Bells C

New Zealand is AWESOME!

Cuz - cousin, family
Dunny - toilet, bathroom, lavatory
Good on ya, mate! - congratulations, well done, proud of someone
Good as gold - feeling good, not a problem, yes
Hoon - Young adult driving fast
Hosing down - heavy rain, raining heavily
Hottie - hot water bottle
Iceblock - popsicle, Ice Stick
Jandal - thongs, sandals,flip-flops,
Judder bar - speed bump
Jumper - sweater, jersey
Kiwi - New Zealander
Laughing gear - mouth, as in wrap your laughing gear around this,
L&P - Fizzy soda water
North Cape to the Bluff - from one end of New Zealand to the other
Ta - thanks
Up the duff - pregnant
Ute - small pickup truck
Veges - vegetables
Wally - clown, silly person
Whinge - complain, moan
Wobbly - to have a tantrum

Then there's greeting like sup (what's up), kia ora (Maori greeting) and Gidday.

TIM TOM =>=> (BULLETS) =&g

Spewing (drop the n for more authentic Aussie) - say it for something like this "I'm working the whole week starting at 6" friend says "ah, spewin".
we add "ie" or "y" on the end of words as abbreviations.
Aussie, mozzie (mosquito),
leg it - bail, run
p*ss off! - get lost
Jeez, etc.

--Insults-- (we're very fond of these)
basically any swear word you can think of.
D*ckhead, C*ck head, F*ggot -- (often we call our friends these names not as an insult)
whinger, woos, soft

edit:
i'm stuffed- i'm tired

Jon R

"sweet as"
a term used in NZ in place of the word "cool"
you can use it in a sentence like...
"Oh that is sweet as"
or "that is one sweet as ..."
hope this helps

Aussie Babe

only Poms say 'bollocks' haha.

But some of my faves are:
- heaps good
- chuck (as in 'to throw')
- "what the?" (made famous by Rove's segment of the same name)
- how are ya?
- bugger
- g'day (yes, people do say that. people i know even. just not me)
- sh!t yeah!
- shut ya gob/cake hole
- woop-woop (middle of nowhere)
- have a squiz (have a look at)

mareeclara

From kiwiland...
-Ilove "ferrel"as in "she was ferrel"
-root/rooted...well you might have to look that one up..VERY crass term for sexual intercourse.
-out in the wop wops ( middle of nowhere)
-sook - crybaby as opposed to a wuss (wimp)
-togs- um swim wear I guess..i never use any other term so not sure what other people call it!
-cher bro - just an additive to sentences...the cher can be used by itself
- get the bros and the cuzzies and head for a barbie with a tinny...like oz we shorten a lot of words (same words) but we have a few terms that have come from the maori eg
-pain in the puku (stomach)
-mana ....hard to describe but kind of like power/authority/strength and respect all in one person...when a person comes in and they have a presence or mana.

Geeze Wayne ( came from an old tv show thats stuck)...kind of like "come on mate"
catch phrase - You're not in Guatamala now Dr Ropata ( from Shortland stree and is catch phrase that has stuck!
Righto I'm off then mate
cheers

SkyBlue

The word "mad" when used in the right context means cool or awesome.

I can't think of any others that you may not know. Our terms are very informal sounding.

Duke Flare

Bloody Hell!
Bollocks

jadorecati

barrack for
battler
bonnet
bottle shop
bushranger
BYO
come good
esky
flake
give it away
knock
lamington
lolly
lay-by
milk bar
newsagent
offsider
out of pocket
pavlova
perve
pictures
ratbag
ropable.
sealed
shellacking
shonky
shopstealing
sunbake
takeaway
windscreen

Goat Herder

Shrimp on the barbie!!!

princessdisaster76

A
Ace! : Excellent! Very good!
Aerial pingpong : Australian Rules football
Amber fluid : beer
Ambo : ambulance, ambulance driver
Ankle biter : small child
Apples, she'll be : It'll be all right
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 "it cost big bikkies" - it was expensive)
Billabong : an ox-bow river or watering hole
Billy : teapot. Container for boiling water.
Bingle : motor vehicle accident
Bities : biting insects
Bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that)
Bizzo : business ("mind your own bizzo")
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 breathalyser test
Blowie : blow fly
Bludger : lazy person, layabout, somebody who always relies on other people to do things or lend him things
Blue : fight ("he was having a blue with his wife")
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.
Bluey : bluebottle jellyfish
Bodgy : of inferior quality
Bog in : commence eating, to attack food with enthusiasm
Bog standard : basic, unadorned, without accessories (a bog standard car, telephone etc.)
Bogan : person who takes little pride in his appearance, spends his days slacking and drinking beer
Bogged : Stuck in mud, deep sand (a vehicle).
Bondi cigar : see "brown-eyed mullet"
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 shitless : very bored
Bottle shop : liquor shop
Bottle-o : liquor shop (originally a man with hessian bags going around picking up beer bottles in the 50's and 60's)
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)
Bowl of rice, not my : not my cup of tea; I don't like it
Brass razoo, he hasn't got a : he's very poor
Brekkie : breakfast
Brick **** house, built like a : big strong bloke
Brickie : bricklayer
Brisvegas : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland
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 ("New Zealand stands Buckley's of beating Australia at football")
Budgie smugglers : men's bathing costume
Bull bar : stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos (also roo bar)
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 bash : long competitive running or motorcar race through the bush
Bush oyster : nasal mucus
Bush telly : campfire
Bushie : someone who lives in the Bush
Bushman's hanky : Emitting nasal mucus by placing one index finger on the outside of the nose (thus blocking one nostril) and blowing.
Bushranger : highwayman, outlaw
Butcher : small glass of beer in South Australia - From the theory that a butcher could take a quick break from his job, have a drink and be back at work
BYO : unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog, also similar party or barbecue

C
Cab Sav : Cabernet Sauvignon (a variety of wine grape)
Cactus : dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus")
Cane toad : a person from Queensland
Captain Cook : look (noun) ("let's have a Captain Cook")
Cark it : to die, cease functioning
Cat burying ****, as busy as a : busy
Cat's piss, 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 = sewe

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