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Australian Slang
Animals | Behaviour | Events | Objects | People | Phrases | Places
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Ace! :
| Excellent! Very good! |
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Arvo :
| afternoon |
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Amber fluid :
| beer |
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Aussie :
| Australian |
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Beaut, beauty :
| great, fantastic |
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Big Mobs :
| loads, a lot of |
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Bloody :
| very |
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Bloody oath! :
| that's certainly true |
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Blue :
| argument/mistake |
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Bodgy :
| poor quality |
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Bonzer :
| great, ripper |
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Bottler :
| something excellent |
Bottling :
his blood's worth:
| he's an excellent, helpful bloke |
Buckley's chance :
(you've got)
| no chance |
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Bull dust :
| rubbish |
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Cactus :
| dead, broken |
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Cark it :
| to die, stop working |
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Chocka :
| full up |
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Click :
| kilometre - "it's 20 clicks
away" |
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Come a gutser :
| a bad mistake or have an accident |
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Come good :
| turn out ok |
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Cooee, not within :
| figuratively a long way away |
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Cost big bikkies :
| expensive |
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Crack a fat :
| get an erection |
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Cream, to :
| defeat by a large margin |
Cut snake :
(mad as a)
| very angry |
Dead dingo's donger :
(as dry as a)
| dry |
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Deadset :
| true / the truth |
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Dingo's breakfast :
| no breakfast |
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Dinkum / fair dinkum :
| true, real, genuine |
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Dinky-di :
| the real thing, genuine |
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Docket :
| a bill, receipt |
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Doco :
| documentary |
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Drink with the flies :
| to drink alone |
Dunny rat :
(cunning as a)
| very cunning |
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Exy :
| expensive |
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Fair dinkum :
| true, genuine |
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Fair go :
| a chance / break |
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Fair suck of the sav! :
| exclamation of wonder, awe,
disbelief |
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Furphy :
| rumour |
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G'Day :
| hello! |
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Give it a burl :
| try it, have a go |
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Give it away :
| give up |
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Going off :
| good fun |
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Good oil :
| useful information, a good idea,
the truth |
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Good onya :
| well done |
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Grouse :
| great, terrific |
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Heaps :
| a lot |
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Iffy :
| dodgy |
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It's gone walkabout :
| it's lost, can't be found |
Kangaroos loose
in the top paddock :
| Intellectually inadequate |
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Kick the bucket :
| to die |
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Knock back :
| refuse |
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London to a brick :
| absolute certainty |
Lunch :
(who opened their?)
| OK, who farted? |
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Mate's rate :
| cheaper than usual for a friend |
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Mate's discount :
| cheaper than usual for a friend |
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No worries! :
| no problem / its okay |
Nun's nasty :
(as dry as a)
| very dry |
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Piece of piss :
| easy task |
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Pig's arse! :
| I don't agree |
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Plate, bring a :
| Instruction to bring a plate
of food to a party |
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Pozzy :
| position |
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Quid, make a :
| earn a living |
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Rack off :
| get lost! get out of here! |
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Reckon! :
| for sure |
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Ridgy-didge :
| original, genuine |
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Right :
| okay |
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Ripper :
| Great |
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Rooted :
| ruined, broken |
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She'll be apples :
| It'll be alright |
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She'll be right :
| it'll be okay |
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Sparrows fart :
| dawn |
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Strewth :
| exclamation |
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Stoked :
| very pleased |
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Stuffed, I'll be :
| expression of surprise |
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Too right :
| definitely |
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Turps, hit the :
| go on a drinking binge |
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Zack, not worth a :
| not worth anything |
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