People Slang
Animals | Behaviour | Events | Objects | People | Phrases | Places
| PEOPLE | ||
| Ankle biter : | small child | |
| Aussie : | Australian | |
| Bastard : | an unpleasant person; affectionate appellation, e.g. what you been doing, you old bastard? | |
| Battler : | a hard worker only just making a living | |
| Beaut / beauty : | great, fantastic | |
| Bingle : | minor car accident / fight | |
| Block, do your : | get angry | |
| Bloke : | man, guy | |
| Blokey : | behaving 'manly' | |
| Blow in : | stranger | |
| Bludger : | layabout | |
| Bogan : | young, immature person | |
| Bounce : | a bully | |
| Brickie : | bricklayer | |
| Bushie : | someone who lives in the Bush | |
| Bushranger : | outlaw | |
| Cadbury : | a cheap drunk (a glass and a half) | |
| Clayton's : | fake, substitute | |
| Clucky : | feeling broody or maternal | |
| Cobber : | friend | |
| Cockie : | farmer. Also a cockatoo | |
| Cook : | one's wife | |
| Cranky : | in a bad mood, angry | |
| Crook : | sick, or badly made | |
| Dag : | a funny person, nerd | |
| Dero : | tramp, hobo, homeless person (from "derelict") | |
| Digger : | a soldier | |
| Dill : | an idiot | |
| Dipstick : | fool / idiot | |
| Dog : | unattractive woman | |
| Dole bludger : | signing on illegally | |
| Drongo : | a dope, stupid person | |
| Figjam : | Someone who has a high opinion of themselves | |
| Fisho : | fishmonger | |
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Frog in a sock : (as cross as a) |
sound angry | |
| Fruit loop : | fool | |
| Full : | drunk | |
| Galah : | fool | |
| Garbo, garbologist : | municipal garbage collector | |
| Greenie : | environmentalist | |
| Grey hairs : | old people | |
| Gutful of piss : | drunk | |
| Gyno : | gynaecologist | |
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Brass razoo : (hasn't got a) |
he's very poor | |
| Hoon : | hooligan | |
| Jackaroo : | a male farm hand | |
| Jillaroo : | a female farmhand | |
| Journo : | journalist | |
| Jumped up : | stuck up | |
| Kiwi : | person from New Zealand | |
| Knocker : | somebody who criticises | |
| Larrikin : | a joker | |
|
Mallee bull: (as fit as a) |
very fit and strong | |
| Mate : | buddy, friend | |
| Milko : | milkman | |
| Mob : | group of people | |
| Mongrel : | despicable person | |
| Mongrel : | nasty person | |
| Mug : | gullible person | |
| Nipper : | young surf lifesaver | |
| No-hoper : | somebody who'll never do well | |
| Not the full quid : | not bright intellectually | |
| Oldies : | parents | |
| Ocker : | an unsophisticated person | |
| Offsider : | an assistant / helper / partner | |
| Piker : | social misfit / drop out | |
| Polly : | politician | |
| Pom /pommy : | an Englishman | |
| Postie : | postman | |
| Quid, not the full : | of low IQ | |
| Rapt : | pleased, delighted | |
| Ratbag : | mild insult | |
|
Raw prawn : ( to come the) |
to be generally disagreeable | |
| Reffo : | refugee | |
| Rellie : | family relative | |
| Ring in : | substitute | |
| Rotten : | drunk | |
| Salvos : | Salvation Army | |
| Screamer : | party lover | |
| Shark biscuit : | new surfer | |
| Sheila : | a woman | |
| Shonky : | dubious, underhanded | |
| Skimpy : | barely clothed bar staff | |
| Sook : | soft or inoffensive person | |
| Spunk : | a good looking person | |
| Stickybeak : | nosy person | |
| Stuffed, I feel : | I'm tired | |
| Surfies : | people who go surfing - more than they go to work! | |
| Swaggie : | swagman | |
| Swagman : | tramp, hobo | |
| Tall poppies : | successful people | |
| Tall poppy syndrome : | the tendency to criticize successful people | |
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Tickets : ( to have on oneself) |
to have a high opinion of oneself | |
| Truckie : | truck driver | |
| True blue : | patriotic | |
| Two pot screamer : | person who gets drunk easily | |
| Up oneself : | have a high opinion of oneself | |
|
Useless as : an ashtray on a motorbike |
Incompetent or unhelpful | |
|
Useless as : tits on a bull |
Incompetent or unhelpful | |
| Vejjo : | vegetarian | |
| White pointers : | topless (female) sunbathers | |
| Woos : | coward | |
| Wombat : | derogatory term to indicate someone is a fool. Also jokingly - a person who eats, roots and leaves. | |
| Wowser : | spoilsport | |
| Wuss : | coward; nervous person or animal | |
| Yobbo : | ignorant person | |
| Youse : | you (plural) | |
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