Slang Dictionary / Argo Sözlügü

A


Ace! : Excellent! Very good!


Aerial pingpong : Australian Rules football


Amber fluid : beer


Ankle biter : small child


Apples, she'll be : It'll be alright


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 : large tin can used to boil water over a campfire for tea


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.)


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 ****less : 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


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")


Bull bar : stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos


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 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


Cactus : dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus")


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 = sewer). Also the single orifice of monotremes (platypus and echidna) used both for reproduction and for the elimination of body wastes.


Clayton's : fake, substitute


Cleanskin : Bottle of wine without a label. Usually bought in bulk by companies who then add their own personalised label and use the wine as e.g. gifts to clients


Click : kilometre - "it's 10 clicks away"


Clucky : feeling broody or maternal


Coathanger : Sydney Harbour bridge


Cobber : friend


Cockie : farmer. Also a cockatoo


Cockroach : a person from New South Wales


Coldie : a beer


Come a gutser : make a bad mistake, have an accident


Compo : Workers' Compensation pay


Conch (adj. conchy) : a conscientious person. Somebody who would rather work or study than go out and enjoy him/herself.


Cooee, not within : figuratively a long way away, far off - England weren't within cooee of beating Australia at cricket


Cook (noun) : One's wife


Corroboree : an aboriginal dance festival


Counter lunch : pub lunch


Cozzie : swimming costume


Crack a fat : get an erection


Crack onto (someone) : to hit on someone, pursue someone romantically


Cranky : in a bad mood, angry


Cream (verb) : defeat by a large margin


Crook : sick, or badly made


Crow eater : a person from South Australia


Cut lunch : sandwiches


Cut lunch commando : army reservist


Cut snake, mad as a : very angry




D


Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof


Daks : trousers


Damper : bread made from flour and water


Date : arse[hole] ("get off your fat date")


Dead dingo's donger, as dry as a : dry


Dead horse : Tomato sauce


Deadset : true, the truth


Dero : tramp, hobo, homeless person (from "derelict")


Dickhead : see "whacker"


Digger : a soldier


Dill : an idiot


Dingo's breakfast : a yawn, a leak and a good look round (i.e. no breakfast)


Dinkum, fair dinkum : true, real, genuine ("I'm a dinkum Aussie"; "is he fair dinkum?")


Dinky-di : the real thing, genuine


Dipstick : a loser, idiot


Divvy van : Police vehicle used for transporting criminals. Named after the protective 'division' between the driver and the villains.


Dob (somebody) in : inform on somebody. Hence dobber, a tell-tale


Docket : a bill, receipt


Doco : documentary


Dog : unattractive woman


Dog's balls, stands out like : obvious


Dog's eye : meat pie


Dole bludger : somebody on social assistance when unjustified


Donger : penis


Doodle : penis


Down Under : Australia and New Zealand


Drink with the flies : to drink alone


Drongo : a dope, stupid person


Dropkick : see 'dipstick'


Drum : information, tip-off ("I'll give you the drum")


Duchess : sideboard


Duffer, cattle : rustler


Dummy, spit the : get very upset at something


Dunny : outside lavatory


Dunny budgie : blowfly


Dunny rat, cunning as a : very cunning


Durry : cigarette


Dux : top of the class (n.); to be top of the class (v.) - "She duxed four of her subjects".








E


Earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter


Ekka : the Brisbane Exhibition, an annual show


Esky : large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc.


Exy : expensive




F


Face, off one's : drunk ("He was off his face by 9pm")


Fair dinkum : true, genuine


Fair go : a chance ("give a bloke a fair go")


Fair suck of the sav! : exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief (see also "sav")


Fairy floss : candy floss, cotton candy


Feral : V8 ute (q.v.) sporting large heavy bullbar, numerous aerials, large truck mudflaps and stickers almost all over the rear window and tailgate. Sometimes seen with a Mack emblem on the bonnet and always with large (multiple) driving lights


Feral (n.) : a hippie


Figjam : "F*ck I'm good; just ask me". Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves.


Fisho : fishmonger


Flake : shark's flesh (sold in fish & chips shops)


Flat out like a lizard drinking : flat out, busy


Flick : to give something or somebody the flick is to get rid of it or him/her


Flick it on : to sell something, usually for a quick profit, soon after buying it.


Fly wire : gauze flyscreen covering a window or doorway.


Footy : Australian Rules football


Fossick : search, rummage ("fossicking through the kitchen drawers")


Fossick : to prospect, e.g. for gold


Fossicker : prospector, e.g. for gold


Franger : condom


Freckle : anus


Fremantle Doctor : the cooling afternoon breeze that arrives in Perth from the direction of Freeo


Freo : Fremantle in Western Australia


Frog in a sock, as cross as a : sounding angry - a person or your hard drive!


Fruit loop : fool


Full : drunk




G


G'Day : hello!


Gabba : Wooloongabba - the Brisbane cricket ground


Galah : fool, named after the bird of the same name which flies south in the winter - a bloody silly thing to do in the Southern Hemisphere


Garbo, garbologist : municipal garbage collector


Give it a burl : try it, have a go


Gobful, give a : to abuse, usually justifiably ("The neighbours were having a noisy party so I went and gave them a gobful")


Going off : used of a night spot or party that is a lot of fun - "the place was really going off"


Good oil : useful information, a good idea, the truth


Good onya : good for you, well done


Goog, as full as a : drunk. "Goog" is a variation of the northern English slangword "goggie" meaning an egg.


Greenie : environmentalist


Grinning like a shot fox : very happy, smugly satisfied


Grog : liquor, beer ("bring your own grog, you bludger")


Grouse (adj.) : great, terrific, very good


Grundies : undies, underwear (from Reg Grundy, a television person)


Gutful of piss : drunk, "he's got a gutful of piss"


Gyno : gynaecologist




H


Handle : beer glass with a handle


Heaps : a lot, e.g. "thanks heaps", "(s)he earned heaps of money" etc.


Holy dooley! : an exclamation of surprise = "Good heavens!", "My goodness!" "Good grief!" or similar


Hoon : hooligan


Hooroo : goodbye


Hotel : often just a pub


Hottie : hot water bottle




I


Icy pole, ice block : popsicle, lollypop




J


Jackaroo : a male station hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property)


Jillaroo : a female station hand


Joey : baby kangaroo


Journo : journalist


Jumbuck : sheep




K


Kangaroos loose in the top paddock : Intellectually inadequate ("he's got kangaroos loose in the top paddock")


Kelpie : Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie


Kero : kerosene


Kindie : kindergarten


Knock : to criticise


Knock back : refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb)


Knocker : somebody who criticises




L


Lair : a flashily dressed young man of brash and vulgar behaviour, to dress up in flashy clothes, to renovate or dress up something in bad taste


Lair it up : to behave in a brash and vulgar manner


Larrikin : a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless prankster


Lend of, to have a : to take advantage of somebody's gullibility, to have someone on ("he's having a lend of you")


Lippy : lipstick


Liquid laugh : vomit


Lizard drinking, flat out like a : flat out, busy


Lob, lob in : drop in to see someone ("the rellies have lobbed")


Lollies : sweets, candy


London to a brick : absolute certainty ("it's London to a brick that taxes won't go down")


Long paddock : the side of the road where livestock is grazed during droughts


Longneck : 750ml bottle of beer in South Australia


Lucky Country, The : Australia, where else?


Lunch, who opened their? : OK, who farted?


Lurk : illegal or underhanded racket




M


Maccas (pron. "mackers") : McDonald's (the hamburger place)


Mallee bull, as fit as a : very fit and strong. The Mallee is very arid beef country in Victoria/South Australia.


Manchester : Household linen, eg sheets etc.


Mappa Tassie : map of Tasmania - a woman's pubic area


Mate : buddy, friend


Mate's rate, mate's discount : cheaper than usual for a "friend"


Matilda : swagman's bedding, sleeping roll


Metho : methylated spirits


Mexican : a person from south of the (Queensland) border


Mickey Mouse : excellent, very good. Beware though - in some parts of Australia it means inconsequential, frivolous or not very good!


Middy : 285 ml beer glass in New South Wales


Milk bar : corner shop that sells takeaway food


Milko : milkman


Mob : group of people, not necessarily troublesome


Mob : family or herd (?) of kangaroos


Mongrel : despicable person


Moolah : money


Mozzie : mosquito


Muddy : mud crab (a great delicacy)


Mug : friendly insult ("have a go, yer mug"), gullible person


Mull : grass (the kind you smoke)


Muster : round up sheep or cattle




N


Nasho : National Service (compulsory military service)


Naughty, have a : have sex


Never Never : the Outback, centre of Australia


Nipper : young surf lifesaver


No drama : same as 'no worries'


No worries! : Expression of forgiveness or reassurance (No problem; forget about it; I can do it; Yes, I'll do it)


No-hoper : somebody who'll never do well


Not the full quid : not bright intellectually


Nuddy, in the : naked


Nun's nasty, as dry as a : dry




O


O.S. : overseas ("he's gone O.S.")


Ocker : an unsophisticated person


Offsider : an assistant, helper


Oldies : parents - "I'll have to ask my oldies"


Outback : interior of Australia


Oz : Australia!




P


Paddock : see 'long paddock'


Pash : a long passionate kiss; hence "pashing on"


Pav : Pavlova - a rich, creamy Australian dessert


Perve (noun & verb) : looking lustfully at the opposite sex


Piece of piss : easy task


Pig's arse! : I don't agree with you


Piker : Someone who doesn't want to fit in with others socially, leaves parties early


Pint : large glass of beer (esp. in South Australia)


Piss : beer. Hence "hit the piss", "sink some piss"


Plate, bring a : Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to bring your own food. It doesn't mean they're short of crockery!


Plonk : cheap wine


Pokies : poker machines, fruit machines, gambling slot machines


Polly : politician


Pom, pommy : an Englishman


Pommy bastard : an Englishman


Pommy shower : using deodorant instead of taking a shower


Pommy's towel, as dry as a : very dry - based on the canard that Poms bathe about once a month


Port : suitcase (portmanteau)


Postie : postman, mailman


Pot : 285 ml beer glass in Queensland and Victoria


Pozzy : position - get a good pozzy at the football stadium


Prezzy : present, gift




Q


Quid, make a : earn a living - "are you making a quid?"


Quid, not the full : of low IQ. [Historical note: 'quid' is slang for a pound. £1 became $2 when Australia converted to decimal currency]




R


Rack off : push off! get lost! get out of here! also "rack off hairy legs!".


Rage : party


Rage on : to continue partying - "we raged on until 3am"


Rapt : pleased, delighted


Ratbag : mild insult


Raw prawn, to come the : to bull****, to be generally disagreeable


Reckon! : you bet! Absolutely!


Reffo : refugee


Rego : vehicle registration


Rellie or relo : family relative


Ridgy-didge : original, genuine


Right : okay ("she'll be right, mate")


Rip snorter : great, fantastic - "it was a rip snorter of a party"


Ripper : great, fantastic - "it was a ripper party"


Ripper, you little! : Exclamation of delight or as a reaction to good news


Road train : big truck with many trailers


Rock up : to turn up, to arrive - "we rocked up at their house at 8pm"


Rollie : a cigarette that you roll yourself


Roo : kangaroo


Root (verb and noun) : synonym for f*ck in nearly all its senses: "I feel rooted"; "this washing machine is rooted"; "(s)he's a good root". A very useful word in fairly polite company.


Ropeable : very angry


Rort (verb or noun) : Cheating, fiddling, defrauding (expenses, the system etc.). Usually used of politicians


Rotten : drunk - "I went out last night and got rotten"


Rubbish (verb) : to criticize




S


Salute, Aussie : brushing flies away


Salvos, the : Salvation Army, bless them


Sandgroper : a person from Western Australia


Sanger : a sandwich


Sav : saveloy (see also "fair suck of the sav!")


Schooner : large beer glass in Queensland; medium beer glass in South Australia


Scratchy : instant lottery ticket


Screamer : party lover; "two pot screamer" - somebody who gets drunk on very little alcohol


Seppo : an American


Servo : petrol station


Shark biscuit : somebody new to surfing


She'll be right : it'll turn out okay


Sheila : a woman


Shonky : dubious, underhanded. E.g. a shonky practice, shonky business etc.


Shoot through : to leave


Shout : turn to buy - a round of drinks usually ("it's your shout")


Show pony : someone who tries hard, by his dress or behaviour, to impress those around him.


Sickie : day off sick from work (chuck a sickie = take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy!)


Skite : boast, brag


Skull/Skol (a beer) : to drink a beer in a single draught without taking a breath


Slab : a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer


Sleepout : house verandah converted to a bedroom


Smoko : smoke or coffee break


Snag : a sausage


Sook : person or animal who is soft, tame, inoffensive. Hence sooky (adj.)


Spag bol : spaghetti bolognese


Spewin' : very angry


Spiffy, pretty spiffy : great, excellent


Spit the dummy : get very upset at something


Spruiker : man who stands outside a nightclub or restaurant trying to persuade people to enter


Sprung : caught doing something wrong


Spunk : a good looking person (of either sex)


Squizz (noun) : look - "take a squizz at this"


Standover man : a large man, usually gang-related, who threatens people with physical violence in order to have his wishes carried out.


Station : a big farm/grazing property


Stickybeak : nosy person


Stoked : very pleased


Strewth : exclamation, mild oath ("Strewth, that Chris is a bonzer bloke")


Strides : trousers


Strine : Australian slang and pronunciation


Stubby : a 375ml. beer bottle


Stubby holder : polystyrene insulated holder for a stubby


Stuffed, I feel : I'm tired


Stuffed, I'll be : expression of surprise


Sunbake : sunbathe


Sunnies : sunglasses


Surfies : people who go surfing - usually more often than they go to work!


Swag : rolled up bedding etc. carried by a swagman


Swaggie : swagman


Swagman : tramp, hobo








T


Tall poppies : successful people


Tall poppy syndrome : the tendency to criticize successful people


Tallie : 750ml bottle of beer


Taswegian : derogatory term for a person from Tasmania


Technicolor yawn : vomit


Tee-up : to set up (an appointment)


Thingo : Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsit


Thongs : cheap rubber backless sandals


Throw-down : small bottle of beer which you can throw down quickly.


Tickets, to have on oneself : to have a high opinion of oneself


Tinny : can of beer


Tinny : lucky


Tinny : small aluminium boat


Togs : swim suit


Too right! : definitely!


Top End : far north of Australia


Trackie daks/dacks : tracksuit pants


Trackies : track suit


Troppo, gone : to have escaped to a state of tropical madness; to have lost the veneer of civilisation after spending too long in the tropics.


Trough lolly : the solid piece of perfumed disinfectant in a men's urinal


Truckie : truck driver


True blue : patriotic


Tucker : food


Tucker-bag : food bag


Turps : turpentine, alcoholic drink


Turps, hit the : go on a drinking binge


Two up : gambling game played by spinning two coins simultaneously




U


Uni : university


Unit : flat, apartment


Up oneself : have a high opinion of oneself - "he's really up himself"


Up somebody, get : to rebuke somebody - "the boss got up me for being late"


Useful as an ashtray on a motorbike / tits on a bull : unhelpful or incompetent person or thing - "he, she or it is about as useful as tits on a bull" etc. etc.


Ute : utility vehicle, pickup truck




V


Vedgies : vegetables


Vee dub : Volkswagen


Veg out : relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable)


Vejjo : vegetarian


Vinnie's : St. Vincent De Paul's (charity thrift stores and hostels)




W


WACA (pron. whacker) : Western Australian Cricket Association and the Perth cricket ground


Waggin' school : playing truant


Walkabout : a walk in the Outback by Aborigines that lasts for an indefinite amount of time


Walkabout, it's gone : it's lost, can't be found


Whacker, whacka : Idiot; somebody who talks drivel; somebody with whom you have little patience; a dickhead


Whinge : complain


White pointers : topless (female) sunbathers


Whiteant (verb) : to criticise something to deter somebody from buying it. A car dealer might whiteant another dealer's cars or a real estate salesman might whiteant another agent's property


Wobbly : excitable behaviour ("I complained about the food and the waiter threw a wobbly")


Wobbly boot on, he's got the : drunk


Wog : flu or trivial illness


Wog : person of Mediterranean origin. A milder insult than the same word in the UK and perhaps elsewhere.


Wombat : somebody who eats, roots and leaves (see also root)


Woop Woop : invented name for any small unimportant town - "he lives in Woop Woop"


Wowser : straight-laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport


Wuss : coward; nervous person or animal




X


XXXX : pronounced Four X, brand of beer made in Queensland




Y


Yabber : talk (a lot)


Yakka : work (noun)


Yewy : u-turn in traffic ("chuck a yewy at the next traffic lights")


Yobbo : an uncouth person




Z


Zack : sixpence (5 cents) - "it isn't worth a zack", "he hasn't got a zack"

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