A
Ace        excellent
Aggro        some who is aggravated, upset about something
Alf        stupid person
Amber fluid / Amber nectar        beer
Ankle biter         young child
Ant’s pants         height of fashion OR person has a high opinion of themselves
Anyhow mate        a saying used to change the subject when talking (usually when they bored with what you are saying)
Apple eaters         someone who lives in the state of Tasmania (apple growing state)
she’ll be Apples!        everything will be okay
Apricots        a man’s testicles (reproductive glands). Should I have said that as it would be obvious to anyone familiar with human anatomy that women don’t have testicles. Okay, let’s just leave it as testicles.
Aerial ping pong        Aussie rules football
Arse over tit        trip or fall over
get your Arse into gear        someone is asking you to get moving
Arse about face        something is back to front
Arvo         afternoon
this Arvo        this afternoon
Aussie        someone from Australia – an Australian
Ay? or eh?        didn’t catch what someone has said, or pardon me
Avagoyermug        someone is not trying hard enough in their sport, and you want them to (this is yelled to give them a bit of a push a long)
AV Jennings        marriage meaning your first marriage (AV Jennings is a builder in Australia specialising in building houses for young married couples)
Awning over the toy shop        male beer belly (the toy shop being the male reproductive organs)
your Acres (achers)        testicles (achers from when someone kicks you in the testicles)

B
Back of Beyond        far out bush as you can get, right out outback of Australia
Back of Bourke        the middle of nowhere
out in the Back Blocks        beyond suburbia and the more established farm and cattle properties
Back hander        a bribe
Back hander        sometimes used to describe hitting someone with the back of your hand
Your old Bag, the old Bag        a term for a woman, usually the wife, the mother-in-law, or such
Bagged someone        criticised or put someone down
Bail out        you leave
Bail up        hold up OR rob OR earbash
Balls        Testicles
Balls up        terrible mistake, everything has gone all wrong
Bananas        someone going crazy with anger
Banana Bender        some who lives in the state of Queensland (Queensland is the Banana growing state)
Bang on        hit the target right in the middle, OR it’s right, or correct
Banged up        pregnant
Bangs like a dunny door in storm        Makes a lot of noise when making love
Bar flies        Old men who drink and talk in the front bar of a pub (hotel) from when they open to when they close (they sit on a beer for hours)
Barbie or B.B.Q        barbecue cooking outdoors
Have a Barney        fight or scuffle or argument or tiff
Barrack        to spur your team, or sport on
Give it a Bash        you will try something you are not sure of
Basket case        someone on the edge of mental collapse
Gidday you old Bastard        a term of endearment
Bathers        swimming costume (VIC & SA)
Old Battle-Axe        wife OR mother-in-law
Battler        you work hard to earn a living
Beak        your nose
Beanie        ski hat
Beaten by a blow        shearer slang, running shears from one end of sheep to the other. Used in the song ‘Click go the shears’.
Beating around the bush        not getting to the point on a subject
You little Beauty, that’s Beaut        excited approval, something has gone really well
Beer o’clock        Knock off time, time to finish what you are doing and have a well earned beer
give someone a Bell        ring them on the phone
Belly flop        diving incorrectly into water with the stomach breaking the water
Belt up!        you are asked stop talking, be quiet, in a angry way
Berko        angry in a unreasonable way
gone Berko        gone mad, looks like going mad
Better Half        your wife or husband
Bewdy!        Beauty. Really good. Exclamation of delight
Going to have a Bex        you are going to settle your self down from some sort of stress – usually a cup of tea, a cry and a good lie down (Bex is a pain relieving drug)
Bickie        a dollar
Big note yourself        to say you are better or more important than you are
Town Bike        woman of loose morals, sleeps around (everyone rides her)
Billabong        a waterhole
put the Billy on        putting water on to boil, usually camping out to make a cup of tea
Billy cart        a go-kart of a kid’s (child’s) construction
Billy lids        The kids, children
Bindii (Bindy-eye) or Bindie        a grassy nettle
Biscuit        cookie
To put the Bite on        someone to ask them for money
Past the Black Stump        the same as Back of Beyond
Blimey        you are surprised by something
Even Blind Freddy could see that        what someone would say to you, if you are not understanding something that is obvious
Block        your head
Do your Block        you are angry or lose your temper
Doing your Block        you are getting very angry, losing your head
Go to the Block        go to your vacant piece of land
Bloke        Australian male
Bloody oath I do “yes”        you really, really do approve of what’s someone is saying
Ugly as a box of Blowflies        that’s real ugly
On the Blower        telephone
Blowies        blow flies
Blow in        stranger in town
Blowing your dough        spending all your money
Blow through        leave in a hurry
Bludger        someone who fails to do anything at all they are asked (lazy)
Bludge        to do nothing at all
True Blue        something that is real Australian
having a Blue        having a fight or argument
Blue Heeler        police
Bluey        a nickname for someone with red hair
Bob’s your uncle        you just understood something that at first you did not not understand
off to the Bog to leave an offering        off to the toilet to leave a deposit
bolted        left very quick
Boogie Board        half-sized surf board
Bolt        erect penis
it’s a Bomb        it’s cool or it’ a old car
Bonza or Bonzer        great, an expression of delight
Bonzer there mate!        that’s great friend
Boomer        kangaroo
Booze, Boozer        alcohol, pub or hotel OR a person who is a heavy drinker
Booze Bus        Police van used for random breath testing for alcohol
go for a Bo-peep        a sly look at something
you little Bottler        delight, something as gone the way you want
ya bloods worth Bottling!        someone has done something good for you, you make this statement
Bottoms up        drinking the whole glass of something all at once (usually beer)
Bow wow        really ugly (a dog)
got no Brass        you’ve got no money
Brass razoo        no money
hit in the Breadbasket        hit in the stomach
Brekky        first meal of the day
Brickies cleavage        top of the buttocks exposed
he’s a Broken packet of biscuits        his life looks good on the outside, but his a mess on the inside
choke a Brown dog OR kick a Brown dog        you are going to get your tension out (NO you don’t choke or kick a brown dog). Another way of referring to going to the toilet
Brown-eye        to show ones bottom, mooning
a Bruce        a man (as in the Monty Python sketch where all the Australians were named Bruce
Brumby        wild horse
Buckley’s chance        no chance at all (Buckleys & Nunn was a store and the Nunn rhymes with none)
Budgie        Budgerigar – small parrot popular as pets. Good mimic.
have a feed of Bug        (Moreton Bay Bug) small crab
Bugalugs        a friendly endearment
doing Bugger all        you doing absolutely nothing
Bugger me dead!        extremely shocked at something
Bugger off!        they are telling you to go, in a not very nice way. If asked as a question it can mean that you aren’t believed or an expression of surprise
go to Buggery        being asked to leave or keep your nose out-in a very nasty way
Built like a brick shit house        something or someone is of very strong construction (usually outside toilets are made of wood)
Bull dust        a lie
Bullamakanka        imaginary place in the far outback, as far as you can go in the outback
Bum        your arse end (bottom) or someone down on their luck and living on the street
Bum nuts        eggs
Bummer        you’re been let down by something
Bundy        Bundaberg rum
Bung        to put (bung another snag on the barbie mate!)
Bunghole        your mouth
Bunyip        mythical spirit creature from outback said to reside in or near billabongs
give it a Burl        give something a try, that you have not done before
Burr up        get angry
Bushbash        go off road in a vehicle, forcing your way through untouched bush
Bush pig        an unattractive woman
Bush telegraph        the town gossip network
what is this? Bush week?        you tell someone something is not true. An exclamation that they don’t believe you
Busy as a one legged bloke in an arse kicking contest        you are doing nothing
Busy as a centipede on a hot plate         very busy (picture trying to manage 100 bare feet while standing on a hot stove)
give it a “Butchers”        you will look into it (rhymes with butcher’s hook)
it’s BYO        bring your own (alcohol to a restaurant, OR meat to a barbecue)

C
Something’s Cactus        It’s died
Cakehole        your mouth
Call it a day        to finish what you have been doing for the day
Camp oven        Large cast iron pot with a lid, for cooking on a open fire
Have a Captain Cook        have a look at something
Someone Carked it        they’ve died
Carpetbagger steak        beef stuffed with oysters
Catch me fuck me        Rugby League football
Chalkie        teacher
Cheapskate        someone will not spend money or tight wad
Cheerio        saying goodbye
Cheese & kisses        the missus, you wife
Chew the fat        have a good talk together
Chinwag        having a good chat
Chippie        carpenter
It’s Chock a block or Chocker’s        full to the point you can fill no more or crowded to over flowing
You Choof off        You go now
Chook        a chicken, rooster or hen
May your Chooks turn into emus and kick your shithouse down        statement you can make when, you’re not very happy with what someone has done to you
Chuck        throw something or vomit
Chunder        vomit
Clanger        tell a real big lie or say something inappropriate or a shock
Claytons        something of questionable integrity, a fake. Claytons is a non alcoholic drink billed as ‘the drink you’re having when you’re not having a drink’
Cleanskin        unbranded cattle OR not a criminal
Clobber        Clothes
Clocked someone        you’re hit someone
Clod hoppers        your feet
Cobber        a mate, a close friend
G’day Cobber        welcome close friend
something is a Cock up        its gone all wrong
Cock and bull        something is a lie (cock and bull story)
Cockroach        someone who lives in the state of New South Wales, don’t ask why
Cockie        farmer
a Cockie        cockroach
Cod’s        testicles
Codswallop        cods-swal-lop a lot nonsense or a lie
got no Coin        got no money
Coldie        a cold beer
get them to Come across        try to get someone over to your way of thinking
Compo        Compensation (Worker’s Compensation)
Conk        to hit someone
Cooee        call for greeting someone at a distance in the bush
Cop it sweet        to get what’s coming to you, without try to get back at them
Corroboree        aboriginal festival dance
put on your Cossie        put on your clothing
you will be waiting till the Cows come home        you be waiting all day
Couldn’t organise a root in a brothel        Person is incompetent, they can’t even arrange to have sex in a brothel
Cow Juice        milk from a cow
Cozzie        swimming costume (NSW)
that’s a load of old Crap        (load of old shit) a lie
stop the Crap!        stop what you are doing or saying its not right
off to the Crapper        you off to the toilet
Crack onto        to make a pass at/chat up
Creamed someone or team        beaten someone else or a team by a huge margin
Crikey!        surprise at something
Cripes!! I’ve stepped in something        in extreme discomfort (as in having stepped into dog poo barefoot
Crockery        teeth
Crook        ill OR something that is not functioning
feeling Crook        not feeling well
Crook as Rookwood        very unwell (Rookwood is a cemetery in western Sydney)
Croweater        someone who lives in the state of South Australia, that state’s outback has a lot of crows
Cruddy        something of low quality
to make a Crust        to earn a living, work for wages
not worth a Crumpet        something is worthless
Cunning as a shithouse rat        someone is very cunning and under handed
have a Cuppa        have cup of tea or coffee
Curly        nickname for a bald person
give someone a bit of Curry        give someone a hard time of it
Cut lunch        sandwiches
you need to take a Cut lunch        where you going is a long walk
mad as a Cut snake        someone very upset, that could do anything
Cow-tow        bow and scrape to someone

D
Daks or Dacks        trousers or shorts. Sometimes refers to underpants
you are a Dag        the manure that hangs from the wool on the rear end of a sheep or a friendly endearment (the trick is knowing which one they mean, check to see if they a smiling) or an unfashionable way of dressing
Daggy        something that looks very bad
Damp squib        someone who is not thinking too well, a bit of a dud (a squib was a small firecracker, a damp squib is one that doesn’t go off).
Damper        flour and water bread mix cooked in the coals of a camp fire
he’s got the Darling pea        behave strangely, OR insane (it’s a plant that causes some strange behaviour mainly in animals that eat it)
Deadset        without a doubt
Dead cert        absolute certainly
Dead horse        tomato sauce
Dead marine        empty beer bottle
going to the Dunny        off to the toilet
your Dial        your face
Didgeridoo        Aboriginal wind musical instrument
Digger        Australian soldier
Going to your Digs        is going to your home the place you live
Dill        someone that is not too smart
Dilly-bag        food bag or small bag to carry things
Dingbat        someone who is a fool or acting foolish
You are a Dingo        you are cunning bad person
Dinki-di        something good from a Australia OR originating from Downunder
Dobber        the person has told someone else what you’ve been up to
Dodgy        something suspicious and underhanded is going on
Doesn’t know if it’s Pitt street or Christmas        to be confused (a country bloke confused at all the lights of Sydney’s Pitt Street)
Dog and bone        telephone
Who cut the dog in half?        someone has farted
Dog’s Breakfast        a mess or messy
its a Done Deal        something is finished or completed
Donger        a mans penis
Donk        car or boat engine or motor bike
Haven’t seen you in Donkey’s years        you haven’t seen someone in a very long time
Doodah        something or item you do not know the name of
Dork        fool or idiot
Blowing all your Dough        spending all your money
Drink with the flies        to drink alone
if you are a Drip        you are someone with no personality, no character, boring
Drongo        idiot, someone that is stupid, an insult
Dropped your bundle        you lost control of the situation, and finding it hard to get it sorted out, finding it hard to cope with things (Bundle – a load you carry)
Dropped your guts        you have farted
you are Drover’s dog        you no good, you a useless, you are of no importance
Dry as a dead dingo’s donger        drought OR very dry climate
I’ve been Dudded        someone’s conned you, cheated you
Dudder        con-man, won’t pay bill’s
Dud-dropper        one who sells cheap stuff as good stuff, implying that it’s cheap because it fell off the back of a truck (stolen)
up the Duff        pregnant
Dunlop cheque        cheque that bounced (the bank did not accept it, returned to you) Dunlop being famous for making tyres
noisy as a Dunny door in a storm        something or someone making a continuous noise
Dunny budgie        a fly
Durry        cigarette

E
getting a good Earbashing        someone talking to you a long time
I could Eat a horse, and chase the jockey        you are very very hungry
Elbow grease        working hard (digging etc)
Esky        large insulated box which you put ice bricks in, to keep food and drink cold (beer)
Evo        evening

F
Face fungus        man’s beard, hair on the face
Fag        a cigarette
Fair crack of the whip!        Give me a fair go or when someone has done or said something wrong or not correct, or is going to (to let them know, you know)
Fair-go Mate!        statement you make when someone is not letting you do or say something
Fair dinkum        someone or something really genuine
Fair enough OK        you are right, I agree about something
Fair suck of the sav        statement you make when someone is not letting you do or say something (sav is a saveloy – a type of sausage)
Fanny        female private parts
Fart-arse around        you not getting on with the job at hand, and doing other things
Fat chance        someone has little to no chance of something happening
old fella        a man’s penis
Fibber        someone who tell lies
like a Fish on a hook        you are really caught on something or caught by something or into something usually unpleasant
Five finger discount        shoplifting
Flake        Shark meat, used in Fish and Chip shops
Flaked out        laid down for a rest or fell down from over doing it
Flaming thing or Flaming good time        extra bad or extra good
Flash as a rat with a gold tooth        dressed and groomed nicely
Flasher        perverts who expose their private parts in public
Flat chat or Flat out        going very fast what ever they’re doing
Flat out like a lizard drinking        doing something very fast
give it the Flick        you throw it away
go to the Flicks        you off to the cinema
Floater         meat pie floating in thick pea soup
Flog        usually means to sell something but can sometimes mean to steal something
Footbrawl        northerners term for Ozzie Rules Football
Footy        Aussie Rules Football
Footy        Rugby league
Fossicking        hunting for gemstones etc (usually opals or sapphires)
I suppose it was Fred Nerk        I suppose it was someone imaginary
Fridee        Friday
Frocks        older ladies Dresses
you Front someone        you ask them what they’re hiding
a Fruit cake        mentally unstable
Fruiterer        one who sells fruit and vegetables
Full as a boot        drunk
Full as a Fairy’s phone book        something that is not at all empty
in Full Feather        in real good health
Funny as a fart in an elevator        something that isn’t funny
Funny farm        mental institution

G
Ga day, Gidday or G’day        a friendly welcome (same as hello or hi)
Galah        loud, rudely behaved person, an insult (a galah is a loud raucous parrot)
what’s your Game        what are you up to, something going on that is wrong
you’re Game        if you have a go at something others think or find difficult, they say you’re Game or brave
have a Gander        have a look
Garbo        Garbage collector
Garbologist        Garbage collector
Gasbag        talking a lot
Gibber        a large rock or a desert (as in the Gibson Desert)
Give it away        give up on something
I need to Go!        you want to go to the toilet
it’s a Goer        something that will definitely occur, that you have been trying to make happen
Going like hot cakes        something selling or given away very fast
Gone round the bend        gone crazy or mental
Gone to the dogs        something or some place, is no longer any good
Good as Gold!        something is great
Good oh        okay
the Good oil        on it is to tell the truth on something
Good on ya Mate!        you are happy with what they are doing
Goog        an egg (he’s got a big goog on ‘is head) he’s got a bump on the head as big as a egg
full as a Goog        drunk
Goose        Someone that is not to smart, silly
come off the Grass!        do you think I’m stupid or gullible?
Green around the Gills        you are feeling queasy, sick often referring to hangovers
you dirty Grub        dirty eater or dirty child
go eat some Grub        go eat some food
hop into the Grub        start eating food
Grazier        sheep or cattle farmer (usually in a big way)
Gregory Peck        your neck
Grizzle        complaining person
Grog        alcohol
you are a Grot        you are very dirty or untidy
Grouse        something is great, terrific
Grumblebum        usually an older person who habitually complains.
Guffing off        someone who is lazy
Gumsucker        someone who lives in the state of Victoria
down the Gurgler        down the plug hole, something has failed
Gutzer or Gutsa        to fall over and hurt yourself or plan that does not work out
got a Gympy leg        your leg is not working, its damaged

H
Haggle        you try to talk the price down
Hair of the dog        drinking more alcohol as a cure for a hangover
Put Hairs on ya chest        someone that if you eat this or drink this you will become a man
Handles like a dog on lino (linoleum)        your car or whatever handles very badly
Hang out        spending time out, usually with friends
Happy as a pig in mud        very happy
Hardcase        someone with closed mind, but they might not think so or a tough guy
Hit the Hay or Hit the sack        go to bed to sleep
Hit the Frog and Toad        Hit the road, leave, usually said by a visitor when they are ready to leave
Hit your kick        open your wallet
Hoon        a show-off with limited intelligence
Hoo-roo        saying goodbye to someone
Hot under the collar        to get angry
Howzat?        asking someone how something is. Often shouted at cricket when appealing for a batsman to be dismissed
Humping        something heavy carrying something heavy usually very hard or having sex
Humpy        bush dwelling of cheap construction

I
Idiot box        television set
something is a bit Iffy        it is risky or suspect
you give me the Irrits        they’re extremely irritating
Ivories        your teeth (to tickle the ivories) to play the piano
J
Jack of that        you a fed up with something
I will fix your Jack and Jill        I will pay your bill, usually in a restaurant
Jack-in-the-box        someone who can not sit still
Jackaroo or Jillaroo        trainee male or female Cattle Station hand
Jack Dancer        Cancer
Jaked        broken
Jaffle        toasted sandwich (toasty toast)
Had to use the Jerry        (chamberpot) it is a pot under the bed if you need to go in the middle of the night
See you in a Jiffy        see you in a short time
Jigged        broken or no long useful
I will job you!        I will hit you or punch you
Jocks        male underpants
Joe Blake        a snake
Joe Bloggs        you are referring to the average citizen
Any old Joe blow will tell you        any one you don’t even know will tell you
Down the John        off to the toilet
Journo        journalist
Jumper        usually a woollen sweater
Jumbuck        sheep
Just down the road        If someone says this, ask for more details as this could be 100 yards to a 1000 miles away

K
Kafuffle        argument Or a disturbance
you must have Kangaroos loose in the top paddock        you going a little crazy
Keen as mustard        enthusiastic about something
Kick the bucket        dead
Kindy        kindergarten
Kip        short rest or sleep or nap
pack your Kit        pack up all your belongings or your possessions
Kiwi        someone who live in New Zealand (New Zealander)
Knackers        testicles
Knickers        female underwear
Knock-off        a counterfeit product
Knock shop        a house of prostitution
Knock something        you criticise it
Knocked me back        she didn’t want to have sex with you
Knocked up        she is pregnant
Knock off time        time to go home from work
Get Knotted!        is a angry way of say go now
you Know        mostly used by people who do not know what they are talking about, and hope you do (habit phrase some Aussies use at the end of a sentence)
What do you Know?        someone is try to open a discussion with you, in a friendly way

L
Lady muck        a woman who puts on airs of a grand lady, usually badly (stuck up)
Lady blamey        a beer glass made from the bottom half of a beer bottle
Lag        inform, dob
Lame-brained        someone that is stupid
Lamingtons        sponge cakes coated in chocolate and grated coconut
Laughing gear        your mouth
Lashing out        going on a spending spree
Lav or Lavvy        outdoor toilet
Leading you up the garden path        someone is try to deceive you, but you are not awake up to it
take a Leak        go to the toilet
Get a leg over        have sexual intercourse
help you get a Leg up        someone is going to help you get started at something (usually when you are new to something)
Lemon        something that is faulty or broken or bad or useless (that you are stuck with) or a lesbian
Lights on but there’s no one home        someone not too smart
Lippie        lipstick
Liquid amber        Beer
use your Loaf        use your head, think about it
Lob-in on someone        visit someone unnannounced
do your Lolly        hit your head or shouting and raving in an angry way (losing you head)
Lollywater        soft drink, also a way to insult someone who has served an alcoholic drink that is not up to scratch
Long as a month of Sundays        a very long time (28 – 31 weeks)
Long drink of water        someone who is tall
Long neck        large bottle of beer
how Long is a piece of string?        used when someone asks when something will be finished, and it’s one of those jobs that is finished when it’s finished (can not determine a time)
on a good Lurk        on to a good thing or job
G’day Luv        substitute for the woman’s name in a friendly way

M
Mad as a cut snake        gone crazy
Mad as a meat axe        crazy, sometimes used to excuse coarse behaviour
Map of Tassie        Woman’s reproductive parts. Tasmania is a triangular shape. The ‘map’ being the pubic hair
Mate        friend
Matilda        your sleeping bag or bed roll for camping out
Milk bar        the corner shop that sells all sorts(mainly food)
Min Min        mysterious lights at night in the outback
Missus        your wife
Mob        group of people or things, not necessarily unruly
Mozzie        mosquito
Mollydooker        a left hander
Moosh        your mouth
I was just Mucking around        you where playing around in a way that others generally don’t like
Mug        your face
gone up the Mulga        gone bush, gone to the country not touched by man
More of them, than you can poke a stick at        a lot of something
Stunned Mullet        dazed or shocked at some disturbing news
Manchester        household linen
Middy        285 ml beer glass (NSW)
Things are crook in Musclebrook        times are bad
plates of Meat        your feet
Mundee        Monday
Mystery bag        sausage (never know what the butcher put in it)

N
Nacked        annoyed
I’m Nackered        absolutely exhausted or very tired
Nana        banana
Nappy        diaper (not slang)
Narkie        short tempered or very negative about everything
Naughty        sexual intercourse
NCR Rating        Number of Cans Required. The number of beers you would need to drink before you would consider having sex with them
Neddie        a horse
Out in the Never Never        gone out to the bush, usually off the beaten track, gone off in our native countrysides undeveloped by man
you’ve got a good Nick        you got a good name
in the Nick        you are naked
Nick off        go now, get lost
Get Nicked!        go away, get lost, sometimes used when someone doesn’t believe what you are saying
Nickers        females underpants
Noah’s ark        a shark
No-hoper        someone who is hopeless
Nockers        women’s breasts
Noggin        head or brains
It’s on the Nose        something stinks
Not Bad        often an understatement of something being good but can also be trying to spare one’s feelings. Most often used when asked how you are
In the Nuddy        naked
Nulla-nulla        wooden club used by Aborigines (made from very heavy and hard wood)
Nuggets        man’s testicles

O
Ocker        Aussie that likes beer, sport and women and uncultured
Off the Beaten Track        on a road not used very much, to no road at all or in a remote part of Australia
Off like a brides nightie        leave very quickly or something stinks
Off like a bucket of prawns in the hot sun        leaving very quickly
Off-sider        assistant or partner
Oldies        parents
Once over        giving something the look over or checking it out
One armed bandit        poker machine (slowly being replaced by the button version)
On ya mate        (as in Good on ya) well done there mate
Ooroo        goodbye
Orright!        All right! Can mean great delight but could also be a protest at being asked to do something you don’t want to do. Depends on the tone of voice
Outback        remote part of Australia
Bun in the Oven        pregnant
Ow-yar-goin        how are you going?
Oy! or Oi!        a Aussie bush call
Oz        Australia

P
Pack of Poo tickets        toilet paper
I’ll put the cows out in the long Paddock        putting cows out on the road
Pally        on friendly terms with someone
Paper Yabber        letter
Pash or Pashing        kissing and cuddling
Pat Malone        you are on your own, alone
Paw-paw        Queensland papaya (tropical fruit)
Pearl        excellent
Perk        at work something good your employer supplies for nothing as a part of your job (and the taxman wants a part of)
Pester        annoy or bother someone
Pie floater        a meat pie floating in thick pea soup, usually with lots of sauce
Pigs bum        that’s wrong, or incorrect
Piffle        nonsense
Piker        someone who does not want to do, what the rest of the group want to do
Pinch        to arrest
Pissed as a family fart        very drunk, sometimes used to insult a younger drinker to imply that they are like the old family drunk
Pissed as a parrot        drunk
Pissed off        you are angry or unhappy with something
Plate of meat        your feet
Playing Possum        you are hiding yourself or try to keep something from someone (sometimes by pretending to do something you are not)
Plonk        very cheap alcohol or sometimes refers to wine in general
Poddy dodger        cattle rustler
Pommy or Pom        English person
Pong        a bad smell or unpleasant odour
Talking on the Porcelain telephone        vomiting into a toilet (driving the Porcelain bus)
Feel like a Pork chop in a Jewish Synagogue        you feel out of it, in whatever situation
Possie        advantageous position, in good spot (eg at sporting event, fishing spot)
Postie        Postman, mail delivery person
Pot        285 ml glass of beer (VIC & Qld)
the Pot calling the kettle black        someone said something adverse about you and you reply with this slang phrase (which says that they are the same or worse than their statement)
Pot hole        hole in the road
Prang        automotive crash
Prawn        shrimp
The Raw Prawn        easy to deceive
Don’t come the Raw Prawn        don’t try to put one over me, I’m not easily fooled
Prezzies        gifts
Proud as a rat with a gold tooth        someone is very proud of how they look or something they have done
Pub        hotel, place for buying and drinking alcohol
Puffed        you are out of breath
Pull your head in mate        tell them to mind their own business
Pull up your socks        get your life in order or your act together
Push-bike        Bicycle
Pussy        domestic cat or a females private part
Put up or shut up        show you can do it or say it or keep quiet

Q
Quack        doctor
Quid        money
not the full Quid        short on brains
R
Racing off        sex with someone else’s wife or husband
Rack off        go now, in an angry way, get lost
Rafferty’s Rules        every thing is a mess and mixed up, done all wrong, with no rules at all
the Rag        newspaper or a women who sleeps around
Raining cats’n'dogs        heavy storm & rain
Ratbag        not a nice person, sometimes used as an endearment
Reckon you are right        believe or think you’re right
putting the Red steer into the paddock        burning off the paddock, putting fire to the paddock
Rellie        relative or family
Ridgy didge        true or genuine article
Righto        okay or that’s right
Ringer        fast sheep shearer
Ring-in        replacement for the real thing, imposter
Rip off        you been cheated
smells Ripe        smells off or bad
it’s a Ripper        it’s really great
it’s a Ripsnorter        something is really great
Road train        multi-trailered semi trailer
Doing a Roaring trade        you been doing a lot of business
Root        sexual intercourse
Rooted        very tired
Ropable        very ill tempered or angry
You got the Rough end of the pineapple        you got a bad deal or the bad end of something
RS        lousy (rat shit)
Rug up        dress warmly
you’d have to Run around in a the shower to get wet        you are very thin

S
Great Australian Salute        swatting flies
Sacked        you been fired from work
Sandgroper        someone who lives a the state of Western Australia (very sandy state)
Sandshoes        joggers, sneakers, trainers
Sanger or Sanga        Sandwich
Satdee        Saturday
Sausage short of a barbecue        short of brains (a Snag Short of a barbie)
Scallops        fried potato cakes (Qld), Shellfish (elsewhere)
Scarce as hen’s teeth        something extremely rare
School        group of drinkers, each of whom buys a round
Schooner        large beer glass (NSW & SA)
Scone        your head
Scrounge        to get something for free
Scrounge around        to furious look for something
you Scrub-up well        you are now dressed, hair done nice, you look good, where you didn’t before
You Scrubber        you’re of poor quality and don’t keep yourself clean
Scrubber        a farm animal gone bush
Scungies        bather’s, can also refer to underpants in general
Septic tank        American (not nice – a septic tank is a tank used to hold sewerage)
Seppo        American (see Septic tank)
Shack        a simple dwelling or house
Shag        sex with someone
A Shag on a rock        alone and stuck away from others
Shank’s pony        going some where by foot
Shark        used car salesman
Shark        biscuit new surfers
Sheila        a woman (not used any more other than by some old timers)
She’ll be right!        this means everything at all will be good or OK or all right
Shellacking        complete defeat
Shirty        to get upset or angry
Shonky        unreliable a very suspect deal
Shoot through        to leave in a hurry
Short and curlies        pubic hair when someone states they’ve ‘got you by the short and curlies’ you’re in a bad position
Short arms deep pockets        someone will not part with their money
Shout        buying friends alcohol (usually beers) at a pub (then its their turn to buy you one, one sure way to get drunk, especially if there is enough of you)
Wouldn’t Shout in a shark attack        will not take is turn buying the drinks in a bar, will not shout their turn
Shove off!        go away, said in a angry way
Show you the ropes        show you how to do a job
Taking a Sickie        taking time off work, with the reason of sickness, but you are well, and just going fishing or something you do in good health
Silly Season        Christmas holiday’s
Sit on a beer        take a long time to drink a beer
Going for a Slash        a man is going to urinate
Skite        to boast or brag about ones personal accomplishments
a Slab        pack of 24 cans of beer
Slats        window slats or roofing slats (tiles)
Slippery-dip        kids slide
Slog        hard work
Sloppy joe        a cotton sweater
Slow as a wet week        you doing something very slowly, and they trying to get you moving on it at a faster pace
Smoko        have a break, and usually having something to eat and drink, and have a cigarette if you are allowed to
Snag        sausage (put a snag on the barbie) now that’s what Aussie really do say (not shrimp)
Snakey        someone is very upset or angry
Snapping        log crocodile
you a big Sook!        you are very sensitive, and upset over nothing
I’ll Sort it        you’ll fix it what ever it is
Call a Spade a Spade        telling something like is, not saying something good if its not, or bad if its good
Sparky / Sparkie        electrician
Speedo’s        bather’s
Spit the dummy        you getting or got very upset at something. It implies immaturity as a dummy is a child’s pacifier
Good Sport        someone who is good about losing
Up the Spout        pregnant
Sprung        caught doing something they should not, busted
Spud        a potato
Spunk (Spunky)        good-looking, attractive
Spunky        someone who is very attractive
Square off        get ready for a fight
Square up        apologise or make good
Squatter        someone who live on someone else’s land or house with out permission
Squib out        you are backing out of something, chickening out
Have a Squiz        at have a look at something
Well Stacked        large breasted women
Stick in the mud        someone is stopping you from doing something, you say this statement
Dick Stickers        bathers
Stickybeak        someone can not mind their own business (nosy)
Stinger Box        Jellyfish
Stone the crows!        Shock at something
Strewth!        shock at something
Strides        trousers
Strine        a lot of Aussie slang said at once
Stroppy        someone in a bad mood, and being difficult
Stubby        small bottle of beer or a pair of men’s shorts
I don’t give a Stuff        you don’t care about something
Stuffed        very tired
Pull up Stumps        moving home, changing address (from the end of a cricket match where the stumps are removed)
Sundee        Sunday
Swag        canvas bag or cover that you keep all your belonging and bedroll in, to protect it from the weather when camping out
you look pretty Swank        you look dressed expensive, dressed well etc
something looks Swank        something looks expensive
No Sweat        no worries

T
Ta        thanks
Talk the leg off an iron pot        someone with the gift of the gab (someone who talks a lot)
Taswegian        someone who lives in the state of Tasmania
Tea        evening meal
Tee up        organise or arrange something
Bush Telly        looking up at the stars
Thingamajig        term you use when you can’t actually remember the name of something
Thing-eme-bob        term you use when you can’t actually remember the name of something
Thingo        term you use when you can’t actually remember the name of something
Thongs        sandals made from rubber
Thugby        southerners term for Rugby League Football
Thunder box        toilet
Thursdee        Thursday
Hang on a Tick        wait a short moment
He’s got Tickets on himself        this person thinks they are the greatest, self opinionated
Tides gone out        your glass is not full
Tightarse        someone who will not part with is money, shout a drink in a bar, etc
Tight wad        person who doesn’t want to part with their money, miser
Tighter than a fish’s bumhole        a miser, won’t spend money on mates
Tinnie        can of cold beer or a aluminium boat
Crack a Tinnie        open a can of cold beer
Couple of Tinnies short of a slab        someone a bit simple minded, or mentally impaired
Too right!        something is absolutely right & correct
Top-Ender        someone who lives in the Northern Territory
Make Tracks        you want to get going somewhere
True Blue        really Australian
Tucker        food
Tuckerbag        a bag for storing food in the bush
Tuckshop        What Aussie schools call a canteen or cafeteria
Tuesdee        Tuesday
Turn it up        stop what your say or doing as its not right
Going Twenty to the dozen        moving or doing something very fast, or too fast
Two-up        traditional Australian heads or tails gambling game with two coins

U
Um-ah        indecisive or can be doing something wrong
Uee, Uie or Uwie        doing a U turn
Underdaks or undies        underpants
Uni        University
Up shit creek        things are going wrong for you
Up the gumtree        someone that got them self in a spot of trouble, in a quandary
Up yourself        full of yourself
Got Up your nose        they’ve really upset you and irritated and annoyed you
Ute        utility (in the USA a pickup truck)

V
Vegies        vegetables
Verbal diarrhoea        talking utter rubbish
W
Waffle        nonsense
Wag        skip school, truancy
Gone Walkabout        you’ve gone for a long walk, for an aboriginal it a holiday away in the bush, period of spiritual enlightenment.
Walking ticket        laid off from your job
Walkover         something is done easily or someone deceived easily
On the Wallaby track        to go from place to place in search of work
Wally        someone who keeps making mistakes
Backroom Waltz        discipline dished out at the Police Station
Wanker        a male that is really stupid but they think they are the greatest
How’s ya Warwick farms?        How are your arms
It will all come out in the Wash        something will sort it’s self over time
Go down the Waterhole        off to the hotel or pub
Weatherboard        wooden house
Wedding tackle        man’s penis
The Wet        rainy season in northern Australia
Wharfie        dockworker
Whip around        collecting money for a gift for someone leaving work
Give it a Whirl        to try doing something, by giving it your best
White pointer        highway patrol
White pointers        lady sunbaking topless
Who-ha        someone is making a fuss about something, usually nothing important
Great Wing-ding        you had a great party or get together or sometimes can mean an argument
What’s that!! or Wossat?!        you didn’t catch what someone was saying, and you want them to say it again.
On a good Wicket        on to a good thing life or earning a good income
Willy        man’s penis
Willy Willy        wind whirly or dust twister
Willy-nilly        something kept in a untidy way
Put the Wind up ya!        frighten someone or to intimidate
Winge        complain and carry on unnecessarily
Something is Wobbly        it’s shaky
Chucked a Wobbly        threw a tantrum
Put on the Wobbly boot        drunk or have had to much to drink (alcohol)
I got the Wog        I got a cold or the flu or virus
you’re a Wombat!        you are not to smart, a dope
Wonky        something is unstable or unsteady or shaky
Woomera        stick used by Aborigines to throw spears
Woop Woop        somewhere a long way from civilisation
Wowser        killjoy or prude, old fashioned
Wouldn’t be dead for quids        your very happy and well
Write off        the car can not get fixed after a crash (totalled)

X
x it out        cross it out or erase something
Y
Ya tellin me        someone said something you agree with
Yabbie        freshwater Australian crayfish
Yacking        talking a lot
Yahoo        loudmouthed person which usually out of control in some way
Yakka        Work, usually labouring or other physically demanding work
Hard Yakka        hard work
Yank        American
Yapping        talking none stop
Tell you a Yarn        tell a story that maybe true or it might not be, that’s for them to work out
See you Yewse        later see you you all later
Yobbo        same as a yahoo but no values at all,looks like a slob always
Your Yanking my chain or don’t Yank my chain        your telling a lie

Z
Catch some Z’s        go for a sleep
Zebra crossing        broad striped paint lines as a pedestrian crossing of a roadway
Zonked        really really tied

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