HOW TO SPEAK THE AUSSIE LINGO
(Exerts from "The Aussie Phrase Book" by John Blackman)
 

"FAIR SUCK OF THE SAV MATE!!" - A Kangaroo ("Roo") - "Spitting the Dummy"





This only scratches the surface of some of the "Aussie Lingo" (Australian Language).  Stay tuned for more updates to this page.........

****Please Note!!!!!  The Australian Language is a very "COLORFUL" one.  There are some words in the following that may offend some readers, read on at your own caution!!!!!****
 

aerial ping pong
    Australian Rules Football

aleck
    A person of limited mental capacity who goes around through life achieving very little.  He or She is "Alecking around"

(1) arse
    Buttocks, rear end, back side, posterior

(2) arse
    Uncanny good luck

(3) arse, given the
    If this happens, you are fired from your job

(4) arse, to give the
    To throw out something that is useless

(5) arse about, to
    To mess around with little or no purpose

(6) arse about face
    Back-to-front

(7) arse over tit
    Upside down or head-over-heals

(8) arse, get your .... into gear
    Get yourself organized

(9) arsey
    Lucky

ashtray, as useful as an ....... on a motorbike
    Totally useless, (like tits on a bull)

back o' Bourke
    Term used to describe any remote area in the outback of Australia

ball-tearer
    Term used to describe something exciting

bangs like a dunny door in a gale
    a female frequent fornicator

beef bayonet
    The penis.  I don't think this needs any further elaboration.  Should you wish to find further euphemisms for this appendage, keep reading, write them down, study them - then call your shrink.

beef to the ankles
    Fat

billiard ball, sharp as a
    Not very intelligent

bit of all right
    Attractive, promising - generally used to describe females

bloke
    A man

blue-arsed fly, running around like a
    Running hither and thither and getting nowhere or nothing done

bog, to go for a
    To go to the dunny for a "#2"

boofhead
    Descriptive term for a slow thinker with an oversized head

brecky
    Breakfast

brown dog, it would kill a
    Used to describe any food or drink that is impossible to consume

bum, bite your
    Dismissive exclamation of scorn

bung, gone
    In a state of disrepair, not working, cactus, useless

bushed
    Totally lost or totally exhausted

bushwhacker
    Someone who hails from a rural area - or acts like it

cheerio
    A friendly word of farewell

cheese, the old
    Mother

chockers
    Derive from "Choc-a-block" meaning totally full

chrome dome
    A bald person

cold enough to freeze the balls off a billiard table
    Pretty cold

crash hot
    Really good, great, fantastic

crook
    Sick

date
    Your anus - no doubt due to the resemblance of this fruit.  To this day, I still can't eat them

dong
    Penis

donger
    The penis, roughly the same size as a dong

drier than a dead dingo's donger
    Pretty dry, or thirsty

dummy
    A baby's pacifier

dummy, to spit the
    To lose one's temper or throw a tantrum

dunny
    Toilet

fair suck of the sav!
    Exclamation demanding a fair go

flat out like a lizard drinking
    Working at a feverish pace

franger
    Condom

French letter
    Condom

froth, couldn't blow the ..... off a beer
    Extreme lack of strength

full as a goog
    Full of food or pretty drunk

G'day
    Aussie hello

glass door, as useful as a .... .... on a dunny
    Fairly useless

Good on ya!
    Well done!

greenie
    An environmentalist

guts, as rough as
    An unattractive person

guts, spill your
    Confessing all

hatful, as ugly as a ...... of arseholes
    You can't get much uglier than that!

head, pull your .... in
    Be quiet! Shut up!

Khyber, a kick up the
    Booted up the buttocks, rear end, back side

lolly
    Candy

mad as a cut snake
    Either very cross or totally reckless

mate
    Friend, buddy, pal

My oath!
    Exclamation or affirmation

No worries!
    The Aussie attitude.  A common expression of re-assurance no matter how adverse the situation

norks
    Breasts

nuddy, in the
    Naked

off like a bride's nightie
    If you recall your wedding night, that's pretty quick

packing it
    Terrified

piss
    Alcohol

piss up
    A drinking session

poke in the eye with a blunt stick, better than a
    An expression of consolation for someone who doesn't get exactly what they wanted, but gets something anyway

polar bear's bum, colder than a
    Pretty chilly I can imagine

quack, the
    The doctor

randy
    In the mood

raw prawn, don't come the
    An Aussie retort to anyone trying to deceive or hoodwink you with a far-fetched, absurd idea or scheme

rocking horse poop, as rare as
    A very scarce commodity

sav, fair suck of the
    Exclamation demanding fair play or a fair go

shake hands with the wife's best friend, to
    To urinate

she'll be right
    Reassurance, it will be ok

sheila
    Woman

so hungry - I could eat the arse out of a low flying duck
    Quite hungry

splash the boots
    Urinate

Stone the crows!
    Exclamation of disbelief or exasperation

sunnies
    Sunglasses

thumbs, a handful of
    Very clumsy

up a gumtree
    Stranded

wanker
    A jerk

weak as piss
    Watered down
 
 

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