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