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INDEX: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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A

Ace! : Ahh! Excellent! Very good!
Amber fluid, liquid amber : beer
Ambo : ambulance, ambulance driver
Ankle biter(s) : small child, small children
Apples, she'll be : It'll be all right
Arvo : afternoon
Aussie, Ozzie : Australian
Aussie pingpong : Australian Rules football
Aussie salute : brushing flies from face with waving hand
Avos : avocados




B

B & S : Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball - enjoyable social event in more rural areas
Back a Bourke : a very long way away
Bail somebody up : to corner somebody physically
Bail out : leave, depart (usually angrily)
Banana bender : a person from Queensland
Barbie : BBQ, barbecue (noun) a very important social event
Barrack : to cheer on (football team etc.)
Bastard : either a term of endearment, or a curse, depends on body language
Bathers : swimming costume
Battler : someone working hard and only just making a living
Beaut, beauty : great, fantastic
Big-note oneself : brag, boast
Bikkie : biscuit, it cost big bikkies = it was very expensive
Billabong : a watering hole, a pub is also a watering hole
Billy : teapot, any can suitable for boiling water on a campfire
Bingle : motor vehicle accident
Bities : biting insects
Bitzer : mongrel dog, bits of various breeds
Bisso : business, mind your own bisso
Black stump, beyond the : a long way away, the back of nowhere
Bloke : a man, a guy
Bloody : very (bloody hard yakka = very hard work)
Bloody oath! : that's certainly true!
Blow in the bag : have a breathalyser test
Blowie : a blow fly
Bludger : very lazy person, layabout, relies on other people to do things or lend him things for free
Blue : fight, he had a blue with his missis (wife)
Blue, make a : make a mistake
Bluey : traffic infringement notice
Bluey : blue Aussi cattle dog, an excellent working dog breed.
Bluey : heavy wool or felt jacket worn by mining and construction workers.
Bluey : bluebottle jellyfish
Bodgy : of inferior quality
Bog in : start eating, to attack food with enthusiasm
Bog standard : basic, unadorned, without accessories (a bog standard car, telephone etc.)
Bogged : Stuck in mud, deep sand (a vehicle).
Bondi cigar : see brown-eyed mullet
Bonzer : great, ripper, very good
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, a person who drinks a lot of beer
Bored shitless : very very bored
Bottle shop : liquor shop
Bottle-o : liquor shop
Bottler : something excellent, it's a bottler
Bottling, his blood's (is) worth : he's an excellent, helpful bloke.
Bouncer : a bully
Bourke Street, he doesn't know Christmas from : a bit slow in the head
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
Brick shit house, built like a : big strong bloke
Brickie : bricklayer
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 at all
Budgie smugglers : men's bathing costume
Bull bar : strong bar on front of vehicle to lessen damage when hitting an animal, also 'Roo' bar
Bundy : short for Bundaberg, Queensland, and a brand of rum made near Bundaberg
Bunyip : mythical outback creature
Bush : the hinterland, the Outback, land anywhere that isn't a town or city
Bush bash : hiking, attend a big country event or bush race
Bush Capital: Canberra
Bush oyster : nasal mucus
Bush telegraph : info spread by word of mouth
Bush telly : campfire
Bushie : someone who lives in the bush
Bushman's hanky : Emitting nasal mucus by placing finger on nose, blocking one nostril and blowing.
Bushranger : highwayman, an outlaw
Butcher : in South Australia a small glass of beer (a butcher takes a quick break and has a swig of his beer)
BYO : unlicensed restaurant, party or barbecue, where you have to Bring Your Own , usually alcoholic drinks


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C

Cab Sav : Cabernet Sauvignon, grapes and red wine variety
Cactus : dead, not functioning ( this bloody thing is cactus )
Cane toad : a person from Queensland
Captain Cook : look out for something, let's have a Captain Cook
Cark it : to die, cease functioning, it carked it, 'snuffed it'
Cat burying shit, as busy as a : very busy
Cat's piss, as mean as : mean, stingy, uncharitable
Chewie : chewing gum
Chokkie : chocolate
Chook : a chicken
Chrissie : Christmas
Chuck a sickie : take the day off sick from work, you may be perfectly healthy
Chunder : vomit
Clacker : anus (Latin cloaca = sewer). Platypus, echidna. etc use a single orifice for reproduction and body waste.
Clayton's : fake, a substitute
Cleanskin : Bottle of wine without a label, e.g. gift to client
Cleanskin : cattle that have not been branded, earmarked or castrated.
Clucky : feeling broody or maternal
Coathanger : Sydney Harbour bridge
Cobber : friend
Cockie : farmer
Cockie : cockatoo
Cockie : cockroach
Cockroach : a person from New South Wales
Coldie : a beer
Come a gutser : make a bad mistake, have an accident
Compo : Workers' Compensation pay
Conchy : a conscientious person
Cooee, not within : a long way away, far off - England weren't within cooee of beating Australia at cricket
Cooee, within : nearby - I was within cooee of landing a big fish when the line broke. Live within cooee of town.
Cook (noun) : One's wife
Corker : something excellent. A good stroke in cricket might be described as a 'corker of a shot'
Corroboree : an aboriginal dance festival
Counter lunch : pub lunch, very good value and very popular, see also 'nose bag'
Cozzie : swimming costume
Crack a fat : get an erection
Crack onto someone : to pursue someone romantically
Cranky : in a bad mood, angry
Cream (verb) : defeat by a large margin
Crook : sick, badly made, not straight, bent, ascew
Crow eater : a person from South Australia
Cubby house : Small play house in the garden, used mainly by children
Cut lunch : sandwiches
Cut lunch commando : army reservist
Cut snake, mad as a : very angry


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D

Dag : a half funny person, nerd, goof
Daks : trousers
Damper : bread made from flour and water Date : bum, get off your fat date
Dead dingo's donger, as dry as a : dry
Dead set : true, the truth
Dear : expensive
Dero : tramp, hobo, homeless person, 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-dye : the real thing, genuine
Dipstick : a loser, idiot
Divvy van : Police van used to transport criminals
Dob somebody in : inform on somebody. Hence dobber, a tell-tale
Docket : a bill, receipt
Doco : documentary
Dog, also a Dag : unattractive woman
Dog's balls, stands out like : obvious
Dole bludger : somebody on social assistance when unjustified
Donger : penis
Doodle : penis
Dork : smelly, stupid person
Down Under : Australia and New Zealand
Drink with the flies : to drink alone
Drongo : a dope, a loser, stupid idiot, completely useless
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 : tobacco, cigarette
Dux : top of the class, She duxed four of her subjects.


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E

Earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter
Esky : large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc.
Exy or 'Dear' : expensive


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F

Face, off one's : drunk. He was off his face by 5 in the arvo.
Fair dinkum : true, genuine
Fair go : a chance, give a bloke a fair go
Fairy floss : candy floss, cotton candy
Feral : a V8 ute with heavy bull bar, many aerials, truck mudflaps, stickers all over, Mack emblem, many driving lights
Feral : a hippie, also ferral kids, uncontrollable children
Figjam : F*ck I'm good; just ask me". Name for people with too high an 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, ie through a box full of things
Fossick : to prospect, ie for gold
Fossicker : prospector, ie for gold
Franger : Frenchie, Wet Check, condom
Freckle : anus
Fremantle Doctor : the cooling afternoon breeze that arrives in Perth from the direction of Freeo
Freeo : Fremantle in Western Australia
Fridge : refrigerator
Frog in a sock, as cross as a : sounding angry
Fruit loop : fool
F.ck : dismay, pain, pleasure, hate, love, it depends on body language and context, see notes.
F.ck me dead! : an expression of great surprise! (replace the dot with a 'u')
Furphy : false or unreliable rumour


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G

G'Day : hello! G'Day mate: hello! (greeting friends and strangers)
G'Day sir, G'day madam : hello! (polite towards VIP persons)
Gab, the gift of the : the above average ability to talk, give speeches.
Gabba : the Brisbane Cricket Ground, in suburb 'Woolloongabba'
Gafa, out in the : the enormous uninhabitable outback, the 'Great Australian F.ck All'.
Galah : fool, silly person. Name of a bird with silly flight and ugly screeching voice
Garbo, garbologist : municipal garbage collector
Geek : odd person obsessed with things technical, ie computers
Get off it : stop, cummon get off it - I don't believe you
Get cracking : start
Ghee : clarified butter, used for frying
Give it a whirl : try it, have a go, (from whirling an aboriginal bull-roarer, a simple wooden slat)
Gobful, give a : a mouth full, abuse, ( neighbours having a noisy party: so I went and gave them a gobful )
Gobsmacked : surprised, astounded
Going off : a party going off: getting lively
Good oil : useful information, a good idea, the truth
Good onya : good for you, well done!
Goog, as full as a : drunk.
Greenie : an 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
Gutful of piss : drunk, "he's got a gutful of piss"
Gyno : gynaecologist


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H

Handle : beer glass with a handle
Harold Holt, to do the : disappear, "do a Harold"
Heaps : a lot, e.g. "thanks heaps", "she earned heaps of money" 
Holy dooley! :  surprise  surprise = "Good heavens!", "My goodness!" "Good grief!" or similar
Hoon : hooligan
Hooroo : goodbye
Hotel : often just a pub without accommodation
Hottie : hot water bottle


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I

Icy pole, ice block : frozen lollypop


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J

Jackaroo : a male trainee farm worker
Jillaroo : a female trainee farm worker
Joey : baby kangaroo
Journo : journalist
Jug : electric kettle
Jumbuck : sheep


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K

Kangaroos loose in the top paddock :  Intellectually inadequate ("he's got kangaroos loose in the top paddock")
Kelpie : Australian sheepdog originating from Scottish collie
Kero : kerosene
Kindie : kindergarten
Knock : to criticise or a setback
Knock back : refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb)
Knocker : somebody who perpetually criticises


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L

Lair, lairy : 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 make fun of somebody's gullibility, to have someone on (he's having a lend of you)
Lingo : language, slang, spoken or written
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 in)
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 rural roads, where livestock is allowed to graze 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


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M

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 or New South Wales border
Mickey Mouse : excellent, very good. Caution - a few people take it as the opposite
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
Mystery bag : a sausage


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N

Nasho : National Service, compulsory military service
Naughty, have a : have sex
Nerd : smart, unattractive, socially inept intellectual
Never Never : the Outback, centre of Australia
Ning-nong, ningnong : same as a nong
Nipper : young surf lifesaver
No drama : same as 'no worries'
No worries! : Expression of forgiveness or reassurance (It's ok, no problem, forget about it, I can do it, yes I'll do it)
No-hoper : somebody who'll never do well
Nong : an intelligent fool, rarely useful, not to be taken seriously
Nose bag : food, I'll go and have a bit of nose bag now (horse's nose bag)
Not the full quid : not bright intellectually
Nuddy, in the : naked
Nut out : hammer out or work out (an agreement, say)


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O

O.S. : overseas, gone O.S.
Ocker : an unsophisticated person
Offsider : an assistant, helper
Old fella : penis, old man
Oldies : parents - "I'll have to ask my oldies"
Op shop : opportunity shop, thrift store, place where second hand goods are sold.
Outback : Australia's vast dry interior
Oz : Australia!
Ozzie, Aussie : Australian


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P

Paddock : piece of  land, section of rural property, 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
Pink slip, get the : get the sack (from the colour of the termination form)
Pint : large glass of beer (esp. in South Australia)
Piss : beer. Hence "hit the piss", "sink some piss"
Plate, bring a : everybody coming to the party is expected to bring along a plate with delicious finger-food to be shared
Plonk : cheap wine
Pokies : poker machines, one-armed bandits, gambling slot machines
Polly, pollie : politician (by aussies often regarded as 'nongs')
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 idea that Poms bathe about once a month
Popp up out of the blue : to appear unexpectedly
Porky : Lie, untruth (pork pie = lie)
Port : suitcase (from: portmanteau, leather case)
Postie : postman, mailman
Pot : 285 ml beer glass in Queensland and Victoria
Pozzi : position - get a good pozzi at the stadium
Prezzy : present, gift


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Q

Quid, make a : earn a living - "are you making a quid?"
Quid, not the full : of somewhat low IQ. ( 'quid' =  pound £1 =   $2 )


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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 : am rapt, am pleased, delighted
Ratbag : mild insult
Raw prawn, to come the : to bullshit, to be generally disagreeable
Reckon! : you bet! Absolutely!
Reffo : refugee
Rego : vehicle registration
Rellie, rellies, rello or relos : family relative(s)
Ridgy-didge : original, genuine
Right, she'll be :be all right, it'll be all right
Right, that'd be : Accepting bad news as inevitable. ("I went fishing but caught nothing." "Yeah, that'd be right.")
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
Roo bar : stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos (also bull bar)
Root (verb and noun) : Synonym for f.ck. "(s)he's a good root". Rooted also meaning: no good, tired. "I feel rooted" "this washing machine is rooted". A very versatile word.
Root rat : somebody who is constantly looking for sex.
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


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S

Salute, Aussie : brushing flies away
Salvos, the : the Salvation Army
Salvos' boutique : Salvation Army store, I found that at Salvos' boutique ...
Sandgroper : a person from Western Australia
Sanger : a sandwich
Sav : saveloy saussage ("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, also a Yank
Servo : petrol station
Shag on a rock, stands out like a : very obvious
Shark biscuit : somebody new to surfing
She'll be right : it'll turn out okay
Sheila : a woman
Shit house (adj.) : of poor quality, unenjoyable ("this car is shit house", "the movie was shit house")
Shit house (noun) : toilet, lavatory
Shonky : dubious, underhanded, a shonky practice, shonky business, a shonk, 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
Slacko : a person who is under performing, lazy in many ways
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 : have a look at something "have 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
Stonkered : drunk
Strewth : exclamation, mild oath ("Strewth, that Chris is a bonzer bloke")
Strides : trousers
Stubby : a 375ml. beer bottle
Stubby holder : polystyrene insulated holder for a stubby
Stuffed, I feel : I'm tired
Stuffed, I'll be : is that so, an 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 : a person usually of no fixed address, walking along outback roads, tramp, hobo,


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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 : a Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsesname
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 : small aluminium boat
Tinny, tin-arsed : lucky
Togs : swim suit
Too right! : definitely!
Top End : far north of Australia
Trackie daks/dacks : tracksuit pants
Trackies : track suit
Troppo, gone : in a state of tropical madness, having lost the grace of civilisation, having been too long in the tropics.
Trough lolly : the solid tablets of perfumed disinfectant in men's urinals
Truckie : truck driver
True blue : patriotic
Tucker : food
Tucker-bag : food bag
Turd : a piece of excreta
Turps : turpentine, alcoholic drink
Turps, hit the : go on a drinking binge
Two up : gambling game played by spinning two coins simultaneously


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U

Uni : university
Unit : flat, apartment
Up oneself : have a high opinion of oneself , he's really up himself, he loves himself
Up somebody, get : to rebuke somebody - "the boss got up me for being late"
Useful as an 'ashtray on a motorbike' or 'tits on a bull' : he, she or it is incompetent, useless
Ute : utility vehicle, pickup truck, see a Feral ute


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V

Veggies : 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
Vinnie's Boutique : St. Vincent De Paul's store


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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
Wanker : masturbator, self-deluding, selfish, annoying social outcast
Weekend warrior : army reservist
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 : I got the wog, sick with flu or other trivial illness
Wog : a person of Mediterranean origin, a mild insult.
Wombat : somebody who eats, roots and leaves (see also root)
Woop Woop : ("oo" as in book) "gone to live at woop-woop", in some outback place/town.
Wowser : straight-laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport
Wuss : coward; nervous person or animal


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X

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


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Y

Yabber : talk (a lot)
Yabby : inland freshwater crayfish found in Australia (Cherax destructor)
Yakka : work (noun)
Yewy : u-turn in traffic ("chuck a yewy at the next traffic lights")
Yobbo : an uncouth person
Yous : you all, hope yous had a good time!


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Z

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

IMPORTANT GENERAL NOTES
1. Language changes continuously, so allow for greatly differing meanings. Give people the benefit of doubt before feeling insulted. Pay great attention to body language. Aussies are an extremely friendly, helpful lot unless you are a bludger or rub them the wrong way. Always be aware that Aussie humour is unique and very precious. Often Aussies say exactly the opposite to what they really mean. With a hard shoulder slap, a smile and a 'ya bastard', they love you.

2. With absolute greatest reluctance did I include dangerous words like fuck, fart, bum, prick, dickhead, arsehole, crap, cunt, bitch, shit, poof, etc. Please do not use them yourself (for quite a few years anyhow!) because it takes a decade-or-two to understand the little subtleties. You probably disgust everybody and degrade yourself.

3. F.ck (fuck) : is having sex, but this word truly has endless other meanings. It might be the most versatile word in the country. You hear it where you never expected it. Probably most Aussies never use it at all, but some use it several times in every sentence! Example: 'Fuck the fucking fucker!' Verb, adjective and noun in one sentence, meaning: 'Ignore him, he annoys me!'

4. Floods, droughts, heat, bushfires, flies, the great outdoors, hardships and an undersupply of women in Australia's early pioneering days, all have contributed and still are contributing to Aussie lingo popping up in most unexpected places.
Aussie lingo, as observed and collected over a great many years from various sources by the author. He had arrived as an immigrant from a non-English background in 1960. Today he can still vividly remember the roaring laughter he had caused when asking 'mates' for the meaning of particular words. Gradually and with great respect he has developed a deep love for things dinky dye Australian. With this Australian Dictionary he hopes to enrich your enjoyment of this wonderful continent of ours.
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