. An Australian Dictionary
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
Back of Bourke : a very long way away
Barbie : barbecue (noun)
Battler : someone working hard and only just making a living
Beaut, beauty : great, fantastic
Big-note oneself : brag, boast
Billy : teapot. Container for boiling water.
Billy lids : Children . Rhyming slang for kids.
Bingle : motor vehicle accident
Bloke : man, guy
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
Bodgy : of inferior quality
Bonzer : great, ripper
Brass razoo, he hasn't got a : he's very poor
Brekkie : breakfast
Buckley's, Buckley's chance: no chance ("New Zealand stands Buckley's of beating Australia at football")
Bunyip : mythical outback creature
Bush : the hinterland, the Outback, anywhere that isn't in town
Bushranger : highwayman, outlaw
BYO : unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog, also similar party or barbecue
Cactus : dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus")
Cark it : to die, cease functioning
Cheeky : to be a little rude. Mischievous (you are a bit cheeky)
Cobber : friend
Cockle : farmer
Cooee, not within : figuratively a long way away, far off - England weren't within cooee of beating Australia at cricket
Cranky : in a bad mood, angry
Crook : sick, or badly made
Cut snake, mad as a : very angry
Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof
Daks : trousers
Deadset : true, the truth
Dead Horse : Rhyming slang for tomato sauce or ketchup (Pass the dead horse to wack on me snag)
Dill : an idiot
Dinkum, fair dinkum : true, real, genuine ("I'm a dinkum Aussie"; "is he fair dinkum?")
Dinky-di : the real thing, genuine
Dob (somebody) in : inform on somebody. Hence dobber, a tell-tale
Drongo : a dope, stupid person
Earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter
Esky : large insulated food/ drink container for picnics, barbecues etc.
Fair dinkum : true, genuine
Fair go : a chance ("give a bloke a fair go")
Flat out like a lizard drinking : flat out, busy
Footy : Australian Rules football
Fruit loop : fool
G'Day : hello!
Galah : fool, silly person. Named after the bird of the same name because of its antics and the noise it makes.
Give it a burl : try it, have a go
Good onya : good for you, well done
Grouse (adj.) : great, terrific, very good
Holy dooley! : an exclamation of surprise = "Good heavens!", "My goodness!" "Good grief!" or similar Hooroo : goodbye
Kangaroos loose in the top paddock : Intellectually inadequate ("he's got kangaroos loose in the top paddock")
Knock : to criticise
Knock back : refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb)
Knocker : somebody who criticises
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
Larrikin : a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless prankster
Lizard drinking, flat out like a : flat out, busy
Lob, lob in : drop in to see someone ("the rellies have lobbed")
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.
Mate : buddy, friend
Mate's rate, mate's discount : cheaper than usual for a "friend"
Mongrel : despicable person
Mug : friendly insult ("have a go, yer mug"), gullible person
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
Ocker : an unsophisticated person
Offsider : an assistant, helper
Piker : Someone who doesn't want to fit in with others socially, leaves parties early
Porky : Lie, untruth (pork pie = lie)
Pozzy : position - get a good pozzy at the football stadium
Prezzy : present, gift
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]
Rapt : pleased, delighted
Ratbag : mild insult
Reckon! : you bet! Absolutely!
Ridgy-didge : original, genuine
Right, she'll be : it'll be allright
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
Rubbish (verb) : to criticize
Sanger : a sandwich
She'll be right : it'll turn out okay
Shonky : dubious, underhanded. E.g. a shonky practice, shonky business etc.
Shout : turn to buy - a round of drinks usually ("it's your shout")
Snag : a sausage
Squizz (noun) : look - "take a squizz at this"
Stickybeak : nosy person
Stoked : very pleased
Strewth : exclamation, mild oath ("Strewth, he is a bonzer bloke")
Tall poppies : successful people
Tall poppy syndrome : the tendency to criticize successful people
Tickets, to have on oneself : to have a high opinion of oneself
Too right! : definitely!
True blue : patriotic
Two up: gambling game played by spinning two coins simultaneously
Whacker, whacka : Idiot; somebody who talks drivel; somebody with whom you have little patience
Whinge : complain
Wowser : straight-laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport
Wuss : coward; nervous person or animal
Yabber : talk (a lot)
Yobbo : an uncouth person
Zack : sixpence (5 cents) - "it isn't worth a zack", "he hasn't got a zack
The Australian Coat of Arms
The National Coat of Arms includes all the state badges under the seven pointed star symbolizing the unity of the states and Commonwealth. It is supported by the Emu and Kangaroo, chosen, it is said, because they cannot go backwards.
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