Australian Slang G'day, mate! Learn these Australian slang words and phrases and you'll feel at home on your first day Down Under. It wasn't easy but we've tried to include uniquely Australian slang here and to exclude British and American slang even though these are commonly used in Australia. We see no point in informing the world that "fridge" is Australian slang for a "refrigerator".

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Search for a word. Australian Rules football Amber fluid: It'll be all right Arvo: Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball - a very enjoyable party usually held in rural areas Back of Bourke: Billabongs are usually formed when the course of a creek or river changes, leaving the former branch with a dead end.

Container for boiling water.

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Everyone's favourite all-Aussie dog. Stuck in mud, deep sand a vehicle.

Bourke Street is a brightly lit Melbourne street Bowl of rice, not my: Brisbane, state capital of Queensland Brizzie: Brisbane, state capital of Queensland Brown-eyed mullet: Emitting nasal mucus by placing one index finger on the outside of the nose thus blocking one nostril and blowing. Cabernet Sauvignon a variety of wine grape Cactus: Also the single orifice of monotremes platypus and echidna used both for reproduction and for the elimination of body wastes.

Bottle of wine without a label.

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Usually bought in bulk by companies who then add their own personalised label and use slang for someone with a lot of money wine as e. Slang for someone with a lot of money Harbour bridge Cobber: Workers' Compensation pay Conch adj.

He lives within cooee of Sydney.

A good stroke in cricket might be described as a 'corker of a shot' Corroboree: Small, usually timber, house in the garden used as a children's plaything. Police vehicle used for transporting criminals. Named after the protective 'division' between the driver and the villains. Hence dobber, a tell-tale Docket: Australia and New Zealand Drink with the flies: Sometimes seen with a Mack emblem on the bonnet and always with large multiple driving lights Feral n.

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Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves. Australian Rules football Fossick: Fremantle in Western Australia Talking forex ransquawk in a sock, as cross as a: Wooloongabba - the Brisbane cricket ground GAFA pron.

Named after the bird of the same name because of its antics and the noise it makes. Also "to do the Harold" Heaps: Intellectually inadequate "he's got kangaroos loose in the top paddock" Kelpie: Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie Kero: Lunch, who opened their?

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McDonald's the hamburger place Mallee bull, as fit as a: Household linen, eg scottrade london stock exchange etc. Beware though - in some parts of Australia it means inconsequential, frivolous or not very good!

National Service compulsory military service Naughty, have a: Expression of forgiveness or reassurance No problem; forget about it; I can do it; Yes, I'll do it No-hoper: 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: Hence "hit the piss", "sink some piss" Plate, bring a: Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to bring your own food.

It doesn't mean they're short of crockery! Q Quid, make a: Accepting bad news as inevitable. Exclamation of delight or as a reaction to good news Road train: A very useful word in fairly polite company. Cheating, fiddling, defrauding expenses, the system etc. Usually used of politicians Rotten: Salvation Army, bless them Sandgroper: A New Zealander Sheila: Australian slang and pronunciation Stubby: I'm tired Stuffed, I'll be: Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsit Thongs: Tickets, to have on oneself: Australian sheepskin boots worn by surfers since at least the s to keep warm while out of the water.

Also worn by airmen during WW1 and WW2 because of the need to maintain warmth in non-pressurized planes at high altitudes. Vincent De Paul's charity thrift stores and hostels W WACA pron. Western Australian Cricket Association and the Perth cricket ground Waggin' school: Idiot; somebody who talks drivel; somebody with whom you have little patience; a dickhead Whinge: A car dealer might whiteant another dealer's cars or a real estate salesman might whiteant another agent's property Wobbly: A milder insult than the same word in the UK and perhaps elsewhere.