Australian Rhyming Slang

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:33 pm

Slang Translation Usage

apple sauce

horse

She's a great little apple sauce.

steak and kidney

Sydney

We are off to steak and kidney!

Johnny Horner

corner

He's just gone round the Johnney Horner.

dead horse

tomato sauce

What this needs is a bit of dead horse.

brave and bold

cold

It's really brave and bold today.

Johnny Raper

paper

Nip down to the newsagent and get a Johnny Raper.

Dalai Lamas

dramas

Hey, no Dalai Lamas

bag of fruit

suit

All dressed up in your best bag of fruit.

blood blister

sister

How's your little blood blister?

Captain Cook

look

Well, take a Captain Cook.

Snooze · Post by **Snooze** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:46 am

I didn't know you guys had rhyming slang, I thought it was just those crazy Cockneys! :wah:

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 1:10 pm

Snooze;736903 wrote: I didn't know you guys had rhyming slang, I thought it was just those crazy Cockneys! :wah:

Well we are a mixture of a lot of countries Snooze so I guess something has rubbed of.

:wah:

I am an Irish,German Australian:wah:

Snooze · Post by **Snooze** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 1:17 pm

This one makes me laugh everytime I read it:

blood blister

sister

How's your little blood blister?

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 1:19 pm

curry and rice

price

What's the curry and rice?

dodge and shirk

work

I'm off to dodge and shirk.

dog and bone

phone

Can you get that dog and bone?

forgive and forget

cigarette

What I wouldn't give for a forgive and forget.

Fred Astair

lair (a show off)

He's a real Fred Astair.

frog and toad

road

Goodbye, must hit the frog and toad.

Germain Greer

beer

A Germain Greer would really hit the spot.

grim and gory

story

What a great grim and gory.

honky tonk

plonk (cheap wine)

Get a couple of bottles of honky tonk.

Jimmy Dancer

cancer

Did you hear that Harry's got the Jimmy Dancer?

Joe Blake

snake

Watch out for the Joe Blakes.

kitchen sink

drink

I could really do with a kitchen sink.

laughs and smiles

piles

It's not funny. I've got the laughs and smiles.

lemon squash

wash

I'd better give the car a bit of a lemon squash

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 2:08 pm

I knew an Australian girl once - her name was Emma Chizzit.

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:33 pm

I'm not an Aussie, but I've been known to troll a forum or two as an Australian. Don't even try and guess... nobody has ever figured out any of my alternate troll personalities. My ip's are all cleverly disguised and won't show as proxies, so... it's nearly impossible to trace.

My old real life nickname is amongst those slang terms... and one of my favourite regular slang terms is... "map of Tasmania" and I can't translate that one on this forum. :wah:

Australian rhyming slang, inspired by the Cockneys, was brought to Australia via convicts who used it to conceal their true messages and make the authorities the butt of ridicule:

"On Monday of this week a Welsh convict named Jones called me "a Fair Dinkum Arsehole". Such insolence and was about to pistol whip him when Jones quickly started rambling. The funny thing was that it turns out that "Fair Dinkum" actually reverses the insult which follows. By calling me "a Fair Dinkum arsehole" he was saying that I am, in some way, the farthest thing possible away from an arsehole. Feeling quite chuffed with myself I refrained from beating the man. I have decided to play along with their folly. In the last few days I have been called a "Fair dinkum Prick", Dick, Asseshead, Cows Tit and some really vulgar words that I would not put to paper. It has taken time but I have finally gained respect from these horrid convicts " - From the memoirs of Captain James Rowntree 12th February, 1839

Where's koan at? She has a very beautiful pair of mud pies.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:30 pm

Interesting. I've lived in Australia most of my life and have only ever heard one of these used here, Heather. Captain Cook - look. I wonder if they've slipped out of use in Sydney and Canberra, but are found more in the country. Do you hear them a lot? I can add one more that I've heard here. Butchers - Have a butchers at this!! Butchers hook - look.

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:01 am

AussiePam;737359 wrote: Interesting. I've lived in Australia most of my life and have only ever heard one of these used here, Heather. Captain Cook - look. I wonder if they've slipped out of use in Sydney and Canberra, but are found more in the country. Do you hear them a lot? I can add one more that I've heard here. Butchers - Have a butchers at this!! Butchers hook - look.

A lot of the older "bushies" & shearers use these words AP.

Not coming from the bush myself ,it took me a while to understand what people were talking about.

Still don't some times.:-6

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:43 am

G-man;737240 wrote: I'm not an Aussie, but I've been known to troll a forum or two as an Australian. Don't even try and guess... nobody has ever figured out any of my alternate troll personalities. My ip's are all cleverly disguised and won't show as proxies, so... it's nearly impossible to trace.

My old real life nickname is amongst those slang terms... and one of my favourite regular slang terms is... "map of Tasmania" and I can't translate that one on this forum. :wah:

I can't for the life of me think why anyone needs to track down other peoples ip's?

Seems a waste of time to me.

I know the map of Tassies translation

:-6

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:56 am

mrsK;737388 wrote: I can't for the life of me think why anyone needs to track down other peoples ip's?

Seems a waste of time to me.

I know the map of Tassies translation

:-6

Ditto on both. Grin.

I find it hard enough being just me online. Hard to imagine having the time, let alone the inclination, to have multiple personalities.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:04 am

Excuse me, I've just Apple Tarted

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:14 am

mrsK;737388 wrote: I can't for the life of me think why anyone needs to track down other peoples ip's?

Seems a waste of time to me.

I know the map of Tassies translation

Why I'm saving anyone that does have the time or inclination the effort... they can spend that extra time making that 5,000+ posts or summat.

Yup you definitely know the reference. :wah:

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:03 pm

Uncle Kram;737429 wrote: Excuse me, I've just Apple Tarted

Horse & carted;):-6

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:11 pm

mud pies

eyes

She has beautiful mud pies.

Mutt and Jeff

deaf

What's wrong with you? Are you Mutt and Jeff?

nails and screws

news

Got any nails and screws?

near and far

bar

Meet you at the near and far at 6.

optic nerve

perv (pervert)

He's definitely an optic nerve.

Pat Malone

alone

I'm all on my Pat Malone.

Noah's ark

shark

Look out for the Noah's arks if you're going swimming.

plates of meat

feet

Oh, my aching plates of meat!

tit for tat (titfer)

hat

I think you should wear your titfer.

pig's arse

glass

Want a pig's arse?

rock and lurch

church

See you at the rock and lurch on Sunday.

billy lids

kids

How many billy lids you got?

septic tank

yank

That Bill Clinton, he's a septic tank.

smash and grab

cab

Would you call for a smash and grab?

tea leaf

thief

You bl**** tea leaf!

trouble and strife

wife

How's the trouble and strife these days?

young and frisky

whisky

I'll have a young and frisky.

Werris Creek

leak

I need to go for a Werris Creek

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:53 pm

laughs and smiles

piles

It's not funny. I've got the laughs and smiles.

In Scotland this condition is sometimes referred to as "Dukes"

(as in Duke of Argylls)

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:52 pm

Chookie;738186 wrote: In Scotland this condition is sometimes referred to as "Dukes"

(as in Duke of Argylls)

thanks for that Chookie if you know anymore please add them:-6

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:53 pm

Ace! : Excellent! Very good!

Aerial pingpong : Australian Rules football

Amber fluid : beer

Ambo : ambulance, ambulance driver

Ankle biter : small child

Apples, she'll be : It'll be all right

Arvo : afternoon

Aussie (pron. Ozzie) : Australian

Aussie salute : brushing away flies with the hand

Avos : avocados

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:06 pm

Struth, MrsK - I can relate to all of those.

Barbie, Chrissie, pressie, cardie, brekkie, cuppa, kangarooster

All good strine!

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:23 pm

AussiePam;738498 wrote: Struth, MrsK - I can relate to all of those.

Barbie, Chrissie, pressie, cardie, brekkie, cuppa, kangarooster

All good strine!

It sounds funny when you sit & read them.

Do we really sound like that AP;):-6

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:23 pm

B & S : Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball - a very enjoyable party usually held in rural areas

Back of Bourke : a very long way away

Bail (somebody) up : to corner somebody physically

Bail out : depart, usually angrily

Banana bender : a person from Queensland

Barbie : barbecue (noun)

Barrack : to cheer on (football team etc.)

Bastard : term of endearment

Bathers : swimming costume

Battler : someone working hard and only just making a living

Beaut, beauty : great, fantastic

Big-note oneself : brag, boast

Bikkie : biscuit (also "it cost big bikkies" - it was expensive)

Billabong : an ox-bow river or watering hole

Billy : teapot. Container for boiling water.

Bingle : motor vehicle accident

Bities : biting insects

Bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that)

Bizzo : business ("mind your own bizzo")

Black Stump, beyond the : a long way away, the back of nowhere

Bloke : man, guy

Bloody : very (bloody hard yakka)

Bloody oath! : that's certainly true

Blow in the bag : have a breathalyser test

Blowie : blow fly

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

Bluey : pack, equipment, traffic ticket, redhead

Bluey : blue cattle dog (named after its subtle markings) which is an excellent working dog. Everyone's favourite all-Aussie dog.

Bluey : heavy wool or felt jacket worn by mining and construction workers.

Bluey : bluebottle jellyfish

Bodgy : of inferior quality

Bog in : commence eating, to attack food with enthusiasm

Bog standard : basic, unadorned, without accessories (a bog standard car, telephone etc.)

Bogan : person who takes little pride in his appearance, spends his days slacking and drinking beer

Bogged : Stuck in mud, deep sand (a vehicle).

Bondi cigar : see "brown-eyed mullet"

Bonzer : great, ripper

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

Bored shitless : very bored

Bottle shop : liquor shop

Bottle-o : liquor shop (originally a man with hessian bags going around picking up beer bottles in the 50's and 60's)

Bottler : something excellent

Bottling, his blood's worth : he's an excellent, helpful bloke.

Bounce : a bully

Bourke Street, he doesn't know Christmas from : he's a bit slow in the head. (Bourke Street is a brightly lit Melbourne street)

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 **** house, built like a : big strong bloke

Brickie : bricklayer

Brisvegas : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland

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 ("New Zealand stands Buckley's of beating Australia at football")

Budgie smugglers : men's bathing costume

Bull bar : stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos (also roo bar)

Bundy : short for Bundaberg, Queensland, and the brand of rum that's made there

Bunyip : mythical outback creature

Bush : the hinterland, the Outback, anywhere that isn't in town

Bush bash : long competitive running or motorcar race through the bush

Bush oyster : nasal mucus

Bush telly : campfire

Bushie : someone who lives in the Bush

Bushman's hanky : Emitting nasal mucus by placing one index finger on the outside of the nose (thus blocking one nostril) and blowing.

Bushranger : highwayman, outlaw

Butcher : small glass of beer in South Australia - From the theory that a butcher could take a quick break from his job, have a drink and be back at work

BYO : unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog, also similar party or barbecue

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:00 pm

I particularly like this one, MrsK

Don't let the bastards grind you down!!

May their chooks turn into emus and kick their dunnies down

OOOPs, I posted it in the wrong thread.. a Freudian slip, maybe.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:09 pm

Thanks Mrs. K, I love all your threads about Australia.:-6

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:34 pm

AussiePam;739014 wrote: I particularly like this one, MrsK

Don't let the bastards grind you down!!

May their chooks turn into emus and kick their dunnies down

OOOPs, I posted it in the wrong thread.. a Freudian slip, maybe.

That is OK to put that here AP :-6

I like that saying as well.

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:36 pm

Kathy Ellen;739020 wrote: Thanks Mrs. K, I love all your threads about Australia.:-6

Thanks Kathy:-6

I will continue to post them,I am proud of my country & what it stands for.

I certainly love sharing my choice of things with everyone on the forum.

I am pleased you enjoy:-6

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:12 pm

Cab Sav : Cabernet Sauvignon (a variety of wine grape)

Cactus : dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus")

Cane toad : a person from Queensland

Captain Cook : look (noun) ("let's have a Captain Cook")

Cark it : to die, cease functioning

Cat burying ****, as busy as a : busy

Cat's ****, as mean as : mean, stingy, uncharitable

Chewie : chewing gum

Chokkie : chocolate

Chook : a chicken

Chrissie : Christmas

Christmas : see Bourke Street

Chuck a sickie : take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy

Chunder : vomit

Clacker : anus (from Latin cloaca = sewer). Also the single orifice of monotremes (platypus and echidna) used both for reproduction and for the elimination of body wastes.

Clayton's : fake, substitute

Cleanskin : Bottle of wine without a label. Usually bought in bulk by companies who then add their own personalised label and use the wine as e.g. gifts to clients

Cleanskin : cattle that have not been branded, earmarked or castrated.

Click : kilometre - "it's 10 clicks away"

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

Conch (adj. conchy) : a conscientious person. Somebody who would rather work or study than go out and enjoy him/herself.

Cooee, not within : figuratively 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. He lives within cooee of Sydney.

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/Countery : pub lunch

Cozzie : swimming costume

Crack a fat : get an erection

Crack onto (someone) : to hit on someone, pursue someone romantically

Cranky : in a bad mood, angry

Cream (verb) : defeat by a large margin

Crook : sick, or badly made

Crow eater : a person from South Australia

Cubby house : Small, usually timber, house in the garden used as a children's plaything.

Cut lunch : sandwiches

Cut lunch commando : army reservist

Cut snake, mad as a : very angry

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:23 pm

ROTFL, Heather!!!

So true, so true!!!

And G'day Kathy!!!!!!

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:21 pm

Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof

Daks : trousers

Damper : bread made from flour and water

Date : arse[hole] ("get off your fat date")

Dead dingo's donger, as dry as a : dry

Dead horse : Tomato sauce

Deadset : true, the truth

Dero : tramp, hobo, homeless person (from "derelict")

******** : 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-di : the real thing, genuine

Dipstick : a loser, idiot

Divvy van : Police vehicle used for transporting criminals. Named after the protective 'division' between the driver and the villains.

Dob (somebody) in : inform on somebody. Hence dobber, a tell-tale

Docket : a bill, receipt

Doco : documentary

Dog : unattractive woman

Dog's balls, stands out like : obvious

Dog's eye : meat pie

Dole bludger : somebody on social assistance when unjustified

Donger : penis

Doodle : penis

Down Under : Australia and New Zealand

Drink with the flies : to drink alone

Drongo : a dope, stupid person

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 (n.); to be top of the class (v.) - "She duxed four of her subjects".

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:25 pm

Oh yeah... dipstick, dropkick.. dry as a dead dingo's dong... stone the cockies, that's fair dinkum bloody marvellous Down Under ocker strine, Heather.

watermark · Post by **watermark** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:48 pm

That many foreign words! I didn't know about the Australian language. I mean like this. There are so many words. Someone should offer a college course in Australian

E

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:25 pm

Struth, Watermark, it stands out like dogs balls you're comin the raw prawn here, cobber!!!

:sneaky:

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:20 pm

watermark;741524 wrote: That many foreign words! I didn't know about the Australian language. I mean like this. There are so many words. Someone should offer a college course in Australian

E

Stone the bloody crows watermark.

I am giving you a lesson in Australian.

Bloody heck:wah::-6

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:22 pm

E

Earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter

Ekka : the Brisbane Exhibition, an annual show

Esky : large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc.

Exy : expensive

F

Face, off one's : drunk ("He was off his face by 9pm")

Fair dinkum : true, genuine

Fair go : a chance ("give a bloke a fair go")

Fair suck of the sav! : exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief (see also "sav")

Fairy floss : candy floss, cotton candy

Feral : V8 ute (q.v.) sporting large heavy bullbar, numerous aerials, large truck mudflaps and stickers almost all over the rear window and tailgate. Sometimes seen with a Mack emblem on the bonnet and always with large (multiple) driving lights

Feral (n.) : a hippie

Figjam : "***** I'm good; just ask me". Nickname for people who have a high 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 ("fossicking through the kitchen drawers")

Fossick : to prospect, e.g. for gold

Fossicker : prospector, e.g. for gold

Franger : condom

Freckle : anus

Fremantle Doctor : the cooling afternoon breeze that arrives in Perth from the direction of Freeo

Freo : Fremantle in Western Australia

Frog in a sock, as cross as a : sounding angry - a person or your hard drive!

Fruit loop : fool

Full : drunk

Furphy : false or unreliable rumour

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:37 pm

G'Day : hello!

Gabba : Wooloongabba - the Brisbane cricket ground

GAFA (pron. gaffa) : the big nothingness of the Australian Outback. Great Australian F**k All.

Galah : fool, silly person. Named after the bird of the same name because of its antics and the noise it makes.

Garbo, garbologist : municipal garbage collector

Give it a burl : try it, have a go

Gobful, give a : to abuse, usually justifiably ("The neighbours were having a noisy party so I went and gave them a gobful")

Gobsmacked : surprised, astounded

Going off : used of a night spot or party that is a lot of fun - "the place was really going off"

Good oil : useful information, a good idea, the truth

Good onya : good for you, well done

Goog, as full as a : drunk. "Goog" is a variation of the northern English slangword "goggie" meaning an egg.

Greenie : 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

Grundies : undies, underwear (from Reg Grundy, a television person)

Gutful of **** : drunk, "he's got a gutful of ****"

Gyno : gynaecologist

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:23 pm

Handle : beer glass with a handle

Harold Holt, to do the : To bolt. (Also "to do the Harold")

Heaps : a lot, e.g. "thanks heaps", "(s)he earned heaps of money" etc.

Holy dooley! : an exclamation of surprise = "Good heavens!", "My goodness!" "Good grief!" or similar

Hoon : hooligan

Hooroo : goodbye

Hotel : often just a pub

Hottie : hot water bottle

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:47 pm

Jackaroo : a male trainee station manager or station hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property)

Jillaroo : a female trainee station manager or station hand

Joey : baby kangaroo

Journo : journalist

Jug : electric kettle

Jumbuck : sheep

K

Kangaroos loose in the top paddock : Intellectually inadequate ("he's got kangaroos loose in the top paddock")

Kelpie : Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie

Kero : kerosene

Kindie : kindergarten

Knock : to criticise

Knock back : refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb)

Knocker : somebody who criticises

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:21 pm

Practise yer Strine!!

Those journos are a bunch of clueless losers

Bludgers are wankers

Deros start drinking kero in kindie

Don't knock it till ya try it!

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:11 am

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

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 take advantage of somebody's gullibility, to have someone on ("he's having a lend of you")

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")

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 the road where livestock is grazed 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

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:15 am

The larrikin had a longneck for lunch.

He was flat out like a lizard drinking,

I bet london to a brick he will have another long neck,when he is all laired up at the pub tonight.

He will probably have a liquid laugh after all that:-3:-6

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:31 pm

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.

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. Beware though - in some parts of Australia it means inconsequential, frivolous or not very good!

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

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:31 pm

Nasho : National Service (compulsory military service)

Naughty, have a : have sex

Never Never : the Outback, centre of Australia

Nipper : young surf lifesaver

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

Nuddy, in the : naked

Nun's nasty, as dry as a : dry

Nut out : hammer out or work out (an agreement, say)

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:28 pm

Is that where we get "nipper"? I thought it was any young kid. The little nipper. WOW. I'm learning a lot from all of this, Heather, about my own language. Nasho - yes.. and having a naughty... :sneaky: Having a thoughtie... thinking about a naughty. Is'nt strine wonderful!!

What amazes me, as I read these lists, is that we all do REALLY use all of these, routinely, all the time. Or at least I do. It's only when you see them all listed together like this, that you start to appreciate that we do speak kind of differently to the good folks of North America and of course all those hoity toity pommy baskets.

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:18 pm

Those pom's have a lot to answer for.

I use a lot of these as well.My father inlaw used to use most of them.

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:20 pm

O.S. : overseas ("he's gone O.S.")

Ocker : an unsophisticated person

Offsider : an assistant, helper

Old fella : penis

Oldies : parents - "I'll have to ask my oldies"

Op shop : opportunity shop, thrift store, place where second hand goods are sold.

Outback : interior of Australia

Oz : Australia!

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:14 pm

Keep them coming if you know any more:-6

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:48 am

Paddock : 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 **** : 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)

**** : beer. Hence "hit the ****", "sink some ****"

Plate, bring a : Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to bring your own food. It doesn't mean they're short of crockery!

Plonk : cheap wine

Pokies : poker machines, fruit machines, gambling slot machines

Polly : politician

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 canard that Poms bathe about once a month

Porky : Lie, untruth (pork pie = lie)

Port : suitcase (portmanteau)

Postie : postman, mailman

Pot : 285 ml beer glass in Queensland and Victoria

Pozzy : position - get a good pozzy at the football stadium

Prezzy : present, gift

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:54 am

Where are you from, Fuzzy? I looked up your profile, but there's nothing there. Well mine probably is also blank.. haven't been there for a while. Grin

Early dawn, Saturday, and it looks like another beautiful day!!!

Pozzy... mozzy. Grin. All the rain we've had lately - there's a bloody lot of mozzies about.

On shearing... I used to work in a place where one of the lab technicians had been a shearers' cook. Now she had some very colourful expressions.