A a bit gone - mad; silly; insane a bit more choke and you would have started - statement to somebody who has just farted loudly in public a bit rough - unfair or unjust A over T - (arse over tit), fall heavily abbo - aboriginal person abso-bloody-lutely - positively; yes ac-dc - bisexual add fuel to the fire - to make a bad situation worse add insult to injury - to compound a grievance already committed against someone aerial ping pong - Aussie Rules football after darks - sharks agro - aggressive aint it the truth - expression of sympathy and agreement airy fairy - fancy; vague Akubra - Australian wide brimmed felt hat Al Capone - phone Alf - average Australian male; showing little or no regard for women and preferring the company of male friends; a stupid person Alice - Alice Springs, Northern Territory all alone like a country dunny - without company; alone all dolled up - dressed in one's best clothes all ears - listening attentively all smiles - very happy always in the shit - always in trouble anchors - brakes angle of the dangle - pertaining to an erection of the penis ankle-biter - a small child any tic of the clock - very soon Apple Isle - Tasmania apples - okay; alright argy bargy - tedious; argumentative aristotle - bottle arvo - afternoon as much chance as pushing shit uphill with a rubber fork - little or no chance at sparrow fart - at dawn at the drop of a hat - immediately attaboy! - exclamation of approval, urging, encouragement Aussie - Australia; Australian Aussie Rules - Australian Rules football Aussie salute - waving hands in front of face to shoo away the flies Australian adjective - bloody 'Ave a go ya mug! - directed at a slow batsman in cricket away with the pixies - daydreaming awkward as a bull in a china shop - extremely clumsy
B B - bastard babbling brook - cook baby batter - sperm baccy - tobacco back o' Bourke - remote, sparsely populated country area bad case of the trots - diarrhea bad egg - undesirable person bad news - a person likely to cause trouble baffle with bullshit - deceive with lies balls and all - enthusiastically; aggressively Banana bender - Queenslander Banana land - Queensland banged up - pregnant bangers - sausages barbie - barbecue bean - head; bash beaut - excellent; terrific been had - tricked been sucking lemons - sour faced bee's dick - anything small or insignificant bee's knees - the greatest bell - telephone call berk - fool berko - crazy; insane bikkies - biscuits big spit - to vomit binghi - an Aborigine birthday suit - naked bit much - excessive or rude behavior bit on the nose - smelly bizzo - nonsense; term one uses if they don't know what something is called Black Stump - outback blackfella - aborigine bleary eyed - suffering from a hangover or tiredness blinkers - eyes
bloke- man blood oath!- definitely; yes! blood's worth bottling- exclamation of praise bloody - the great Australian adjective bloody galah - silly person; fool bloody nong- silly person; fool bloody Nora!- mild statement of amazement blotto - very drunk blow a blue dog off its chain- extremely windy blow in the bag - undergo a breathalyzer test blow me down! - expression of amazement blow shit out of someone- reprimand someone severely blower - telephone blowies- blow flies blowy - windy bludge - do nothing; be lazy blue- unfriendly argument; mistake; affectionate name for a red haired person blue meanies- hallucinogenic mushrooms blue murder- serious trouble bluebottle - policeman blue singlet- a working class man bluey- summons issued by a policeman; ten dollar note blunder- mistake Bob Hope- soap Bob's your uncle- everything is fine bodgie- false; worthless bog- excrement; toilet bog in - eat heartily bog house- outside toilet boiler- an old woman bonza - excellent! boofhead - stupid person boomerang- something lent that needs to be returned boong- aborigine booze- alcoholic drink boozer - local pub; heavy drinker bored shitless - very bored boss cocky- employer bracelets - handcuffs brass monkey weather- very cold weather brass razoo- money break open a coldie- have a drink (usually a beer) brekky- breakfast brew- beverage brickie- brick layer bright spark- alert; foolish Brizzie- Brisbane brolly - umbrella brown-eye- expose your anus in contempt brown trouser job - frightening or scary brunch coat - dressing gown for women bugger - general term for any person bugger around- waste time bugger it!- exclamation of contempt bugger me dead- exclamation of amazement bugger off- go away! bugger up- ruin; spoil bugger all- nothing buggered- broken; very tired buggered if I know- haven't got a clue buggered up- ruined; broken buggerise around- waste time buggerlugs- affectionate term used to mildly annoy somebody buggery - a far away place bugle - nose built like a brick shit house- very strong built like a streak of pelican shit- very tall bulldust- exaggerate bum fluff- growth of hair on the face bum nuts- eggs bunch of fives- fist or hand bunghole- cheese bunyip- creature in Aboriginal legends which haunts billabongs and water holes buzz- telephone call; exciting feeling buzz off- leave
C cack- defecate; laugh cackleberry- an egg cake-hole - the mouth call it a day- finish up the job call it quits - break off a relationship came out like a shower of shit- very fast Captain Cook- look carbie - carburettor cark- die carpet grubs- children carry on like a pork chop - behave foolishly catch forty winks / catch some kip- have a short sleep catching flies- yawning; astounded look with jaw wide open caught the wog- became infected with a virus (e.g. influenza) cheerio- small party sausage; saveloy cheesed off- very annoyed cheesy grin- fake grin chew and spew- take away food chew the fat - talk chockie bikkies- chocolate biscuits choke a darkie- to defecate choof off- depart chook- woman chop and change- to change repeatedly chopper- a helicopter choppers- teeth chops- mouth chow- food chow tucker - chinese food Chrissie - Christmas chuck- vomit chuck a leftie- turn left chuck a spaz- get angry chuck a U-ie- do a U turn chuck a wobblie- display sudden anger clackers- false teeth clapped out- broken down clap trap- nonsense clear as mud - confusing clear the cobwebs- have sex Coathanger- Sydney Harbour Bridge cobber- friend; mate cock and bull - nonsense coffin nail - cigarette cold as a witch's tit- very cold coldie - beer colorful yawn- vomit come the ....- behave like .... come the raw prawn- attempt to deceive come to blows- start fighting common as dog shit- very common compassionate as a starving shark- have no sympathy at all conk- bash; nose cooking with gasoline - doing very well corroboree- a large gathering couldn't pull a greasy stick out of a dead dog's arse - totally incompetent country cousin - dozen cow- bad tempered woman crack a darkie - become violent or angry cranky- ill tempered crap on - talk nonsense crikey!- an expression of astonishment crooked on- upset with
D Dad 'n Dave- shave dag- lovable; odd or amusing person damage- cost or expense damaged goods- woman who is no longer a virgin damn-bugger-bitch-bum! - expression of extreme annoyance damper- type of outback bread cooked in a campfire dark as three feet up a cow's arsehole- extremely dark darkie- aborigine; expression of anger Darwin stubbie - very large beer bottle date - anus; bum date roll- toilet paper dekko- a look dial- face dig- cutting or sarcastic remark digger- returned serviceman dim sims - testicles dingo - an ugly woman do your dial- verbally abuse in anger do your lolly- lose your temper dog's eye - pie dole- social security benefits dolled up- dressed smartly dong- bash; hit down a few - drink a few beers down the boozer - at the pub Down Under - Australia drongo- stupid person; fool drop a fart- pass wind loudly and unexpectedly drown some worms- go fishing dry rots- trots; diarrhea dunny- toilet dunny paper- toilet paper durrey- hand rolled cigarette dutch oven- farting under the bed cover blankets and pulling the covers over someone else's head
E earbash - talk incessantly ears flapping - listening with great interest Ekka - Brisbane's Agricultural Exhibition el cheapo - cheap and inferior elbow grease - vigorous hard work empties- empty beer bottles every bastard and his dog- the general public every Tom Dick and Harry - the general public exy- expensive
