F face fungus - hair on the face face like a festered pickle -
suffering from acne face ache - ugly or irritating person
faggot - a homosexual
man fair
dinkum - genuine; true fanny - woman's
vagina fart
a crowbar! - expression of annoyance farts like a two-stroke - person
with a noisy flatulence problem fed up to the back teeth -
disgusted feel crook - feel unwell fella - man
fire away - begin
speaking fire one's mouth off - talk loudly; tell
secrets fish
out of water - uncomfortable five o'clock shadow - growth of
stubble on a man's face FJ - Australia's most popular and well remembered of the
Holden car flap your gums - talk alot flash a brown eye - expose one's
bare backside flat chat - as fast as possible flea bag - infested with fleas;
shabby looking person flea market - market where second hand goods are
sold fly the
coop - leave home flybog - jam footy - football
fossil - an old
person freckle - the anus fridge -
refrigerator fried eggs - flat breasts frigid digit - sexually
unresponsive penis from go to whoa - from start to finish
fuck-wit - stupid
person full
as a boot - very full; intoxicated full of beans -
energetic fungus face - man with a beard furry undies - woman's
vagina
G gab - chatter;
talk ga-ga - mad; insane galah - fool
game as a piss-ant -
very daring gas-bag - talk at great length gastro - stomach
upset gawk - stare openly g'day - a greeting (good
day) Germaine Greer - ear get a wriggle on - hurry
up get
nicked - exclamation of contempt get on the ball - be
alert get
rooted! - a term of abuse get stuffed! - a term of
abuse get
the digit out - stop wasting time and start work
get the shits - become
upset get
the trots - suffer from diarrhea get the wind up - become
anxious get
what for - to be punished severely gidday - Australian
greeting Ginger Meggs - legs give birth to a politician - to
defecate give lip - be cheeky gizmo - something that the name
cannot be remembered glad rags - best clothes go ape shit over - react with
unrestrained emotion go bung - cease to operate properly go crook - become
angry go
like a shower of shit - with extreme speed go walkabout - missing (usually
as a result of theft); stroll casually; live a nomadic life (of the
Aborigines) gob - the mouth gone to buggery -
disappeared good monger - excellent food grab forty winks - have a short
nap grab by
the balls - greatly impress someone graveyard chompers - false
teeth great
Australian adjective - the word "bloody" great galloping
goannas! -
expression of amazement grog - alcohol grub - food
gynie -
gynecologist
H hack the pace - keep up with hair like a bush pig's arse -
unmanageable hair hair of the dog - a drink taken to cure a
hangover ham
and eggs - legs hammer and tong - to go at full speed, giving everything
you have got (eg. to go hammer and tong in a blue would to be fighting
with every bit of strength and speed you have) happy as a bastard on father's
day - unhappy; miserable happy as a pig in shit - very
happy have a
bo-peep - have a look have a burl -
attempt have
a gander - have a look have a prang - have a car
accident haven't had this much fun since Granny got her tits caught in
the wringer - alot of fun hen - fussy woman
hen fruit -
eggs hit the
frog and toad - hit the road; depart hit the hay - go to
bed hit the
nail on the head - say the correct thing honest as the day is long - very
honest hoof - a foot hoof it - to walk
hooks -
fingers hottie - rubber hot water bottle to warm the
bed howzat! - an appeal for approval (how's that)
humdinger -
excellent husband-beater - rolling pin; long narrow loaf of
bread hype - a stimulating experience; over done
publicity
I I can't for the life of me - under no
circumstances I kid you not -
seriously ice - diamonds
idiot
box - television iffy - of a
suspicious nature in a tic -
very shortly in dire straits - in serious
trouble in fine feather - full of vitality and
spirit in good nick - in good
condition in the know - having inside
information in the poo - in
trouble in the raw - naked
in the
shit - in serious trouble in the
sticks - in remote areas in the bush in the year
dot - a very long time ago in two
shakes - a very short time I've had it!
- expression of complete frustration when one has reached the end of their
tolerance ivories - teeth
J jackeroo - apprentice worker on a
cattle station jake - alright
jam
tart - heart; sweetheart jargon -
nonsense; rubbish jarmies -
pajamas; night dress jaw hit the
floor - astonished; shocked jiffy - very
short time jiggered - broken;
exhausted jingoes! - exclamation of
surprise job somebody - to hit
somebody joe - man; bloke
Joe
Blake - snake jumbuck - a
sheep jumper - pullover; long sleeved
vest junk food - food with very little
nutrition just a tic - just a
moment just what the doctor ordered - just
what is required
