K k - kilometer
kafuffle - commotion kanakas -
testicles kanga - kangaroo
kangaroo hop - jerky movement of a car due to a mis-used
clutch kaput - broken;
ruined keen as mustard - very
enthusiastic keep your shirt on - stay
calm kero - kerosine
kick
in the arse - a severe scolding; a severe set
back kick in the teeth - a severe set
back kill a snake -
urinate King Dick - somebody with a very high
opinion of themselves King Richard the
Third - turd; shit kisser - the
mouth kiss of life - mouth to mouth
resuscitation klicks -
kilometers knackered - tired;
exhausted knee high to a grasshopper -
short knife - betray
knock
back - refuse; eat or drink fast knock it
off! - stop it! knock it on the
head - put a stop to it knuckle
sandwich - a punch in the mouth konk -
nose
L laid-back - relaxed;
informal lairy - flashy
lark - amusing incident laughing
gear - the mouth laughing
jackass - kookaburra lay an egg -
to defecate lay in the hay - have sexual
intercourse lead foot - a fast reckless
driver left in the lurch - abandoned in a time
of need left on the shelf - deserted by friends
in a time of need left out in the
cold - not informed leg opener -
alcohol let alone - not to
mention let rip - fart
lid - a hat lift a
finger - help in any way like a chook
with it's head cut off - flustered like a cut
snake - extremely active like a fart in a
bottle - agitated like a greasy
stick up a dog's arse - very easily like a mad
woman's breakfast - very messy; all over the
place like a one-armed taxi-driver with crabs
- very busy like a pick-pocket at a nudist camp -
confused like a pimple on a pumpkin - very
obvious like a stunned mullet -
bewildered like a ton of bricks - with great
force like a two-bob watch -
unreliable like an old maid's pram -
empty like buggery - greatly; no
way! lingo - language
lip - cheek; back-chat liquid amber
- beer little boys - cocktail
sausages local rag - newspaper specified to a
certain area lollipop lady/man - person who
supervises school crossings long in the
tooth - old loo - toilet
looker - very attractive person
Lucky
Country - Australia lug - ear;
fool; carry
M mad as a cut snake -
insane mad as a meat axe - extremely
angry maggies - magpies
make a
blue - make a huge mistake make a botch
of - mess up make a proper galah of - make a
complete fool of make a quid - earn a
living make do - cope
make
eyes at - flirt with make it
snappy - hurry up! make sheep eyes
at - give adoring looks make the
feathers fly - cause a commotion make tracks
- depart make waves - cause
trouble malarky - foolish
talk mangy - shabby
mash - mashed potatoes mate -
friend; pal; buddy matilda - a
swag metho - methylated
spirits Mickey Mouse - wonderful;
excellent miffed / mift - annoyed;
offended miffy - easily
upset misery guts - constant
complainer missus - wife
mob - any number of people mollycoddle
- pamper; make a fuss over molly dooker
- left handed monger - food;
tucker monkey suit - dinner
suit moo - silly woman
moo
juice - milk mop - the hair
mozzie - mosquito muddie -
Queensland mud crab mug - the
face munga - food
mushie - mushroom
N nastie - pastie
NBG - no bloody good nebraska -
toilet neddies - racing
horses nellie - cheap red
wine Nellie Bligh - fly;
eye New Australian - migrant to
Australia nick - state;
condition niggly - angry; bad
tempered nipper - young
child nippy - cold
Noah's
Ark - shark noggin - the head
nong - silly person nozzle - the
nose nudge the turps - to drink alcohol to
excess nulla-nulla - an Aboriginal
weapon nut chokers - men's
underwear
O ocker - anything typically
Australian oil slick - a Greek
person oinker - a
policeman old bomb - dilapidated
car old chook - disliked
woman on for young and old -
commotion on the blower - on the
telephone on the dole - receiving social security
benefits whilst unemployed optic nerve
- perve out of whack -
disorderly Oz - Australia;
Australian
