Aussie slang

Para los que ya se ven en Australia, les adjunto una lista de las palabras mas usadas (segun el autor) del Slang Australiano.

Enjoy!

A
Aerial Ping Pong: Australian Rules Football
Amber Fluid: Beer
Ankle Biter: A young child

B
Barney: A fight or violent disagreement
Beaut, Beauty: Great, fantastic
Booze Bus: A police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers
Bundy: Short for Bundaberg Queensland and the brand of rum that is made there

C
Cark it: To die, cease functioning
Coldie: A beer
Crook: If you are feeling ill, you are a bit crook
Codswallop: Absolute nonsense

D
Daks: Another name for trousers. When you get a needle the doctor will invariably tell you to «drop your daks’
Dead horse, flogging a: Continuing a pointless argument or exercise.
Duffer, a silly: Term used to describe someone who has done something a little stupid or had a minor mishap
Durry: A cigarette

E
Earbashing: Nagging, non-stop chatter
Elbow grease: Something that a person tells you to use when they want you to put a bit more effort into a chore
Esky: A large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbeques etc

F
Face, off one’s: Drunk («He was off his face by 9pm»)
Fair dinkum: True, genuine
Fair go: To give someone a chance («Give a bloke a fair go»)
Flake: Sharks flesh (sold in fish and chip’s shops)

G
G’Day: Hello!!
Give it a burl: Try it, to have a go
Goer: Anything that looks like it’s successful is classed as a goer in Australia
Goog, as full as: a Very drunk or full of food

H
Happy as Larry: Blissfully content
Hen’s teeth, scarce as: Very rare
Hoon: A hooligan
Hottie: An abbreviation for a hot water bottle (or a good looking person!)

I
Icebergs: Crazy people who go swimming in the ocean during winter
Idiot box: The television!
Iffy: Anything described as ‘Iffy» is of a suspicious nature (best not to get involved in)

J
Jackaroo: A male station hand (A station is a big farm/grazing property)
Jillaroo: A female station hand
Joey: A baby kangaroo
Jumbuck: A sheep

K
Kangaroo hopping: What happens to your car when you accidentally take your foot off the clutch
Kelpie: Australian sheep dog
Kip: A short nap

L
Larrikin: A person who is always having fun, a harmless prankster
Lippie: Lipstick
Lolly water: A drink with little or no alcohol
Lousy bastard: A very mean person

M
Macca’s: McDonalds
Mad as a meat axe: Totally insane
Mate’s rates: Cheaper than usual for a «friend»
Moolah: Money

N
Nana, to do your: Losing your temper, pronounced nar – nar
Nipper: Young Surf Life-saver
No-hoper: Somebody who will never be successful
Nuddy, in the: Naked

O
Ocker: An uncultured Aussie male who loves sport, beer, mates and sheilas (females)
Oldies: Your parents
Oz: Australia

P
Pash: A long passionate kiss
Pav: Pavlova – a rich creamy Australian dessert
Piss: Alcohol

Q
Quid, make a: To earn a living – «Are you making a quid?»
Quid, not the full: A person with a low IQ

R
Rack off: Go away, push off, get lost
Rage: Party
Rollie: A cigarette that you role yourself (pronounced role-y)
Ropeable: Very angry

S
Salute, Aussie: Brushing flies away
Sanger: A sandwich
Servo: Petrol Station
Slab: A carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer

T
Tall Poppies: Successful people
Tall Poppy syndrome: The tendency to criticise successful people
True Blue: Patriotic
Tucker: Food

U
Up a gumtree: To be in a hopeless situation
Up the duff: Pregnant
Ute: Utility vehicle, pick-up truck

V
Vegies: Vegetables
Vee Dub: Volkswagen
Veg out: Relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable)
Verbal diarrhoea: A term used to describe somebody who never stops talking

W
Wag: Aussie word for ‘truant’
Walkabout, it’s gone: Something that is lost or can’t be found
Wobbly, to chuck a: To throw a tantrum

X
XXXX: Pronounced Four X, it is a brand of beer

Y
Yabber: Idle chatter
Yakka: Work
Yobbo: A loud uncouth person

Z
Zonked: Totally exhausted
Zoo, like feeding time at the: A term used to describe a mob-like rush to the food at a social function