Australia Local Custom Tips by Amelei

AuSSie SLAnG- MaTe

To be a real true blue aussie some of these phrases may help you out. hahahaha....

Thongs- NOT a Gstring - refers to the rubber things on your feet.

Backy
Tobacco

Bender
Drinking binge - totally blind drunk.

Buckley's chance
Very little possibility of obtaining what you want.

Chop chop
Tobacco Can also mean to hurry up or get a move on.

Cossie
Swimming or bathing costume

Daks
Trousers

Drop dead
Person is really disgusted with what you are saying and wants you to go away. This does not mean that the person actually wants you to die.

Fair Dinkum
The truth.

Flick
To permanently stop engaging in some activity.
For example "I don't like Justine any more so I gave her the flick."

Give it a burl
Give it a try.

Little Vegemites
Children

Ocker
Australian uncouth chauvinistic males, but can also apply to uncouth females.

Off (one's) trolley
Mad, irrational, completely over the top.

On the blink
Not working

Out of wack
Not working as it should. Something wrong.

Rack off
Go away - get lost - stop annoying me.

Skite
A person who brags constantly about themself and how good they are and how much money they have etc. Don't do this most Aussies hate it.

Sprung
Caught doing something that you shouldn't be doing. Like raiding a bank. Or a child caught taking some lollies when they have been told not to take any.

The Big Smoke
Mostly used by country people when referring to the capital cities of Australia. In Victoria for instance Melbourne would be considered to be the big smoke.

The sticks
Out in the country

Top end
Far north area of Australia. The inhabitants there call it "God's Country". Trouble and strife
The wife

Village bike
Promiscuous woman.

Walking papers
Dismissal from work - the sack.

Well turned out
Well dressed