"Aussie Slang Terms" Australia Travelogue by keeweechic

Arvo - Afternoon
Aggro - Aggressive
Ankle -biter- Infant

Barbie - Barbecue, the backyard barbie, an Australian institution!
Bathers - Swimsuit
Bikkie - Biscuit
Bloke - Man,guy
Blotto - Drunk
Booze bus - Police vehicle used in Random Breath-Testing exercises
Brekkie - Breakfast
Bust a gut - Work hard

Cabbie - Taxi driver
Chrissie - Christmas
Chuck a spaz - Be angry (Also 'chuck a mental')
Cobber - Mate, friend
Coldie - An ice-cold beer
Cossie - Swimsuit (more in Sydney)

Deadbeat - Tired
Didgeridoo - Aboriginal musical instrument made from a hollowed log
Digger - Australian soldier (usually WW1 vets)
Dill - Idiot
Dinkie-Di - Genuine, honest
Dipstick - Stupid person
Doona - Duvet, quilt
Duds - Trousers
Dunny - Toilet, referring to the old outdoor unplumbed variety

Esky - Insulated cooler box

Fair dinkum - Good, honest, truthful

Fruit loop - Idiot
G'day - Greeting, hello! (good day to you!)
Goodonyermate - Good for you, well done
Grog shop - Licensed outlet selling alcohol

Hoon - Loudmouth, to drive recklessly

Jackaroo - Cattle or Sheep Station-hand
Jaffa - Orange-flavoured chocolate ball, with hard orange coating, traditionally rolled down the cinema aisle!
Jumbuck- Young sheep
Just joshin' - Just kidding

Kark it - Die

Lamington - Small square of sponge cake covered in chocolate icing, and dessicated coconut
Lay-by - Store system of paying for goods in instalments
Lingo - Language
Lippie - Lipstick
Lolly - Sweets, candy
Longneck - Tall bottle of beer, 750ml or 26oz

Mozzie - Mosquito
Muso - Musician

Narky - Upset, moody
Neato - Excellent
Never Never - Remote outback place or term for hire purchase agreement
No worries! - It's OK, everything's fine!
Nude nut - Bald head, or very short haircut

Ocker - A Yob, common person
Old Girl - Mother
Old Lady - Wife
Old Man - Father
Onya - Good for you
Outback - Remote bush location
Oz - Nickname for Australia

Petrolhead - Car enthusiast
Piccy - Picture
Piker - Bore, party pooper: 'Pike out'-To leave the party early
Play sillybuggers - Waste time, mess around
Plonk - Cheap wine
Pokies - Poker machines, slot or fruit machines
Pommie - Term used to describe an English person
Pot - Glass of beer, 285ml or 10oz, in QLD & VIC
Pozzie - Position, seat
Prezzie - A present, gift

Rack off - Go away, get lost!
Rage - To party on
Rapt - Pleased
Rattler - A train
Rego - Registration
Rellies - Relatives
Ridgy-didge - Genuine, honest
Ring-in - An outsider, non-local or regular at a club or pub
Rip-snorter - An excellent thing
Ripper - Great!
Roo - Kangaroo
Rubber-necker - Tourist or nosey person
Rugged up - Dressed in warm clothes
Rugrat - Crawling baby

Sanger - Sandwich
Sarky - Sarcastic
Schooner - Glass of beer, 425ml in NSW/ACT,NT & WA
Scratchie - Instant lottery ticket
Semi - Semi-trailer
Sheila - General slang term for an Aussie female
Shoot through - Leave (especially husband walking out on wife)
Shout - Round of beer/drinks
Shrapnel - Small change, coins
Slab - Tray of beer, usually 24 cans
Smoko - Workbreak, to have a cigarette, or cup of tea/coffee
Snag- Sausage
Spag Bog/Bol - Spaghetti Bolognaise
Speedos - Men's swimming pants
Spewing - Very upset, really mad! (also vomit)
Spit the dummy - Uncontrollably upset
Spunky - Good-looking,'hot'!
Sprogs - Offspring, children
Squiz - Have a look at
Stickybeak - Nosey person
Stinger - Box jellyfish
Stubbies - Men's shorts or bottles of beer
Stubby Holder - Insulated holder to keep beer cool
Stuffed - Worn out, tired
Sucked in - Duped, conned
Sunnies - Sunglasses

T.A.B - Totalisator Agency Board - betting shop
Tall poppy - Successful person in a particular field
Tassie - Tasmania
Technicolour Yawn - To vomit
Thongs - Rubber sandals, flip-flops
Thunderbox - Toilet
TimTam - Chocolate sandwich biscuit, coated in chocolate. YUM!
Tinnie - Can of beer, or aluminium boat
Togs - Swimsuit
Trackie-daks - Tracksuit trousers
True blue - Genuinely Australian
Tub - Bath, but also refers to shower
Tucker - Food

U-ie - U-turn
Undies - Underwear
Unreal - Excellent!
Ute - Utility van with tray top, used by tradesmen (pick-up truck)

Vegemite - Yeast spread; An acquired taste, useful hangover cure!
Veg out - Relax, lie like vegetables (usually in front of the TV!)

Walkabout - Disappeared, gone on long walk
Whinge - Complain (Usually of 'whingin' Poms'!)
Whole kit and kaboodle - Got it all, everything's included
Windbag - Chatterbox or moaner
Within cooee - Close by, in hearing distance
Wog - An illness, such as the flu
Woop Woop - Back of beyond, middle of nowhere
Wowser - Killjoy, party pooper

XXXX - Pronounced "Four-ex" not "ex-ex-ex-ex!" Famous Qld beer

Yabbie - Crayfish
Yahoo - Noisy, unruly person
Yakka - Hard work
Yarn Have a chat, to tell a story
Yobbo - Loudmouth, uncouth person
You beaut - Wonderful!

Zeds - Sleep; 'stack some Zzzz's'
Zonked - Exhausted