Great Aussi Slang :-)

Her er lidt australske guldkorn
Here's some great Aussi slang    
Algunas expresiones geniales del Australiano



Ace! : Excellent! Very good
Amber fluid : beer
Ankle biter : small child
Aussie salute : brushing away flies with the hand

Back of Bourke : a very long way away
Bail out : depart, usually angrily
Bathers : swimming costume
Billabong : an ox-bow river or watering hole
Billy : teapot. Container for boiling water
Bizzo : business ("mind your own bizzo")
Blue : fight ("he was having a blue with his wife")
Blue, make a : make a mistake

Cactus : dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus")
Click : kilometre - "it's 10 clicks away"
Coathanger : Sydney Harbour bridge
Cobber : friend
Cockie : farmer

Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof
Daks : trousers
Damper : bread made from flour and water
Dinky-di : the real thing, genuine
Dipstick : a loser, idiot
Dog : unattractive woman
Down Under : Australia and New Zealand
Dummy, spit the : get very upset at something
Durry : tobacco, cigarette

Earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter

Face, off one's : drunk ("He was off his face by 9pm")
Fair dinkum : true, genuine
Flake : shark's flesh (sold in fish & chips shops)


G'Day : hello!
Galah : fool, silly person. Named after the bird
Give it a burl : try it, have a go
Gobsmacked : surprised, astounded
Good oil : useful information, a good idea, the truth
Good onya : good for you, well done
Greenie : environmentalist
Grouse (adj.) : great, terrific, very good
Grundies : undies, underwear (from Reg Grundy, a television person)
Gutful of piss : drunk, "he's got a gutful of piss"

Heaps : a lot, e.g. "thanks heaps"
Holy dooley! : an exclamation of surprise = "Good heavens!"
Hoon : hooligan
Hooroo : goodbye

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

Kangaroos loose in the top paddock : Intellectually inadequate ("he's got
kangaroos loose in the top paddock")
Kelpie : Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie
Knock : to criticise

Liquid laugh : vomit
London to a brick : absolute certainty
Lucky Country, The : Australia, where else?
Lunch, who opened their? : OK, who farted?

Mate : buddy, friend
Matilda : swagman's bedding, sleeping roll
Mickey Mouse : excellent, very good
Mongrel : despicable person
Mozzie : mosquito
Mystery bag : a sausage

 
Never Never : the Outback, centre of Australia
Outback : interior of Australia
Oz : Australia
 
Piece of piss : easy task
Pig's arse! : I don't agree with you
Rage : party
Ratbag : mild insult
Ripper : great, fantastic
Rock up : to turn up, to arrive
Roo : kangaroo
 
Servo : petrol station
Shag on a rock: very obvious
Shark biscuit : somebody new to surfing
Sheila : a woman
Spit the dummy : get very upset at something
Swag : rolled up bedding etc. carried by a swagman
Swaggie : swagman
Swagman : tramp, hobo
 
Tall poppies : successful people
Too right! : definitely!
Top End : far north of Australia
Tucker : food
Tucker-bag : food bag
 
Vee dub : Volkswagen
Veg out : relax in front of the TV
 
Walkabout : a walk in the Outback by Aborigines that lasts for an indefinite amount of time
Walkabout, it's gone : it's lost, can't be found
Whacker, whacka : Idiot
Whinge : complain
 
Yabber : talk (a lot)
Yakka : work (noun)