And yep heard most of these. “Putting the blacksmith on ya”. I use a lot of these – and I have my own list too. I think you made that one up! Basket case - Crazy. The Australian mainland, from a Tasmanian point of view. A long way away, very remote. Ya look like you just shoved a whole spoon of Vegemite down ya gob’ or even ‘why don’t ya come around for a shrimp on the barbie mate’Hey. Bush-Bash. Out in the bush. Bushman/woman. Extremely versatile word for your vocab. Or being locked out of the house by the wife after too many hours in a pub.Yakka is under Hard Yakka (no. Crikey! Sua gosto de ti ler meu mente ! I collect positive words and I didn’t have that one in my collection.what about flip-flops—–there thongs because of how they sound when you walkFly on the wall-when an conversation some one peeks in and listens and looks.Know all of these and use them in my own language much to the amusement of my non Australian friends and colleagues.Footy is sometimes reduced to Foody in some parts of Australia Footy = FoodyBarker’s Eggs/= Dog’s droppings that have turned white in the sun on lawns, or anywhere.as a Yank living in Melbourne during the ’80’s, here’s a few that mystified me at first, but aren’t on the list:Funny how they can be so apt and funny, but normal back then! !or if you dont agree and want to be slightly sarcastic you say yeh nah in a low tone or if you agree you can say nah yeh lolall a bit out dated i reckon , need to upgrade to this century man#89 It’s not so your hands don’t get cold while your drinking…’For Pete’s Sake’ It’s so your beer stays cold, yer Drongo. Gossip that gets around fast by word of mouth. Have never heard anyone say in the bollocky – lol Well the Ozzies uses British English so therefore I reckon that’s the reason why the Ozzie words are alike the British words like for instance the Brits calls it a ” wheelie” and then the Ozzies also call it ” wheelieHa ha, hilarious. Hallelujah!‘Furphy’, you’re telling a furphy. A small, six-ounce glass of beer in South Australia. Way out in the bush/outback. To big note yourself is to brag about yourself to impress others. Which really isn’t much different from the Ranching community I grew up in. He’s a bit thick. Bush Any sparsely-inhabited natural region, largely uncultivated; anywhere outside urban areas. Bandicoot. This list has been put together by some of our Australian staff located all around Australia.Thank you so much for sharing such nice article with us.Hey just a couple more to add to your list you have some rippers on thereYou forgot Mate. Me and my friend were looking through these and I screamed: ‘WHAT THE HELL DOES _______ MEAN!’ A lotMost of this list is horribly inaccurate, either phrases that I’ve never heard an Aussie say (living in a ski town for over 15 years you meet a lot! Police RV vehicle used for processing drunk drivers. This is because for some weird reason Australians like to shorten every word and then add a vowel to the end of it… e.g. This is not intended to be a complete dictionary of Australian slang and terminology but I have put a few Aussie slang words, local names and terms together here and will add to the list from time to time. You're an outstanding person, a true friend.
Australian slang is certainly ‘interesting’! Using the term "bush" of a thing or activity gives it a rural or country context. An indigenous Australian. And the more time I spent with all my mates, the more I found myself speaking and thinking both Irish & Australian. As we found out that day in NSW they call it ‘a double’ or I’ll ‘double yah’ Scallop – in Victoria it’s a scallop, in NSW a potato cake.I begin by saying that I live in NSW and have never ordered a potato cake but always order scollops,.. which turns out to be an archaic word, which differentiates it from the sea dwelling scallop….Adding potato at the front seems to be an excessive use of words and contrary to the Aussie vernacular.In Australia and England deep fried potato cakes are commonly sold in fish and chip shops and takeaway food shops. Razzle. Blow in the breathalyser at a drink drive checkpoint. What you do when you're on foot and the official track runs out. Like all lingo’s It fades-away eventually, but it’s fun trying to keep it circulating as long as possible.