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Arvo: Afternoon |
Avos: Avocados |
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Banana bender: A Queenslander |
Barbie: Barbecue |
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Bash: Party. |
Bonzer: Great, excellent |
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Bloke: Man, guy |
Bludger: Lazy person, layabout |
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Bluey: Bloke with red hair |
Bonnet: Hood of a car |
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Boomer: A large male kangaroo |
Boot: Trunk of a car |
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Bottle shop: Liquor shop |
Box of blowflies: Ugly |
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Buckley’s Chance: No chance |
Bung: To put or place |
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Bunyip: Australia’s bigfoot |
Capsicums:Green/Red Peppers |
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Cockie: Farmer |
Chemist shop: Drug store |
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Chew the Fat: To talk |
Chook: Chicken |
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Crook: Sick, or badly made |
Crow eater: A South Australian |
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Dag: A funny person, nerd, loser |
Digger: A soldier |
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Dilly-bag: Food bag |
Ding bat: Fool |
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Dinky-di: The real thing |
Donk: Car or boat engine |
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Donkey’s years: Ages |
Drop-in: To steal a surfer’s wave |
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Earbash: Non-stop chatter |
Esky: Portable icebox or cooler |
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Fair Dinkum: Kosher |
Fair go: A good chance |
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Footpath: Sidewalk |
Footy: Rugby League |
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Flyer: female kangaroo |
Galah: Noisy fool |
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Game: Brave |
G’arn: Go on, you’re kidding! |
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G’day: Universal greeting |
Give it a burl: Try it |
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Good as gold: Great! |
Good oil: A good idea |
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Good Onya: Term of approval |
Grizzle: To complain |
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Grouse: Outstanding |
Have a yarn: To talk to someone |
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Hit your kick: Open your wallet |
Hooroo: "who-ru"..see ya later |
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Hotel: Often just a pub |
Icy pole: Popsicle |
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Jackaroo: A male ranch hand |
Jillaroo: A female ranch hand |
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Joey: Baby kangaroo |
Journo: Journalist |
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Jumbuck: Sheep |
Jumper: Sweater |
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Knock: To criticise |
Lemon squash: Lemonade |
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Lob-in: Drop in to see someone |
Lollies: Sweets |
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Lolly water: Soft drink |
Never Never: Distant outback |
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Never Never: Distant outback. |
Offsider: An assistant |
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No-hoper: A fool, loser |
Offsider: An assistant |
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O.S.: she’s gone Overseas |
Oz: Australia; God’s country |
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Pines: Pineapples |
Pommie or pom: An Englishman |
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Rafferty’s rules: Chaos, disorder |
Reckon: Think |
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Ridgy-didge: Original, genuine |
Right: Okay |
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Ring, tingle:as in I’ll give him a ring |
Ripper: "rippa" means beaut |
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Rubbish: To knock something |
Sandgroper: Western Australian |
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Shark biscuit: New surfers |
Sheila: A woman |
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She’ll be right: No problem |
Shootin’ through: Leave |
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Smoko: Smoke or coffee break |
Snag: A sausage |
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Sook: Someone who complains a lot |
Spit The Dummie: Child’s pacifier |
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Stickybeak: Nosy person |
Stone the crows: Surprise |
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Strewth: "sta-ruth" disbelief or shock |
Strine: Australian slang |
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Taswegian: A resident of Tasmania |
Tee-up: To set up an appointment |
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Tomato sauce: Ketchup |
Too right: Definitely! |
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True blue: Honest, straight |
Tucker: Food |
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Vegemite: Vegetable yeast extract |
Wally: Idiot |
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Whinge: Complain incessantly |
Woopwoop: Nowhere |
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Wowser: Spoilsport |
Yabber: Talk |
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Yobbo: An uncouth person |
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