Aussie Speak
A translation for all those who don’t understand the Aussie way of speaking.
Food Stuff
biscuit -
dry biscuit -
lollies -
scone -
jam -
jelly -
hot chips -
tomato sauce -
entree -
main course -
tea -
serviette -
packed lunch -
pikelet -
spud -
beetroot -
lemonade -
cookie
cracker
candy (not chocolate)
biscuit
jelly
jello
fries
ketchup
appetizer
entree
dinner
napkin
boxed lunch
drop scone
potato
pickled beet
7Up (kind of — lemonade has lemon in it)
Car Stuff
car bonnet -
boot -
mug guard -
windscreen -
petrol -
car park -
lorry -
overtake -
car hood
trunk
fender
gas
parking lot
big rig
pickup truck (sort of)
pass
Other Stuff
bathers/togs -
bottle shop -
docket -
fairy floss -
flywire -
g’day -
icy pole -
thongs -
trackie daks -
unit -
beanie -
jumper -
footpath -
lounge room -
lane -
tap -
singlet -
chemist -
tick off -
polo neck -
whole meal (bread) -
biro -
shop -
lift -
swimsuit
liquor store
receipt
cotton candy
flyscreen
hello
popsicle
flip-flops
track suit bottoms
apartment
ski hat
sweater
sidewalk
sitting/living room
alley
faucet
tank top
drug store
check off
turtleneck
whole wheat
pen
store
elevator
Aussie Slang
a fruit cake -
a bit iffy -
ace -
amber fluid -
ankle biter -
arse about face -
aussie salute -
back of bourke -
battler -
better half -
banged up -
barbie -
bingle -
bloke -
bludger -
booze bus -
bugger off -
buggered off -
bum nuts -
cactus -
cheese & kisses -
chunder -
chook -
old chook -
codswallop -
cop it sweet -
cow juice -
crook-sick -
crank onto -
cream (verb) -
cut lunch -
daks -
dead horse -
dill -
dinky-di -
dipstick -
doodah -
dunny -
earn a quid -
galah -
grog -
fanny -
fart-arse around -
full as a goog -
get knotted -
going for a piss -
hard yakka -
hit the sack -
hoon -
hoo-roo -
idiot box -
knackers -
knackered -
knickers -
knock off -
knocked up -
lashing out -
lob in -
(a good) lurk -
mate -
moolah -
mozzie -
noggin -
no worries -
no sweat -
not the full quid -
not worth a crumpet -
nuddy -
nut out -
off his face -
once over -
pash -
perv -
pigs bum -
pissed as a parrot -
pissed off -
postie -
rack off -
ripper -
rock up -
road train -
sacked -
shonky -
shoot through -
shout -
slab -
smoko -
snag -
stubby -
stubby holder -
stuffed -
I’ll be stuffed -
can’t be stuffed -
sunnies -
tee-up -
tin lid -
the good oil -
tucker -
veg out -
uni -
underdaks -
throw a wobbly -
got a wog -
yobbo -
you’re game -
wanker -
wedding tackle -
white pointers -
write-off -
mentally unstable
not quite right
excellent
beer
young kid
wrong way around
brushing flies away
middle of nowhere
someone who works hard for little money
your wife or hubbie
pregnant
barbeque
motor vehicle accident
man
lazy person
police bus used to catch drunk drivers
impolite way of saying “go away”
gone away
eggs
not functioning
missus
vomit
chicken
old lady
a lot of nonsense, a lie
take what’s coming to you
milk
sick or badly made
to hit on someone (romantic)
defeat by large margin
sandwiches
trousers
tomato sauce
idiot
the real thing
idiot
something you don’t know the name of
outside toilet
earn money
idiot
beer
female parts (not the bum)
not getting the job done
drunk
angry way of saying “get lost”
going to the toilet (man talk)
hard work
going to bed
a show off (young male/big car)
goodbye
tv
testicles
tired, unworkable
ladies underwear
finish work, counterfeit product or to steal
pregnant
spending spree
arriving unannounced
something illegal going on
friend
money
mosquito
head
no problems
no worries
low IQ
worth nothing
nude
work out
drunk
check something out
long kiss
lustfully looking at someone
that’s wrong/incorrect
drunk
angry at someone/something
mailman/postman
get lost
great, fantastic
to turn up or arrive
big truck with many trailers
fired from work
dubious, underhanded
to leave
to buy a round of drinks
a carton of beer (24 cans/bottles)
smoke or coffe break
sausage
look
a 375ml bottle of beer
tired
expression of surprise
can’t be bothered
sunglasses
set up
kid
to tell the truth
food
relax
university
underpants
complain/excitable behavior
got a cold/flu
uncouth person
you’re brave
someone who is really stupid but thinks they’re great
male bits
ladies sunbathing topless
car that has been totaled
