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Aerial pingpong: Australian Rules football Amber fluid: beer Ankle biter: small child Antipodes: places on exactly opposite sides of the earth Arvo: afternoon Aussie (pron: ozzie): Australian Aussie salute: brushing away flies with the hand Avos: avocados Back of Bourke: a very long way away Barbie: barbecue Banana bender: a person from Queensland Barrack: to cheer for Bastard: can be either a term of affection or the opposite!! Beauty: great, fantastic Bikkie: biscuit Billabong: a watering hole Billy: large tin can used to boil water over a campfire for tea Bitza: mutt, dog of mixed breeds Bloke: man, guy Bloody: very Blowie: blow fly Bludger: lazy person, somebody who always relies on other people to do things or lend him things Blue: fight Bodgy: of inferior quality Bonzer: great, ripper Boomer: a large male kangaroo Booze bus: police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers Bottle shop: liquor shop Brekkie: breakfast Brizzie: Brisbane, state capital of Queensland Brumby: a wild horse Buckley's chance: no chance Buck's night: stag party, male gathering the night before the wedding Bull bar: stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos Bundy: short for Bundaberg, Queensland, and the brand of rum that's made there Bunyip: mythical outback creature Bush: the Outback Bushie: someone who lives in the Bush Bushranger: outlaw B.Y.O.: unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog Cark it: die, cease functioning Chook: a chicken Chrissie: Christmas Chuck a sickie: take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy Chunder: vomit Clayton's: fake, substitute Click: kilometre Cockroach: a person from New South Wales Coldie: a beer Compo: Workers' Compensation pay Corroboree: an aboriginal dance festival Counter lunch: pub lunch Cozzie: swimming costume Cranky: in a bad mood, angry Crook: sick Crow eater: a person from South Australia Cut lunch: sandwiches Daks: trousers Damper: bread made from flour and water Deadset: true Dero: tramp, hobo, homeless person Digger: a soldier Dill: an idiot Dob in: inform on somebody Docket: a bill, receipt Down Under: Australia and New Zealand Drink with the flies: to drink alone Drongo: a dope, stupid person Dunny: outhouse Esky: cooler Fair go: a chance Fairy floss: candy floss, cotton candy Footy: Australian Rules football Fossicking: searching, rummaging Full: drunk Garbo: trash man G'Day: hello! Good on ya: good for you, well done Greenie: environmentalist Grog: liquor, beer Handle: beer glass with a handle Heaps: a lot Hotel: often just a pub Jillaroo: a female station hand Joey: baby kangaroo Journo: journalist Jumbuck: sheep Kero: kerosene Knock: to criticise Knock back: refusal, refuse Liquid laugh: vomit Lob in: drop in to see someone Lollies: sweets, candy London to a brick: absolute certainty Loo: toilet Lucky Country: Australia Mad as a Cut snake: very angry Mate: buddy, friend Mate's rate: cheaper than usual for a "friend" Metho: methylated spirits Mexican: a person from south of the (Queensland) border Middy: 285 ml beer glass in New South Wales Milk bar: corner shop that sells takeaway food Mob: group of people, pack of kangaroos Mongrel: despicable person Mozzie: mosquito Muddy: mud crab Not the full quid: dumb, not smart Ocker: an unsophisticated person Outback: interior of Australia Oz: Australia! Pav: Pavlova - a rich, creamy Australian dessert Perve: looking lustfully at the opposite sex Plonk: cheap wine Pokies: poker machines, fruit machines Polly: politician Pom, pommy: an Englishman Port: suitcase Postie: postman Pot: 285 ml beer glass in Queensland Prezzy: present, gift Raw prawn: to bullshit, to be generally disagreeable Reckon: you bet, Absolutely Rego: vehicle registration Rellie: family relative Righto: okay Ripper: great, fantastic Road train: truck with many trailers Roo: kangaroo Rotten: drunk Rubbish: to criticize Sandgroper: a person from Western Australia Sanger: a sandwich Schooner: large beer glass in Queensland; small beer glass in South Australia Scratchy: instant lottery ticket Servo: petrol station Shark biscuit: somebody new to surfing Sheila: a woman She'll be right: it'll turn out okay Shonky: dubious, underhanded. Shoot through: to leave Shout: turn to buy - a round of drinks usually Sickie: day off sick from work Slab: a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer Smoko: smoke or coffee break Snag: a sausage Spit the dummy: get very upset at something Sprung: caught doing something wrong Station: a big farm or ranch Stickybeak: nosy person Stone the Crows: Heaven forbid Stuffed: tired Stubby: a beer bottle Sunbake: sunbathe Sunnies: sunglasses Swag: gear, luggage Swaggie: swagman Swagman: tramp, hobo Tall poppies: successful people Ta: thank you Taswegian: a person from Tasmania Technicolor yawn: vomit Tee-up: to set up an appointment Thongs: flip flops Tinny: can of beer, small aluminium boat Togs: swim suit Too right: definitely Top End: far north of Australia Truckie: truck driver Tucker: food Tucker-bag: food bag Turps: turpentine, alcoholic drink Two up: traditional Aussie gambling game played by flipping two coins simultaneously Unit: flat, apartment Ute: utility vehicle Walkabout: lost, can't be found Whinge: complain Whinger: complainer White pointers (on the beach): topless sunbathers Wobbly: excitable behaviour Wog: flu or trivial illness Woop Woop: bame for any small unimportant town XXXX (Four X): Queensland Beer Yanks: Americans Yobbo: an uncouth person
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