In the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand, the term chips is generally used instead, though thinly cut fried potatoes are sometimes called french fries or skinny fries, to distinguish them from chips, which are cut thicker.
American chips are what the British call crisps, while our British chips are usually shorter and more chunky than the sort called French fries; Australians use chips for both the American and British sorts, distinguishing the latter by calling them hot chips.
Thus, New Zealanders hear Australians say "feesh and cheeps," while Australians hear New Zealanders say "fush and chups."
Yes, people in Australia do call potato chips "crisps".
The term 'Chippy' is commonly used in Australia and the UK to refer to carpenters. The term is found as far back as the 16th century – no doubt in reference to the wood chips that flew as carpenters worked their magic. A proverb from 1770 states: 'A carpenter is known by his chips'.
speedos – generic term for men's swimming briefs which originated in Australia, from the brand name (see Speedo). Known colloquially as sluggos, budgie smugglers.
Australian and New Zealand English uses "chips" both for what North Americans call french fries and for what Britons call crisps. When confusion would occur between the two meanings, "hot chips" and "cold chips" are used.
/ (ˈfræŋə) / noun. Australian slang a condom.
Why do Australians call sweets “lollies”, even when they have no sticks? According to British English from A to Zed by Norman Schur (Harper, 1991) “lolly” derives onomatopoetically for the mouth sounds associated with sucking or licking. The word “lollipop” came later.
Aussie Word of the Week
Aussies have a plethora of names for sausages and the ways and contexts in which we eat them. Snag is perhaps the most famous slang term for sausages, followed closely by banger. Many of us grab a sausage sanga down at the local hardware store.
Australians use a couple of other colloquial words for a hen's egg. The Australian English word googie or goog is an informal term that dates from the 1880s. It derives from British dialect goggy, a child's word for an egg. A closer parallel to the jocular bum nut, however, is the word cackleberry.
A sandwich. Sanger is an alteration of the word sandwich. Sango appeared as a term for sandwich in the 1940s, but by the 1960s, sanger took over to describe this staple of Australian cuisine.
In the case of Australian slang, words are clipped, and then a diminutive suffix is added to the clipped word. In this case, bikkie (the colloquial Australian word for a cookie), is clipped slang for biscuit (the British English word for a type of cookie), and it uses the -ie diminutive suffix.
The shoe known in Australia as a "thong" is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world.
A female kangaroo is known as a ' flyer ' or a ' doe ' and a male kangaroo a ' buck ' or a ' boomer ' (hence the nickname of the Australian men's basketball team, the Boomers). They live in social groups called mobs .
Biscuit – This is not the same as the small baked bread. Here in New Zealand, a biscuit is a cookie. Chips – French fries.
Also, phlegm sandwich, phlegm slice. Contributor's comments: Unfortunately these were known as "Snot Blocks" in Latrobe Valley Vic in 50s. Contributor's comments: A vanilla slice has always been called a phlegm sandwich in my family.
Call Triple Zero (000) for urgent assistance from police, ambulance or fire brigade. This is a free call from any phone in Australia. You should call 000 in a life threatening or time critical emergency.
Dag is an Australian and New Zealand slang term, also daggy (adjective). In Australia, it is often used as an affectionate insult for someone who is, or is perceived to be, unfashionable, lacking self-consciousness about their appearance and/or with poor social skills yet affable and amusing.
If you're feeling unwell, you could say you are crook. If someone is angry, you could say they've 'gone crook'.
Aussie slang is full of alternative words for our trousers and underwear. Reginalds or Reg Grundies are rhyming slang for undies, while bloomers are known as bum shorts in Queensland, and scungies in New South Wales and the ACT.
hottie (plural hotties) (slang, Australia, New Zealand, now rare) Synonym of hotshot. (slang, originally Australia) A physically or sexually attractive person.
In the UK, 'chips' are a thicker version of what people in the US call 'fries'. If you want a bag of what Americans call 'chips' in the UK, just ask for crisps.
Hot chips refer to French fries in British and Commonwealth English. Hot chips may also refer to: Hot and spicy potato chips or crisps, in North American English.
Crisps (UK) / Chips (US)
In the UK, the thin round slices of fried potato that come in packets are called crisps, while in the US these are called chips.