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.
In Australian English a goog is an egg. It is an abbreviation of the British dialect word goggy 'a child's name for an egg', retained in Scotland as goggie. The phrase is a variation of an earlier British phrase in the same sense: full as a tick, recorded from the late 17th century.
'Egg' has become a kind of shorthand for "Internet troll," though the avatar can simply indicate that a user is new to Twitter or inexperienced with the platform.
Chook comes from British dialect chuck(y) 'a chicken; a fowl' which is a variant of chick. Chook is the common term for the live bird, although chook raffles, held in Australian clubs and pubs, have ready-to-cook chooks as prizes.
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.
Icy-pole: Ice cream or popsicle.
If you're more of a KFC person, then you should head over to the 'Dirty Bird'.
noun 1. a person who is poor: They can't afford to go - they're real povos. --adjective 2. poor, or befitting a poor person: povo clothes.
'Gob 'is the word for mouth, it belongs to slang language, it is a bit rude to use the word, like' Shut your gob'! Gob means mouth here in Australia, the UK, and NZ. It's a bit rude to say, and would be used in a phrase such as 'shut your gob!
The first word – bum. In Australian English bum refers to your bottom – buttocks – the part of the body which people sit on.
Such an egg: A New Zealand insult, translatable to “such an idiot”. Similarly, “don't be an egg” is a common New Zealand slang phrase.
Huevos, cojones, pelotas. Huevos literally means "eggs" and pelotas are "balls", but these words are also slang for "testicles" (cojones). The expressions with these words are endless and in many instances you can use either word.
Bogan. (Noun) An uncouth or uncultured person, usually. See also: feral, ratbag, reptile, bevan etc. “I can't understand that bogan's broad Australian accent.”
unpredictable behavior usually aggressive...used by mostly Aboriginal people to describe animal behavior: Look out for that croc it's properly cheeky one. That king brown snake was real cheeky so watch out you kids.
This could occur because the word “no” is an example of what linguists call an open syllable, meaning it has no consonant at its close. This allows the speaker to lengthen the vowel and draw it out – a feature we love in different Australian accents!
speedos – generic term for men's swimming briefs which originated in Australia, from the brand name (see Speedo). Known colloquially as sluggos, budgie smugglers.
Up The Duff
As you may imagine, this term for being pregnant comes from Australia, and was first seen in print in the 1941 edition of the Australian Book of Slang.
A billycan is an Australian term for a lightweight cooking pot in the form of a metal bucket commonly used for boiling water, making tea/coffee or cooking over a campfire or to carry water.
In Australia, barbecuing is a popular summer pastime, often referred to as a "barbie". Traditional meats cooked are lamb chops, beef steak, and sausages (colloquially known as "snags").
sanger. 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.
A lolly is a sweet or piece of confectionery. Particular to Australia and New Zealand, lolly has been part of Aussie slang since the 1850s.
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.
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.