Icy-pole: Ice cream or popsicle. Jumper: Sweater—but can be both knit or jersey.
The term icy pole is often used in Australia, but is a brand name for a specific type, so ice block is also used.
Ice cream consumption in Australia stands at 18.0 liters per capita annually. The Australian ice cream market is dominated by brands such as Streets, Cadbury, Peters, and Connoisseur.
that Australians use for food. You will hear this word used a lot in more in country towns compared to the city. “I'm really hungry, I can't wait to get some tucker.”
Ask an Aussie to name a truly Australian word, and they might yell "Bonzer!" Bonzer, sometimes also spelled bonza, means "first-rate" or "excellent," and it is the Australian equivalent of the American "awesome": "It's a good clean game ... and the standard is red hot," Thies said.
Definition. In Australia, chips can refer to 'hot' chips; fried strips of potato. Chips also refer to what are known in other countries as crisps.
dinger (Australian slang) franger (Australian slang)
Snag. Definition: sausage, also used to refer to sliced bread and sausage combo, Australian hot dog. Example: “Grab a few snags for the party tonight!” Snag isn't just a part of Australian vocabulary; it's part of Australian culture.
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Dairy – “In North America a dairy is where someone milks the cows but down under it is called a cowshed. A dairy here is the local corner shop where you can get your food, etc.” Paddocks – “We call the fields, where cows graze, Paddocks whereas in North American they are called pastures.”
The shoe known in Australia as a “thong” is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world. Worn with small variations across Egypt, Rome, Greece, sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Korea, Japan and some Latin American cultures, the shoe was designed to protect the sole while keeping the top of the foot cool.
While the answers to shopping trolley, bread rolls and chips weren't particularly controversial, Americans just couldn't wrap their heads around the fact that Aussies refer to icy poles as Zooper Doopers.
2. cotton candy has different names around the world in England it's called candy floss. In Australia and Finland it's called fairy floss.
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.
Contributor's comments: [NSW Informant] We called doughies 'doughnuts'. A straight-line version of this was always called 'laying down rubber' or a 'burnout'. Contributor's comments: "Doughies" is also used in Melbourne.
5. Sheila = Girl. Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
Australians have been using the word freely since its probable emergence in the late 19th century as a nickname for English immigrants, a short form of pomegranate, referring to their ruddy complexions.
Gorilla: A colloquial term for one thousand dollars.
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.
Usage notes. Australian, British and New Zealand English uses "chips" for what North Americans call french fries. When confusion would occur between the two meanings, "hot chips" and "cold chips" are used.
Australia has British and European heritage, so there's a strong attachment to the tradition of celebrating Christmas in cold weather. That's why there's 'Christmas in July', which is also known as Yulefest or Yuletide in Australia.