The term 'ute' is simply Aussie slang. However, there are some distinct historical differences between the two; the ute is basically a two-wheel-drive, traditional passenger vehicle with an integrated passenger tray to the body of the vehicle.
Car and bike marques and models are targets for some playful derogatory slang such as Bitsaremissing (Mitsubishi) and Hardly Driveable (Harley-Davidson). Some get several mentions such as Commodore which is alternatively Dunny Door, Bomb-a-door and Commode.
Pejorative terms include beater, bucket, clunker, crate, heap, jalopy, junker, rattletrap, and wreck. (“Gas guzzler,” meanwhile, emphasizes a car's lack of fuel economy, and “land yacht” also indicates excessive size.)
However, present-day usage of the term "ute" in Australia and New Zealand has expanded to include any vehicle with an open cargo area at the rear, which would be called a pickup truck in other countries.
The term van can also sometimes be used interchangeably with what Australians usually call a "caravan", which in the U.S. is referred to as a "travel trailer". The British term people mover is also used in Australian English to describe a passenger van.
Local Australian Uses
A campervan and a motorhome are interchangeable terms, that both refer to vehicles which can be driven and slept in. Both images on the right hand side are referred to as campervans (or motorhomes).
Boot: the trunk of a car.
In Australia they are commonly called rubbish trucks, or garbage trucks, while in the U.K. dustbin lorry or bin lorry is commonly used. Other common names for this type of truck include trash truck in the United States, and refuse truck, dustcart, junk truck, bin wagon or bin van elsewhere.
Diggers: The word Digger has been around since the early days of the gold rush in Australia and anecdotally there is evidence that some Colonial Australians were given the nickname Digger because of their mining endeavors.
rubbish collector: The garbo emptied my bin.
(ˈrɛdʒəʊ ) noun. Australian slang. a. the registration of a motor vehicle.
Numerous slang terms are used to describe such cars, which vary by country and region, including hooptie, jalopy, shed, clunker, lemon, banger, bomb, beater, bunky, old bomb, rust bucket, voodoo, wreck, heap, bucket, paddock basher, paddock bomb, death trap, disaster on wheels, rattletrap, or shitbox.
Whip has been used as a slang word for "car" since the late 20th century. It's also used as a verb meaning "to drive (a car)."
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.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
You're wrong about Australian Rules – it's a siren, not a hooter.
noun 1. a person who is poor: They can't afford to go - they're real povos.
If you're feeling unwell, you could say you are crook. If someone is angry, you could say they've 'gone crook'.
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.
We call them a nurse's pouch. It should come as no surprise that an Australian, Melba Stone, takes the credit for first introducing this sort of bag as a fashion statement. In fact, inspired by Kangaroos, those bum bags hit runways in 1962.
3. bloke – man or guy. A stereotype of a typical Australian man: loves beer, sport and barbies. It's similar to “chap”or “fella”.
A bloke, or "Aussie bloke", is a masculine archetype unique to Australia.
A: Ah, well, the main two players worldwide are “couch” and “sofa”. Sofa is more common in Britain, while couch is preferred in North America, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.
Elevators. Australians call them both elevators and lifts (just to mix it up) but the rules are simple. It's polite to hold elevator doors for people who are approaching the elevator.
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.