What do Australians call a fridge?

Freezer. Meaning: (Noun) Commonly used when we talk about refrigerators, 'freezer' can be a slang term for a cooler as well.

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Do Australians still say bonzer?

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.

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What is a hottie in Australian slang?

hottie (plural hotties) (slang, Australia, New Zealand, now rare) Synonym of hotshot. (slang, originally Australia) A physically or sexually attractive person.

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What is the Aussie slang for bed?

“Sack”. “A sack” or “The sack”, this is a noun.

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What is the Aussie word for kiss?

Pash (pash) / Kiss

An indelicate description of kissing passionately, hence the name. Pashing typically leads to two things: pash rash (red marks around the lips caused by excessive kissing), and/or rooting (the crass Australian term for the birds and the bees).

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What do Australians call a fanny?

The word you are searching for is bum. The Australasian meaning of fanny is for some, however, being pushed into oblivion by the repetition of this innocuous American word in the theme song for the sitcom, The Nanny. The preferred Australasian term for fanny pack is bum bag.

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What do Aussies call being sick slang?

If you're feeling unwell, you could say you are crook. If someone is angry, you could say they've 'gone crook'.

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What is the Aussie slang for cheating?

Dating back to the 17th Century, to bilk is to cheat, swindle or to evade a payment on a debt. Eelie is an obsolete Aussie underworld slang word for a confidence trick or the ruse by which a swindle is affected, probably extracted from eelerspee, an obsolete word for a con artist.

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What is slang for girl in Australia?

Sheila = Girl

Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.

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What do Australians call sweats?

In Australia and New Zealand, they are also commonly known as trackpants, trackies, tracky daks or joggers.

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What do Australians call ice box?

The term "esky" is also commonly used in Australia to generically refer to portable coolers or ice boxes and is part of the Australian vernacular, in place of words like "cooler" or "cooler box" and the New Zealand "chilly bin".

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What are Australian words for idiots?

Galah. (Noun) A stupid or idiotic person; often accompanied by the adjective 'flaming'. Inspired by our very own native bird, known for flying into windows. “Nah mate, Johnno's a flamin' galah.”

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What is Australian slang for diarrhea?

For instance, the Jim-brits or Jimmy Britts, shortened to “the jimmies,” is Australian rhyming slang for diarrhoea; “Jimmy” (or “Jimmy Grant”) is an immigrant, so not only is this a deft expression, it is also a neat insult of the Australians' traditional enemy.

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What is Aussie slang for drinking alcohol?

Plonk, chardy and the goon of fortune

Plonk is perhaps Australia's best-known word for alcohol.

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What is dog as Australia slang?

dog (on). Australian English sense of mongrel, 'a term of contempt or abuse; a despicable person'.

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What do Australians say instead of yes?

Yeah nah yeah = yes. No wonder you're confused! A commonly-used word here is mate, which normally means friend.

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What do they call pajamas in Australia?

That's because we're using Australian English in this blog post, and 'pyjamas' is the correct spelling in Australia. It's also the standard spelling in most other English-speaking countries, including the UK.

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Why do Aussies call redheads bluey?

Mostly coined in Australia than anywhere else in the world, 'bluey' is (generally) used as an affectionate nickname for a redhead. It is thought by some to have derived from the early 1900s as a form of irony. Blue is evidently contrasting with red, thus being used as a joke.

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