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.
brekkie – breakfast
Although it sounds like breakfast for kids, brekkie is the Australian meal everyone has in the morning.
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.”
noun. shei·la ˈshē-lə Australia and New Zealand. : a girl or young woman.
5. Sheila = Girl. Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
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dinger (Australian slang) franger (Australian slang)
Icy-pole: Ice cream or popsicle. Jumper: Sweater—but can be both knit or jersey.
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.
Americans have never taken to the slang word bloody, but Aussies use it a lot, and have for a long time. In the late 19th century, writes David Crystal in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, it was known as "the great Australian adjective," and by the 1940s it was no longer considered a swear word.
Swearing: Swearing is more common in Australia than in many other cultures. Television programmes are less censored and mainstream society is largely desensitised to words that foreigners may find vulgar. It is normal to hear an Australian swear at some point during a conversation.
Skippy has a later meaning, 'kangaroo meat', first recorded in the early 1990s and derived from the same source.
“Barbie” is a short form of barbeque. In Australian English, “-ie” is also added to lots of abbreviated words. The word “selfie” is a good example of this; it was coined by an Australian man in 2002! How to use it: We're having a barbie tomorrow – do you want to come?
The shoe known in Australia as a “thong” is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world.
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.
Folks in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, and Western Australia call it a “middy"; Victoria and Queensland locals dub it a “pot”; Tasmanians a “ten”; Northern Territorians a “handle”; and, rather confusingly, South Australians term it a “schooner.”
Language in Little Ones (LiLO) is a research study conducted by the Child Health, Development and Education (inclusive of the Fraser Mustard Centre) team at Telethon Kids Institute, who are based in Adelaide, South Australia.
willy willy (plural willy willies) (Australia) A whirlwind, cyclone or tornado; a dust devil. [ from 19th c.]
A matilda is a swag, the roll or bundle of possessions carried by an itinerant worker or swagman.