The undergarment is usually called a g-string (or colloquially, bum floss) in Australia, however, due to U.S. influences in Australia the word thong is now also used.
One of the most infamous Australian idiosyncrasies is the word for flip flop: the 'thong'.
In England a thong is a G string! Why can't everyone just call things by the same name?
The shoe known in Australia as a "thong" is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world.
THONGS. We've all probably learnt the hard way with this phrase. Mention your “thong” to an American and they will absolutely think you are talking about a tiny pair of string underwear, better known here as a G-string, among other unmentionable phrases.
Thongs - rubber flip-flops. In the Northern Territory thongs are commonly called “double pluggers” or “pluggers”.
The reason seems to be that the bit that goes between the big toe and the other toes is - technically speaking - a thong. Any thin piece of stuff (originally leather, in fact) is a thong. In Australia, sandals with a “toe thong” are termed “thongs”.
A “bogan” is an uncouth or unrefined person regarded as being of low social status. The term is usually pejorative, but it can also be regarded as a joke between friends.
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.
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".
A lot of men are put off by the idea of wearing thongs because of their traditionally thin, flimsy appearance and long-standing association with femininity. Contrary to popular belief, a male thong is a specialty underwear especially designed and built to provide superior support and stretch for, well, a man's manhood.
Thongs can cause health problems to those that wear them regularly. The health issues start from urinary tract and vaginal infections. Thongs irritate and inflame the area around the Bartholdi's glands, which produce lubricant during intercourse.
1939: Ahead of the World's Fair in New York in 1939, the city's mayor mandated that showgirls must perform covered up. To get around the ruling, they adopted G-strings. 1960s: Undergarments for men and women became sporty, comfortable, and a lot smaller.
Fanny is an extremely offensive Australasian slang term for the female genitalia, so announcing to an Australasian that you ``patted your friend on the fanny'' can can leave him or her with decidedly the wrong impression. The word you are searching for is bum.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
The short answer is no, it's not illegal to drive in thongs in Australia. There are no laws in any state that specifically prohibit any type of footwear while driving. That means you can drive in thongs, sneakers, or work boots.
See also: 'Dirty Bird' (KFC). “Let's pop into Maccas after the footy.”
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.
“My research shows the British and Irish working-class introduced most of the swearing we have in Australia,” Krafzik says. “It was cemented in those early colonial days.” The British officer class tended to rotate in and out of the colonies. The working-class settlers – and convicts – stayed.
dunny – a toilet, the appliance or the room – especially one in a separate outside building. This word has the distinction of being the only word for a toilet which is not a euphemism of some kind. It is from the old English dunnykin: a container for dung. However Australians use the term toilet more often than dunny.
1. to do a poop: I gotta goona. 2. gunna (pronounced 'goona') = manure: I stepped in dog gunna; That kid is in deep gunna.
The origin is uncertain. The earliest citation is as American English "gee string" (1878 )for a loincloth,or breechcloth, but probably once just the *string* holding up the cloth, as worn by AmerInds, rather than the whole 'garment' (which I suppose the modern version is, in the briefest possible way).
Australians often use the word “cactus” to mean something that isn't working – a car that won't start, for example.
In Aussie slang, a "Tucker" is a large lunch, and the Tucker Bag is the ideal bag for a large lunch, or a day out.