Ankle biter: in Australia, small children are often called ankle biters.
ankle-biter – a small or young child.
Contributor's comments: Little boys are also known as "savs" ie saveloys in Victoria, hence also a rhyming slang - saveloys = little boys (as well as the obvious) - called cherrios also in northern NSW.
an abbreviation of kindergarten: The kids went to kindie. Compare kinder, kindergarten. Also, kindy. Contributor's comments: In South Australia the word "kindy" is used instead of kinder.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
Break 'cute' down into sounds: [KYOOT] - say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.
(informal, UK, Australia) A soft drink containing no alcohol.
Zed is widely known to be used in British English. But it's also used in almost every English-speaking country. In England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, India, Canada (usually), and New Zealand, Z is pronounced as zed. It's derived from the Greek letter zeta.
For example, chalkie means teacher, but most Australians simply call a teacher a teacher. Diminutives are often used for place names, and are only recognised by people in the local area, for example, cot for Cottesloe Beach in Perth, Parra for Parramatta in Sydney and Broady for Broadmeadows in Melbourne.
minor [⇒ thesaurus] moppet (colloquial) munchkin (informal) nipper (slang) slip.
rascal. noun. humorous a child who behaves badly but who you like too much to be angry with.
Definition of “Wash Belly” : English Translation : Youngest child.
Boorie: Boy, child.
What is an Australian kiss? An Australian kiss. is when you start off with a French kiss. and then you end up Down Under.
Stunner. Meaning: (Noun) This is a common term used to describe a person that looks stunningly beautiful.
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.
Why Do Aussies Use So Many Abbreviations? Nenagh Kemp, a psychologist at the University of Tasmania, told Australian Geographic her theories behind why Australians use these shortened words so often. Her theory is that Australians use them as a way of coming across as more friendly and less pretentious.
Conversation. I just found out that Australians call periods full stops.
The Australian accent is non-rhotic
The Australian accent is for the most part non-rhotic. This means that the pronunciation of the /r/ sound will never occur at the end of words.
Pronunciation. In Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, the word is pronounced /ˈɒzi/, hence the alternative form Ozzie; however, in the United States, it is most often pronounced /ˈɔːsi/ AW-see.
Australian English is a non-rhotic variety of English, which means we don't pronounce 'r' after vowels: water, butter, mother, father, theatre etc. all end on vowels in our English (as they do for Kiwis and a number of English people).
cocky. A small-scale farmer; (in later use often applied to) a substantial landowner or to the rural interest generally. In Australia there are a number of cockies including cow cockies, cane cockies and wheat cockies. Cocky arose in the 1870s and is an abbreviation of cockatoo farmer.
Lemony means annoyed, as in, I got lemony at the kid. This piece of Aussie slang dates back to the 1940s.
Aussie slang for "going bananas" or tantrum. Don't exaggerate a situation into more than it is. Term used at cessation of job, life and various other situations. Down Bessy!!