In Australia and New Zealand, they are also commonly known as trackpants, trackies, tracky daks or joggers.
Daks: Australians call their trousers 'daks'. If someone mentions 'tracky daks', they're talking about sweatpants.
dacks (daks) – trousers, most likely derived from the London clothier Daks (founded in 1894). Trackie dacks are tracksuit trousers, and underdacks are underpants or knickers.
In North America, Australia, South Africa and North West England pants is the general category term, whereas trousers (sometimes slacks in Australia and North America) often refers more specifically to tailored garments with a waistband, belt-loops, and a fly-front.
Since the late 1990s, the term 'budgie smugglers' has become synonymous with men's anatomy-hugging, Speedo-style swimwear, which are a common fixture on Australian beaches.
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.
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. Q: Is there a difference?
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.
bathers – the most common term in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and occasionally in other states. From bathing suit. boardies – short for board shorts. cossie or cozzie – from "swimming costume"; usage of this name is generally restricted to New South Wales.
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.
Sunnies - A term native to Australia and New Zealand to describe sunglasses.
If you are talking about a sweatshirt like thing that you wear on the upper part of your body when it's cold, then yes, especially if they are knitted, then we call them “jumpers". If you used the word “pullover", most would still know what you mean.
5. Sheila = Girl. Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
Noun. jocks. plural of jock. (Australia, slang) Men's briefs.
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.
shonky (comparative shonkier, superlative shonkiest) (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) Of poor or dubious quality, shoddy, unreliable; deviously dishonest, fraudulent.
In Australia “Noahs Ark” is rhyming slang that means shark, and big Noah pictured here is one of the most formidable specimens of ultimate “sharkness” represented anywhere.
Standard shower size Australia is most comparable with the average shower size in the US. There, shower dimensions are generally 36' x 36' – or 914mm x 914mm. In Europe, on the other hand, there is a great variety when it comes to the average shower size.
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.
Now that all seems fairly straight-forward, until we learn that lolly is actually the Australian word for sweets – i.e. British lollies but without the sticks. In other words, the correct translation for “Süßigkeiten” in Australia is “lollies”.
Safety footwear is the technical category name for 'work boots' or 'steel caps' as they are often referred to in Australia and New Zealand.
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". The term derives from the word "Eskimo".
The Aussie 'ute' explained.
Cuppa - a cup of tea or coffer 'Drop by this arvo for a cuppa' means please come and visit this afternoon for a cup of tea or coffee.