Snag. Definition: sausage, also used to refer to sliced bread and sausage combo, Australian hot dog. Example: “Grab a few snags for the party tonight!” Snag isn't just a part of Australian vocabulary; it's part of Australian culture.
Aussie Word of the Week
Aussies have a plethora of names for sausages and the ways and contexts in which we eat them. Snag is perhaps the most famous slang term for sausages, followed closely by banger. Many of us grab a sausage sanga down at the local hardware store.
Australians finally have a hot dog they can trust. Cleaver's has launched a delicious traditional American style hot dog that is certified organic.
But in Australia a snag is also one of several words for 'sausage' (others include snarler and snork). It is first recorded in 1937, and probably comes from British (mainly Scots) dialect snag meaning 'a morsel, a light meal'.
A sausage sizzle (also referred to as 'sausage in bread' or a sausage sandwich) is a grilled or barbecued food item and community event held in Australia and New Zealand.
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 the case of Australian slang, words are clipped, and then a diminutive suffix is added to the clipped word. In this case, bikkie (the colloquial Australian word for a cookie), is clipped slang for biscuit (the British English word for a type of cookie), and it uses the -ie diminutive suffix.
Australian and New Zealand English uses "chips" both for what North Americans call french fries and for what Britons call crisps. When confusion would occur between the two meanings, "hot chips" and "cold chips" are used.
This vowel is famously expressed in the different way New Zealanders and Australians pronounce 'fish and chips' – a fast-food dish common in both countries. It is commonly claimed that New Zealanders say 'fush and chups' and Australians say 'feesh and cheeps'.
The Australian word for hamburger is hamburger. They are made by Greek cafes and milk bars across the country as every town has Greek cafes. It is traditional. The standard recipe is a beef pattie, lettuce, tomato, onions with optional extras like beetroot, cheese, egg and bacon.
Montréal hot dog is a Canadian hot dog variety consisting of a steamed sausage in a soft, steamed bun, topped with chopped onions, coleslaw, mustard, and some kind of relish.
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As is the case in the United States, different parts of Canada have different traditions regarding their hot dogs. The Montreal Hot Dog is one of the most popular in Canada. This is a steamed hot dog, which is served in a steamed, soft bun.
The product is known by a variety of names in different regions of Australia and New Zealand: "luncheon" or “Belgium” - New Zealand. "polony" - Western Australia. “Belgium" or "devon" in Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
Contributor's comments: In Central Qld we still call Lunch "Dinner" and Dinner "Tea". Also, morning and afternoon tea is "Smoko". Contributor's comments: This was the same for me growing up in the sixties in SW WA.
Arripis trutta, known as kahawai in New Zealand and as the Australian salmon in Australia, is a South Pacific marine fish and one of the four extant species within the genus Arripis, native to the cooler waters around the southeastern Australian coasts and the New Zealand coastline.
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.
Currency and banking in Australia
You'll use Australian dollars (AUD or AU$) while you're here. One dollar equals 100 cents. Australian dollars come in $100, $50, $20, $10, and $5 banknotes. $1 and $2 dollars come in coins.
roo – kangaroo
After all, the kangaroos are Australia's most popular animals.
So, in a trademark sense, at least, McDonald's “owns” the name MACCA'S, despite the fact that the nickname was not invented by McDonald's, but coined and popularised by the Australian public.
Contributor's comments: [NSW Informant] We called doughies 'doughnuts'. A straight-line version of this was always called 'laying down rubber' or a 'burnout'. Contributor's comments: "Doughies" is also used in Melbourne.
HJs/Hungry Jacks: Burger King.