Ankle biter: in Australia, small children are often called ankle biters.
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.
ankle-biter – a small or young child.
Contributor's comments: The word "bubs" was short for "babies".
Let's start with the most common, most well-known, and most quintessentially Australian slang term for girls: Sheila. While everywhere else in the English-speaking world, Sheila is a specific person's name, in Australia it can be used to refer to any woman or girl.
Bub or bubs is short for baby, as in darling or honey. It's an endearment usually between couples, but also heard between friends or close acquaintances. If your visiting Australia, it is advisable to not call just anyone bub, if you get my drift.
moppet (colloquial) munchkin (informal) nipper (slang) slip. small fry (informal)
In contemporary English, kid is neither slang nor improper. It is, however, most definitely informal, so those writing professionally or in a formal register might prefer to use child.
Slang is a kind of wordplay—giving offbeat meanings to familiar words, dropping syllables to coin variations, combining ordinary words in unusual ways, creating abbreviations and acronyms, and even inventing completely new words.
This week, our word is tucker. This is some great Aussie slang for food that has been in constant use since the 1850s. The original meaning is of a meal, that is, something to be tucked away (in the stomach).
Noun. eshay (plural eshays) (Australia, slang) A member of an Australian youth subculture favouring sportswear and electronic dance music, and commonly associated with criminal activity. (Australia, slang) A delinquent teenager; a chav.
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.
"Australian English is a bit different from normal English. Here they speak so fast and at the same time, the words get jumbled up. So sometimes, it's a bit hard for me to understand. 'G'day mate'... is a common term they use here.
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.
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.
On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to child, such as: boy, daughter, girl, juvenile, kid, and minor.
On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to small child, such as: child, kid, newborn, toddler, babe, and bairn.
To snog is to kiss. A teenage couple might snog throughout an entire two hour movie. The verb snog is British slang for kiss, cuddle, or make out. It's a word that is more and more common in American English as well, as a casual way to talk about kissing.
A Mashable article describes “babygirl” as “a phrase used to describe when a man is so primally attractive that you want to provide for him that became mainstream in 2021.” It is further explained as a term of endearment for when a man is being cute, comfortable in his masculinity, or weak in an evocative way.”
On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spoiled brat, such as: holy terror, juvenile delinquent, little terror, punk kid, snotnosed kid, and whippersnapper.
“Mate” is a popular word for friend. And while it's used in other English-speaking countries around the world, it has a special connection to Australia. In the past, mate has been used to address men, but it can be gender-neutral. In Australia, you'll also hear mate used in an ironic sense.
Cheeky: Used widely in Aboriginal Australia, the word cheeky isn't only used to refer to insolence but also behaviour that is dangerous. A dog prone to biting people, for example, would be described as “cheeky”.
Yes, but Generally, like lots of words in Australia, shortened to “babe”. E.G. answering phone “Hi babe! What's up?”