A domestic fowl; a chicken. 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.
or chockie or chocky (ˈtʃɒkɪ ) informal. nounWord forms: plural -cies or -kies. 1. a chocolate.
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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”.
The greedy birds even learned to unpick the thread at the top of grain sacks to get at their favourite food. Farmers thus afflicted were labelled "cocky farmers" because all they seemed to produce was more galahs and it is this term that led to Australian farmers being known colloquially as "cockies".
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.
cheap 4litre wine carton: We haven't got enough for a carton so get a goonie.
Mate. “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.
The word "eshay" apparently derives from the Pig Latin for "yes" (originating as an affirmation). The term "adlay" (/ˈædleɪ/), Pig Latin for "lad," refers to the same subculture. Eshays, or lads, are often considered stereotypically hypermasculine and inclined to crime and violence.
Out first word is crikey. This euphemism for the blasphemous exclamation Christ! isn't exclusively Australian but was taken on board by Aussie swearers with great gusto and could now be said to belong to Aussies.
(Australia and New Zealand slang) Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a latrine; a lavatory; a toilet.
chookie (plural chookies) (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A small or young domestic fowl; a chick. quotations ▼
Bluey is an Australian nickname for a person with red hair. As a nickname, Bluey may refer to: Frank 'Bluey' Adams (born 1935), former Australian rules football player. Derek Arnold (born 1941), New Zealand former rugby union player.
5. Sheila = Girl. Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
Pommy or pom
The terms pommy, pommie, and pom used in Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand usually denote a British person.
Catch you later is an Australian slang form of saying 'goodbye'. A: Anyway, it's time for me to go home. Catch you later. If you do happen to talk to an Australian they may ask you if you are fair dinkum.
Put a sock in it
Tells somebody to "shut up."
The term "mate" is essentially gender neutral in Australia.
This applies almost in all cases except perhaps if you're a male and bump into a woman who is 'generationally' older than you.
: to make a request ceremoniously : converse politely. : to talk especially casually or at random. chin-chin.
Skippy has a later meaning, 'kangaroo meat', first recorded in the early 1990s and derived from the same source.