"Knickers" can also refer to male underwear, while the word panties generally refers only to female underwear. In Australia, male underpants are often referred to as "undies", although the word can also refer to panties.
Trackie dacks are tracksuit trousers, and underdacks are underpants or knickers.
Daks: Australians call their trousers 'daks'. If someone mentions 'tracky daks', they're talking about sweatpants.
The shoe known in Australia as a "thong" is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world.
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.
See also: 'Dirty Bird' (KFC). “Let's pop into Maccas after the footy.”
In Australian English a goog is an egg. It is an abbreviation of the British dialect word goggy 'a child's name for an egg', retained in Scotland as goggie. The phrase is a variation of an earlier British phrase in the same sense: full as a tick, recorded from the late 17th century.
Here in Australia, however, McDonald's most prevalent nickname is “Macca's”.
In an interview on Triple J radio, Koby Abberton pointed out that "Bra" is a reference to the gang's suburb, Maroubra, and partly after the street slang for brother. Some members of the gang tattoo "My Brother's Keeper" across the front of their chest, "Bra Boys" and Maroubra's postcode "2035" on their backs.
Here in Australia, the Macquarie DIctionary simply lists lounge as “a sofa or couch”.
If a sweatshirt or fleeced lined jumper has a hood it will be called a “hoodie", whether it has a zip or not. If a knitted jumper has buttons down the front where you can wear them completely open, then we in Australia would call that a “cardigan".
Knickers can also be used in a general way to mean “panties.” Knickers appears in a few British idioms, including most commonly get one's knickers in a twist (or bunch or knot), which means “to get overly upset” and is typically used in a rude command not to do that.
Knickers. Knickers is actually a standard word for underwear, mainly in Britain, but we include it here because of its surprising connection to professional basketball.
Traditional IPA: ˈsɒriː 2 syllables: "SORR" + "ee"
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
Contributor's comments: Ding, as in a person, is used in Perth not only to refer to an Italian, but also anyone from eastern Europe - similar to 'wog' in the eastern states.
Grog is a general term for beer and spirits (but not wine). Australians enjoy having a few beers or a bevvie (short for beverage), a frostie, a coldie or a couple of cold ones. Beer is also known as liquid amber, amber nectar or liquid gold.
It's "good evening", or the non-time specific "g'day". Contributor's comments: I grew up in Brisbane, and have never, heard 'Goodnight' as a greeting.
Cozzie – swimming costume • Cranky – in a bad mood, angry • Crook – sick, or badly made • Cut lunch – sandwiches • Dag – a funny person • Daks – trousers • Dinkum, fair dinkum – true, real, genuine • Dipstick – a loser, idiot • Down Under – Australia and New Zealand • Dunny – outside toilet • Earbashing – nagging • ...
In other words, the correct translation for “Süßigkeiten” in Australia is “lollies”.
The nickname Bluey originated in the 1890s and was used as a nickname throughout World War One to refer to red-haired soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force, especially from New South Wales. During the Second World War, nearly every redhead was nicknamed Bluey, and it spread to civilian life.
As well as being one of Australia's loudest avian species, a cockatoo is also a slang name for a lookout who keeps watch during some illegal activity, such as another Aussie pastime, the two-up game.