Good looking person; a babe, male or female: That person is a buju! Also, budju. Contributor's comments: Obviously an Aboriginal word, but used widely by school children throughout Darwin.
Bunji: Aboriginal English for mate. Eg. “How're you doing bunji?” Corroboree: An assembly of sacred, festive or warlike character. Cooee: Meaning come here.
September 28, 2021 at 12:33 AM · The word “Bunji” means friend or mate. It comes from the Warlpiri and other languages of the Northern Territory and Northern Queensland.
1. to have a bath or swim, usually in a stock dam in NT. 2. a bath or swim: I'm going to have a bogey.
crazy: you're womba. Contributor's comments: This is a term I have heard throughout Queensland, particularly, South East, and all up the coast, as well as Darling Downs and Western Queensland. It is mainly used by young Aboriginal people.
Assimilationist terms such as 'full-blood,' 'half-caste' and 'quarter-caste' are extremely offensive and should never be used when referring to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Aborigines • native/native Australians • lost (e.g. Lost language, cultures).
Gubbah, also spelt gubba, is a term used by some Aboriginal people to refer to white people or non-Aboriginal people.
shonky (comparative shonkier, superlative shonkiest) (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) Of poor or dubious quality, shoddy, unreliable; deviously dishonest, fraudulent.
Noun. corky (plural corkies) (Australia, slang) A deep bruise, usually on the leg or buttock, caused by a blow; a haematoma.
Jumbuck is an Australian term for a male sheep, and is featured in Banjo Paterson's poem "Waltzing Matilda".
'Buray' means baby/child in the Dhurga language and is pronounced boori. For the purposes of this book we will use the word boori for baby and child as this spelling is more commonly understood and accepted by the coastal Aboriginal communities.
Contributor's comments: Aboriginal word for mate, usually used when addressing a friend. Sometimes shortened to Bunj: "Hey Bunji" or "G'day Bunj."
"Wakka" was assigned the meaning "no" by Western linguists who documented the Wakawaka language. Ethnonyms based on the duplication of the respective words for "no" were said to be markers distinguishing one tribe from another in the area, as is also the case with the adjacent Gubbi Gubbi.
Overall there are many common words in Noongar, for example: kaya = hello, moort = family, boodja = country and yongka = kangaroo. These words are used everyday but they sound slightly different from region to region.
A way to express your fondness and love for others with the occasional sense of cheekiness. Lubly is a word that has been taken back by First Nations people as it is derived from the word Lovely.
Icy-pole: Ice cream or popsicle.
A 750ML bottle of beer: Can I have two tallies of VB. Also, tallie. Contributor's comments: I'm a Brisbane girl who has been living in Geelong for 2 years and I still am amazed that no one down here calls the 750ml bottle of beer a 'tally'. They call it a 'long neck'.
Chockers or chock-a-block means extremely full or crowded. You can use it for people or things. For example, “The supermarket was absolutely chockers, I could barely move!” OR, “The fridge is chock-a-block, I don't think we can fit anymore food.” 3.
Underdaks, also called underchunders or underdungers, is a colloquial name for your underpants. Daks are trousers, therefore underdaks must logically be underwear. Simple. Aussie slang is full of alternative words for our trousers and underwear.
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A drongo is a slow-witted or stupid person: a fool.
drongo (plural drongos) (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A fool, an idiot, a stupid fellow.
Ngandi, Ngamala or Ngama - Mother.
Is it OK to call Indigenous Australians 'Aborigines'? 'Aborigine' is generally perceived as insensitive, because it has racist connotations from Australia's colonial past, and lumps people with diverse backgrounds into a single group.
Bunji: Means friend/mate. Cooee: Is actually a widely used Aboriginal word that is often unknowingly used by non-indigenous people.