The term 'Chippy' is commonly used in Australia and the UK to refer to
: aggressively belligerent. a chippy hockey player. also : marked by much fighting. a chippy game.
A carpenter (also known as a chippy), at their core, is a tradesperson specialising in working with timber and any number of carpentry processes depending on their specific line of work.
You might hear kids call them chippies instead of chips which is hilarious to a Canadian because chippies is short for chipmunks (an animal they don't have in Australia). What does get confusing is whether or not you want chips as in fries or chips as in potato chips.
Sparkie: The Australian term for an Electrician.
We call these skilled workers tradies and include: Sparky — an electrician. Bricky — a bricklayer or builder. Chippy — a carpenter (they make chips when the cut up wood) Dunny diver — plumber (they fix toilets or in colloquial English 'dunnies')
speedos – generic term for men's swimming briefs which originated in Australia, from the brand name (see Speedo). Known colloquially as sluggos, budgie smugglers.
In Australia today, there are an estimated 4000 fish and chip shops, as well as fish and chips being an essential menu offering in many Australian pubs and restaurants.
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.
Fish and chips are common throughout Australia and New Zealand and with a few small differences are very similar to fish and chips in the UK. In Australia the main fish is blue grenadier and flake (shark); barramundi is often available in northern Australia (particularly around Darwin).
A sparky is an electrician. A brickie is a bricklayer.
Sparkys are extremely important professionals in Australia as well as in other countries around the world. Their job is to install and repair systems of wiring and other electrical equipment used for both commercial and residential applications.
In the United Kingdom including Northern Ireland, they are colloquially known as a chippy or fishy, while in the rest of Ireland and the Aberdeen area, they are known as chippers.
(slang, chiefly US) A prostitute or promiscuous woman. [ from 19th c.] quotations ▼
Chippy, a slang term for a carpenter, in the List of words having different meanings in American and British English (A–L) Fish and chip shop, known colloquially in British English as a chippy.
Words used to describe someone who is easily annoyed or difficult to please. bad-tempered. irritable. moody.
Durry = Cigarette
Durry is the spread Australian term for a cigarette. Among the younger generation, it is often called ciggies or darts.
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.
The term 'flake' is an Australian fish name standard that only applies to two species of gummy shark (one from Australia and one from New Zealand). In reality, the term 'flake' is commonly used for any shark meat and this can mean any species of shark including those under threat.
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'.
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.
Gumboots are suited for very wet environments. Gumboots are also known as Wellington boots and rain boots. These work boots made by Bata Industrials are always water resistant.
Among the most obvious are the words people use for the same thing, such as swimwear – preferences for “togs”, “swimmers”, “cossie” or “bathers” vary markedly across the states and territories.