The locals will go out of their way to make you feel welcome, and you might even be invited to a backyard barbie (barbecue) to have a chinwag (chat) and a coldie (cold beer).
noun. Australian slang a cold can or bottle of beer.
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 • ...
sheila. A girl or woman. This word first appeared in Australian English in 1832 with the spelling shelah. It was initially used in Australia to refer to a woman of Irish origin, but from the late 19th century onwards it became a general term for a woman or girl.
Crikey. An exclamation of surprise.
The most common verbal greeting is a simple “Hey”, “Hello”, or “Hi”. Some people may use Australian slang and say “G'day” or “G'day mate”. However, this is less common in cities. Many Australians greet by saying “Hey, how are you?”.
Any man Down Under can simply be referred to as Bruce. It means an Aussie bloke.
Australian. Edit. In Australia the word Minge refers to the female pubic hair and gets its name from the combination of the words Moot and Fringe.
Charley Wheeler - "sheila" or "sheilah", Australian slang for a woman. After the famous Australian painter Charles Wheeler. Also "three wheeler".
"Barbie" is Australian slang for barbecue and the phrase "slip a shrimp on the barbie" often evokes images of a fun social gathering under the sun. Australians, however, invariably use the word prawn rather than shrimp.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
Chewie: if someone asks you for some chewie, they're looking for a piece of chewing gum. Chuck a sickie: a worker who decides to take a sick day when they're actually in perfect health is chucking a sickie. Chuck a wobbly: this is Aussie speak for throwing a big tantrum.
(Australia, New Zealand, euphemistic) A fart. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
A chug – of a drink
Noun – to take a large gulp of a drink.
(ˈpɛɡɪ ) nounWord forms: plural -gies. 1. nautical slang. a person who performs menial work on board a ship, esp cooking duties.
qway (comparative qwayer, superlative qwayest) (MLE) Far, remote in space or time.
Originally military. From 1905 (Partridge). Jerry (1) A nickname for the German soldiers and aeroplanes. It was more commonly used amongst the English troops than Australians. (2) Also used as a question, 'Do you jerry', do you understand.
Jumbuck is an Australian word for a 'sheep'. It is best known from Banjo Paterson's use of it in Waltzing Matilda.
The term 'bobby calves' refers to newborn calves that are less than 30 days old and not with their mothers. Essentially, they are surplus to dairy industry requirements as they are not suitable or required for the milking herd.
Traditional IPA: ˈsɒriː 2 syllables: "SORR" + "ee"
drongo. A fool, a simpleton, an idiot. There is also a bird called a drongo. The spangled drongo is found in northern and eastern Australia, as well as in the islands to the north of Australia, and further north to India and China.
Jackie in British English
or Jacky (ˈdʒækɪ ) nounWord forms: plural Jackies Australian offensive, slang. 1. a native Australian.
A matilda is a swag, the roll or bundle of possessions carried by an itinerant worker or swagman.
"AC/DC" is pronounced one letter at a time, though the band are colloquially known as "Acca Dacca" in Australia.
While some Australian speakers would pronounce “no” as a diphthong, starting on “oh” as in dog and ending on “oo” as in put, others begin with an unstressed “a” (the sound at the end of the word “sofa”), then move to the “oh” and then “oo”.