He regards Faraway Downs as his birthright while callously dismissing the son born to him by an Aboriginal woman as a 'creamy' – a derogatory term for half-caste children.
(Aus.) a derog. term for the offspring of white and Aborigine parents; also as adj. 1900.
(slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively. We creamed the opposing team! (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate (used of either gender).
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. Cocky arose in the 1870s and is an abbreviation of cockatoo farmer.
Full-on: Intense.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
Chook: A chicken. In the show, it's wonderfully used in the phrase “made you look, you dirty chook.” See also: “Bin chicken,” an uncharitable name for the ibis, a bird whose long beak can make quick work of a rubbish bin. Dunny: A toilet, traditionally outdoors but more commonly now indoors.
Also called: chookie Australian informal a hen or chicken. Australian informal a woman, esp a more mature one. interjection. Australian a exclamation used to attract chickens.
I thought they were just being ironic, especially as they affectionately called it "Bush Chook", Aussie slang for a wild chicken, aka an emu.
creamy. / (ˈkriːmɪ) / adjective creamier or creamiest. resembling cream in colour, taste, or consistency. containing cream.
If you make wine, import wine into Australia or sell it by wholesale, you normally have to pay wine equalisation tax (WET).
Aussie Word of the Week
Unco or The Man from Unco means awkward or clumsy. Typically used by schoolkids, unco is a shortened version of uncoordinated. Aussie slang is chockers with great and hilarious terms for the uncoordinated among us.
Verb. (Australia, slang, dated) To kiss and cuddle; to canoodle.
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.
The cover on the front of a car is called a 'bonnet', rather than a 'hood', while an Australian will typically say 'holiday' instead of 'vacation'.
phrasal verb
ducked out; ducking out; ducks out. informal. : to leave suddenly and usually without telling anyone that one is leaving.
“Dry” meats are coated with a dry spice rub before they're cooked, and often sprinkled with those seasonings when they come off the grill. “Wet” meats are slathered with barbecue sauce.
Australian informal. a woman, esp a more mature one.
Black chicken usually refers to a chicken with solid black plumage. Black chicken may also refer to: Ancona chicken, a breed that originated in Italy. Ayam Cemani, a breed that originated in Central Java, Indonesia. Jersey Giant, an American breed created by John and Thomas Black.
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.
Beaut!/Beauty!: beaut, beauty or 'you beauty' is a very Australian way to say that something is great.