If someone is angry, you could say they've 'gone crook'. Crook can also be used to describe a criminal. Cuppa: if someone asks for a cuppa, they want a cup of tea. Cut snake (Mad as a): this is an extremely Australian way to say that someone is very angry.
Lemony means annoyed, as in, I got lemony at the kid. This piece of Aussie slang dates back to the 1940s.
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A blue is a fight, dispute or row. You can bung on a blue, stack on a blue or turn on a blue. The slang word has been around since the 1940s and is used to refer to everything from fisticuffs at the pub to a brawl on the footy field.
Do ya 'nana! Aussie slang for "going bananas" or tantrum. Don't exaggerate a situation into more than it is.
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 • ...
Bluey is an Australian nickname for a person with red hair.
Contributor's comments: [Perth informant] Doughy, meaning a person who isn't very bright, is often used by my teenage children. It isn't a particularly derogatory term, just an indicator of having little knowledge in a particular area.
Bogan (/ˈboʊɡən/ BOHG-ən) is Australian and New Zealand slang for a person whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour are considered unrefined or unsophisticated.
Whinge is primarily used in the U.K. and Australia. Like whine, whinge can mean to make a whining noise (often as part of complaining), or to complain with such a tone, or simply to complain in a way that's considered annoying.
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Chuck means, among other things, to vomit, as in he chucked up on my carpet! Lovely. Thankfully chuck also has some less gross meanings. In Australia certain things are chucked rather than 'done' or 'taken'.
Words for “drunk”:
legless. off one's face. maggot (really drunk) pissed.
Strewth! A common word that Aussies use to express surprise, exclamation or disappointment.
Too easy means something along the lines of that is easy to do and no problem (also known as no wakkas!). Example: After ordering a coffee, the waiter tells you that it is “too easy”. This means it is dead or it has broken. It is most often used to refer to inanimate objects such as lawn mowers or vehicles.
Bin chickens is slang for the Australian white ibis, which are commonly seen in Australian urban centres, like Sydney.
Muffin Cupcake Heeler is Bluey's four-year-old younger cousin who is right in the middle of an awkward but normal part of childhood development known as being a "threenager".
Irish immigrants arriving in Australia looking for labour gained a reputation as heavy drinkers and fighters, with 'blue' being local slang for a fight. The term evolved to come to mean a redheaded Irishman.
“She'll be right” “She'll be right” is an Australian phrase that means “everything will be okay – it's often used in the same place as 'no worries'. It's often used to reassure someone that there's no need to be concerned about something.
in Europe. ' Gaol' is not used as commonly nowadays, but it is correct to spell it either way as Gaol or Jail, and. many official and legal documents in Australia still use. 'Gaol'.
“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. In the past, mate has been used to address men, but it can be gender-neutral. In Australia, you'll also hear mate used in an ironic sense.