Cuppa - a cup of tea or coffer 'Drop by this arvo for a cuppa' means please come and visit this afternoon for a cup of tea or coffee.
Cuppa. This is the abbreviated form of the phrase “a cup of tea.” It's very common to drink tea in Australia so this is one of the most common slang terms you will hear.
An Australian pub or hotel is a public house or pub for short, in Australia, and is an establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.
In Australia and New Zealand, a break from work or school taken at mid-morning is frequently known as "morning tea". A smoko, originally meaning a cigarette break, is also used as slang for a tea break, especially for people working in manual work.
HJs/Hungry Jacks: Burger King.
Contributor's comments: In Central Qld we still call Lunch "Dinner" and Dinner "Tea". Also, morning and afternoon tea is "Smoko". Contributor's comments: This was the same for me growing up in the sixties in SW WA.
Raise A Glass. Meaning: (Exclamation) This is another classic way to toast when drinking. Australians usually use this when they want to honor someone for their achievement.
Durry = Cigarette
Durry is the spread Australian term for a cigarette. Among the younger generation, it is often called ciggies or darts.
Australians use a couple of other colloquial words for a hen's egg. The Australian English word googie or goog is an informal term that dates from the 1880s. It derives from British dialect goggy, a child's word for an egg. A closer parallel to the jocular bum nut, however, is the word cackleberry.
A billycan is an Australian term for a lightweight cooking pot in the form of a metal bucket commonly used for boiling water, making tea/coffee or cooking over a campfire or to carry water.
Icy-pole: Ice cream or popsicle.
Why do Australians call sweets “lollies”, even when they have no sticks? According to British English from A to Zed by Norman Schur (Harper, 1991) “lolly” derives onomatopoetically for the mouth sounds associated with sucking or licking. The word “lollipop” came later.
A lolly is a sweet or piece of confectionery. Particular to Australia and New Zealand, lolly has been part of Aussie slang since the 1850s.
In Australia, the Five Dollar note alone has at least fourteen nicknames. Like in the UK, it is called a “fiver”, but other names include “a Fairy Floss”, a “Galah”, a “Skydiver”, a “Pink Lady”, or a “Pink Snapper”.
'Gob 'is the word for mouth, it belongs to slang language, it is a bit rude to use the word, like' Shut your gob'! Gob means mouth here in Australia, the UK, and NZ. It's a bit rude to say, and would be used in a phrase such as 'shut your gob!
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.
A sausage sizzle (also referred to as 'sausage in bread' or a sausage sandwich) is a grilled or barbecued food item and community event held in Australia and New Zealand.
'Spag bog' and 'spag bol' were first coined in the UK in the 1970s. 'Spag bol' has since been used by most people all across Australia, and the bog is rarely heard. If you're a bogger, consider yourself a gem, I guess? Whether you call it 'spag bol' or 'spag bog', it's still that family dish we all love and enjoy.
For instance, the Jim-brits or Jimmy Britts, shortened to “the jimmies,” is Australian rhyming slang for diarrhoea; “Jimmy” (or “Jimmy Grant”) is an immigrant, so not only is this a deft expression, it is also a neat insult of the Australians' traditional enemy.
Crapper is slang term for a toilet.
Aussie Word of the Week
A dunny diver is a plumber, those stalwart tradies who install and repair piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with the water supply and drainage systems.