Tucker is a word that Australians use for food. You will hear this word used a lot in more in country towns compared to the city. “I'm really hungry, I can't wait to get some tucker.”
This week, our word is tucker. This is some great Aussie slang for food that has been in constant use since the 1850s. The original meaning is of a meal, that is, something to be tucked away (in the stomach).
Workers' Compensation pay. Counter lunch / meal : pub lunch. Cozzie : swimming costume.
A sandwich. Sanger is an alteration of the word sandwich. Sango appeared as a term for sandwich in the 1940s, but by the 1960s, sanger took over to describe this staple of Australian cuisine.
See also: 'Dirty Bird' (KFC). “Let's pop into Maccas after the footy.”
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.
Aussie Word of the Week
Aussies have a plethora of names for sausages and the ways and contexts in which we eat them. Snag is perhaps the most famous slang term for sausages, followed closely by banger. Many of us grab a sausage sanga down at the local hardware store.
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.
Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 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.
“She ate", “he ate”, or “they ate” is a slang phrase used to express admiration and praise for someone who has done a great job at something.
Feeling peckish
You had breakfast at 8am, now you're at work and it's 11am. It's not quite lunch time but you're a little hungry – this is when you're feeling peckish. Peckish is a word you use when you feel like having something small to eat, a snack, or a 'nibble', rather than a full meal.
Snack refers to a person who is nice looking. Snack is an internet slang term that conveys that a person is considered attractive or sexy. Home.
FOOD means "Cannabis."
Courgette & Zucchini – Basically, both are edible forms of the cucurbit plant. The word 'courgette' is used among British and New Zealand people, while that of 'zucchini' is used in North America and Australia.
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 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?”.
Contributor's comments: We use the term in Tassie as well, you say that someone is a bush pig, or a feral. It has become quite a broad insult to females mainly, not necessarily meaning that they are unkempt. Contributor's comments: 'Bushpig' was very common used at school (in Sydney).
Stubby: Aussies call a short bottle of beer a stubby. Stubby holder: this is an insulated sleeve that Australians hold their beer in to stop their hands from getting too cold.
So, in a trademark sense, at least, McDonald's “owns” the name MACCA'S, despite the fact that the nickname was not invented by McDonald's, but coined and popularised by the Australian public.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
Muffin,when used as a slang is sometimes very impolite . It can mean an attractive person,usually female,similar to sugar.It can mean a female reproductive organ.