(Australia, New Zealand, euphemistic) A fart.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
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 • ...
The Billy Lids (Australian slang for "kids")
Yeah nah yeah = yes.
Yeah nah is a commonly used Australian phrase and colloquialism. The phrase yeah nah means 'no', but it allows the speaker or writer to ease into their response so as to not come across as too outspoken, or brash.
No worries
It's said to be the national motto of Australia. This expression means “do not worry about it”, or “it's all right”. It can also mean “sure thing” and “you're welcome.” So, when you bump into a person on the train and you apologise, they may respond with “no worries”, meaning “it's all right”.
defecate: He went into the bushes to have a shag.
Contributor's comments: The term 'povo' comes from the word poverty. Contributor's comments: [North Geelong informant] I would also say that this is used to describe someone who is tight arsed but not necessarily poor. Contributor's comments: poor and despised person: "Take no notice of him - he's just a povo."
Certainly if you're in the US, your mother is your “mom” – short for “mommy” and in the UK, Australia and New Zealand it's “mum” – shortened from “mummy”.
These Australianisms have been largely replaced by the international cops, coppers, pigs or bacon. However the older, more affectionate wallopers is also still used.
Beaut!/Beauty!: beaut, beauty or 'you beauty' is a very Australian way to say that something is great.
Break 'cute' down into sounds: [KYOOT] - say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.
preggo (adj.)
"pregnant," Australian slang, 1951, from pregnant (adj.
the wet in British English
Australian. (in northern and central Australia) the rainy season.
(transitive) to need, to require. (intransitive) to be homeless, to roam, to wander.
Dating back to the 17th Century, to bilk is to cheat, swindle or to evade a payment on a debt. Eelie is an obsolete Aussie underworld slang word for a confidence trick or the ruse by which a swindle is affected, probably extracted from eelerspee, an obsolete word for a con artist.
“My research shows the British and Irish working-class introduced most of the swearing we have in Australia,” Krafzik says. “It was cemented in those early colonial days.” The British officer class tended to rotate in and out of the colonies. The working-class settlers – and convicts – stayed.
Traditional IPA: ˈsɒriː 2 syllables: "SORR" + "ee"
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”.