What is the Aussie slang for bed?

If I say, “I'm going to hit the sack” or “I'm going to hit the hay” it just means I'm going to go to bed.

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What is Aussie slang for poo?

A bog is a shit, or poop as you would say in America.

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What is the C word in Australian slang?

'Come over for a few coldie's mate. ' C*nt, the “C” word – Used when exchanging pleasantries between close friends or family member. If someone calls you the “C” word in Australia (and you haven't done anything to make them angry), then breathe a sigh of relief… it means you have entered the mate zone.

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What are Aussie words for toilet?

dunny – a toilet, the appliance or the room – especially one in a separate outside building. This word has the distinction of being the only word for a toilet which is not a euphemism of some kind. It is from the old English dunnykin: a container for dung. However Australians use the term toilet more often than dunny.

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What is Australian slang for bottom?

The first word – bum. In Australian English bum refers to your bottom – buttocks – the part of the body which people sit on.

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What does Sheela mean in Australia?

Though it is not as common as it once was, “sheila” is the Australian slang for girl or woman. It originally came from the Irish name Síle, which was exclusively used with women.

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What is the British slang word for bum?

Arse — “Arse” is the British (and Australian, and Kiwi) equivalent to the American “ass.” As with most things British versus American, “arse” is a much older way to refer to the buttocks that tracks all the way back to Old Germanic roots.

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What is the Australian slang for girl?

Let's start with the most common, most well-known, and most quintessentially Australian slang term for girls: Sheila. While everywhere else in the English-speaking world, Sheila is a specific person's name, in Australia it can be used to refer to any woman or girl.

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What is the Australian word for girl?

Sheila = Girl

Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.

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What do Australians call flip-flops?

Flip-flops are also called thongs (sometimes pluggers) in Australia, jandals (originally a trademarked name derived from "Japanese sandals") in New Zealand, and slops or plakkies in South Africa and Zimbabwe. In the Philippines, they are called tsinelas.

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What is a choof?

Cannabis is a depressant drug that can have hallucinogenic effects. Cannabis is also known as choof, grass, pot, weed, hash, reefer, dope, herb, mull, Buddha, ganja, joint, stick, buckets, cones, skunk, hydro, yarndi, smoke, hooch, or green.

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What does Dag mean in Australian slang?

Dag is an Australian and New Zealand slang term, also daggy (adjective). In Australia, it is often used as an affectionate insult for someone who is, or is perceived to be, unfashionable, lacking self-consciousness about their appearance and/or with poor social skills yet affable and amusing.

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What is the Australian slang for coffee?

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. Loo or dunny - Thesea are slang term for toilet. If you are a guest in someone's house for the first time, it is usually polite to ask permission to use his or her toilet.

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What do Australians call dinner?

Some people in Britain and Australia refer to their main evening meal as "tea" rather than "dinner" or "supper", but generally, with the exception of Scotland and Northern England, "tea" refers to a light meal or a snack.

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What do Australians call boys?

bloke – man or guy

A stereotype of a typical Australian man: loves beer, sport and barbies. It's similar to “chap”or “fella”.

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What do Australians call beautiful?

Beaut. Meaning: (Noun) Basically short for beautiful, can be used to say that something is great, or that something looks good.

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What do Australians call pretty girls?

Most commonly, stunner is used to describe a person—often not to their face. So, someone who is particularly attractive would be a stunner: “I met this total stunner the other night,” for example. As you can probably guess, this term derives from the word 'stunning'.

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How do Australian girls say no?

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”.

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What does hottie mean in Australia?

hottie (plural hotties) (slang, Australia, New Zealand, now rare) Synonym of hotshot. (slang, originally Australia) A physically or sexually attractive person.

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What is my bottom called?

The gluteal muscles are a group of muscles that make up the buttock area; the muscle group consists of the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and gluteus minimus. The gluteus maximus is the most superficial and largest of the three muscles and makes up the bulk of the shape and form of the buttock and hip area.

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What does Jacksie mean in slang?

noun. British slang the buttocks or anus: Also called: jaxie, jaxy.

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What is the British slang for homeless people?

Tramp is derived from a Middle English verb meaning to "walk with heavy footsteps" (cf. modern English trample) and "to go hiking". In Britain the term was widely used to refer to vagrants in the early Victorian period. The social reporter Henry Mayhew refers to it in his writings of the 1840s and 1850s.

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