Dead horse – rhyming slang for tomato sauce.
In the Australian market there are two key differences between tomato ketchup and tomato sauce – the flavour and the thickness. In other countries the same product may be called something else but for Australia, ketchup is sweeter and thicker than traditional Australian tomato sauce which is more sour and more runny.
Because that's what a dead horse generally does in a race - play “ketch-up”. Australians do NOT call ketchup dead horse, we call tomato sauce dead horse. Sauce rhymes with horse.
Tomato Sauce: I would like a Maggot Bag (Pie) with some dead horse (Tomato Sauce). Contributor's comments: Rhyming slang for tomato sauce - difficult not to!
Glossaries / dictionaries of Australian slang (like this one, and this one) list cactus as meaning "dead, useless, or broken."
Gifting someone a cactus plant means telling them they are resilient fighters who do not give up in tough situations. It is a Native American belief that gifting a cactus is a way of telling someone that you care for them as it represents warmth, protection, and motherly love.
That's why the cactus has come to represent endurance, tenacity and strength in the face of adversity—they survive even when it seems impossible. If someone gives you cacti plants, they think you're a resilient fighter.
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.
If you're feeling unwell, you could say you are crook. If someone is angry, you could say they've 'gone crook'. Crook can also be used to describe a criminal.
Chucking a sickie
“Chucking a sickie” means to take a sick day from work when you are not sick – or without a proper reason. Look, there's that “–ie” again.
Brocci: Broccoli, nature's little edible tree. Bloke: A man.
Australian, British and New Zealand English uses "chips" for what North Americans call french fries. When confusion would occur between the two meanings, "hot chips" and "cold chips" are used.
The term "esky" is also commonly used in Australia to generically refer to portable coolers or ice boxes and is part of the Australian vernacular, in place of words like "cooler" or "cooler box" and the New Zealand "chilly bin".
sanger. 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.
The word 'sanga' is Aussie slang for a sandwich; not sure when or how the letter 'g' became involved, although one can assume it was adopted from the common mispronunciation of sandwich as 'sangwich.
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.
Words for “drunk”:
legless. off one's face. maggot (really drunk) pissed.
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.
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.
Snag. Definition: sausage, also used to refer to sliced bread and sausage combo, Australian hot dog. Example: “Grab a few snags for the party tonight!” Snag isn't just a part of Australian vocabulary; it's part of Australian culture.
Gifting plants can many things, but most of all it means wishing good luck and telling someone that you care.
Giving someone a plant means you are giving the recipient the responsibility of nurturing something. It is a gesture that shows your trust the person with the responsibility of a plant. And as your friend will nurture the plant, you will also notice that they are changing for better as well.
Succulent women live from the inside out, looking inwardly for guidance, inspiration, and turn-on and willingly sharing this radiance outwardly.
Overall, succulent is widely known as a symbol of tenacity, strength, and selflessness love. So, gifting succulents would be a great idea to show your unconditional love to the person you love the most.