What is the Aussie slang for tomato sauce?

Dead horse – rhyming slang for tomato sauce.

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Why do Aussies call ketchup 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.

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What is Australian slang for ketchup?

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.

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What is the Aussie slang pie with dead 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!

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What does I'm cactus mean?

Glossaries / dictionaries of Australian slang (like this one, and this one) list cactus as meaning "dead, useless, or broken."

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What does it mean when a girl gives you a cactus?

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.

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What does cactus mean for a girl?

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.

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What do Aussies call a chicken in slang?

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.

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What do Aussies call getting sick slang?

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.

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What is Aussie slang for sick day?

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.

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What do Aussies call broccoli in slang?

Brocci: Broccoli, nature's little edible tree. Bloke: A man.

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What do Aussies call French fries?

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.

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What is Aussie slang for chilly bin?

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".

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What do Aussies call sandwiches?

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.

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What Aussie is short for sandwich?

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.

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What is Australian slang for diarrhea?

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.

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What do Aussies call a drunk person in slang?

Words for “drunk”:

legless. off one's face. maggot (really drunk) pissed.

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What do Aussies call eggs?

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.

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Why do Australians call eggs Googs?

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.

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What are sausages Aussie slang?

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.

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What does it mean when a guy gives you a plant?

Gifting plants can many things, but most of all it means wishing good luck and telling someone that you care.

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What does it mean when a girl gives you a plant?

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.

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What is a succulent girl?

Succulent women live from the inside out, looking inwardly for guidance, inspiration, and turn-on and willingly sharing this radiance outwardly.

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What does giving someone a succulent mean?

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.

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