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.
guggy egg (plural guggy eggs) (Ireland) A dish for all ages consisting of a soft-to-medium boiled egg with butter, salt, and pepper, served mashed in a cup.
full as a goog (not comparable) (Australia, simile, colloquial) Having eaten too much. quotations ▼ (Australia, colloquial, by extension) Very drunk.
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.”
A domestic fowl; a chicken. 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.
quotations ▼ (countable, UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) A woman of loose morals.
Australia. : toilet. especially : one outdoors : privy.
dinger (Australian slang) franger (Australian slang)
Icy-pole: Ice cream or popsicle. Jumper: Sweater—but can be both knit or jersey.
Now that all seems fairly straight-forward, until we learn that lolly is actually the Australian word for sweets – i.e. British lollies but without the sticks. In other words, the correct translation for “Süßigkeiten” in Australia is “lollies”.
It surely sounds strange to those who are familiar with American or British English, but it is a very common expression in Australia. G'day is a shortened form of 'Good Day' and it is the equivalent of 'Hello. ' Mate means friend or buddy and it can be used to address your friend or a total stranger.
Phrase used to express a sense of general approval, despite a perceived slight. Ex.: “Dude, I just had sex with your girlfriend Janet.” “It's all good.” Phrase used to express a sense of general approval, despite circumstances that would not seem to warrant it.
Flaming galah
Meaning: An insult used to describe a fool or an idiot.
Jammy eggs, also known as “ramen eggs,” are a delicious treat that resemble hard-boiled eggs, but with a wetter texture. Think of jammy eggs as soft-boiled eggs, instead. Whereas hard-boiled eggs are solid and can be chopped into pieces, jammy eggs retain components of liquid in the center.
Soft-Cooked Eggs with Hollandaise and Ham.
So-called “jammy” eggs are all the rage. If you've missed the buzz, these are eggs with yolks that have a luxuriously spoonable consistency that falls midway between the runniness of a soft-cooked egg and the firmness of a hard‑cooked egg.
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.
Definition. In Australia, chips can refer to 'hot' chips; fried strips of potato. Chips also refer to what are known in other countries as crisps.
But the Australian slang for beer is amber fluid. Some states call it a pint and at others, it is a schooner.
The shoe known in Australia as a “thong” is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world.
Gorilla: A colloquial term for one thousand dollars.
Australians have been using the word freely since its probable emergence in the late 19th century as a nickname for English immigrants, a short form of pomegranate, referring to their ruddy complexions.
(Australia, slang, mildly vulgar) An extremely amusing person or thing.
drongo. A fool, a simpleton, an idiot. There is also a bird called a drongo.
Trackie dacks are tracksuit trousers, and underdacks are underpants or knickers. To dak someone is to pull their pants down.