What is the Australian slang for dinner?

Australian slang for dinner is tea. This is by far the most common slang way to refer to dinner, and virtually any Australian will know what you mean when you say tea. That said, there are a number of other slang terms which might be applied to dinner, such as blowout, chow, nosh-up, or repast.

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What do Aussies 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 is slang for dinner?

repast. He proclaimed it a splendid repast. blowout (slang) collation. nosh-up (informal)

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What are Australian food slang words?

"Bikie" is short for a motorcycle-gang member, "bangers" and "snags" are just two of the several terms for sausage, "ripper" means excellent, "snaffle" refers to quickly grabbing something, "titch" is a tiny amount, "chook" is chicken, and it goes on and on.

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What do Aussies call lunch?

Workers' Compensation pay. Counter lunch / meal : pub lunch. Cozzie : swimming costume.

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What do Aussies call sandwiches?

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 is the current slang for food?

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  • Grub: food.
  • Noms: food.
  • Chow: food.
  • Eats: food.
  • Munchies: snacks.
  • Nosh: snacks.
  • Grubbies: snacks.
  • Noshes: snacks.

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What is a slang expression for food?

“Grub” is a slang word for food. “I'm hungry. Let's get some grub!” Two other slang words for food are nosh and chow.

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What is Australian slang for fridge?

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 is another name for dinner?

synonyms for dinner

On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dinner, such as: banquet, feast, supper, blowout, chow, and collation.

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What do posh people call dinner?

If you call your evening meal 'supper' you're officially posh, according to survey. A nationwide study into our the eating habits of British people has settled an ongoing argument about what our evening meal should be called.

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What is another word for diner?

Synonyms of diner
  • restaurant.
  • cafe.
  • café
  • grill.
  • eatery.
  • cafeteria.
  • caff.
  • beanery.

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What is cooked in Australian slang?

(slang, especially Australia) inebriated: drunk, high, stoned; or hungover. synonym ▲ Synonym: toasted. (slang, derogatory, Australia, figuratively) Of a person: crazy, insane.

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Why do Australians call food tucker?

This week, our word is tucker. This is some great Aussie slang for food that has been in constant use since the 1850s. The original meaning is of a meal, that is, something to be tucked away (in the stomach).

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What is Australian slang for afternoon?

“Arvo” directly translates to “afternoon”. You may hear people say “This arvo I'm going to surf,” or ask you “What are your plans this arvo?”

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What is a quick meal slang?

It means nothing fancy. So not a three course meal or a candle lit event. And after you've finished you'll probably leave quite soon rather than chatting for an hour or two.

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What is slang for eating a lot of food?

gormandize
  • Hoover.
  • binge.
  • devour.
  • eat like a horse.
  • eat to excess.
  • glut.
  • gluttonize.
  • gobble.

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What is a funny way to say eat?

Gobble up – English is a funny language isn't it? We wolf down, but we gobble up – and both mean the same thing: to eat fast. To gobble means to eat hungrily and hastily.

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What do Aussies call a place to drink?

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. An Australian pub or hotel is a public house or pub for short, in Australia, and is an establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.

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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 is the Aussie slang for bed?

“Sack”. “A sack” or “The sack”, this is a noun.

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What is the most Aussie word?

Here's a list of popular Australian slang terms you probably heard before but didn't know what they meant.
  • ta – thank you. ...
  • sheila – woman or female. ...
  • bloke – man or guy. ...
  • bogan – an uncultured or unsophisticated person. ...
  • brekkie – breakfast. ...
  • barbie – barbecue. ...
  • mate – friend. ...
  • crikey!

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How do Aussies say goodbye?

Australian goodbye is “Hooroo”; sometimes they even “cheerio” like British people, a UK slang word.

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