quid. The slang quid is used by Brits, Australians, and New Zealanders to refer to a pound sterling or an Australian pound.
A trey was the term used for threepence, zac was for sixpence (now 5 cents) deener or bob for 1/- (now 10 cents), a tenner for 10/- (now $1) and a brick or quid for 1 pound (now $2), As we are approaching Australia Day, it is not only coins that bring back memories of Aussie slang terminology.
In Australia, the Five Dollar note alone has at least fourteen nicknames. Like in the UK, it is called a “fiver”, but other names include “a Fairy Floss”, a “Galah”, a “Skydiver”, a “Pink Lady”, or a “Pink Snapper”.
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Australia's colourful bank notes are known by many colloquial names. The twenty-dollar note is referred to as a lobster, while the fifty-dollar note is called a pineapple, and don't we all want to get our hands on a few jolly green giants, that is, hundred-dollar notes?
Dollar amounts are all also referred to as bucks. A five-dollar note is known colloquially as a fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck. A ten-dollar note is known colloquially as a ten-spot, a dixie, a sawbuck, or a tenner.
One Hundred Dollars – $100 – Original Paper Note – Grey Nurse (after the shark), Ghost & Bradman ( referring to Donald Bradman's 99.94 test cricket batting average) .
"C-note" is a slang term for a $100 banknote in U.S. currency. The "C" in C-note refers to the Roman numeral for 100, which was printed on $100 bills, and it can also refer to a century. The term came to prominence in the 1920s and 1930s, and it was popularized in a number of gangster films.
(Don't forget, Australian slang is closely related to Cockney slang for obvious historical reasons). Elise from Australia tells us:"A $20 is a LobsterA $50 is a pineappleA $100 is a spot$500 a monkey$1000 a gorilla.
Nickel. The metal that makes up a crucial element of the Earth's core is also used to make five-cent coins. Used as slang, this term can mean $5 or $500 worth of something—particularly when talking about gambling or drugs.
Gorilla: A colloquial term for one thousand dollars.
half, half a bar/half a sheet/half a nicker = ten shillings (10/-), from the 1900s, and to a lesser degree after decimalisation, fifty pence (50p), based on the earlier meanings of bar and sheet for a pound.
Other names for the dollar include bones, Benjis (short for Benjamins), Cheddar, Paper, Loot, Scrilla, Cheese, Bread, Moolah, Dead Presidents, Cash Money, Tamales and Scratch.
Contributor's comments: The term 'povo' comes from the word poverty. Contributor's comments: [North Geelong informant] I would also say that this is used to describe someone who is tight arsed but not necessarily poor. Contributor's comments: poor and despised person: "Take no notice of him - he's just a povo."
The word “dollarydoo” isn't a real name for Australian money, but it was used in an Australia-themed episode of The Simpsons. As such, dollarydoo has its own Wikipedia page. Its only content, however is a Simpsons reference and an anecdote about a Change.org petition to make the dollarydoo actual Australian currency.
“Bucks” is slang for money/dollars in Australia. I assume they're just saying “dollar bucks” to make it cute, as Bluey and her sister are just kids. As an Aussie of 37 years, I've never heard anyone say “for real life”.
Two bits became an informal way of referring to the value of the 25-cent coin known as the quarter. It then came to be used in a general way meaning a small amount.
Bread is made of dough, which is another common slang term that means money. Bread is money. “I do it for the bread.” An adjective used to describe someone wearing expensive items, like diamond jewelry, or to describe a nice outfit, in general.
In slang, a thousand dollars may also be referred to as a "grand" or "G", "K" (as in kilo), or less commonly a "stack", a "bozo", as well as a "band" .
According to History, the word dollar is much older than the official US currency. 'Dollar' is an anglicized form of 'thaler' , the name given to coins first minted in 1519 from silver mined locally in Joachimsthal in Bohemia.
Penny-pinching. This expression means to save money, or describes someone who is unwilling to spend money.
informal : money. I'm in it for the coin Sinclair Lewis.
Slang. one hundred dollars: The job pays five bills a week.