C

Cab (first cab off the rank) - To get in before others.

Cabbage patcher - Someone from the state of Victoria.

Cack-handed - Left handed.

Cackleberry - Chicken's egg.

Cactus - Spoiled or ruined. 'The car was cactus.'

Cadge - Beg, steal or borrow but always in a friendly manner. 'Hey mate, can I cadge a smoke off you?'

Cake hole - Mouth. As in 'Shut your cake hole!'

Call 'Ralph' - Vomit.

Call it a day - To finish work for the day.

Camp as a row of tents - Homosexual male.

Can - Toilet.

Can't take a trick - Someone who is unlucky.

Cancer stick - Cigarette. (Also coffin nail.)

Cane toad - Someone from Queensland.

Captain Cook - Rhyming slang for 'take a look'. "Hang on I'll just have a Captain Cook round the corner."

Cark it - To die. "Poor old Bruce carked it last week."

Carpet grub - Small child usually a toddler.

Carpet muncher - Lesbian

Carry on like a pork chop - To be silly or express frustration or anger that is out of proportion to the problem.

Carton - Simply a box of beer cans or stubbies but also used as currency. 'That'll cost you a carton.' Cat's hiss - Rhyming slang for 'take a piss'.

Cat's pajamas - refers to a person who thinks they're better than others. He thinks he's the cat's pajamas. Like bee's knees etc.

Cat's piss (mean as) - A person who is mean.

Chalkie - Teacher. (under-rated, under-paid and over-worked).

Charge like a wounded bull - Ridiculously high prices. (See any shop in the country to experience this.)

Chateau de cardboard - Cask wine.

Cheap as chips - Inexpensive. (Prices that used to exist in shops but are seen no more.)

Cheap drunk - Some one who gets drunk after only one or two drinks.

Cheapskate - Penny pincher, tight wad, money grubber, long pockets short arms, Ie. a miser.

Cheerio - Fare well statement.

Cheese and kisses - Rhyming slang 'missus' the wife.

Cheese (old) - Female head of a family.

Chew and spew - Cheap eating joint with poor quality food.

Chew the fat - To have a long talk.

Chewie - Chewing gum or bubble gum.

Chiack - Make fun of but with good humour.(outdated)

Chickenshit - Too afraid to do anything. 'Greg was just chickenshit.'

China plate - Rhyming slang for a 'mate'. 'Ow yer goin' me old china plate?'

Chinwag - To have a long talk.

Chippie - Carpenter.

Chockers, chock a block - Very full. Can refer to eating food or fitting things into something.

Chokie - Chocolate.

Choof off - To leave.

Chook - A chicken. May also refer to an older woman Ie. "Give us a break you old chook!"

Chop (not much) - Expression meaning something isn't much good.

Choppers - Teeth, real or false.

Chrissie - Christmas.

Chrome dome - Bald head.

Chuck a sickie - Taking sick leave without being sick. (A national past time.)

Chuck a U-ie - To do a U-Turn in a vehicle.

Chuck a wobbly / spaz - A temper tantrum.

Chuck up - Vomit. (Also Up-chuck.)

Chunder - Vomit.

Chunderous - Something that makes you feel sick.

Clacker - Anus. As in: "Do that again and I'll put my boot up your clacker!"

Clagged out - Exhausted.

Clanger - To make a big mistake. Usually in conversation as in; 'He really dropped a clanger.'

Clayton's - Substitute for the real thing. Originates from a non-alcoholic drink that was promoted as a substitute for spirits.

Clean skin - Unbranded cattle or a bottle of wine with no label.

Click - A kilometre. "Not far now, just a few clicks."

Climb the wall - Go crazy.

Clobber - Clothes or also meaning to hit someone. 'Go get your clobber on.' or 'He got clobbered in the fight.'

Clock - To hit someone. 'Did you see that? Bruce really clocked him.'

Clodhoppers - Feet. 'Get your clodhoppers off the sofa.'

Clout - To hit or to have influence. 'Shut up or I'll give you a clout!' or 'Bruce has some clout with the coach so watch out.'

Clucky - A woman who wants to have a baby.

Clued up - Well informed.

Cluey - Knowledgeable.

Coathanger (the) - Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Cobber - Friend.

Cock and bull story - A tall tale.

Cockroach - Queensland expression for people from New South Wales. Also Mexican (Ie. from south of the border).

Cocky (or cockie) - Farmer can also be used to describe someone who is a smart arse. A smart arse farmer would be a cocky, cockie. This can also be a cockatoo or a cockroach.

Cocky's joy - Golden syrup.

Codger - Old man.

Codswallop - A load of nonsense.

Coffin nail - Cigarette.

Cold as a mother-in-law's kiss - Unwelcoming.

Coldie - Cold beer.

Come a cropper - Literally to fall down but also means to suffer bad luck.

Come a gutser - Have an accident.

Compo - Payment made to employees who are injured while working. Compensation.

Conchie - Conscientious objector during a war.

Conk - Nose. 'Wow have you got a big conk or what?'

Cooee - A call made in the bush when trying to attract attention.

Cook the books - Falsify business accounts.

Coot - Old unpleasant man.

Cop - Policeman or to be on the receiving end of something unpleasant.

Cop a piece of lead - To be hit by a bullet.

Cop it sweet - To accept defeat with good grace.

Cop shop - Police station.

Cop-u-later - Can be a farewell but can also be used as a 'sounds like' for the word copulator.

Corker - Excellent.

Cornstalk - Person from New South Wales.

Corroboree - Aboriginal ritual dance.

Cossie - Swimming costume. 'Hey Bruce, get your cossie on, we're going for a swim.'

Cot case - Crazy person.

Cotton on - Understand something.

Could eat a horse and chase the rider - More than just hungry.

Could kick the arse off an emu - In very good health.

Could sell boomerangs to the Aboriginals - Very persuasive person. Australian adaptation of 'could sell refrigerators to the Eskimos'.

Couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag - A weak person.

Couldn't get a kick in a stampede - Unlucky person.

Couldn't give a continental - Couldn't care less.

Couldn't give a crap / shit - Couldn't care less.

Couldn't hit the side of a barn - Someone with poor aim.

Couldn't knock the skin off a rice pudding - A weak person.

Couldn't lie straight in bed - A liar.

Couldn't organise a screw in a brothel - An inept person.

Couldn't run a chook raffle in a country pub - An inept person.

Counter lunch - Lunch sold in a country pub.

Cove - Old slang for Bloke, man etc.

Cow juice - Milk. (Also moo juice.)

Cows come home (waiting 'till the) - Waiting for a long time.

Cozzie - Swimming costume. (Also speedos)

Crack a fat - To get an erection. (Also crack a horn.)

Crack a tinnie - Open a can of beer.

Crack onto (someone) - Romantically 'hit' on someone.

Cracker (don't have a) - To be broke.

Crackerjack - A good idea.

Cradle snatcher - Someone going out with someone else who is much younger..

Cranky - Bad tempered.

Crap - Excrement; shit.

Crapper - Toilet.

Crash - Stay over at someone's place. 'Hey Bruce, can I crash at your place tonight?'

Crash hot - Excellent. 'She is a crash hot sheila.'

Crawler - A person trying to gain favour. (Brown nose, arse licker etc.)

Creamed - To be annihilated. 'The Blues really got creamed in the game last Saturday.'

Creeping Jesus - Evangelical Christian. (Same as bible basher).

Cripes / crikey - Exclamation of surprise.

Croak / croak it - To die.

Crock - Lie.

Crockery - Teeth.

Crook - Can mean either feeling ill or a criminal. 'I feel crook today.' or 'All politicians are crooks'.

Crooked as a dog's hind leg - Something out of alignment or a thief.

Crow-eater - South Australian resident.

Crown jewels - Male genitalia. (Also family jewels.)

Cruddy - Low quality item.

Crumblies - Frail old people.

Crust (to earn a) - To work for an income.

Cubby house - Children's play house.

Cultural cringe - Refers to Australians who think Australian things are not good enough compared to things from other countries. This is thankfully less apparent today.

Cuppa - A cup (or mug) of tea or coffee.

Curly - Bald person.

Curry (give someone) - Make things difficult for someone.

Cushy - Anything easy.

Cut - A share of something. 'Hey Bruce, don't forget to give me my cut.'

Cut snake (mad as a) - Very VERY upset about something.

D

Dag - A practical joker or dried sheep poo stuck to the wool on a sheep's bum.

Daggy - Unfashionable.

Daks - Trousers.

Damage - The cost of something as in 'What's the damage?'

Damper - Basic unleavened bread made from flour, water and salt.

Dander - Anger. Someone with their 'dander up' is to be avoided.

Darwin stubby - A normal stubby is a small bottle of beer. A Darwin stubby is a HUGE bottle of beer.

Date - Sphincter.

Dead as mutton - Dead.

Dead but won't lie down - Can mean persistent person but is often used when describing real dead people (like Princess Dianna or Elvis) who are dead but never seem to be out of the press.

Dead cert - A sure thing, a certainty.

Dead dingo's donger (as dry as a) - Very dry.

Dead horse (trying to flog a) - A hopeless cause.

Dead set - Same as dead cert.

Dead to the world - Sleeping very soundly.

Deadset - Very focused or without doubt.

Dekko - To look.

Derro - Homeless person with addiction problems. Comes from the word derelict.

Dial - Face.

Dice - To throw away.

Dick - Penis.

Dick head - Fool or idiot.

Dicky - Poor quality. 'I bought a dicky watch in Bali.'

Diddle - Swindle.

Didn't bat an eyelid - Showed no reaction or emotion.

Didn't come down in the last shower - Someone who can't easily be fooled.

Digger - Originally used to describe gold miners but later became a term to describe someone in the Australian Army.

Digs - The place you live in.

Dill - Fool.

Dilly - Silly.

Dilly-bag - A bag used to carry food.

Ding - Italian (or other southern European). Uncomplimentary term..

Dingalling / dingbat - Fool.

Dingdong - A fight or argument.

Dingy - Small aluminium boat.

Dinkum - Authentic Australian. Usually 'Fair dinkum.'

Dinky - To take a passenger on a pushbike (usually on the handlebars.)

Dinky di - Authentic Australian.

Dip out - To withdraw.

Dip the lid - Remove your hat (general term of deference).

Dipstick - Fool.

Dirty - To cheat someone. 'The politicians did the dirty on us poor old taxpayers again!'

Dishy - Attractive.

Divvy up - Separate or share out.

Ditch - To discard or throw away. 'The old car was always breaking down, so I ditched it.'

Do a flit - Run away from something.

Do a Melba - Return from retirement many times.

Do a perish - Die (usually in the outback.)

Do me a favor - Don't tell me lies or fibs.

Do the dirty - To do the wrong thing to someone.

Do your block - Lose your temper.

Do your dash - Reach your limit especially with regard to gambling.

Do your lolly / na-na / nut - Lose your temper.

Do your dough - Spend or lose all your money.

Dob - To inform on someone. 'Bruce dobbed in his mate for selling drugs.'

Dobber - An informer.

Docker - Port worker. Someone who works at the docks.

Doesn't know if he's / she's Arthur or Martha - Confused.

Doesn't miss a trick - Alert to every opportunity.

Dog and bone - Phone. Rhyming slang.

Dog's breakfast - A mess.

Dole bludger - Someone taking government handouts without good reason.

Don't come the raw prawn - Don't try to trick me.

Don't pick your nose or your head will cave in - Calling someone stupid.

Done like a dinner - Comprehensively defeated.

Dong - To hit someone.

Donga - Rough accommodation and more recently, a general term for sleeping quarters..

Donger - Penis.

Donk - Vehicle engine.

Donkey's years - A long long time.

Donkey vote - An invalid vote in an election, usually cast that way deliberately.

Dooks / Dookas - Fists. 'Put up your dooks' is an invitation to fight.

Doona - Lined bedding made from synthetic fibre, feathers or wool.

Dork - Fool.

Dorothy Dixer - A question, prepared in advance, to make the person questioned look good. Usually used by politicians.

Dosh - Money.

Doss-house - Boarding house.

Double-dink - To carry a passenger on a push-bike (bicycle) on the handlebars and another on the back. Dink or dinky was to carry just one passenger.

Doughnuts - To spin the wheels of a car in order to leave circular rubber marking on the road. Down the hatch! - Said before taking a drink of something or taking medicine.

Down under - Australia.

Drag - Women's clothing worn by a man. 'Bruce was in drag on Saturday night'.

Drag the chain - Lag behind, go slow.

Dreamtime - Aboriginal culture and religion is centered on their 'genesis' beliefs. The dreamtime can be viewed as the Aboriginal view of 'genesis'. Ie. How everything began.

Dribs and drabs - A bit at a time.

Drink with the flies - Drink alone (due mostly to unpopularity.)

Drip - Foolish person.

Drippy - Boring.

Drongo - Idiot.

Droob - Slow witted. Similar to nong, drongo and drip.

Drop a clanger - To say something very inappropriate.

Drop kick - Slow witted.

Drop your bundle - To have a nervous breakdown.

Drop your guts / lunch - Fart loudly.

Drop-bears - Mythical creatures which jump from trees and sink their fangs into the heads of their victims. Said to look like koalas.

Drover - Cattlemen who herded cattle over the vast distances of the outback

Drover's dog - Lowest common denominator in abilities. 'It was so easy a drover's dog could have done it.'

Drown some worms - Fishing.

Drum (the) - The truth.

Duck - Zero, nothing. 'Bruce went in to bat but was out for a duck.'

Duck's disease - Long body but short legs.

Duck's nuts - The best. 'Bruce's new car is the duck's nuts.'

Ducky double - Used to express delight in something good. Apparently comes from a type of ice-cream favoured by children.

Duco - Pasintwork, usually in reference to a car. 'Did you see the duco on that old Holden mate?'

Dud - Bad or useless. 'My last car was a real dud.'

Dudder - Con-man.

Duds / dacks - Trousers / clothes.

Duff - See duffing.

Duff (up the) - Pregnant. 'Cheryl is up the duff.'

Duff up - Beat someone up.

Duffer - Fool but a popular one. 'He's a silly old duffer.'

Duffing - Stealing livestock.

Dull as a month of Sundays - Very boring.

Dummy (to spit the) - Lose one's temper.

Dumper - A wave that dumps surfers into the sand.

Dunking - Dip a biscuit into a cup of tea or coffee.

Dunny - Toilet.

Dust-up - A fight.

Dyke / Dike - Lesbian.

E

Ear-basher - A person who can't stop talking.

Earwig - Listen in on someone else's conversation.

Egg beater - Helicopter.

Eighty proof - Refers to a spirit drink, usually rum.

El cheapo - Cheap and nasty or a miser.

Emma Chisit - How much is it?

Enzed - New Zealand.

Esky - A portable container used to keep things (especially beer) cold.

Even stevens - Equal or fair result.

Every bastard and his dog - Means too many people.

F

Face fungus - Beard.

Face like a chook's arse - Someone who is showing their misery on their face.

Fang - Drive a car a high speed (now obsolete).

Fag - Cigarette or homosexual.

Fair crack of the whip! - Asking for a fair chance. Also 'Fair suck of the sauce bottle etc.'

Fair dinkum - What I'm saying is true. 'It's fair dinkum mate!'

Fair go mate - Asking for a fair chance.

Fair suck of the sauce / sav - Asking for a fair chance.

Fairy - Homosexual.

Fat chance - No chance.

Fell of the back of a truck - An item that was stolen..

Feral - Generally refers to young untidy and dirty individuals. Technically anything gone wild.

Few stubbies short of a six pack - Slow witted.

Fibber - Liar.

FIGJAM - Fuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me. Usually said about someone who loves themselves.

Fit as a mallee bull - In good health.

Five finger discount - Stealing from a shop.

Fizzer - A disappointment.

Flake - Commonly used in fish and chip shops to try and disguise the fact that the fish is really shark. Shark is actually very good to eat.

Flake out - Collapse exhausted.

Flash as a rat with a gold tooth - Overdressed to a point where it is painfully obvious.

Flat chat - Going as fast as possible.

Flat out like a lizard drinking - Working extremely hard.

Flat to the boards - Going as fast as possible or working very hard.

Fleece - To steal, over-charge or cheat. 'Bloody servo fellced me when I filled up the petrol tank'

Flick (to give the) - To dismiss something or someone. 'My girlfriend gave me the flick.'

Flicks - Movies shown at a picture theatre.

Flies skating rink - Bald man's head.

Flip your lid - Lose your temper.

Floater - Meat pie in a dish of green pea soup. (South Australian speciality) also means faeces floating in water.

Flog - To steal but can also mean to sell something.

Flog the log - Masturbate.

Flophouse - Very cheap accommodation.

Fluff - To fart or to make a mistake.

Fluff (a bit of) - Girlfriend or female lover.

Flutter - A small bet. 'A flutter on the nags' is to bet on a horse race.

Flynn (in like) - Usually means having sex. Refers to Australian movie actor, Errol Flynn who was notorious for seducing women (and later for being bi-sexual.)

Folding stuff - Money (notes not coins).

Footy - Australian Rules Football. (English football is called soccer.)

For crying out loud - Expression of anger.

Form - Used in regard to race horse performance but also indicates that someone has a criminal record.n

Fossick - Search for gold that is on the surface.

Fossick around - Look around for something.

Four by two - A lump of wood that is just the ideal size for hitting someone.

Four mile wailer - Loud siren used to alert volunteer fire fighters.

Fox - An attractive woman (opposite of dog.)

Franger - Condom.

Fred Nerk - your average citizen like John Doe, Joe Blow, Joe Bloggs.

Freebie - A gift or anything that is free.

Fremantle doctor - cool breeze that blows into Perth and Fremantle most afternoons in summer.

French letter / Frenchy - Condom.

Fried eggs - Small breasts.

Front - Someone who shows audacity. 'Bruce had a lot of front talking to that shiela. She is way out of his league'

Fruit cake / loop - Stupid person.

Fuck truck - Panel van. These are usually owned by teenagers who fit them out with a mattress, carpeted walls, stereos etc. Same as Shaggin Wagon.

Fuck you and the horse you rod in on - Expression of disagreement.

Full as a boot - Drunk.

Full as a goog - So full of food it is impossible to eat any more. A goog is an egg.

Full of beans - Lots of energy.

Fun bags - Woman's breasts.

Funny as a fart in a phone box / elevator - Not funny.

Funny farm - Mental hospital. Same as loony bin.

Fur Burger - Female genitalia - unshaved version.

Furphy - A false or misleading statement. Same as Red herring.

G

Galah - Silly person.

G'day - The most common Australian greeting, Literally 'Good day'.

Galoot (big) - Silly person. (no longer in common use).

Game as Ned Kelly - Brave but also foolhardy. Refers to Australia's most famous bush ranger.

Gander (take a) - To have a look.

Garbage guts - Someone who will eat anything.

Garbo - Person who is employed to remove rubbish from bins. New PC term 'Sanitary engineer'.

Gargle - To have a drink.

Gasbag - Chatterbox someone who talks too much.

Gazunder / Guzunder - A potty or chamber pot. So caller because it 'goes under' the bed.

Geek - Someone who is smart but not cool.

Get on like a house on fire - To get on well with a new acquaintance.

Get on your goat - To irritate someone

Get stuck into - Do something with energy and enthusiasm.

Get the arse - To be fired from your employment. Also Get the axe

Get the drift? - Do you understand?

Get the Guernsey - To be selected for something.

Get your arse into gear - To stop relaxing and get on with work.

Get your dander up - To get angry.

Gibber - Dry plains covered in pebbles.

Ging - A shanghai, hand held catapult.

Ginger Meggs - Someone with red hair.

Give it a burl - To try and do something.

Give it the flick - Get rid of something.

Glad eye - Enticing look.

Glutton for punishment - Someone who doesn't know when to quit.

Go bush - To head out away from the city into the outback.

Go crook - To get angry.

Go down the gurgler - Business or venture failure.

Go like the clappers - Going very fast.

Go through like a dose of salts - Work very fast.

Go two rounds with a revolving door (couldn't) - Weak person.

Go walkabout - To take off somewhere without warning.

Gob - Mouth. As in 'shut your gob.'

God botherer - Religious fanatic. Similar to Bible basher.

Godzone - 'God's own' country = Australia.

Goer - Something that is a strong possibility. 'Looks like the project is a goer.'.

Going like hot cakes - An item or product that sells fast.

Going there and back to see how far it is - Said when someone wants to know where you are going and you don't want to say. Also see the next entry.

Going to see a man about a dog - Said when you don't want to reveal where you are going.

Gone on someone - To be in love. 'Bruce is pretty gone on Marge.'

Gone to the dogs - Something that is no longer any good. 'The whole place has gone to the dogs.'

Gone troppo - To go crazy after spending too long in the tropical north.

Gong - Either an award of some sort; 'He got a gong in the Queen's honours list.' or to be worn out as in; 'The motor has had the gong.'

Good as gold - Very good.

Good nick - To be in good shape. 'That EH Holden is in good nick.'

Good sort - Attractive woman.

Goodonya - Expression of approval.

Good-oh - Exclamation of satisfaction.

Goofing off - Mucking around instead of working.

Goog - Egg.

Got space to sell between the ears - Stupid.

Gravy - Good looking man. (Obsolete)

Grease ball - A person of Medditerranian origin.

Greaser - Crawler.

Green around the gills - Feeling ill.

Greenie - An environmentalist. Also known as a tree hugger.

Grey ghost - Parking inspector.

Grizzle guts - A complainer.

Grog - Alcohol.

Grog on - To drink a lot of grog.

Grog shop - A place that retails alcohol.

Grommet - Junior surfer.

Grotty - Dirty or untidy.

Grouse - Very good.

Grub - Dirty or untidy person.

Grumble bum - A complainer.

Gully - Small valley.

Gully raker - A cattle thief also called a duffer.

Gumboot - Wellington boots.

Gummy - Toothless.

Gumsucker - A person from Victoria.

Gunner / gunna - Someone who procrastinates. They are always 'gunna' do something but never do.

Gunyah - A small poorly constructed dwelling.

Gurgler - Plug hole. As in 'The business went down the gurgler.'

Gutzer - To fail at something. 'Bruce came a real gutzer when he tried out for the footy team'.

Guzzle - Drink quickly.

Gyp - Swindle.

H

Had (to be) - To be conned.

Hair like a bush pig's arse - Untidy hair.

Hair of the dog that bit you (to have a) - Drinking more alcohol as a hangover cure.

Hairs on your chest (put) - Something you eat or drink that is not very nice or is very strong.

Half cut - Drunk.

Half inch - Rhyming slang for 'pinch' to steal something.

Half pinter - Small person.

Halfback flanker - Rhyming slang for wanker.

Handles like a dog on lino - Handles very badly.

Hang out - Spend time together.

Happy as a bastard on Father's day - Very unhappy.

Happy as a pig in mud - Very happy.

Happy as Larry - Very happy.

Hard word - To put the hard word on someone is to ask for money.

Hard'n - Hard one (caused by constipation)

Hardcase - Narrow minded person.

Has a death adder in his / her pocket - A miser.

Has a few palings missing from the fence - Mentally unstable.

Has a snout on someone - Have a grudge against someone.

Has white ants in the woodwork - Mentally unstable.

Hasn't got a bean / cracker - Has no money.

Hasn't got all four paws on the mouse - Not a very bright person.

Hasn't got an earthly - No chance at all.

Have a blow - Take a rest. (Means something completely different in modern slang).

Have a gig - Take a look.

Have a slash - Urinate.

Have a snort - Drink an alcoholic drink usually spirits.

Have a sticky beak - Being nosey.

Haven't got two bob to rub together - Has no money.

Head - Nautical term for toilet can also mean fellatio. (Look it up if you don't know).

Head like a mini with the doors open - Someone with large or protruding ears.

Head like a robber's dog - Very ugly person.

Heaps - Lots of something.

Heart starter - First coffee of the day.

Heave - Vomit.

Heebie-jeebies / screaming heebie-jeebies - To be frightened or repulsed.

Heifer - Heavily built woman (not fat but big).

Hen - Woman (probably because of all the cackling sounds.).

Hen fruit - Eggs.

Hen's teeth (rare as) - Something that is very rare.

Hide the sausage / salami (play) - Sexual intercourse.

Hit the hay / sack - Go to bed.

Home and hosed - Completed a task.

Hooks - Fingers.

Hoon - Badly behaved young person. Same as yobbo. Used to mean the same as pimp.

Hooroo - Farewell.

Hooter - Nose.

Horizontal exercise / dancing / lambarda - Sexual intercourse.

Horses for courses - The right thing for the right task.

Hot under the collar - Get angry.

Hotter than a shearer's armpit - Very hot weather.

Hottie - An attractive woman.

Hubby - Husband. (Also old man)

Humdinger - Very good.

Hump (to) - Have sexual intercourse.

Hump a bluey or swag - Old term for carrying a swag.

Humpy - Rough shack.

Hung like a Mallee bull - Man with big genitals.

Hungry as a black dog - Famished.

I

I hope your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down! - A common Australian curse.

Ickle - Tiny, small.

Icy pole - Frozen ice popsicle.

Idiot box - Television.

Iffy - Doubtful origin. 'That meat looks a bit iffy to me.'

If he laughed, his face would crack - An unhappy person.

If his brains were dynamite he wouldn't have enough t blow his balls off - Dim witted person.

Ikey Mo - A Jew.

Illywhacker - Con man.

I'll be buggered - An exclamation of surprise.

I'll be a monkey's uncle - An exclamation of surprise.

In a tizz - Very confused.

In good nick - In good shape.

Innings - Term of someone's life. 'He had a good innings.'

In the cactus - In trouble.

In the club / pudding club - Pregnant.

In the nick - In gaol.

In ya boot! - I don't agree with you.

Iron lung (wouldn't work in an) - Lazy individual.

Iron out - To sort out a problem.

Is the Pope a Catholic? - Something obviously true. Variations include, 'Does a bear shit in the forest?'

It's a freckle past a hair - Said when someone asks you the time when you don't have a watch. Also a hair past a tooth.

I've seen a better head on a glass of beer - Said to someone you think is ugly.

Ivories - Teeth or keys of a piano.

J

Jack of - Fed up with. 'Jeez I'm jack-of this place.'

Jack of all trades (master of none) - Someone who can do many things reasonably well but is not particularly skilled in any one area.

Jack off - Masturbate.

Jack up - To raise prices unnecessarily.

Jackaroo - Apprentice stockman. Jillaroo is the female version.

Jacksie - Backside, bottom, bum.

Jaffle - Toasted sandwich with sealed edges.

Jam jars - Thick lenses on spectacles. More commonly called Coke bottle ends.

Jeeze - Exclamation of surprise.

Jerk off - Masturbate.

Jerry - Potty. Same as guz-under.

Jesus wept! - Exclamation of exasperation.

Jewish stocktake - Burning down your own business.

Jiffy - A short space of time. 'I'll be with you in a jiffy.'

Jiggered - Broken. Also and exclamation of surprise; 'I'll be jiggered!'

Jilgie also gilgie - Freshwater crayfish also called 'yabbie.'

Jillaroo - Female Jackaroo.

Jimmy riddle - Rhyming slang for piddle.

Jocks - Male underpants. Also Jock is someone from Scotland.

Joe - Ewe - female sheep.

Joe Blake - Rhyming slang for snake.

Joe Bloggs - Average man. Also Joe Blow.

Joey - Baby kangaroo.

Joker - Stranger.

Jumbuck - Sheep.

Jumper - Pullover, sweater or jersey.

Jungle juice - Home made alcoholic drink.

K

Kangaroo hop - Jerky motion of a car driven by a learner who has not mastered the clutch.

Kangaroos loose in the top paddock - Crazy person.

Kark it - Die.

Keen as mustard - Very enthusiastic.

Keep one for Ron - Keep something for later on.

Keep your end up - Contribute, pull your weight.

Kerfuffle - Disturbance.

Khyber Pass - Rhyming slang for arse.

Kick a goal - To succeed in having sexual intercourse.

Kick in - To donate money for a good cause. 'Come on mate, kick in for the charity.'

Kich the bucket - Die.

Kiddiewink - Child.

Kindy - Kindergarden.

King hit - A single devastating punch that usually knock one's opponent out. Similar to a 'haymaker' in English slang.

King ping - Leader of something.

Kip - Brief sleep.

Kiss-Chasey - Flirting, usually a term used by children about adults.

Kiss of death - Doomed to failure.

Kiwi - New Zealander. Also used and more derogatory 'wee wee'.

Knackered - Exhausted.

Knee high to a grasshopper - Short person.

Knickers - Female underwear.

Knob - Penis.

Knock - Criticise someone or to have sexual intercourse.

Knock-off time - End of the working day.

Knock back - Refusal.

Knocked up - Pregnant.

Knockers - People who criticise or a woman's breasts.

Knocking shop - Brothel.

Knotted (get) - Same as Bugger off! Get stuffed! etc.

Know a thing or two - To have good knowledge of something.

Knuckle sandwich - Punch in the mouth.

Knuckles - A game played mostly by school boys which involves trying to hit each other's knuckles.

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N

Nag - Horse.

Nark - A police officer working for the vice squad.

Narky - Bad tempered or irritable. 'Don't get narky with me.'

Nasho - National serviceman. (National service is no longer in place today.)

Neddie - Horse.

Never-never - The outback.

New chum - New arrival or someone who is inexperienced at something.

Nick (in the) - Naked, without clothes. 'Bruse was in the nick when Cheryl walked in.' Can also refer to prison.

Nick off - To take time away from an appointed task without permission or said when you want someone to get out of your sight.

Nicked - Arrested by the police.

Ning-nong / nong - Slow witted or stupid person.

Nipper - Young person.

Nippy - Cold.

No drama - Not a problem. "Yeah I can do it, no drama mate."

No hoper - A time waster. "Bruce is a real no-hoper."

No show - Didn't arrive. 'Bruce was a no show at the party.'

No worries - Not a problem.

No wukkin' furries - Spoonerism for 'no Fucking worries.'

Noah's ark - Rhyming slang for shark.

Noggin - Head.

Nong - Silly person.

Norks - Woman's breasts. "She had a lovely set of norks."

Nose down, bum up - Hard at work.

Nose-bleed seats - Cheap seats at a venue that are so far back and so high up that you get a nose bleed sitting there.

Nose, on the - A bad smell or something dodgy.

Nosh up - A meal.

Not a patch on - Not as good as. "Bruce's car isn't a patch on mine."

Not an earthly - No chance at all.

Not backward in coming forward - Someone who is not afraid to ask for what they want.

Not much chop - Not very good. "The new Nissan isn't much chop."

Not on - Not allowed. 'It's just not on sport.'

Not the full quid - Slow witted person.

Not the sharpest knife in the cutlery drawer - Slow witted person.

Not the sharpest tool in the shed - Slow witted person.

Not what it's cracked up to be - Something that is disappointing.

Nothing between the ears - Stupid person.

Nuddy (in the) - Naked.

Nudge - To try something. 'Come on mate, give it a nudge.'

Nuggety - Small and tough. "Bruce is a nuggety little bastard."

Nulla-nulla - Aboriginal wooden club.

Number ones - To urinate (used when talking to children mostly.)

Number twos - To deficate (used when talking to children mostly.).

O

Ocker - Australian equivalent of and American 'redneck'. Same as yobbo.

Off like a bride's nightie - Leave suddenly.

Off like a bucket of prawns in the hot sun - Something suspicious or bad.

Off the beaten track - Away from normal roads.

Off your face - Drunk.

Off your tucker - No appetite or sick.

Off-sider - Partner.

Oil (the good) - Useful information. 'Daryl got the good oil on next weeks horse race.'

Oiled (well) - Drunk.

Old chook - Old woman.

Old fella - Penis or husband.

On a good wicket - Doing well often with little effort.

On a sticky wicket - In trouble.

On the ball - Tuned in and ready for anything.

On the blink - Something about to break down or stop working.

On the make - Looking for sex.

On the nose - Bad smell.

On the outer - To be rejected by others.

On the turps - Drinking too much alcohol.

On the wagon - No drinking alcohol for a while.

On the wallaby - travelling through the country.

On the wrong track - On an incorrect train of thought.

On tick - To get something on credit.

On your Pat Malone - Rhyming slang for on your own.

On-ya! - Short for 'good onya'. A compliment meaning 'good on you.'

Once over (give it the) - Check something out.

One eyed trouser snake - Penis.

One-armed bandit - Poker machine.

Oo-roo! - Goodbye.

Op shop - Charity shop.

Open slather - No restraints.

Optic nerve - Perve. To have a look at something you shouldn't see.

Order of the boot - Fired from your job.

Organise a piss up in a brewery (couldn't) - Useless person.

Out of it - Drunk and insensible.

Out to pasture - To retire.

Outback - Remote areas.

Oz - Australia.

Sacked - Employment terminated.

Same diff - The same thing.

Same here! - Agreement.

Sandgroper - West Australian.

Sandshoes - Sneakers.

Sandwich short of a picnic - Dim witted.

Sanga / sanger - Sandwich.

Sausage short of a barbecue - Dim witted.

Schooner - A certain size of beer glass.

Scorcher - Very hot day.

Scratchy - Instant lottery ticket.

Scrub - Low bushy outback.

Scrub-up well - To look good after cleaning yourself up.

Scrubbers - Promiscuous woman.

Scumbag - A bad person.

Scunge - Someone who is 'on the make' and looking for something for nothing.

Scungy - A dirty person of a small portion.

See ya later - Farewell.

Seedy -Lousy, poor, below standard.

Seen his / her last gum tree - About to die or dead.

Selling tickets on himself / herself - Conceited.

Semi - Semi trailer - a large truck with a prime mover.

Septic tank - Rhyming slang for Yank, Ie. American.

Servo - Petrol station.

Shack - Poorly built house.

Shag - Sexual intercourse.

Shaggin' wagon - Panel van.

Shake the snake - Urinate.

Shank's pony - Walking.

Shark biscuit - Person on a surf board.

Sharkbait - People who swim on their own.

She'll be right, mate - The Aussie attitude to hardship.

Sheila - Female.

Servo - Service station, fuel station, petrol station.

Shindig - Party.

Shiny arse - Public servant.

Shirty - Bad tempered.

Shit a brick - The end result of constipation.

Shit hot - Very good.

Shit house - Very bad also toilet.

Shit shoveler - Someone doing a badly paid unpleasant job.

Shonky - Poor quality.

Shoot through - To leave suddenly.

Short and curlies - Pubic hair.

Short arms and deep pockets - Miser.

Short arse - Short person.

Shot through like a Bondi tram - Depart hastily.

Shouse - Shit house Ie. toilet.

Shout - To treat someone by paying for something.

Show off - Someone who likes to flaunt their good fortune or cleverness.

Sick as a dog - Very sick.

Sickie - Sick leave from work. Many people who take 'sickies' can be found watching the cricket.

Silly sausage - Silly person.

Silvertail - Someone who has a lot of money.

Sin bin - Panel van.

Since Cocky was an egg - A long time ago.

Singlet - Under shirt without sleeves.

Sink a few - Drink alcohol, usually beer.

Sink the boot in - To attack someone unfairly.

Sink the sav / sink the sausage / hide the sausage - Sexual intercourse.

Sink the slipper - To kick when fighting.

Siphon the python - Urinate.

Sissy - An effeminate or girlish male.

Sit Cocky - To 'Sit cocky' is to keep a watch or lookout especially when related to less than legal activities. The saying comes from the way cockatoos sit up on trees and squawk in alarm if they see a danger approaching. (Thanks to Richard for this one).

Skee-daddle - Run away.

Skerrick - A very small amount.

Skew-whiff - Gone wrong or out of place.

Skin full - Drunk. 'Bruce had a real skin full at the pub.'

Skint - Broke, bankrupt.

Skite - To show off.

Skittle - Knock something over. The car came round the corner and poor old Bruce got skittled.'

Skull - Drink an alcoholic drink without pausing for breath.

Sky juice - Water originating from rain.

Sky pilot - Priest.

Slab - 24 cans/stubbies of beer in a package.

Slacker - Lazy person.

Slag - A woman with no morals. 'Judy is such a slag!'

Slag off at - To speak contemptuously of someone or something.

Sleepout - An area of the house that was once open but has now been enclosed to form a new room.

Slow as a wet week in a caravan - Very slow.

Sly grog - Illegal or bootleg alcohol.

Smackers / smackeroos - Money.

Smartie - A smart arse. Someone trying to be too clever. "You are a real smartie aren't you>"

Smashed - Drunk. "Don't get smashed or the boys in blue will pick you up."

Smoko - A short break from work. 'Time for smoko.'

Snag - Sausage. 'Throw another snag on the barbie.'

Snag short of a barbie - Dim witted.

Snake juice - Strong alcohol.

Snake's hiss - Rhyming slang for piss.

Snaky - Bad tempered. 'Greg is a snaky bastard!'

Snog - Passionate kiss. 'Come Sheila, give us a snog.'

Snow / snowy - Nickname for a white haired person.

Snowdropper - Someone who steals women's underclothes from a washing line.

So low he could parachute out of the belly of a snake - Someone with no morals.

Sook / sooky bub - A weak person who cried easily.

Soup strainer - Moustache.

Southerly Buster - Strong southerly winds.

Spag bog - Spaghetti Bolognese.

Sparkie - Electrician.

Sparrow's fart - Daybreak. 'Bruce was so keen he was up at sparrows fart.'

Speak into the big white telephone - Vomit into the toilet also 'Long distance call on the big white telephone.'

Speed merchant - Someone who drives too fast.

Speedos - Men's bathing shorts.

Spew - Vomit.

Spewin' - Angry. 'Bruce got a speeding ticket and he was spewin.'

Spit chips - Angry outburst. 'If I don't get that promotion I will be spitting chips.'

Spit the dummy - Lose your temper.

Splash the boots - Urinate.

Sponger - Someone who lives off the efforts of others without justification. Also bludger.

Spot Ya - To lend someone money. 'Ok, I'll spot ya $20.'

Spruiker - A tout.

Sprung - Caught in the act.

Spud - Potato.

Spunk - A sexy person. 'Shelia is a real spunk.'

Square up - Set things right. "Here's $20, now that should square us up."

Squatter - Someone living on private property without permission.

Squiz - To take a look.

Stack - Accident involving any kind of vehicle. 'Bruce stacked his bike the other day.'

Stands out like a dunny in the desert - Very obvious.

Starkers - Naked.

Station - Ranch.

Stick your bib in - Express an opinion that is not asked for. 'If you stick your bib in again I will give you a bunch of fives.'

Sticks / stands out like a dog's balls - Very obvious.

Sticky beak - Nosey person.

Sticky tape - Adhesive tape.

Stiff bickies - Tough luck.

Stiff cheddar - Tough luck.

Stiff titties - Tough luck.

Still kicking - Alive.

Stingy - Miser.

Stinker - Very hot day.

Stirrer - Someone who has fun causing trouble in a playful way.

Stockman - Cowboy.

Stoked - Very pleased. 'Bruce was stoked to get the promotion.'

Stone the crows! - Expression of disgust or surprise.

Stonkered - Exhausted or drunk.

Stony / stony broke - Has no money.

Stoush - Fight.

Strapped for cash - Short of money.

Stretch - Nickname for a tall person.

Strewth! - Expression of surprise.

Strike a light - Expression of surprise.

Strine - Aussie English.

Stubbies / Stubby - Short pants for men or small 375ml bottles of beer.

Stubby holder - Insulated holder for a stubby or can of beer.

Stuck-up - Conceited. "Judy is so stuck up, she thinks her shit don't stink!"

Stuffed - Exhausted or beyond repair.

Stunned - Amazed.

Suck Up - To try and ingratiate yourself with someone for personal gain. See also 'Brown nose'.

Sundowner - Drinks after work.

Sunnies - Sunglasses.

Suss (a bit) - Dodgy. 'Everything politicians say is a bit suss.'

Suss out - Examine something. 'I will go and suss out the new fishing spot tomorrow.'

Swag - Rolled up bedding. Swaggie / Swagman - Someone who travels the country usually on foot looking for work.

Sweet Fanny Adams - Nothing. This is a more polite term for the alternative slang 'Sweet F.A.' FA standing for f**k all.

T

Ta - Thank you.

Take a punt - Take a chance.

Take a shine to - To begin to like something or someone.

Take the mickey out of - To make fun of.

Take the piss out of - To make fun of.

Talk under wet cement (can) - Someone who never stops talking.

Tall poppies - Very successful people.

Tall poppy syndrome - To criticise tall poppies.

Tally - Keep score.

Tanked - Drunk.

Tart up - A superficial makeover.

Taswegian - Someone from Tasmania.

Tatty - In poor condition.

Technicolour yawn - Vomit.

Tee up - Arrange something. 'Let's tee up a meeting for next week.'

Telly - Television.

That's the way the Violet crumbles / cookie crumbles - That's the way life is.

Thick as a brick - Dim witted person. 'Judy is as thick as a brick!'

Thick as two short planks - Dim witted person.

Thing-a-ma-jig - Anything you can't remember the name of.

Things are crook in Tallarook - Said when things are going wrong.

Thinks the sun shines out of his / her arse - Someone who loves themselves.

Three parts gone - Almost drunk.

Thunder box - Toilet.

Tick - A short period of time.

Ticker - Heart.

Tickle the till - Employee who steals from the cash register.

Tide's gone out (the) - Empty glass that needs a refill.

Tighter than a fish's arse hole - Miser.

Tin lid - Rhyming slang for kid - child.

Tinny (tinnie)- A can of beer or an aluminium dinghy. So it is possible to crack a tinny in a tinny'.

To go to town - To attack someone verbally. 'Then she went to town on me.'

To have the trots - Diarrhoea.

Toey - Bad tempered. 'Cheryl was a bit toey today.'

Togs - Swimming costume.

Too right! - Very definitely.

Top End - Northern Territory.

Top Ender - Someone from the Northern Territory.

Tough as fencing wire - Very tough.

Trackie daks / trackies - Tracksuit pants.

Tradie - A tradesman, usually driving a ute (badly). Trap for young players - A trap for the unwary.

Tri-fecta - Something that happens three times in a row.

Troppo - Madness brought about by excessive heat. 'Going troppo in the top end.'

Trouble and strife - Rhyming slang for wife.

Truckie - Truck (lorry) driver.

True blue - Genuine Australian.

Trunks - Swimming costume - male.

Tucker - Food.

Tuckshop - Shop that sells mostly to school kids.

Tumble to - Become aware. 'Finally she tumbled to me and then I was in strife!'

Truf - To throw away. 'The radio was broken so Bruce turfed it.'

Turn it up! - Expresses disbelief.

Turn-up for the books (a) - A surprise ending. 'Well that was a turn up for the books.'

Turps - Spirit alcohol but also alcohol in general. 'Bruce has been on the turps again.'

Twig - Become aware. 'So he finally twigged.'

Twit - A fool.

Two men and a dog - Poor attendance. 'Know how many turned up to the LNP rally? Two men and a dog!'

Two pot screamer - Someone who gets drunk on just two drinks.

U

Umpteen - More than a few.

Under the affluence of incahol - Drunk.

Under the weather - Not feeling well.

Underdaks - Underpants.

Underground mutton - Rabbit.

Undies - Underwear.

Unit - Small apartment.

Up shit creek - In trouble. 'Up shit creek in a barbed wire canoe with a tennis racket for a paddle.' (longer version.)

Up the duff - Pregnant.

Up the gumtree - In trouble.

Up the spout - No good or pregnant.

Up to the apricots - Male having sexual intercourse.

Up yours! - Shove it up your backside!

Up yourself - Conceited. 'Malcolm is real up-himself.'

Useful as a one legged man in an arse kicking contest - Useless.

Useless as tits on a bull - Useless with an example.

Ute - Pick-up truck.

Uwie (uee, uie) - Performing a U turn in a vehicle or an about face in any other circumstance. "Bruce chucked a uwie at the lights.' or 'The government did a uwie on their tax policy.'

V

Vee dub - Volkswagen car.

Veg out - To relax and do nothing.

Veggies - Vegetables. (Or vegetarians). Also used unkindly to describe anyone mentally incapacitated.

Verbal diarrhoea - Someone who can't stop talking.

Village bike - Promiscuous woman (the village bike gets ridden by everyone).

Vino - Wine.

W