Auatralian Language Slang
Oz Lingo
| Oz Lingo | Pom Translation |
|---|---|
| Ace! | Excellent! Very good! |
| Arvo | afternoon |
| Amber fluid | beer |
| Aussie | Australian |
| Beaut, beauty | great, fantastic |
| Big Mobs | loads, a lot of |
| Bloody | very |
| Bloody oath! | that's certainly true |
| Blue | argument/mistake |
| Bonzer | great, ripper |
| Bottler | something excellent |
| Bottling his blood's worth | he's an excellent, helpful bloke |
| Buckley's chance (you've got) | no chance |
| Bull dust | rubbish |
| Cactus | dead, broken |
| Cark it | to die, stop working |
| Chocka | full up |
| Click | kilometre - "it's 20 clicks away" |
| Come a gutser | a bad mistake or have an accident |
| Come good | turn out ok |
| Cooee, not within | figuratively a long way away |
| Cost big bikkies | expensive |
| Crack a fat | get an erection |
| Cream, to | defeat by a large margin |
| Cut snake (mad as a) | very angry |
| Dead dingo's donger (as dry as a) | dry |
| Deadset | true / the truth |
| Dingo's breakfast | no breakfast |
| Dinkum / fair dinkum | true, real, genuine |
| Dinky-di | the real thing, genuine |
| Docket | a bill, receipt |
| Doco | documentary |
| Drink with the flies | to drink alone |
| Dunny rat (cunning as a) | very cunning |
| Exy | expensive |
| Fair dinkum | true, genuine |
| Fair go | a chance / break |
| Fair suck of the sav! | exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief |
| Furphy | rumour |
| G'Day | hello! |
| Give it a burl | try it, have a go |
| Give it away | give up |
| Going off | good fun |
| Good oil | useful information, a good idea, the truth |
| Good onya | well done |
| Grouse | great, terrific |
| Heaps | a lot |
| Iffy | dodgy |
| It's gone walkabout | it's lost, can't be found |
| Kangaroos loose in the top paddock | Intellectually inadequate |
| Kick the bucket | to die |
| Knock back | refuse |
| London to a brick | absolute certainty |
| Mate's rate | cheaper than usual for a friend |
| Mate's discount | cheaper than usual for a friend |
| No worries! | no problem / its okay |
| Nun's nasty (as dry as a) | very dry |
| Piece of piss | easy task |
| Pig's arse! | I don't agree |
| Plate, bring a | Instruction to bring a plate of food to a party |
| Pozzy | position |
| Quid, make a | earn a living |
| Rack off | get lost! get out of here! |
| Reckon! | for sure |
| Ridgy-didge | original, genuine |
| Right | okay |
| Ripper | Great |
| Rooted | ruined, broken |
| She'll be apples | It'll be all right |
| She'll be right | it'll be okay |
| Sparrows fart | dawn |
| Strewth | exclamation |
| Stoked | very pleased |
| Stuffed, I'll be | expression of surprise |
| Too right | definitely |
| Turps, hit the | go on a drinking binge |
| Zack, not worth a | not worth anything |