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Aussie slang

Pah

Pah

Uber all member
This link has an alphabetized list of Aussie slang

Don't big A this "A" list
A, as in the big A. In Australian slang, to give someone the big A is to dismiss that someone out of hand.

Adrians.
Rhyming slang for drunk. From tennis player's name Adrian Quist. Quist rhymes with pissed, hence drunk.

aggro. Aggravation, bother, belligerence, aggressiveness, aggression. Much Australian slang results in word contractions with an "o" at the end.

airy-fairy. Insubstantial, hare-brained, nothing much, in your dreams.

Al Capone. Rhyming slang for telephone.

apples, as in she'll be apples. In Australian slang, she'll be apples simply means everything will be okay.

apples and pears. Rhyming slang for stairs. To shoot down the apples and pears is to go down the stairs. Sometimes shortened to just apples.

arvo. Afternoon. Another Australian slang contraction.

Aussie. Australian.

Aussie salute. Moving the hand around to flick off or drive away flies, particularly from the face.

avagoodweegend. Have a good weekend.
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Circle_One

Circle_One

Well-Known Member
I have a couple of Aussie friends who use aggro and arvo, but I haven't heard any of the other ones posted.
 
kreeden

kreeden

Virus of the Mind
How about having a Captan Cook , Soul ?

A few roos loose in the top paddock ? Which I believe is more often said as " a tinnie short of a slab ".

And of course we all know what an ute is ? ;)
 
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SoulTYPE

Well-Known Member
WTF is having a Captain Cook?

Actually kreed, the phrase "Have a shag in the back of a ute" is a valid slang term in Aus..
 
kreeden

kreeden

Virus of the Mind
And Roots is a clothing brand here in Canada . :)

Captan Cook is a rather old term for having a look . Been playing with Aussie slang for a couple of years now , and still .... lol I have a couple of friends who live in NSW .
 
Bastet

Bastet

Vile Stove-Toucher
I've used 'aggro', 'arvo', 'airy-fairy', and 'Aussie', and I've heard people say "she'll be apples" (although I'm more likely to say "she'll be right"), and I knew what to "give someone the big A" was...but the rest in that section you posted I've never heard/said. I sometimes wonder where people get these lists...not from your average Aussie. Words in that list I have never used in an everyday sentence: avagoodweegend, billabong, bonzer, cobber, drongo, jumbuck, nong, sheila (except in the case where it was someone's name...one of our elderly customer's name is Sheila), strewth, youse...among others. If every Aussie talked like that, we'd all sound like...well, Steve Irwin. :rolleyes: CRIKEY! :eek:
 
Bastet

Bastet

Vile Stove-Toucher
kreeden said:
How about having a Captan Cook , Soul ?
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My Pop used lots of rhyming slang (much of which wasn't on that website), so I've heard this a lot. ;)

kreeden said:
A few roos loose in the top paddock ? Which I believe is more often said as " a tinnie short of a slab ".
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Or 'a snag short of a barbie', or 'not the full quid' or 'a few cards short of a deck'...the list goes on... :p

kreeden said:
And of course we all know what an ute is ? ;)
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It's not "an ute", it's "a ute" (pronounced "yoot"). :)
 
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SoulTYPE

Well-Known Member
Well, I could also say "Circle_One is a beaut sheila." We also say "norgs" for uh women's chest, and occasionally say Americans as 'Seppos". Stupid Picture Magazine..
 
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