| AUSSIE SLANG | MEANING IN PLAIN ENGLISH | HOW THE AUSSIES USE IT... |
| "avago" | Have a go | "Avago, ya mug" (Have a go, you mug) |
| "barbie" | Barbecue | "Throw a yabbie on the barbie" |
| "ankle biter" | young child | "She has an ankle biter to feed" |
| "banana bender" | Queenslander...because they grow lots of bananas in Queensland | "He's a banana bender" |
| "battler" | One who struggles for a living | "What a tough battler!" |
| "beaut" | beautiful | "That's a beaut...!" |
| "billy" | Tin container used for boiling water to make tea | "Can you pass the billy?" |
| "billabong" | Waterhole in semi-dry river | "And his ghost may be seen roaming at the billabong" (from "Waltzing Matilda) |
| "bickie" | biscuit | "Let's have a bickie..!" |
| "bloke" | Man, used like "guy" in the US | "That bloke...!" |
| "blowie" | Pesky Australian blow fly | "There's a loadful of blowies out today" |
| "bludger" | scrounger | "You dole bludger" is one who lives off social security payouts |
| "BYO" | Bring Your Own drink to a restaurant | "It's a BYO only" |
| "Bonzer" | Terrific | "That's a bonzer ...!" |
| "Bottle Shop" | Liquor shop | "Let's drop by the Bottle Shop" |
| "Bull dust" | Bullshit | "What a load of bull dust...!" |
| "Bunyip" | The Australian equivalent to the mythical "Yeti/Bigfoot". Lives in a billabong. | "Bunyip, Bunyip, Bunyip...!" (if you ever see one) |
| "bush" | The countryside | "Let's go to the bush..." |
| "bushranger" | Outlaw, highwayman | "Ned Kelley - the bushranger" |
| "cask" | Boxed bag of cheap wine | "Let's get a cask at the bottle shop" |
| "chook" | Chicken | "There's a chook in the fridge" |
| "chunder" | To vomit | "I feel as I'm going to chunder" |
| "crooked" | Sick | "I'm feeling real crooked..." |
| "Crissie" | Christmas | "Where will you be, this Crissie?" |
| "dag/daggy" | Mild term for fool or unfashionable person | "What a dag..." |
| "daks" | trousers | "Where's my pair of daks?" |
| "Digger" | Australian soldier, or any old male character | "He was a digger... in WW2" |
| "dinkie die" | The truth | "That's dinkie die, I swear..." |
| "dingo" | Australian native wild dog | "He's as wild as a dingo..." |
| "dinkum" | Genuine or honest | "That's real fair dinkum..." |
| "dunny" | Toilet | "Excuse me, where's the dunny?" |
| "esky" | Cooler | "Let's bring an Esky to the picnic" |
| "footy" | Australian football | "Let's go to the footy this weekend..." |
| "garbo" | Garbage collector | "The garbo will take it away..." |
| "good on ya" | Well done or "Good for you" in the US | "Great job...good on ya" |
| "greenie" | A conservationist | "He's a greenie..." |
| "grog" | Alcoholic drink | "He's had too much grog..." |
| "Kiwi" | A New Zealander" | "He's a Kiwi..." |
| "knackered" | Tired | "I'm really knackered today...!" |
| "mate" | Friend (does not mean spouse" | "G'day, mate" |
| "milk bar" | Small general store | "Go get some bickies at the milk bar" |
| "mozzie" | Mosquito | "Bloody mozzies...!" |
| "ocker" | Australian male of crude manners | "He's a real ocker of a bloke" |
| "oodles" | Plenty | "Oodles of noodles..." |
| "Pom/Pommie" | English person | "He's a Pommie" |
| "Pissed" | Drunk (not angry, as in American) | "I think he's totally pissed, now" |
| "poof/poofter" | Male homosexual (derogatory) | "What a poofter..." |
| "ratbag" | Trouble maker | "He's a real ratbag..." |
| "Sheila" | Female (derogatory) | "Where's your Sheila?" |
| "sickie" | Sick day off work | "I'm taking a sickie..." |
| "she'll be right" | It will all be o.k | "She'll be right, mate...!" |
| "stingers" | Jellyfish | "Beware of stingers...!" |
| "stubby" | Small bottle of beer | "Let's have a stubby first, shall we?" |
| "stunned Mullet" | Someone who looks shocked | "He's looking like a stunned Mullet" |
| "tall poppies" | High achievers | "The tall poppies should pay more taxes..." |
| "Tassie" | Tasmania | "Let's go holiday in Tassie..." |
| "trap" | Mouth | "Shut your trap...!" |
| "tucker" | Food | "Let's dig into the tucker..." |
| "uni" | University | "He studied at a uni..." |
| "ute" | "Utility" truck - a pickup truck | "I drive an ute..." |
| "Vegemite" | Brown yeast sandwich spread which Australians grow up on, but is regarded by most foreigners as "semi-toxic". | "I'll have a Vegemite sandwich, thanks..." |
| "whinge" | Complain | "What a whingeing Pom..." |
| "wog" | Someone who comes from the Mediterranean countries (derogatory) | "He's a wog" |
| "wowser" | Killjoy, prude | "Don't be such a wowser...!" |
| "yack" | To talk | "Can you stop yack-ing?" |
| "yonks" | A long time | "It's been yonks that I've seen him" |
| "yabbie" | An Australian shrimp-like sized lobster with claws | "Let's throw a yabbie on the barbie..." |
| AUSSIE SLANG | MEANING IN PLAIN ENGLISH | HOW THE AUSSIES USE IT... |
| "avago" | Have a go | "Avago, ya mug" (Have a go, you mug) |
| "barbie" | Barbecue | "Throw a yabbie on the barbie" |
| "ankle biter" | young child | "She has an ankle biter to feed" |
| "banana bender" | Queenslander...because they grow lots of bananas in Queensland | "He's a banana bender" |
| "battler" | One who struggles for a living | "What a tough battler!" |
| "beaut" | beautiful | "That's a beaut...!" |
| "billy" | Tin container used for boiling water to make tea | "Can you pass the billy?" |
| "billabong" | Waterhole in semi-dry river | "And his ghost may be seen roaming at the billabong" (from "Waltzing Matilda) |
| "bickie" | biscuit | "Let's have a bickie..!" |
| "bloke" | Man, used like "guy" in the US | "That bloke...!" |
| "blowie" | Pesky Australian blow fly | "There's a loadful of blowies out today" |
| "bludger" | scrounger | "You dole bludger" is one who lives off social security payouts |
| "BYO" | Bring Your Own drink to a restaurant | "It's a BYO only" |
| "Bonzer" | Terrific | "That's a bonzer ...!" |
| "Bottle Shop" | Liquor shop | "Let's drop by the Bottle Shop" |
| "Bull dust" | Bullshit | "What a load of bull dust...!" |
| "Bunyip" | The Australian equivalent to the mythical "Yeti/Bigfoot". Lives in a billabong. | "Bunyip, Bunyip, Bunyip...!" (if you ever see one) |
| "bush" | The countryside | "Let's go to the bush..." |
| "bushranger" | Outlaw, highwayman | "Ned Kelley - the bushranger" |
| "cask" | Boxed bag of cheap wine | "Let's get a cask at the bottle shop" |
| "chook" | Chicken | "There's a chook in the fridge" |
| "chunder" | To vomit | "I feel as I'm going to chunder" |
| "crooked" | Sick | "I'm feeling real crooked..." |
| "Crissie" | Christmas | "Where will you be, this Crissie?" |
| "dag/daggy" | Mild term for fool or unfashionable person | "What a dag..." |
| "daks" | trousers | "Where's my pair of daks?" |
| "Digger" | Australian soldier, or any old male character | "He was a digger... in WW2" |
| "dinkie die" | The truth | "That's dinkie die, I swear..." |
| "dingo" | Australian native wild dog | "He's as wild as a dingo..." |
| "dinkum" | Genuine or honest | "That's real fair dinkum..." |
| "dunny" | Toilet | "Excuse me, where's the dunny?" |
