Aussie Expressions

In Summer you may hear – Slip Slop Slap (Slip: Put a Shirt On - Slop: Put on Sunscreen - Slap: Put on a Large Hat)

Amber Fluid: Beer

Ambo: Ambulance

Arvo: Afternoon

Arvo/Morno/Smoko: Mid-afternoon or mid-morning break at work.

Aussie (pron. Ozzie): Australian

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi!: What you’ll hear the natives shout when watching Australia play at a sporting event.

Barbie: barbecue

Swimmers: Swimming Costume

Beauty: Fantastic

Bikkie: Biscuit

Bloke: A man

Bogan: A person spending his day slaking and drinking beers

Bottle Shop: Liquor Store

Bottlo: slang for bottle shop

Cab Sav: Cabernet Sauvignon

Cactus: Not Functioning – Dead

Case/Carton: 24 pack of beer

Chokkie: Chocolate

Cops/Coppers: Police

Dag: Funny person, nerd, goof (sometimes used affectionately, sometimes not)

Deadset: True, the truth

Doodle : Penis

Drink with the flies: To drink alone

Esky: Large insulted food & beer container

Fair go: Giving a fair chance

Flat out like a lizard drinking: I’m really busy

Flip Flops: Thongs (that you wear on your feet)

G’day: Hello

G’day mate: Hi, how are you?

Going bush: Going for a trip to country Australia

Goon/Gin Sandbag: cheap wine from a cardboard box

Grog: liquor, beer

I’m pissed: I’m drunk

I’m pissed off: I’m very angry

Lollies: Sweet

CandyOz: Australia

Outback: Desert Australia

Pokies: Poker machines

Pom, pommy, pommie: An English person

Road train: Big truck with many trailer

Schooner: Large Beer

Sickie: Day off from work

Sunnies: Sun Glasses

Surfies: People who o surfing

Veggies: Vegetables

Vejjo: Vegetarian

Westie: an insulting term used to refer to people from the Western suburbs of Sydney.

Woop Woop: Used to talk of a small town