Often used as in 'Avago yer mug!'Īway with the pixies / fairies - Day dreaming. (Like me!)Īussie salute (the great) - Waving away the flies from your face.Īustralian as a meat pie - Anything that is authentically AustralianĪvago - Have a go. ![]() 'I'm off to the footy this arvo.'Īunty - A nickname for the broadcaster the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC.Īussie battler - Someone who works hard but never gets anywhere. ![]() 'There's no point arguing the toss with me, son.'Īrse around / about - Fooling around and wasting time. 'There was some argie bargie at the football match.'Īrgue the toss - Vehemently question a decision. 'The boss went apeshit when I arrived late.'Īpples (she'll be) - It will be all right.Īpple eaters - Someone from Tasmania where apples are one of the main primary products.Īrgie-bargie - An argument or general unrest. 'Wait and see, he'll be here any tick of the clock.'ĪNZAC - Stands for, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp.Īpeshit - An expression of extreme anger. 'Rachel thinks she is the ants pants.'Īny tick of the clock - Something about to happen in the immediate future. Refers to someone who thinks they are pretty good. 'Hey Bill, time to pony up you know.'Īnts in your pants - Someone who is fidgety or nervous.Īnts pants - Similar to the bees knees. 'Bruce has a load of ankle biters to look after.'Īnte up - to pay back a debt. 'The dog ran out and he slammed on the anchors.'Īngle of the dangle - Whether a man has an erection.Īnkle biter - Toddler. (Something I have never experienced).Īlone like a country dunny - More often ' stands out like a dunny in the desert' Someone or something that is very obvious for whatever reason.Īnchors - Brakes of a vehicle. 'When his wife walked out he was all over the place like a mad woman's breakfast.'Īll piss and vinegar - Someone with a sour disposition who instigates trouble.Īll piss and wind - All air and no substance.Īll your Christmases have come at once - Sudden unexpected good luck. 'Then the siren went and it was all over red rover.'Īll over the place like a mad woman's breakfast - Chaotic. 'Did you see that pair in the street? He was all over her like a rash.'Īll over red rover - Something that has been ended. 'I thought he was reliable but he was all froth and no beer.'Īll over him / her like a rash - Someone who can't keep their hands to themselves. Someone who is addicted to alcohol.Īll froth and no beer - No substance. 'We're driving up from Adelaide to The Alice next week.'Īlkie - Alchoholic. 'I wanted a proper explanation but she was just airy fairy.'Īlice, The - Alice Springs, Northern Territory town near Uluru (Ayers Rock). 'There's no need to be so aggro.'Īiry fairy - Vague. 'And to add insult to injury she said I was ugly!'Īerial ping pong - Australian Rules Football.Īggro - Aggressive. (Also giddy goat.)Īdd insult to injury - To make things worse than they are already. 'I think Bruce is a bit AC-DC.'Īct the goat - Behave in a silly manner. (Also - Bonzer, beauty, grouse) 'That meal was really ace.'ĪC / DC - Bisexual. Also 'base over apex' as in 'He tripped and went A over T.'Īce - Excellent. There is no hard and fast rule for how this gets done but it is something you learn by listening to the sound.Ī bit more choke and you would have started - Said if someone farts loudly.Ī over T - Short for ' arse over tit', Going head over heels. It is very common for names to be changed by adding either the letter 'o' or the letters 'ie', as in Johnno for John or The addition of 'o' and 'ie' to words and names. Our thanks to Charley and Ed for some new additions to the list. WARNING - Aussie slang can be rude, irreverent and politically incorrect. Not all the slang listed here originates in Australia but most of it is in fairly common use. I have tried to include only slang that is in common use today and that a To only one area of Australia or use archaic slang that has fallen out of use.Ī lot seem to just make things up that nobody ever says just to fill up the pages of their books. Many so called 'slang dictionaries' include words or sayings that are specific Since then the list has grown and grown and I guess it could now be recognised as one of the biggest collections of Aussie 'get an handle' on some of the common slang terms in use today. Originally I just sat down and put a few Aussie slang terms together thinking it would help those from other countires If you can help, please click the 'Donate' button above. We fund everything we do ourselves so we need a bit of Without income this website will die so if you enjoy the page how about making a smallĭonation to help us keep going. This is our MOST popular page but Google won't put ads here because it is too 'rude'.
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