Australian Slang

Here is a list of Australian Slang words  Ozzies love to play with 

cya this arvo = See you this afternoon

 

Ace! : Excellent! Very good!

Aerial pingpong : Australian Rules football

Amber fluid : beer

Ambo : ambulance, ambulance driver

Ankle biter : small child

Apples, she'll be : It'll be all right

Arvo : afternoon

Aussie (pron. Ozzie) : Australian

Aussie salute : brushing away flies with the hand

Avos : avocados

 cya this arvo – See you this afternoon.

Cya this arvo in class!

daks – trousers (UK), pants (US)

I got some new daks yesterday at the shop.

dunnie – toilet, bathroom

D’ya know where the dunnie is, mate?

earbashing – constant chatter/talking

Her earbashing while I tried to study was driving me crazy!

fair dinkum – genuine, real

Anna’s a fair dinkum Aussie.

heaps – a lot, lots

Thanks heaps for your help. 

hooroo – goodbye

Hooroo mate, see ya tomorrow.

rellies  – relatives

The rellies are in town this weekend and we’re going to the beach.

spiffy – great-looking

Those blue thongs are pretty spiffy, I think I’ll buy them.

thong – flip flops

I need a new pair of thongs, these are about to break.

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True Blue is an Australian folk song written in 1981 by singer-songwriter John Williamson. The lyrical content[1] in the song utilises Australian slang heavily, with the title being an example of this, meaning totally Australian. (The phrase itself might have originated in England where it was used to describe the blue shown by members of the Order of the Garter).

 Hey True Blue, don't say you've gone

Say you've knocked off for a smoko

And you'll be back la-ater on Hey True Blue,

Hey True Blue Give it to me straight, face to face

Are you really disappearing Just another dy-ying race

Hey True Blue True Blue, is it me and you

Is it Mum and Dad, is it a co-ockatoo

Is it standin' by your mate

when he's in a fight Or just Vegemi-ite

True-ue-ue Blue, I'm a-asking you

Hey True Blue, can you bear the load Will you tie it up with wire J

ust to keep the show on the road

Hey True Blue Hey True Blue, now be Fair Dinkum

Is your heart still there If they sell us out like sponge cake

Do you rea-eally care

Hey True Blue True Blue, is it me and you

Is it Mum and Dad, is it a co-ockatoo

Is it standin' by your mate

when she's in a fight Or just Vegemi-ite

True-ue-ue Blue, I'm a-asking you...

True Blue, is it me and you Is it Mum and Dad, is it a co-ockatoo

Is it standin' by your mate when he's in a fi-ight Or just Vegemi-ite

True-ue-ue Blue, True-ue-ue Blue

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 Smoko = take a break to have a cigarette

True Blue = totally Australian, honest, reliable, trustworthy

Fair Dinkum = telling the truth, honest statement