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This is a dictionary of Australian speak, which i got from an oz
friend of mine....
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If you want to get my intermittent updates, mail me back
with the subject header "dictionary update".
If you have any additions, suggestions, or improvements,
just mail me back with your ideas. -PP
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AUS-SPEAK
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Version : 1.60 Date : 7 Jan 1992
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AGRO Anger; angry
APPLE ISLE Another name for Tasmania
ARKAROO An aboriginal word for snake
ARVO Afternoon
AUSSIE (pronounced Ozzy) Australian
AVAGOODWEEGEND Enjoy your weekend.
BACK OF BEYOND Refers to any place that is really far away,
especially places far away in the outback
BANANA BENDER Queenslander (A person from the state of Queensland)
BANANALAND Queensland
BEAUT Applied to something which is exceptional in its class
BEWDY Expression of full agreement and approval
BICKIE A dollar
BIKKIE Biscuit
BILLABONG Waterhole; backwater; pond
BILLMAREE A sickness an aborigine can get from breaking a dreamtime
law or command
BILLY Tin container for boiling water to make tea
BITSER Mongrel dog
BLOKE Man
BLOODY All-purpose semi-profanity
BOBOKA Aborigine word for frog
BOOMA Wonderful ; "It was a booma of a day"
BOOMER Used to describe anything large
BOONGAREE Aborigine word for tree kangaroo
BO PEEP, TO TAKE A
A quick look around
BREKKY Breakfast
BRISSIE Brisbane, or someone who comes from Brisbane (Pronounced
Brizzy)
BRUCE A man
BRUMBY Wild horse
BUDGIE Budgerigar; Native Australian bird; member of the parrot
family {also called Grass Parakeet}
BULULKIYA Aborigine term used to describe any place inhabited by unseen
spirits or supernatural creatures
BUNYIP Mythical creature inhabiting billabongs
CHOOK Chicken
COBBER Friend
COME A GUTSER Making a bad mistake
COOLABAH A type of box eucalyptus tree
CORROBOREE An aborigine word for a ceremonial dance, now used to
describe any get together
CRASH HOT Very good ; "He didn't do too crash hot in the game"
[Western Australia]
CROOK Something broken, sick, or no good
CROW-EATER South Australian
CUPPA Short for a cup of tea
DAG Idiot
DILL Anyother term for somebody who is a fool or does something
foolish
DINKI DI Unmistakably Australian; also the whole truth : "yeah! It
was a dinky di gold nugget!"
DINKUM Genuine or honest (Also Fair Dinkum)
DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT THAT
Don't worry, (I'll get off this charge) [Queensland]
DRONGO A born loser
DUFFER A cattle thief or rustler
FAIR GO A reasonable chance
FLAMING Another all-purpose semi-profanity
FLAT OUT To go as fast as possible
FOOTY Short for Football (Australian Rules Football)
FOSSICK To go prospecting or exploring for valuables
G'DAY Greeting; hello
GOODONYA Congratulations; well done.
GRIZZLE To complain
GROG Alcoholic beverages
GROUSE Brilliant; excellent. [Victoria]
GURRIDA Aborignal word for the dead
HOOROO Farewell; goodbye
JACKEROO Outback cowboy
JILLEROO Outback cowgirl
JOEY Baby kangaroo
JUMBUCK Sheep
KANGAROOS IN ONE'S TOP PADDOCK, TO HAVE
To show signs of mental weakness
KIWI New Zealander
LARRAKIN Mischievous person
MATE Friend
MATILDA Parcel made by wrapping one's belongings inside a blanket
MEAT PIE, AS AUSTRALIAN AS
Unmistakably Australian
MINT Brilliant; excellent. Also, MINTER, MINTEST
[Western Australia]
MINTOX Even better than mint. [Western Australia]
MOB A group
NEVER NEVER The desert of the far outback or just anyplace very remote
NICK To steal something
NO WORRIES All purpose phrase, usually a response when someone asks
how things are going
OCKER Country bumpkin or someone ignorant (Also refer's to
'blue collar' workers, with a particular strain of accent)
OTHER SIDE OF THE BLACK STUMP
Way outback, even further than never never or back of beyond
OUTBACK The bush or the wilderness
OWERYAGOINGMATORRIGHT?
How are you?
POINT THE BONE AT, TO
To blame
POM British person (also Pommy)
PRANG An accident
QUAKY ISLES New Zealand
RAPT Very happy with; "He's rapt!"
RAW PRAWN, TO COME THE
To try to deceive someone
RAZOO OR BRASS RAZOO
an Australian coin; also an expression of ignorance
"he couldn't give a brass razoo about it"
RIPPER Something really good
ROO Kangaroo
RUM No good
SANDGROPER West Australian
SHE'S COOL Everything is fine; everything is alright
SHEILA a woman
SHOOT THROUGH To leave quickly
SHOUT To buy something for someone, usually a drink
SILK SHIRT ON A PIG
A waste or something useless
SQUATTER Someone who occupies owned land illegally
STATION Large farm or ranch
STREWTH! All purpose abbreviation for "it's the truth"; also
expression of surprise
SUNBURNT COUNTRY, THE
Australia
SUNDOWNER Wanderer or tramp
SWAG Bedroll and all the worldly goods of the swagman
SWAGMAN Vagabond, tramp
TA Thankyou
TASSIE Tasmania
TASWEGIAN A person from Tasmania (Also Tasmanian)
TELLY Television
TERRITORIAN One from the Northern Territory
TRUE BLUE DINKI DI
Unmistakably Australian
TUCKER Food
TYKE Dog
UP A GUMTREE State of confusion
WALKABOUT To take a hike in the outback, sometimes for a very long
time
WEAGLE A player/supporter of the West Coast Eagles football team
WESTRALIA Western Australia
WESTRALIAN Someone from Western Australia
WHACK, TO GET A
To get a fair share
WILLY WILLY Natural whirlwind or dust twister
WOOP WOOP Imaginary place which is a byword for backwardness
and remote-ness
WURLEY An aboriginal temporary shelter
YABBER To talk
YAKKA Work
YARRA Insane
YOBBO Idiot; Larrakin
YONKS A long time; "Haven't seen you in yonks"
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email: vad285f@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au
pratap@gus.bf.rmit.oz.au
z9042547@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au
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I would like to express my thanks to C.Carletti, for giving
me the idea for this in the first place, and to the following
people for their valuable input/ideas :
H.Fairfa, C.Carletti, B.Tolero, M.Ramey
If I have forgotten anyone, remind me please! My memory isn't
the best! :-) -Pratap
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"Hope for the best, expect the worse, and you'll be disappointed" - [Owenism]
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