Aussie Slang


  • Aussie = Australian
  • Agro = Angry
  • Ankle-biter = child
  • Arvo = Afternoon
  • Barbie = Barbecue Grill
  • Bathers = Swim Suit
  • Bloke = Man
  • Blowie = Blowfly
  • Biscuits = Cookies
  • Billabong = Pond
  • Billy Tea = Tea made over a camp fire in a tin can
  • Brekkie = Breakfast
  • Cark it = Die
  • Chemist = Pharmacists
  • Chips = Fries
  • Chook = Chicken
  • Chrissie = Christmas
  • Chuck a U ey = Do a U Turn
  • Chewie = Chewing Gum
  • Clobber = Clothes
  • Daks = Men’s Pants
  • Digger = Soldier in the Australian Army who served in WW I
  • Esky = Cooler
  • Fair Dinkum = Genuine or Honest
  • Fairy Floss = Cotton
  • Give it a Burl = Try it
  • Heaps = Lots of something
  • Jack of it = Tired of it
  • Jackaroo = Male Ranch Hand
  • Jillaroo = Female Ranch Hand
  • Jelly = Jello
  • Jumbuck = Sheep
  • Lemonade = 7up or Sprite
  • Loo = Toilet
  • Lollies = Candy
  • Lolly Water = Soda
  • Mollydock = Left Handed Person
  • Nappy = Diaper
  • On the Nose = Bad Smell
  • Panel Beater = Person who does body work to a car.
  • Pikelet = Small Pancake
  • Pinch = Steal something
  • Postie = Mail Man
  • Pram = Stroller
  • Prang = Car Wreck
  • Rice Bubbles = Rice Crispies
  • Servo = Service Station
  • Slog = Hard Work
  • Spit the Dummy = Throw a Tantrum
  • Sticky Beak = A Nosy Person
  • Swag = Bedroll
  • Sweets = Dessert
  • See you in soup = See you around
  • Sunnies = Sunglasses
  • Tea = Evening Meal
  • Torch = Flash Light
  • Trots = Diarrhoea
  • Ute = Pickup Truck
  • Whinge = Complain
  • Yarn = Story