Aussie Slang

Just a sample of the kind of slang you can hear when you go Down Under.
persephonesays...

This video doesn't include my favourites:

"Wouldn't that rip the crotch out ya undies?" = "that's disappointing"
"It was blowing so hard it would rip a dog off a chain" = "it's really windy"
"Septic tanks/yanks" = "Americans"
"Get a load of that" = "Have a look at that"
"Watch out for the Noah's Arks" = "Watch out for the sharks"

BoneyDsays...

I think the one on 'bogans' probably needed a little more. It's more the people wearing tight jeans, wifebeater singlets and sporting a mullet top hair cut. They tend to be from the lower socio-economic backgrounds, but not limited to

I also like:
"Copping it sweet" = Taking something (eg. bad news/punch/etc.) well or strongly
"Dunny" = Toilet
"Have a whinge" = To complain

8383says...

It's interesting to note that Aussie slang varies considerably from state to state. Here in Adelaide we use quite different slang to those in Melbourne. I've never even heard the term 'wakka' before.

And that girl also got the definition of 'Bogan' wrong. A 'Bogan' is much closer to the American 'trailer trash' or 'rednecks' and lives in lower-class suburbia, not the country.

bamdrewsays...

i was only familiar with cockney rhyme slang, good to hear you aussie work it too.

I don't remember what state he was from, but an aussie dude I once knew told me a 'kroger' was used interchangeably with 'wanker' or whatever... "look at this f..ing kroger over here". any of ya'll ever heard that?

blankfistsays...

I don't think those terms were all that specific to Austrailia. They seem very typica of the British lexicon. As an aside, the interviewer misunderstood wacker for wanker.

persephonesays...

We were down at the beach yesterday arvie, when a carload o' yobbos pulled up and yelled out, "Mate, do ya know where the barbie is? We got an esky fulla snags and they'll start to pong, if I don't cook em up quick".

Well, they looked like a real buncha gallahs, so we said, "Fair dinkum, what rock did you crawl out from under?", which got him a little bit shirty and the next thing ya know, they were all jumping outa the car sayin' "Come on, have a go, ya mug."

Some of them looked like real dodgy buggars, so we we said "Keep ya shirt on, we were just taking the piss. Here, come and have a few stubbies with us"

So they brought their esky over and yanked out a couple of VBs which went down nice and smooth-like.

Turned out they weren't such bad bastards after all and we sat around with em havin a great ol' chin-wag. Suddenly one of em yells out, "cripes, a maggie's gone and nicked our snags!"

Sure enough, some silly nong had left the lid of the esky open and a maggie had flown off with the lot. Bugger!

"Never mind", we said. "The RSL does ripper fish n chips, let's go get some tucker there."

So off we trundled, a bit wobbly from the last lot of VBs, coz they were warm-as, and staggered into the RSL for some tea.

When we got to the door, tho, they wouldn't let us in, coz we only had thongs on. "Wouldn't that rip the crotch outa ya undies?" I said.

"Too right", everyone agreed.

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