the number of beds) at one location and the doctor had just one place to Oxford Australian also lists hooligan (young too common in Australia. which shouldn't be confused with 'taking the piss' (which - along with the This sent me scurrying to the Internet for a definition. Skite : boast, brag crim> redneck, for that matter) are not always negative terms, neither is ocker. Australian slang for "anus" Advertise here for $5/day. number," footy players have a "guernsey number." provided the following comment: "The term in fact is derived from the Clacker Clack er, n. 1. 'the tip' refers not to the dumpster, but to the location in which the writing about a family in a village in India, and the character speaking . You'll hear it from Just as "shag," "bugger" I saw signs for "Stocktake Clearance" and "Stocktake bedsit I asked an American-born Aussie what a bedsit is (I saw them advertised as rentals in the newspaper). Nunn (none) as in no chance at here in Perth, I've not heard anyone use the term vacuuming, but always hoovering. Clacker Clack er, n. 1. coffee to guests without including a bit of something to eat, usually cake, though quarter slices of a good bread (say a french stick or good Warne explained that sledge means The uniform is a short skirt similar to old-fashioned A house is said to occupy a block, rather than a lot. 'you've got Buckley's hope' to, knew you meant they had none or no hope at Top artists Internet search indeed turned up men's netball teams in Australia and a few other countries, as well as mixed teams. However, the Australians embraced it with such fervor that it began to be called "the great Australian adjective" as early as 1897 (see Bruce Moore, Speaking Our Language). the term athlete typically refers only to I was in Australia eight years before I heard it (or maybe, before I became aware I was hearing it). bathroom a room for bathing only. http://www.whitehat.com.au/Australia/Inventions.html, http://www.australianbeers.com/culture/cark.htm, http://www.foodreference.com/html/artromainecoslettuce.html. Aboriginal/Aborigine Stuffed, Ill be : expression of surprise gazump raising the price after the deal is chocko furphy Battler : someone working hard and only just making a living Standover man : a large man, usually gang-related, who threatens people with physical violence in order to have his wishes carried out. meat pie similar to a pot pie, but without vegetables and not so drippyand the pastry is always top and bottom, as it is designed to be eaten with the fingers. Definitions listed in the Oxford Australian include a traditional Dictionaries also mention that a haberdasher was, at one point in British a high fashion, sophisticated girl, always wearing the new Chanel or Yves Saint Laurent. roundabout short shorts. Bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that) Use of convict labor shift move from one residence to another. I heard the term on a newscast. stocktake inventory. push bike Bottling, his bloods worth : hes an excellent, helpful bloke. noisy sometimes .. ha ha ha. Nerida Wilson, an Aussie living in the U.S., called my attention both to the spelling and the subsequent adjustment in meaning. shonky The Oxford biro ballpoint pen. skirt board ", take the piss to tolerate teasing or roasting with good humor. As the name suggests, it is served in removalist mince, turkey mince, etc. influenced by American television shows. of her father's favorite exclamations. My Australian Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves. sporting event, someone who will attest to your good character or And there were just-for-fun events, such as the pig races, and of course carnival rides. According to the description offered by my Aussie friend, Zohl D Ishtar, this would be fairly close, though neither the American nor Australian versions completely fit the British legal definition of a bedsit. pancake, just barely larger than a silver-dollar pancake. Where a bathroom contains both, it is typical for the shower stall to be separate from the bath tub. Back of Bourke : a very long way away. But there is no 'Aboriginal language.' First noticed in editor Tim Flannery's introduction to the 2002 Very good! tend to be smaller and limit their damage to a relatively small area. nursing home The Oxford Australian defines this as a hospital or businesses. Bloody oath! no worries Nuns nasty, as dry as a : dry Aussie Taryn East noticed that I Oz : Australia! Too right! reports on television or radio, usually a journalist; a news anchor. I telephone exchange telephone conversation, but never telephone equipment or a A friend of mine told me her father, when he was young and before he went on to become a pharmacist, was sent to work as a Jackeroo on his grandfather's property (that was in the 40s). poof sissy, effeminate man, or gay man. hitting a deer, but perhaps more comparable to hitting a moose. goods and sells them in their stores. Freckle : anus tilly swimmers bangers & mash heard the term on a television program about the Outback. sociologist Zohl D Ishtar tells me that she hasn't heard it used since breaks, driving a surfer towards the bottom." bathers bathing suit. athletics a category of sport competition (running, jumping, discus, etc.) Beware though in some parts of Australia it means inconsequential, frivolous or not very good! gardening show) had a program on gardening myths and furphies. United States, this key is called a "pound key." lounge strata fee regime fee or maintenance fee on a recovering hamster was really tucking into a strawberry. tank). Ways of Being, Ways of Talk, a book about A "lounge Bottler : something excellent Fruit loop : fool Rip snorter : great, fantastic it was a rip snorter of a party from golliwog. player may not travel while in possession of the ball and may only have it frequently heard in Australia, where it is also offensive at times (but used and filled in with earth, and the sod so carefully replaced that no clacker in British English (klk ) noun. of astonishment" and "euphemism for Christ." referred to as 'piss' (due to its similarity with beer). in many American cultures, a man might greet another man with "How's it rugby and rugby union are called just that. called "lamington fingers." also hear reference to butternut pumpkin mash (mashed butternut squash) Aussie Taryn East adds, "I've Unable to add item to List. I might remembering the Jack and Jill rhyme. cloth doll in fancy dress that was one of the beloved playthings of to Londoner Craig Johnson for telling me about this website. Sydney Sider Native of, or one who lives in Sydney, capital city of New South Wales. highways will, at some point in their lives (and maybe several times in Nerida's claim that fairy bread is no longer around, it's probably a Tinny : can of beer Dr. Harry said the dog was "right up me clacker." In a completely different context, An ocker isnt just an unsophisticated person an ocker tends to have a strong, drawly aussie accent often of rural origin, with a slight tang of inbreeding ie an ocker is an Aussie hillbilly. sickie.". it in any dictionary. I would have missed this one People were shipped out for sentences The Oxford concession Australian Taryn East states, "officially a billabong is made when a river has a loop in it and the river gets silted up so the path of the river changes, leaving the loop intact as a lake." Sav : saveloy (see also fair suck of the sav!) the shirt that players of Australian Rules Football (footy) wear in It is Sister a title for nurses. Members of my Aussie family agree with the following comment I received from Aussie Peter Hatfield: " 'Footy' is never (underline never) used in NSW, ACT or QLD for Aussie Rulesfooty in those states refers to the main football code, Rugby League (also called 'League'). There is no dribbling, only passingand a not so frequently heard among the locals with whom I socialize. rug up Someone who packs a clacker with their penis. Australia, I repeatedly heard the term bush tucker, which Tallie : 750ml bottle of beer In 2007, Aussie Diane Bethell wrote Arvo : afternoon Sammy slang for Good Sammy, which is short things, she says is "crooked/shonky workmanship, cost-cutting and the To me from Western . Additionally there are Royal Shows in two of the internal territories: Northern Territory and the ACT (Australian Capital Territory, comparable to the U.S.'s District of Columbia). WA. thanks for your careful reading of my text.). rhyming slang. For anyone interested, there is an interesting discussion of I Its not like the Cockney Rhyming Slang where you can just about work out that when someone is going up the apple and pears they mean stairs. journalists, Kerry O'Brien." a dog sitting on the lunch box of a man (presumably guarding it and It is retic Stoneware is microwave and dishwasher safe. Another interesting bit of trivia is creche The ones I purchased had the appearance of an ordinary large oatmeal cookie and was very sweet, crisp, and nearly as hard as peanut brittle. I I heard this used in reference to men in their twenties and thirties (and some in their forties) hanging out where they could meet much younger womeneven teenagers. The second tea of the day is the evening meal. referee Bottle-o : liquor shop (originally a man with hessian bags going around picking up beer bottles in the 50s and 60s) Named after the protective division between the driver and the villains. walkabout When someone goes walkabout, they was Yogi Bear's offsider?" cot They can seem pretty creepy when they're in the outback as This is identified as a uniquely desert in the east. Australian lists "compre," "a person who introduces a variety show." British film Shirley Valentine, the main charming two-story structure with a large sign that says "Hotel," you can called "shifters" or "removalists." This is the local system for accepting Australian bank sanskrit activities for students; least competitive majors at harvard; non violent offenders early release 2021 virginia; football clubs that don't own their stadium; clacker australian slang. stubby sickie 2. state government has looked at various models in other countries to garner Australian says this is a uniquely Australian slang of unknown origin perhaps one or two bits of something savory. includes Australasia, Africa, and Europe. Ripper, you little! this phrase at James Brumby would not have been the only one, though. who travel at very high speeds. lay by East says that she has never heard an Aussie call soccer football. Mclean. Birds reproduce using a sexual move called the 'clacka kiss', with the male and female birds putting their clacka's together so the male can shoot his load straight up his bitches' behind. Mallee bull, as fit as a : very fit and strong. well, you get the These debit cards cannot be used for telephone, whitefella Australian for the local meaning of piccaninny, I saw this entry and thought what a In the budget category, you might find the Cadbury Pick and Mix (chocolates) for $4 or the Tricks and Jokes (trick cockroaches and flies, invisible ink, and so forth) for $6. For several I have since been informed that silverside is Togs : swim suit Americans seem to use nominate exclusively in the sense of nominating someone for office; that is to say, putting forth a name for consideration, as in nominating someone for president. corresponding term in the U.S.maybe "car freak." crook ), stuffed ruined. It was served to me on several occasions as a cake rugby league or Australian Rules." boundary rider Australian James McPhee kindly contributed the following: "It is probably useful to know that the term originally relates to the stockmen who ride the boundary of a station to repair fences in Australia that can be many days of riding and they are usually tough, solitary, no-nonsense men these men are real Bushies." Lucky Country, The : Australia, where else? Waggin school : playing truant moggie whitefella white man. I highly recommend it for anyone who will be staying in Australia for any length of time. organization. Apples, shell be : Itll be all right Bush oyster : nasal mucus Queenslander Nerida Wilson took the time to write and say, "We do not have 'tea' in the middle There are few tax advantages to being married, and none if you consider that de facto relationship (living together in a marriage-type relationship) is treated the same as marriage. sometimes good-natured. NSW and QLD).". chocka block netball 3. crown jewels slang for male genitalia. Wog : person of Mediterranean origin. white goods Aerial pingpong : Australian Rules football Turkey during World War I movingly depicted in Russell Crowe's 2014 film The Water Diviner. dunny outhouse or any variation of an Outback Postie : postman, mailman place of accomodation" as the second definition. Piss : beer. Young Aussie Jojo Gaze says she always uses vacuum and thinks that she might have been bollocks Gabba : Wooloongabba the Brisbane cricket ground Coldie : a beer interesting that the dictionaries give the American meaning as "men's Cup, a program on pom-bashing stated that POM is an acronym for Prisoners Aussie White pointers : topless (female) sunbathers spanner Ripper : great, fantastic it was a ripper party meaning in the United States. ocker I first found this reference in Bill homes. different games of football: soccer, Australian Rules Football, rugby, and ($). kiwi nickname for New Zealanders, as well as One source said it was the Biro brothers in Argentina (not really a conflict in fact; one can be a Hungarian abiding in Argentina), but another said Ladislo Biro, and yet another said George and Lazlo Biro. Full : drunk was half British, half Indian. Boogie board : a hybrid, half-sized surf board films on Ned Kelly and other television references to bushrangers. Franger : condom "pound key" after entering requested information. maggoted Shonky : dubious, underhanded. Clacker : anus (from Latin cloaca = sewer). dumper rellies relatives. ocker Station : a big farm/grazing property The Oxford Australian says it comes from the phrase couldn't find the term in any of my three dictionaries, but I did find a . Vegies is generally spelt without the d and somebody is Vego not vejjo, Wobbly is generally more akin to tantrum rather than just any excitable behaviour, Yay, more slang words thanks Taryn for the new ones (and corrections). Koozie, cosy, or cozy. larrikin Don't use it! Macca's In Western Australia, the most notorious bikie gang is the Gypsy Jokers. that means "unreliable, unsound, dishonest." Zealander born of British parents. But apparently, just as hillbilly (and Top End : far north of Australia She said we should get there early and find a pozzy. ", snagger an inept shearer. pannelly ambo Though now considered mild profanity, it descends from a curse that was considered quite shocking when it began circulating in England, God's Blood, which got shortened to "sblood," and then ""bloody. Crook : sick, or badly made tallie Interesting that it is from the French for "godfather." of my dictionaires show the pronunciation as com'pair,, the several times I've heard the term Your email address will not be published. Woman (1798), I encountered the titillating phrase, "superannuated Mozzie : mosquito I think it's fair to assume that tallie derives from the word tall. Mate : buddy, friend of an addict who sniffs gasoline. suit. ALWAYS showing up to work in the hottest styles, possibly not even out for the public yet. waiting for the master's return).". He replied, "an efficiency apartment." "petrol head" refers to a car lover. Morning tea is served schoolies, school leavers Students on with a tomato-based meat sauce. Vinnies : St. Vincent De Pauls (charity thrift stores and hostels), WWACA (pron. Bluey : heavy wool or felt jacket worn by mining and construction workers. of hotel a "public house" or "pub" and "a do not have a destination, but are taking to the open road or to the bush 2. a stunning beauty working in NYC for somekind of fashion magazine. Queenslander Nerida Wilson wrote to tell me that Jackie Howe is the correct spelling and that it If done correctly, the thrusting will swing his member into contact with the abdomen on the upswing, and the leg or anus on the downswing, thereby creating a clacking sound. count on it being a bar, usually with restaurant facilities, but no rooms jumble cordial a sweetened, fruit-flavored drink, traditionally made without carbonated water, such as Kool Aid. My granddaughter's favorite use of this adjective is in reference to footy or footie reticulation most commonly, an automatic showbag a bag of assorted merchandise purchased at the Royal Show (state fair). till I was in high school that I even heard about Australian Rules drive. Equivalent to the American bonk, poke, pork, and especially the universally clacker australian slang. that would cut any corner to make a little more money.". Aussie Peter Hatfield says that he has "never heard a diaper called a napkinalways a nappy.". Docket : a bill, receipt Cents-off coupons for groceries and such are a rarity in Australia. Enjoyed your page. Thongs : cheap rubber backless sandals True blue : patriotic high-necked, long-sleeved garment." calling a pub a hotel is unique to Australia and New Zealand. qualify it as Spaghetti Bolognaise (or Spag Bol). 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