The Australian slang term for lazy is bludger. A bludger is a lazy person, someone who doesn't like making effort or doing real work. Australians might also call a lazy person a “layabout” or a “couch potato”, in the same way that other countries use these terms. The most common, though, by a long way, is bludger.
Australians say "cool" as "ripper" or "heaps good" in slang.
Ripper – 'You little ripper' = That's fantastic mate! Stubby Holder – Used so your hands don't get cold when holding your beer, or to stop your hands making your beer warm! Swag – Single bed you can roll up, a bit like a sleeping bag. Thongs – Flip Flops.
Woop Woop. Woop Woop is used to refer to a place in the middle of nowhere. People use it to signify that a location is far away, unfamiliar to them, and difficult to get to. For example, “My parents place is so far, out near whoop whoop”
Let's start with the most common, most well-known, and most quintessentially Australian slang term for girls: Sheila. While everywhere else in the English-speaking world, Sheila is a specific person's name, in Australia it can be used to refer to any woman or girl.
hottie (plural hotties) (slang, Australia, New Zealand, now rare) Synonym of hotshot. (slang, originally Australia) A physically or sexually attractive person.
“Bugger” is common in both Aussie and British slang, and vaguely refers to someone or something that is annoying. Calling someone a bugger can be used affectionately or derogatorily. The general expletive can be used in any situation, and roughly means,“F*** off/me” or “Well, I'll be damned!”
Noun. eshay (plural eshays) (Australia, slang) A member of an Australian youth subculture favouring sportswear and electronic dance music, and commonly associated with criminal activity. (Australia, slang) A delinquent teenager; a chav.
1. to do a poop: I gotta goona. 2. gunna (pronounced 'goona') = manure: I stepped in dog gunna; That kid is in deep gunna.
Nuffy (nuff-ee) / Idiot
Also known as a nuff nuff, mick mock, spud, mug, boof head, drongo, dipstick or galah.
“Mate” is a popular word for friend. And while it's used in other English-speaking countries around the world, it has a special connection to Australia. In the past, mate has been used to address men, but it can be gender-neutral. In Australia, you'll also hear mate used in an ironic sense.
The Billy Lids (Australian slang for "kids")
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A blue is a fight, dispute or row. You can bung on a blue, stack on a blue or turn on a blue. The slang word has been around since the 1940s and is used to refer to everything from fisticuffs at the pub to a brawl on the footy field.
In Australia, a bloke is a unique masculine archetype associated with the country's national identity. The "Aussie bloke" has been portrayed in important works of art and associated with famous Australian men. "He's a good bloke" literally means "he's a good man".
Spit the dummy: Acting like a child. Couldn't run a chook raffle: Unorganised/useless.
Tucker is a word that Australians use for food. You will hear this word used a lot in more in country towns compared to the city. “I'm really hungry, I can't wait to get some tucker.”
Most commonly, stunner is used to describe a person—often not to their face. So, someone who is particularly attractive would be a stunner: “I met this total stunner the other night,” for example.
Hooroo. Meaning: (Exclamation) Hooroo is a 100% Australian slang word for 'goodbye.
While some Australian speakers would pronounce “no” as a diphthong, starting on “oh” as in dog and ending on “oo” as in put, others begin with an unstressed “a” (the sound at the end of the word “sofa”), then move to the “oh” and then “oo”.
These days the term means extremely full, as in 'Sydney's roads are fair dinkum chockers' or 'We can't fit any more stubbies in the esky, it's totally chockers'.