“Barbie” is probably the cutest slang ever for “barbecue”, but wait 'till you find out more, mate! You don't really know a language until you've learned its slang.
Most people spell it as barbecue. However, in Australia and New Zealand, barbeque is generally used more prevalently. This is why it shouldn't come as a surprise that you'll see barbecue instead of barbeque used in so many posts and videos you see online.
Barbecue or barbeque also referred to as BBQ in Australia, is a cooking method and a name for a meal or gathering at which a style of food is cooked and served.
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.”
dunny – a toilet, the appliance or the room – especially one in a separate outside building. This word has the distinction of being the only word for a toilet which is not a euphemism of some kind. It is from the old English dunnykin: a container for dung. However Australians use the term toilet more often than dunny.
Tips for pronouncing and listening to Aussie Slang
It is common for Australian's to pronounce the –er at the end of a word as –a. For example, you may have heard Australians pronounce the word dinner as dinna. Keep this in mind when listening to Australians, especially the locals that have strong accents.
Icy-pole: Ice cream or popsicle. Jumper: Sweater—but can be both knit or jersey.
While the standard modern English spelling of the word is barbecue, variations including barbeque and truncations such as bar-b-q or BBQ may also be found. The spelling barbeque is given in Merriam-Webster and the Oxford Dictionaries as a variant.
"Better Be Quick." Sometimes, the abbreviation BBQ is used to indicate that the sender wishes something to be done without delay.
Barbecuing cooks food slowly and often incorporates sauces or marinades. It infuses a smoky taste and makes food extra tender. Meanwhile, grilling cooks ingredients quickly and is normally done with very little oil, resulting in that crispy, charred, caramelized surface and those picture-perfect grill marks.
Naur is literally just the phonetic spelling of the word “no” in an Australian accent, which has become a playful way to mock the nasal, drawn-out sounds of an Aussie speaking. As mentioned above, the word naur was already in everyone's minds from the lingering H20 Challenge trend on TikTok.
Before discussing their language, it's important to know what people from Australia and New Zealand call themselves and their countries. People from Australia call their homeland “Oz;” a phonetic abbreviation of the country's name, which also harkens to the magical land from L.
It's "good evening", or the non-time specific "g'day". Contributor's comments: I grew up in Brisbane, and have never, heard 'Goodnight' as a greeting.
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”.
Hooroo = Goodbye
The Australian slang for goodbye is Hooroo and sometimes they even Cheerio like British people.
That being said, let's start with something most of us will probably have sitting in the fridge or pantry: ketchup. Ketchup is underrated. We call it tomato sauce in Australia. Or just “sauce”.
Sunnies - A term native to Australia and New Zealand to describe sunglasses.
The shoe known in Australia as a “thong” is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world.