Cracker = Great e.g. "What a cracker of a day." Footy = Football, often Australian Rules Football or Rugby League depending on region.
Jatz (crackers)
Rhyming slang for 'knackers', or male genitalia: He was really kicking goals until he copped one in the jatz and spent the third quarter on the bench.
Crack (give it a): if you're giving something a crack, that means you're having a go. Crikey: an exclamation of surprise is the best way to describe the uniquely Aussie term that is crikey.
2. sheila – woman or female.
Contributor's comments: The word "bubs" was short for "babies".
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.
Certainly if you're in the US, your mother is your “mom” – short for “mommy” and in the UK, Australia and New Zealand it's “mum” – shortened from “mummy”.
The most common verbal greeting is a simple “Hey”, “Hello”, or “Hi”. Some people may use Australian slang and say “G'day” or “G'day mate”. However, this is less common in cities. Many Australians greet by saying “Hey, how are you?”.
Australian goodbye is “Hooroo”; sometimes they even “cheerio” like British people, a UK slang word.
Chockers or chock-a-block means extremely full or crowded. You can use it for people or things. For example, “The supermarket was absolutely chockers, I could barely move!” OR, “The fridge is chock-a-block, I don't think we can fit anymore food.” 3.
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But of the 66 Aussie slang words printed on that paper placemat two words caught my fancy – “Knackered” and “Brownie” the former meaning tired (or exhausted) and the latter meaning a bottle of beer.
Choccy — chocolate
That way, if you don't feel like a plain biccy, simply ask if they have a choccy biccy. That's a chocolate biscuit!
(slang, UK, Australia) To make a big mistake. We lost the match because of the goalkeeper stuffing up.
In Australia "stuffed" often means tired. Eg "I can't come around to your house tonight, I'm utterly stuffed after work".
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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.
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.
Cozzie – swimming costume • Cranky – in a bad mood, angry • Crook – sick, or badly made • Cut lunch – sandwiches • Dag – a funny person • Daks – trousers • Dinkum, fair dinkum – true, real, genuine • Dipstick – a loser, idiot • Down Under – Australia and New Zealand • Dunny – outside toilet • Earbashing – nagging • ...
Ask an Aussie to name a truly Australian word, and they might yell "Bonzer!" Bonzer, sometimes also spelled bonza, means "first-rate" or "excellent," and it is the Australian equivalent of the American "awesome": "It's a good clean game ... and the standard is red hot," Thies said.
Bluey is an Australian nickname for a person with red hair. As a nickname, Bluey may refer to: Frank 'Bluey' Adams (born 1935), former Australian rules football player. Derek Arnold (born 1941), New Zealand former rugby union player. David Bairstow (1951–1998), English cricketer.
“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.