An Australian pub or hotel is a public house or pub for short, in Australia, and is an establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.
It's a place with a lot of cultural and social importance, but it's different from a bar, café or restaurant in Australia. 'Pub' is an abbreviation of the public house. There are around 6000 pubs in Australia and are a key part of the Aussie lifestyle, influenced by the British and Irish.
/ (ˈfræŋə) / noun. Australian slang a condom.
Know your glass sizes
and small (285ml/10 fl. oz.). Residents of Victoria and South Australia call the large sized beer a “pint,” while in all other states it's called a “schooner” (pronounced “skooner”). There's more variation with the smaller size.
Bottle-o: this is what Aussies often call a liquor store.
“Cheers!”
Aussies use “cheers!” in a number of instances: to say thank you, in celebration, when drinking, and to say hello and goodbye. Get ready to hear “cheers mate!” a lot. No matter how strange sounding these Aussie slang terms are at first, you will inevitably adopt them in no time.
In Australia and New Zealand, "soft drink" or "fizzy drink" is typically used. In South African English, "cool drink" is any soft drink. U.S. soft drinks 7-Up or Sprite are called "lemonade" in the UK.
Australia is an incredibly beautiful, laid-back, warm and vibrant country. The locals will go out of their way to make you feel welcome, and you might even be invited to a backyard barbie (barbecue) to have a chinwag (chat) and a coldie (cold beer).
"Knickers" can also refer to male underwear, while the word panties generally refers only to female underwear. In Australia, male underpants are often referred to as "undies", although the word can also refer to panties.
Most Australians now use the term doona meaning a quilt: there is no difference between a quilt and a doona. You might also hear the term 'duvet', which is used most commonly throughout Europe. This also refers to a quilt or doona.
Australia Remember When. Remember Sellotape, sometimes called 'sticky tape' or Durex tape. I remember Bear Brand Tape and Scotch Tape too when we were kids. Just from memory I think as kids we used to call all sticky tape 'Durex', which of course ended up having quite a different meaning.
A pub (short for public house) is a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.
Applicants admitted to practise law in Australia may apply to take the Victorian Bar entrance examination. Eligible applicants who pass the entrance exam will be invited to take the Bar's readers' course. On satisfactory completion of the course you may be invited to apply sign the Roll of Counsel.
There is no bar exam in AUstralia. HOwever, you definitely must pass the so called "Priestley 11". These are 11 areas of law (e.g. contracts, torts, property etc.)
2. sheila – woman or female.
What do they call soda in Australia? In Australia, they call soda a soft drink. This can be a term used in The United States of America as well but it's not as common as saying soda or call pop.
Plonk, chardy and the goon of fortune
Plonk is perhaps Australia's best-known word for alcohol.
Bogan: Australian slang for a person whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour are unrefined or unsophisticated.
What is smoko? Macquarie Dictionary defines smoko as (1) a break in the work of the morning or of the afternoon, originally to allow time for workers to smoke tobacco; (2) food or drink consumed at that time.
Aussie Word of the Week
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.
“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.
Australians say "cool" as "ripper" or "heaps good" in slang.