Australia. In Australia, barbecuing is a popular summer pastime, often referred to as a "barbie". Traditional meats cooked are lamb chops, beef steak, and sausages (colloquially known as "snags").
"Barbie" is Australian slang for barbecue and the phrase "slip a shrimp on the barbie" often evokes images of a fun social gathering under the sun.
“Barbie” is a short form of barbeque. In Australian English, “-ie” is also added to lots of abbreviated words. The word “selfie” is a good example of this; it was coined by an Australian man in 2002! How to use it: We're having a barbie tomorrow – do you want to come?
'BBQ' or 'barbie' is short for barbecue, and refers to both the cooking appliance (usually either gas-fuelled or charcoal) and the event itself. This means that you can 'go to a barbie' where someone might 'slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for ya' — a saying made famous by this classic 1982 Australian Tourism ad.
The words "barbecue" and "grilling" are often used interchangeably, although food experts argue that barbecue is a type of grilling, and that grilling involves the use of a higher level of heat to sear the food, while barbecuing is a slower process over a low heat.
BBQ is the written abbreviation for barbecue.
"Barbeque." The abbreviation BBQ is most often used to mean "Barbecue." This use of BBQ is common amongst native English-speakers. "Better Be Quick." Sometimes, the abbreviation BBQ is used to indicate that the sender wishes something to be done without delay.
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 • ...
“Barbeque” or “BBQ” is the most widely accepted way to spell it here in Australia. The word “Barbeque” is thought to derived from a french term barbe à queue (translation: “beard to tail”) which refers to a whole hog being roasted.
Bogan: Australian slang for a person whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour are unrefined or unsophisticated.
noun 1. a person who is poor: They can't afford to go - they're real povos. --adjective 2. poor, or befitting a poor person: povo clothes.
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Aussies have a plethora of names for sausages and the ways and contexts in which we eat them. Snag is perhaps the most famous slang term for sausages, followed closely by banger. Many of us grab a sausage sanga down at the local hardware store.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
Also called: chookie Australian informal a hen or chicken. Australian informal a woman, esp a more mature one. interjection. Australian a exclamation used to attract chickens.
sanger. A sandwich. Sanger is an alteration of the word sandwich. Sango appeared as a term for sandwich in the 1940s, but by the 1960s, sanger took over to describe this staple of Australian cuisine.
While we may not have invented the barbecue, Aussies have embraced it with a passion and dedication that's unparalleled. Blowflies, mosquitos, ants, barking dogs, crazy uncles and noisy kids – nothing gets in the way of a good barbie!
Chook comes from British dialect chuck(y) 'a chicken; a fowl' which is a variant of chick. Chook is the common term for the live bird, although chook raffles, held in Australian clubs and pubs, have ready-to-cook chooks as prizes.
Cheeky: Used widely in Aboriginal Australia, the word cheeky isn't only used to refer to insolence but also behaviour that is dangerous. A dog prone to biting people, for example, would be described as “cheeky”.
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.”
Up on the board there's Stigz, Butch, Rat, Pook, Wozzel, Boof, Bullpit, Foxy, Snake, Sparra, Nobby, Froggy, Bear, Ferret and Stall. And it doesn't stop at nicknames for people.
Australian slang is not dying, it's making its way up in the world.
Nickname. Chérizier has denied that his nickname "Babekyou" (or "Barbecue") came from accusations of his setting people on fire. Instead, he says it was from his mother's having been a fried chicken street vendor.
While both spellings are commonly used, there is actually a correct way to write this word. The correct spelling of this word is “barbecue.” The word originated from the Spanish word “barbacoa,” which was used to refer to a method of cooking meat over a raised platform of sticks.
The word barbecue dates back to 1655–65. It comes from the Spanish word barbacoa, which comes from the Taino, the Arawak-speaking people of the Caribbean, and described a wooden frame used for cooking meat. The barbacoa held the meat over the coals for a long period of time as it slowly cooked.