Crook. I'm sick. Now you try. For example, you might say, "I drank too many stubbies and now I'm feeling crook."
If you're feeling unwell, you could say you are crook. If someone is angry, you could say they've 'gone crook'.
“G'day, mate!” (mostly used by men though, not so often by women.)
To describe the temperature, when it is cold you can use words such as 'freezing', 'chilly' and 'nippy'. "I went to Melbourne for the weekend. It was freezing!" "It's a bit chilly outside."
No worries
It's said to be the national motto of Australia. This expression means “do not worry about it”, or “it's all right”. It can also mean “sure thing” and “you're welcome.” So, when you bump into a person on the train and you apologise, they may respond with “no worries”, meaning “it's all right”.
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 • ...
Contributor's comments: The term 'povo' comes from the word poverty. Contributor's comments: [North Geelong informant] I would also say that this is used to describe someone who is tight arsed but not necessarily poor. Contributor's comments: poor and despised person: "Take no notice of him - he's just a povo."
In Australian English, "wog" can also be used as a slang word for an illness such as a common cold or influenza, as in: "I'm coming down with a wog".
Yeah nah is a commonly used Australian phrase and colloquialism. The phrase yeah nah means 'no', but it allows the speaker or writer to ease into their response so as to not come across as too outspoken, or brash.
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.
Hooroo = Goodbye
Australian goodbye is “Hooroo”; sometimes they even “cheerio” like British people, a UK slang word.
Synonyms: nauseous, queasy, nauseated, green around the gills (informal), pukey (slang)
I feel unwell, I am ill, I feel bad, I don't feel well – are all well used phrases.
Why Do Aussies Use So Many Abbreviations? Nenagh Kemp, a psychologist at the University of Tasmania, told Australian Geographic her theories behind why Australians use these shortened words so often. Her theory is that Australians use them as a way of coming across as more friendly and less pretentious.
For instance, the Jim-brits or Jimmy Britts, shortened to “the jimmies,” is Australian rhyming slang for diarrhoea; “Jimmy” (or “Jimmy Grant”) is an immigrant, so not only is this a deft expression, it is also a neat insult of the Australians' traditional enemy.
Aussie Word of the Week
Chuck means, among other things, to vomit, as in he chucked up on my carpet!
Lurgy – if someone has the lurgy stay away. It means they are ill and possibly contagious.
Aussie Word of the Week
A nointer is a slang term for a spoiled or difficult child, one who is particularly brattish.
Despite the term's wide usage, it is rarely used by Australians themselves, many of whom regard it with some derision.
gamin, nointer (Australian, slang)