Daks: Australians call their trousers 'daks'.
dacks (daks) – trousers, most likely derived from the London clothier Daks (founded in 1894). Trackie dacks are tracksuit trousers, and underdacks are underpants or knickers. To dak someone is to pull their pants down.
The word 'pants' in Australia refers almost exclusively to trousers, while Australians will usually call underwear 'a pair of undies' or just 'undies', which is a plural form indicating that it is short for 'underpants'.
Underdaks, also called underchunders or underdungers, is a colloquial name for your underpants. Daks are trousers, therefore underdaks must logically be underwear. Simple.
In Australia and New Zealand, they are also commonly known as trackpants, trackies, tracky daks or joggers.
Traditionally made of polyester or polycotton fabric with the addition of specialised reflective material to ensure optimal visibility, hi vis pants are a staple in many industries such as railways, roadworks, police, tradies, port workers and factories – pretty much anywhere where increased visibility for safety ...
Australian people will generally refer to knitwear Australia or cardigans Australia as a woollen jumper Australia or wool jumper.
In an interview on Triple J radio, Koby Abberton pointed out that "Bra" is a reference to the gang's suburb, Maroubra, and partly after the street slang for brother. Some members of the gang tattoo "My Brother's Keeper" across the front of their chest, "Bra Boys" and Maroubra's postcode "2035" on their backs.
WHY DO AUSSIES CALL THEM THONGS? The word THONG means restraint, referred to as the piece of rubber that is used to slide between the big and second toe to keep the soul of the sandal.
By 1930, in Australia the term had lost its meaning of clothes, and was used exclusively for swimwear. 'Budgie smugglers' have become synonymous with speedo-style swimwear (Credit: Stuart Westmorland/Getty Images)
Bogan: Australian slang for a person whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour are unrefined or unsophisticated.
The shoe known in Australia as a "thong" is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world. Worn with small variations across Egypt, Rome, Greece, sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Korea, Japan and some Latin American cultures, the shoe was designed to protect the sole while keeping the top of the foot cool.
Runners: this is what Australians call their sneakers or trainers.
Also, we don't refer to gasoline as “gas” in Australia. We call it “petrol”… unless it's diesel. We often have a mini-market inside each gas station that sells food and offers other services.
1. to do a poop: I gotta goona. 2. gunna (pronounced 'goona') = manure: I stepped in dog gunna; That kid is in deep gunna.
“My research shows the British and Irish working-class introduced most of the swearing we have in Australia,” Krafzik says. “It was cemented in those early colonial days.” The British officer class tended to rotate in and out of the colonies. The working-class settlers – and convicts – stayed.
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.
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”).
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
The term "esky" is also commonly used in Australia to generically refer to portable coolers or ice boxes and is part of the Australian vernacular, in place of words like "cooler" or "cooler box" and the New Zealand "chilly bin".
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.
Gumboots are suited for very wet environments. Gumboots are also known as Wellington boots and rain boots.