Bricky: Bricklayer/ Builder. Pestie: Pest Technician. Grease Monkey: Mechanic.
Dunny diver noun: a plumber. Some of these names are jokes, but we have evidence for dunny diver from at least twenty years ago, and it may be much older still. In Australian English the word dunny is used informally for toilet.
The term 'ute' is simply Aussie slang.
The Australian automotive industry has been protective over the term 'ute' since it was invented by Ford Australia in the 1930s known as the Coupe Utility.
The word “yakka” – which first appeared in the 1840s – derives from the word for work (yaga). It comes from Yagara, an Indigenous language in Australia. In fact, many Australian English words derive from Indigenous languages. Take a look at some more examples on ABC Learn English.
Whats a tradie? The word tradie or derives from the word “tradesman.”
Bludger. A lazy person, someone who avoids work. eg. 'He never does any work – he's a total bludger.
Grease Monkey – This term is just slang for a mechanic.
car repair shop: the regionalism is in the pronunciation - South-west Aussies say gar arj; Melbournians say garage as in carriage. Contributor's comments: Victorians say "gar arj"!
“Gas is short for gasoline, in Australia it's a petrol station, petrol is short for petroleum you can also call it a servo,” Katy explained, adding Aussies get “really salty” when you refer to servos as “gas stations”.
A fruit square, otherwise known as a Chester Square. It is a fairly solid fruit square of about 7-8cm and about 2cm thick, which has flaky pastry on the top and bottom and is topped with (usually pink) icing: What did you have for lunch? I had a pie with sauce and a sinker for afters washed down with Sars.
A brickie is a bricklayer. This piece of Aussie slang has been around for yonks and was recorded as early as 1900.
The term 'Chippy' is commonly used in Australia and the UK to refer to carpenters. The term is found as far back as the 16th century – no doubt in reference to the wood chips that flew as carpenters worked their magic. A proverb from 1770 states: 'A carpenter is known by his chips'.
ginger beer – "engineer"; also "queer" (homosexual) in Cockney rhyming slang.
A sparky is an electrician. A brickie is a bricklayer.
Hoon activities (or hooning) can include speeding, burnouts, doughnuts, or screeching tyres.
While there are many different names that people use to refer to mechanics, the most common ones include grease monkey, wrench turner, and gearhead.
While some Australian speakers would pronounce “no” as a diphthong, starting on “oh” as in dog and ending on “oo” as in put, others begin with an unstressed “a” (the sound at the end of the word “sofa”), then move to the “oh” and then “oo”.
Diggers: The word Digger has been around since the early days of the gold rush in Australia and anecdotally there is evidence that some Colonial Australians were given the nickname Digger because of their mining endeavors.
Bulldust is colloquial term used as a euphemism for "bullshit", meaning nonsense or rubbish; that someone is lying.