In Australia and New Zealand, usually pejorative or self-deprecating, for a woman of loose sexual morals, or a prostitute. In Western Australia, circa 1970-1990s and less commonly after, Mole can be both an insult or friendly term of endearment for women.
a person who works for an organization or government and secretly gives information to its competitor or enemy: A mole inside the Department had leaked secret proposals to the press. Compare.
First of all, is it “mole” or “moll”? The original spelling is definitely “moll”, and referenced either a gangster's girlfriend or a prostitute. The word was popularised as an insult by the 1979 book Puberty Blues where it was always spelled “moll”.
Let's start with the most common, most well-known, and most quintessentially Australian slang term for girls: Sheila. While everywhere else in the English-speaking world, Sheila is a specific person's name, in Australia it can be used to refer to any woman or girl.
Article Talk. A gun moll or gangster moll or gangster's moll is the female companion of a male professional criminal. "Gun" was British slang for thief, derived from Yiddish ganef, from the Hebrew gannāb (גנב). "Moll" is also used as a euphemism for a woman prostitute.
Bean-shooter: Gun. Beef: Problem. Bee's knees: An extraordinary person, thing, or idea. Beezer: Nose.
Norks: Australian slang, from the large cow udders used to advertise Norco, New South Wales' North Coast Dairy Co-Operative. Wabs: From the Brits.
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”.
“Bugger” is common in both Aussie and British slang, and vaguely refers to someone or something that is annoying. Calling someone a bugger can be used affectionately or derogatorily. The general expletive can be used in any situation, and roughly means,“F*** off/me” or “Well, I'll be damned!”
In Middle English, moles were known as moldwarp.
A mole is an intentional or planted spy. For example, the police have a mole in the gang. That is someone who joined with the immediate intention of spying and collecting information. A snitch is someone who gave up information willingly and who did not have the immediate intention to do so.
From Middle English mole, mool, from Old English māl (“a mole, spot, mark, blemish”), from Proto-West Germanic *mail, from Proto-Germanic *mailą (“spot, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *mel-, *melw- (“dark, dirty”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey-, *my- (“to soil, sully”).
The word mole was introduced by Wilhelm Ostwald in 1896. It's the S.I. unit to measure the amount of substance or particles denoted by the symbol 'mol'.
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.
The harsh environment in which convicts and new settlers found themselves meant that men and women closely relied on each other for all sorts of help. In Australia, a 'mate' is more than just a friend and is a term that implies a sense of shared experience, mutual respect and unconditional assistance.
Aussie slang is full of alternative words for our trousers and underwear. Reginalds or Reg Grundies are rhyming slang for undies, while bloomers are known as bum shorts in Queensland, and scungies in New South Wales and the ACT.
Good on us, Australia, for having a festival that means "up your bum". That's Moomba, the Melbourne institution that began in 1955 and is an Aboriginal term that also comes with a polite translation, "let's get together and have fun".
(Australia, New Zealand, euphemistic) A fart.
The term “doll” was used to describe a pretty young woman in the 1920s, but it had been a term used as early as the 1550s when it began as a shortened form of “Dorothy.”
(dated, slang) A gun. The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her.
DON is a term used to refer to a boss in the mafia. Other words for "boss," especially in gangland and organized crime circles, include: Baas. Capo. Guv.
Bunny is an outdated slang term used to describe “a pretty, appealing, or alluring young woman, often one ostensibly engaged in a sport or similar activity.” For example, an attractive woman at the beach might have been referred to as a “beach bunny.” This phrase was popular in the '70s but quickly fell out of favor.
Noodle juice: In a hilarious instance of 1920s slang, “noodle juice” meant “tea.” Bimbo: This was still a slang word back in the day, but it actually meant a tough-looking man!