Aggro: means angry, aggressive or something that may cause aggravation. “I hope my housemate cleaned up their dirty dishes because I don't want to get aggro.”
If someone is angry, you could say they've 'gone crook'. Crook can also be used to describe a criminal. Cuppa: if someone asks for a cuppa, they want a cup of tea. Cut snake (Mad as a): this is an extremely Australian way to say that someone is very angry.
Another Aussie slang word is “aggro”. If someone is “aggro”, they are aggressive, right. So, they are likely to snap at you. They are likely to intimidate you, to come at you, whether it's violently aggressive, maybe verbally aggressive – they're a little bit “aggro”.
A blue is a fight, dispute or row. You can bung on a blue, stack on a blue or turn on a blue. The slang word has been around since the 1940s and is used to refer to everything from fisticuffs at the pub to a brawl on the footy field.
Meaning: (Adjective) Bodgie is used by Australians to describe something that is so bad that it is worthless or completely inferior to something else.
So, TO HAVE A BLAST just means to have a great time, to have a lot of fun, or to enjoy doing something a lot. And TO BE A BLAST is when a specific thing was great, was a lot of fun, was incredibly enjoyable. So, it's a pretty simple expression guys. I'm sure you guys get it.
“Hard yakka” means work hard. 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.
Bulldust is colloquial term used as a euphemism for "bullshit", meaning nonsense or rubbish; that someone is lying. The slang term has also been in use in South Africa since the 1920s.
Cocky may mean: boldly or brashly self-confident. Australian slang for cockatoo. Australian and New Zealand slang for farmer.
Cranky : in a bad mood, angry.
And you know that thing you used to edge that? You call it a weed whacker. or like an edge trimmer or something like that. And in Australia, we call that a whipper snipper.
Words for “drunk”:
legless. off one's face. maggot (really drunk) pissed.
Aussie Word of the Week
Unco or The Man from Unco means awkward or clumsy. Typically used by schoolkids, unco is a shortened version of uncoordinated. Aussie slang is chockers with great and hilarious terms for the uncoordinated among us. Captain coordination is - ironically - as clumsy as a duck in a ploughed paddock.
Too easy means something along the lines of that is easy to do and no problem (also known as no wakkas!).
Dag is an Australian and New Zealand slang term, also daggy (adjective). In Australia, it is often used as an affectionate insult for someone who is, or is perceived to be, unfashionable, lacking self-consciousness about their appearance and/or with poor social skills yet affable and amusing.
Australians proudly pioneered the use of 'bonk' to mean having sex in the 1980s. And oh boy, once we appropriated 'bonk' as a sex term? We really appropriated 'bonk' as a sex term.
Pash (pash) / Kiss
An indelicate description of kissing passionately, hence the name. Pashing typically leads to two things: pash rash (red marks around the lips caused by excessive kissing), and/or rooting (the crass Australian term for the birds and the bees).
There is no consensus on where the word originally derived from but many think it may have been from a small sawmill town near Perth that was abandoned in 1984. In these socially distanced Covid times, you definitely don't want go to a place that is chockers! Chockers or chock-a-block means extremely full or crowded.
Mate = Friend
One of the most commonly used Australian slang words, "mate", refers to a friend, buddy, or companion. It is used as a term of endearment and can be used to address both males and females.
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.
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.
(Koori for tummy) stomach: I ate so much McDonalds my binji is sore. Also, bingie.