The guy very politely explained that a “pineapple” is Aussie slang for the yellow $50 note (i.e. a $5 is a “prawn,” a $20 is a “lobster”), and as hilarious as this was, asked if he could please bring the actual money next time.
Pineapple – Similar to being Dirked or Stabbed. Being made to do something you hate. “The Sarge just gave me a pineapple.
A fifty-dollar note is also known colloquially as a "pineapple" or the "Big Pineapple" because of its yellow colour. The $100 note is currently green and is known colloquially as an "avocado" or "green tree frog", but between 1984 and 1996 it was grey, and was called a grey nurse (a type of shark).
Australia's colourful bank notes are known by many colloquial names. The twenty-dollar note is referred to as a lobster, while the fifty-dollar note is called a pineapple, and don't we all want to get our hands on a few jolly green giants, that is, hundred-dollar notes?
As for puns, I loved the Ocker gotcha of Pav (Pavarotti-tenor-tenner). Bluey, Australia's animated sweetheart, is another alias for $10, the note also known as the heeler, the Banjo, the Smurf, the blue tongue.
Australians use some fun slang words to refer to their colorful paper money. Some of these terms include prawn for the pink five dollar bill, blue swimmer for the blue 10, lobster for the red 20, and pineapple for the yellow 50.
Cents come in 5, 10, 20 and 50 coins. Slang terms. $5 are often called 'fivers' and $10 are called 'tenners' $20 are known as 'lobsters' because their red colour. $50 are sometimes called a 'pineapple' because of their yellow colour.
Two-bit (slang): 25 cents.
Gorilla: A colloquial term for one thousand dollars.
MONKEY. Meaning: London slang for £500. Derived from the 500 Rupee banknote, which featured a monkey. EXPLANATION: While this London-centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th Century India.
A 'bob' was the slang word for a Shilling, which was worth 12 old pennies. Following decimilisation in 1971, a Shilling was worth 5 new pence. The old 'ten bob note' (10 shillings) was the equivalent of 5 Florins, or 4 Half Crowns, or 2 Crowns. After decimilisation, it was worth 50p.
jacks = five pounds, from cockney rhyming slang: jack's alive = five. Not used in the singular for in this sense, for example a five pound note would be called a 'jacks'.
So, What Does An Upside Down Pineapple Mean? On a cruise ship, the secret symbol of an upside-down pineapple is regularly used as a code for swinging or “wife-swapping”. In most cases, an illustrated and upside-down pineapple is fixed to the cabin door of a guest interested in swinging and partner swapping.
The game involves girls putting fruits on their stories that secretly represent their relationship status. Wojdylo Social Media wrote about the trend, and broke down what each fruit means: Blueberry = Single. Pineapple = Complicated. Raspberry = Doesn't want to commit.
The pineapple emoji is commonly used when sending virtual gifts or surprises via text message. If you want to surprise someone, consider including a postscript at the end with several pineapples and heart emojis to symbolize your love for them.
I'm from Australia, and 'Moggy' was definately slang for 'cat' whilst growing up... and the schoolyard explanation of the word is that it was from the schoolyard joke: 'How do you spell cat?' ... " M-o-g" (write it on paper each letter above the other. M = ears, o = head, g = body + tail).
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.
The term “grand” has been in use as an American slang from the early 1900s, presumably from the phrase “a grand sum of money” which meant $1,000. Well, it is not yet clear who first used the phrase. The best we can do, in most cases, is to find the earliest written usage, which is around 1915 for 'grand'.
Key Takeaways. Sawbuck is an old-fashioned slang term for a $10 bill. The phrase reportedly reflects the fact that the Roman numeral X, which resembles a wooden sawbuck, was traditionally used on U.S. $10 banknotes to denote the number 10.
Big ones. Like “grand” and “large”, which you'll see below, each “big one” means $1,000.
dollar bucks, no just say busks. Eg that'll be 10 bucks. “Bucks” is slang for money/dollars in Australia. I assume they're just saying “dollar bucks” to make it cute, as Bluey and her sister are just kids.
The Aussie slang is the best slang. As you probably know, “Aussie” is slang for “Australian”.
Once the eggs are fertilized, the female lobster will gather and store them under her tail for 9 to 12 months. Because the eggs look like dark berries as they mature, female lobsters with eggs are often referred to as “berried lobsters.” On average, a female can carry between 7,500 and 10,000 eggs.