The primary slang for "biscuit" in Australia is "bikkie" (or sometimes "bickie", "biccy"), which refers to what Americans call cookies or crackers, and can also colloquially mean money or be part of phrases like "big bikkies" (expensive). Aussies use "bikkie" for both sweet and savory varieties.
Australians call what Americans call cookies "biscuits" (or "bikkies"), covering everything from Tim Tams to Anzac biscuits, while American "biscuits" (the savory, fluffy kind) are known in Australia as "scones," often served with jam and cream. So, a sweet cookie = biscuit/bikkie; a savory scone = American biscuit.
1. a young woman, who is fig. 'sweet' and/or 'good enough to eat'; thus cold biscuit n., an unappealing woman; show biscuit n., a very attractive woman; also of a man [Williams (1994) offers examples of biscuit as a sexual organ, citing the appearance of biscuits as 17C 'brothel-fare'].
Australians call what Americans call cookies "biscuits" (or "bikkies"), covering everything from Tim Tams to Anzac biscuits, while American "biscuits" (the savory, fluffy kind) are known in Australia as "scones," often served with jam and cream. So, a sweet cookie = biscuit/bikkie; a savory scone = American biscuit.
Bickie: Biscuit ('choccie bickie' is a chocolate biscuit!) Crook: Feeling sick. Also used to describe something dishonest or unsatisfactory. Going off: Full/busy; 'the club was going off.
The term "biscuit" is used in many English-speaking countries. In the United States and parts of Canada, sweet biscuits are nearly always called "cookies" and savoury biscuits are called "crackers".
Woop Woop is used to refer to a place in the middle of nowhere. People use it to signify that a location is far away, unfamiliar to them, and difficult to get to.
Anzac Biscuits. Australia's favourite biscuit! We love them for their buttery caramel flavour, how crunchy they are, that it's a forgiving recipe and the history – this is a biscuit that Aussies make to commemorate ANZAC Day. “ANZAC” stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
It is synonymous with rugby, another South African favourite. Biscuit - In South Africa a cookie is known as a "biscuit". It can also be used as a term of affection, usually between men, as in "Hey, you biscuit", while putting your arm around your friend's neck.
A "bogan" in Australia (and New Zealand) is slang for an uncouth, unsophisticated, or unrefined person, often from a working-class background, characterized by specific tastes, fashion (like mullets, flannelette shirts), speech, and behavior, though the term can be derogatory, humorous, or even self-adopted, depending on context and intent, referring to a laid-back, anti-establishment attitude rather than just poverty.
Biscuit means not just a gun, but, specifically, a stolen gun.
bickie in British English
or bikkie (ˈbɪkɪ ) noun informal. 1. short for biscuit (sense 1)
Even today in rap music, the phrase “I'm Swayze” means “I'm ghost” which is slang for “I'm leaving”.
Here are 5 common Aussie slang words/phrases: G'day (hello), Mate (friend), Arvo (afternoon), No worries (no problem/you're welcome), and Barbie (barbecue), with many Aussies shortening words (like Brekkie for breakfast, Servo for gas station) and using colourful terms for everyday things.
In Australian English, a billabong (/ˈbɪləbɒŋ/ BIL-ə-bong) is a small body of water, usually permanent. It is usually an oxbow lake caused by a change in course of a river or creek, but other types of small lakes, ponds or waterholes are also called billabongs.
The word 'biscuit' means different things to different people. In America, the word describes a chemically leavened (baking powder) bread-type product, the nearest equivalent in New Zealand being a scone.
noun. a kind of bread in small, soft cakes, raised with baking powder or soda, or sometimes with yeast; scone. Chiefly British. a dry and crisp or hard bread in thin, flat cakes, made without yeast or other raising agent; a cracker. a cookie.
Musically, "Biscuit" is a pop song in which Levan sings about kissing her "biscuit", which is a euphemism for her buttocks, derived from the Southern expression "butter my butt and call me a biscuit".
phrase. If someone has done something very stupid, rude, or selfish, you can say that they take the biscuit or that what they have done takes the biscuit, to emphasize your surprise at their behaviour. [British, emphasis]regional note: in AM, use take the cake.
Australians call what Americans call cookies "biscuits" (or "bikkies"), covering everything from Tim Tams to Anzac biscuits, while American "biscuits" (the savory, fluffy kind) are known in Australia as "scones," often served with jam and cream. So, a sweet cookie = biscuit/bikkie; a savory scone = American biscuit.
Biscuit — A person who displays a tough exterior but is a big soft teddy bear on the inside. He is a hunter but deep down a lover. He always puts others first . Or an attractive person.
As we know, biccies or biscuits in Australia are essentially what an American would call a 'cookie. ' We give the name 'biscuit' to both sweet and savoury varieties, and bites of many different shapes and textures (from Anzac biscuits to Tim Tams, to crackers).
"Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy, Oi, Oi, Oi!" is a popular Australian sports chant, a variation of the British "Oggy, Oggy, Oggy" cheer, used to express national pride and support for Australian teams, with "Ozzy" being slang for "Australian" and "Oi, Oi, Oi" a general interjection for enthusiasm or attention, much like "USA!". The chant involves one group shouting "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!" and the crowd responding "Oi, Oi, Oi!".
"Hoo-ha" (or hoo-hah) slang means a noisy fuss, commotion, or excitement, often over something trivial, but it can also euphemistically refer to female genitalia. It's an informal term for a "brouhaha," "hullabaloo," or general to-do, signifying uproar or fuss, but sometimes used to describe a state of arousal or, less commonly, male anatomy, though its primary use is for commotion or female anatomy.
Aussie Slang #8: Choc-a-block
Similar to “chockers,” “choc-a-block" means full or overflowing.