U'e = a U-turn with your car. Uni = university. Yeah nah = no. You can check out some more hilarious Australian slang in this video here. It's time to start practising your Aussie slang with your mates!
These institutions are called 'colleges' or TAFE: Technical and Further Education, and have different entry requirements to universities. Programmes on offer are typically employment-based or can act as a lead-in to a tertiary degree.
“Uni” is an abbreviation for – you guessed it – university. The word uni is used in both Australia, New Zealand, and the U.K.; and while it's not very common in Canada or the U.S., most people would still understand you if you said it.
Cozzie – swimming costume • Cranky – in a bad mood, angry • Crook – sick, or badly made • Cut lunch – sandwiches • Dag – a funny person • Daks – trousers • Dinkum, fair dinkum – true, real, genuine • Dipstick – a loser, idiot • Down Under – Australia and New Zealand • Dunny – outside toilet • Earbashing – nagging • ...
Contributor's comments: The term 'povo' comes from the word poverty. Contributor's comments: [North Geelong informant] I would also say that this is used to describe someone who is tight arsed but not necessarily poor. Contributor's comments: poor and despised person: "Take no notice of him - he's just a povo."
These Australianisms have been largely replaced by the international cops, coppers, pigs or bacon. However the older, more affectionate wallopers is also still used.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
noun Informal. a uniformed police officer; uniform: A uni phoned in the burglary at 2:19 this morning.
Uni – One of the most popular British slang in the UK. You probably guessed it right. It means university and/or college.
The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia.
A Bachelor Degree in Australia is generally an Undergraduate Course offered through a University or other Higher Education provider, like some TAFE's or Colleges. It can also be the name of a Postgraduate Course which is also offered through Australian Universities or other Higher Education provider.
University and TAFE have traditionally been very different higher education offerings, attracting students with quite different intentions, interests and expectations. TAFE has been hands-on and real-world while university has been viewed as the bastion of academic endeavour, theory and research.
Undergraduate (Bachelor's degrees)
Beaut!/Beauty!: beaut, beauty or 'you beauty' is a very Australian way to say that something is great.
Stunner. To start off with a really good all-rounder, “stunner” is a common one that you can use. Most commonly, stunner is used to describe a person—often not to their face. So, someone who is particularly attractive would be a stunner: “I met this total stunner the other night,” for example.
Contributor's comments: The word "bubs" was short for "babies".
A silent cop, also referred to as a "sleeping policeman" or a "traffic dome", is a traffic management device formerly widely used in Australia. It consisted of a metal or concrete dome, about 400 mm (16 in) wide and about 125 mm (5 in) tall, embedded in the road surface.
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.
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”.