The most common slang for the Australian $10 note is a "Tenner," but due to its blue color, it's also known as a "Blue Swimmer," "Bluey," or "Blue Tongue," referencing marine life and lizards. Other less common terms include "Budgie" or even a "Bluey," with the "Blue Swimmer" being quite popular.
The $10 note is referred to as a "tenner" or again, less commonly, a "Blue Swimmer", other variations of this nickname exist such as the "blue grenadier", it may also rarely be called a "blue tongue", in reference to the Australian blue-tongue lizard.
I used to work at a nightclub and here are the nicknames we used:
"Tenner" is a slang term commonly used in British English to refer to a £10 note.
Yul Brynner is cockney rhyming slang for 10 pounds (tenner)
💬 “It cost me a Yul Brynner! “
Informal. a 10-dollar bill. British. a 10-pound note.
jaffa - to be 'seedless' as in infertile, one who 'fires blanks'
The term may come from the resemblance between the X- shaped ends of a sawbuck and the Roman numeral for 10, which was previously printed on $10 bills. However, the earliest known use of the word "sawbuck" in print was in 1850 and referred to a $10 bill, not a sawhorse.
United States ten-dollar bill
"Sawbuck" is also a slang term for a U.S. $10 bill, thought to be derived from the similarity between the shape of a sawbuck device and the Roman numeral X (10), which formerly appeared on $10 bills.
"Sawbuck" is a slang term historically used for a U.S. $10 bill because two ornate Roman numeral Xs were on the backside of the 10-dollar bill issued during the Civil War. Interbank forex dealers may use the term for a $10 million transaction.
The $50 banknote is also called a "pineapple" given its bright yellow colour.
Slang. ducats, money; cash.
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?
£1 - "A quid" (This is probably one of the most common slang terms for pounds.) £5 - "A fiver" (A widely used term for a £5 note.) £10 - "A tenner" (Similarly, a £10 note is often referred to as a tenner.) £20 - "A score" or "a pony" (A less common term, but still heard occasionally.)
In slang, "monkey" can mean a mischievous person (especially a child, "little monkey"), something to tamper with ("monkey with"), or a derogatory racial slur, but also historically meant £500 in UK slang or a Prohibition/prison officer; its meaning varies widely from affectionate to deeply offensive depending on context and culture.
The word buck as a term for the U.S. dollar dates back to the 1700s, when deer hides, or buckskins, were often used in trade on the American frontier. Settlers and traders in sparsely populated regions relied on bartering, and buckskins were durable, valuable, and widely accepted.
Learn British money slang that we actually use in the UK. This is a 10 pound note. Also known as a tenner. Like our friend the fiver we can also use the noun a tenner when talking about something that costs ten pounds.
Synonyms of paper money
The Roman numeral "X" may represent the origin of the slang term "sawbuck" to mean a $10 bill.
Bread – Classic term for money that's experienced a Gen Z revival. Derives from money being essential for survival, like bread. "Let's get this bread!"
Ask around about slang for a $1 bill, and 'buck' is the word you'll hear again and again. It's the true classic. This goes back way before the paper we use now—people once traded deer skins, and that's how 'buck' got pulled into cash talk.
(British, slang) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
Australians call pajamas "pyjamas" (with a 'y') and often shorten them to "PJs," just like in other English-speaking countries, with informal terms like "jammies" also used, but "PJs" is very common for nightwear. They also use terms like "trackies" or "trackie dacks" for comfortable sweatpants or lounge pants, which can sometimes double as sleepwear.
[Tottie, hotsy-totsy, tootsie, tootsy, toff] - OneLook. Usually means: Attractive person, often sexually appealing. ▸ noun: (UK, Ireland, slang) sexually attractive women considered collectively; usually connoting a connection with the upper class.