A massive list of 862 Australian Slang Words, Insults, Expressions & Colloquialisms - the most bizarre Aussie words you'll hear Down Under!
Originally I just sat down and put a few Aussie slang terms together thinking it would help those from other countires 'get an handle' on some of the common slang terms in use today. Since then the list has grown and grown and I guess it could now be recognised as one of the biggest...
If you ever watched English language television outside of Australia, its most likely the shows were made in the US or perhaps the UK. As a result, you may well be quite familiar with American and UK slang.. but upon arrival in Australia, there will a great many new terms which you ...
"You're not gonna believe this mate, but it's really beer!" His mate screws up his face and says "That's just bloody brilliant mate! Now we're gonna have to piss in the boat!!" Australian humour at its best right there! Check out ourAustralian Slangpage for some more laughs....
The advertisement begins with representing one of the popular Australian values as such; the Australian slang language of greeting, by saying: G’day. The representing voice is a male who commences to correct common misperceptions about Australians in humorous statements such as “I don’t have ...
ABCAshtrays, Broom, Chairs(Alcoholics Anonymous online slang) ABCAudio Bus Coupler ABCAccelerator-Based Conversion ABCAdvance Booking Charter ABCAmerican Beryllium Company ABCAlveolar Bone Crest ABCAdvanced Bleeding Care ABCAmigos de Bolsa Chica(California conservation group) ...
For more information about Woolworths supermarket’s responsible sourcing policy, see https://www.woolworthsgroup.com.au/page/community-and-responsibility/group-responsibility/responsibile-sourcing/Animal_Welfare/. “Chook” is an Australian slang term used to describe a chicken. References Akhavan-Maji...
Interesting that it is from the French for "godfather." Though all three of my dictionaires show the pronunciation as com'pair,, the several times I've heard the term used on television, it has been pronounced com'per. So far I have only heard it spoken as a verb, as illustrated in...
The origins of the expression are unclear. It’s thought that it may derive from the Bogan River, a river in Western New South Wales – but the ANU said it’s likely unrelated. It became widespread in Australian culture after it was used in the 1980s television show “The Comedy Company...
Across the English-speaking world, they’ve become famous for their penchant for shortening words like sunglasses to sunnies, swimsuit to swimmers, afternoon to arvo – the list goes on. And, over time, Aussie slang has become the subject of much entertainment online – with expressions often ...