'One more word and I'll do my lolly.' Two men and a dog!' Slag off at - To speak contemptuously of someone or something. ‘ Bruce bailed’ = Bruce isn’t going to turn up. Mexican - Someone from Victoria (term used by Queenslanders and New South Welshmen. Chuck up - Vomit. Bust a gut - To work very hard. Uncomplimentary term.. Skittle - Knock something over. Things are crook in Tallarook - Said when things are going wrong. Couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag - A weak person. Cop a piece of lead - To be hit by a bullet. that doesn't flush and smells horrible. That person may be a bit frustrated, angry. Can refer to eating food or fitting things into something. Funny as a fart in a phone box / elevator - Not funny. Buckley's chance - No chance at all. Quid - Originally one pound sterling, now one dollar. Crow-eater - South Australian resident. Jewish stocktake - Burning down your own business. Bearded clam - Female genitals. Lurk - A good deal, easy money. Goer - Something that is a strong possibility. 'If you stick your bib in again I will give you a bunch of fives.' Amber fluid - Beer. - See Rat Shit Chinwag - To have a long talk. Alone like a country dunny - More often 'stands out like a dunny in the desert' Someone or something that is very obvious for whatever reason. Humdinger - Very good. If something is Ace, it means it’s excellent. Also God botherer. Cluey - Knowledgeable. Burr up - To get angry. (Also - Bonzer, beauty, grouse) 'That meal was really ace.' Boots'n'all - To do something with gusto. Send money instantly to over 40 overseas countries at very competitive rates. Laugh at the lawn - Vomit outside. 184 were donated in March This month, we are on track to donate 186 home recent additions webmaster page banners feed a … In fact, I’ll have a cup of tea.’ You know, they’ll often verify. Lord or Lady Muck - Snobbish person. H | Clean skin - Unbranded cattle or a bottle of wine with no label. Bushfire blonde - Red headed woman. - Asking for a fair chance. They’re going to say, ‘fancy a cuppa?’. Clayton's - Substitute for the real thing. To have a look at something you shouldn't see. Hungry as a black dog - Famished. Busy as one legged bloke in an arse kicking contest - Someone who is doing nothing. Rebuilding the ozone layer Gone to the dogs - Something that is no longer any good. Gummy - Toothless. "Bruce saw a porno mag and got a big boner." Uwie (uee, uie) - Performing a U turn in a vehicle or an about face in any other circumstance. Blower - Telephone. Looker - Attractive female. Possie - Seating place or specified place to do something. Reg Grundies - Underpants. Hooter - Nose. Strike a light - Expression of surprise. Compensation. Have a sticky beak - Being nosey. Going to see a man about a dog - Said when you don't want to reveal where you are going. Singlet - Under shirt without sleeves. Piccaninny Dawn - The time in the cool of the morning when it starts to get light but the sun has not yet risen. Dudder - Con-man. Bities - Biting insects. Away with the pixies / fairies - Day dreaming. Baccy - Tobacco. Willy-willy - Small whirlwind. It’s very easy to understand. Organise a piss up in a brewery (couldn't) - Useless person. Give it a burl - To try and do something. The dreamtime can be viewed as the Aboriginal view of 'genesis'. 'There's no need to be so aggro.' Billabong - Waterhole. Can - Toilet. R | Drop-bears - Mythical creatures which jump from trees and sink their fangs into the heads of their victims. On the make - Looking for sex. A over T - Short for ' arse over tit', Going head over heels. 'You backchat me again and I'll flatten you!' Rouseabout - Someone who does odd jobs. Do me a favor - Don't tell me lies or fibs. Refers to Australian movie actor, Errol Flynn who was notorious for seducing women (and later for being bi-sexual.) Toey - Bad tempered. 2. Variations include, 'Does a bear shit in the forest?' Someone who is addicted to alcohol.. Corroboree - Aboriginal ritual dance. Mate - Friend. Donkey's years - A long long time. When you look through the list of 100 Australian Slang Words & Phrases, you’ll see a couple of slang words and phrases that relate to drinking alcohol. Cackleberry - Chicken's egg. Crown jewels - Male genitalia. Duco - Pasintwork, usually in reference to a car. Ticker - Heart. Ring-in - A substitute. Flat to the boards - Going as fast as possible or working very hard. Captain Cook - Rhyming slang for 'take a look'. Pull someone's leg - Play a joke on someone. Backhander - Bribe. Can also refer to prison. And you could use this when you’re driving a car and it effectively just means push the brakes. Short and curlies - Pubic hair. Droob - Slow witted. Moggy - Domestic cat. (English football is called soccer.) 'Let's tee up a meeting for next week.' Busy as a centipede on a hotplate - Very busy. If you can help, please click the 'Donate' button above. Feral - Generally refers to young untidy and dirty individuals. Drip - Foolish person. Also B.Y.O.G. Full as a goog - So full of food it is impossible to eat any more. Keep one for Ron - Keep something for later on. Greenie - An environmentalist. Bushy tailed - Healthy and wide awake. Dink or dinky was to carry just one passenger. Nuddy (in the) - Naked. 'We're driving up from Adelaide to The Alice next week.' Loo - Toilet. Cooee - A call made in the bush when trying to attract attention. A smaller version is called a roo bar. Tickle the till - Employee who steals from the cash register. A response to this might be, ‘yeah, I’d love a cuppa. Bull dust - A lie. We now have chicks instead of sheilas, guys instead of blokes and a new swathe of extremely Add insult to injury - To make things worse than they are already. Blow your top - To lose your temper. donation to help us keep going. Rip off - Cheated. Wet (the) - Monsoon season in north. etc. Buffin' the muffin - Having sex. Sharkbait - People who swim on their own. Australian Slang & Small-Talk. Cultural cringe - Refers to Australians who think Australian things are not good enough compared to things from other countries. Beer o'clock - Any time it is time for a beer. fart slicer - a g-string; flange gasket - underwear, generally brown; g-string - US thong; jocks – men's briefs. For example: ‘I’m taking my fourby down on the beach.” Franger. Chalkie - Teacher. Wake up Australia! Bonkers - Crazy. Have a snort - Drink an alcoholic drink usually spirits. Shank's pony - Walking. Belly-up - Failure of a business. Rats of the air - Pigeons. You are more likely to hear good old Aussie sayings out in bush towns than you are in the major cities. fart-arsing around - British expression meaning to fool around or to act foolishly. So low he could parachute out of the belly of a snake - Someone with no morals. Tin lid - Rhyming slang for kid - child. Cheese and kisses - Rhyming slang 'missus' the wife. Y | 'Go get your clobber on.' Bush quack - Bush doctor, untrained, unqualified and sometimes unreliable. But here the word ‘clear’ means free of any obstructions or unwanted objects. Selling tickets on himself / herself - Conceited. 'Greg is the biggest wanker I ever met!' Alright, … Hung like a Mallee bull - Man with big genitals. Boomer - Male kangaroo. Bludge or bludger - To take handouts without good reason. So, it’s called ping pong. 'Everything politicians say is a bit suss.' Clout - To hit or to have influence. Legal eagle - Lawyer or solicitor. Shake the snake - Urinate. Stunned - Amazed. Sprung - Caught in the act. Kiss-Chasey - Flirting, usually a term used by children about adults. Prang - Minor car accident. See ya later - Farewell. Snag short of a barbie - Dim witted. Dinkum - Authentic Australian. Kark it - Die. 'I feel crook today.' Butcher's hook - Rhyming slang for 'take a look'. Doss-house - Boarding house. (Or vegetarians). Boil the billy - To boil the kettle. Dust-up - A fight. Snake juice - Strong alcohol. Big smoke - Cities or big towns. Ear-basher - A person who can't stop talking. kilometre - "it's 20 clicks away". Compo - Payment made to employees who are injured while working. Biker - Member of a motorcycle club or gang. You might hear someone say, ‘is that clear?’ and you might say, ‘yes, it’s very clear’. Top Ender - Someone from the Northern Territory. sit up on trees and squawk in alarm if they see a danger approaching. "Judy just went bonkers." - Do you understand? All piss and vinegar - Someone with a sour disposition who instigates trouble. Boner - Erection. Cab (first cab off the rank) - To get in before others. "Don't get smashed or the boys in blue will pick you up." Willy - Penis. Brown eyed mullet - Feces floating anywhere people swim. Pissed off - Very angry. Rort - A con. 'The politicians did the dirty on us poor old taxpayers again!' Min min lights - Mysterious lights seen in the outback. Pong - Bad smell. Sky juice - Water originating from rain. Someone with their 'dander up' is to be avoided. Rush your fences - Acting without much thought. Hide the sausage / salami (play) - Sexual intercourse. Like billyo - To do something with great energy and enthusiasm. also to take a drink of alcohol. Possum (play) - To pretend to be in a different situation or to hide. Underground mutton - Rabbit. Bark (up the wrong tree) - Getting your facts wrong. Drippy - Boring. Like a two-bob watch - Erratic. (South Australian speciality) also means faeces floating in water. Also Joe Blow. No show - Didn't arrive. Eighty proof - Refers to a spirit drink, usually rum. Wally - A dim witted person. FIGJAM - Fuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me. All piss and wind - All air and no substance. A post we can all get behind. If you come to Australia and you travel around the place and you meet people, they invite you into their house, they might offer you a cup of tea, and this phrase is going to be heard all over the place, all over the shop. Similar to Bible basher. 'Greg is a snaky bastard!' Well, I work as a brickie, a bricklayer. Carpet grub - Small child usually a toddler. Chateau de cardboard - Cask wine. In the club / pudding club - Pregnant. Blue-nosed wowser - Some one who likes to spoil other people's fun. Dingalling / dingbat - Fool. Kip - Brief sleep. Trouble and strife - Rhyming slang for wife. Order of the boot - Fired from your job. That is also ‘a barbie’. Predominately used in Sydney & Canberra. Geek - Someone who is smart but not cool. A toilet This is Australian slang It is called a thunderbox because sometimes when you go to the loo you fart, and it sounds like thunder. Folding stuff - Money (notes not coins). All considered unacceptable expressions these days. Whinging pom - Complaining English immigrant. Puke - Vomit. 'Did you see that pair in the street? Jilgie also gilgie - Freshwater crayfish also called 'yabbie.' (Crack a tinnie) 'You're a real bright spark aren't you?' 'The car was cactus.' 'Put up your dooks' is an invitation to fight. 'He was a real bastard!' Put the bite on - Ask for a loan of money. To have a barney or blue. Bookie - bookmaker. Grouse - Very good. Trap for young players - A trap for the unwary. Pig's arse or bum - What you are saying is incorrect. Cheap as chips - Inexpensive. Is the Pope a Catholic? Do your lolly / na-na / nut - Lose your temper. Not the sharpest knife in the cutlery drawer - Slow witted person. 'The Blues really got creamed in the game last Saturday.' Off your face - Drunk. Local yokel - A well known local person. Let’s look at some words and expressions and see if you already know them or use them in your daily conversations. All over red rover - Something that has been ended. Get on your goat - To irritate someone Also short for pervert. 'I will go and suss out the new fishing spot tomorrow.' Sly grog - Illegal or bootleg alcohol. Its meaning depends on how it is used. Slacker - Lazy person. Nick off - To take time away from an appointed task without permission or said when you want someone to get out of your sight. Noah's ark - Rhyming slang for shark. Like watching paint dry - Very boring. Park a tiger on the rug - Vomit. Long distance call on the big white telephone - Vomiting into a toilet. If he laughed, his face would crack - An unhappy person. "G'day mate, how do you make a quid?" Chop (not much) - Expression meaning something isn't much good. Put up your dooks! Bindy - A grass prickle. Shark is actually very good to eat. Pull a swifty - To deceive someone. Drop-bears - Mythical creatures which jump from trees and sink their fangs into the heads of their victims. When Down Under, do as the Down Under do! Jumbuck - Sheep. Lezzo - Lesbian. You might see garden sparrows around pretty much everywhere in suburbia. Wag or wagging - To be absent from school without permission. Joe Bloggs - Average man. Bastard - Can be used in both a positive and negative way. Verbal diarrhoea - Someone who can't stop talking. Run-in with someone - Disagreement. Bush TV - campfire. Septic tank - Rhyming slang for Yank, Ie. French letter / Frenchy - Condom. bromosexual: Informal. "Hang on I'll just have a Captain Cook round the corner." Crack onto (someone) - Romantically 'hit' on someone. Off-sider - Partner. Two men and a dog - Poor attendance. Snow / snowy - Nickname for a white haired person. Boong - Aborigine (insulting). Call it a day - To finish work for the day. Woop-woop - A remote location. 'Come on mate, kick in for the charity.' Twit - A fool. Bitumen blond - Aboriginal woman. - Said when someone does not close the door. Come a cropper - Literally to fall down but also means to suffer bad luck. V | Palooka - Clumsy or stupid.. Before you dismiss fart humor has low brow and juvenile, remember that Ben Franklin once famously remarked, "Fart proudly." Built like a brick shit house - Anything that is very big and strong. Donga - Rough accommodation and more recently, a general term for sleeping quarters.. Stuck-up - Conceited. Willies - Unpleasant feelings. I'll be buggered - An exclamation of surprise. Bung it on / bung on an act - To over act or pretend that things are worse than they are. Fuck truck - Panel van. Cut snake (mad as a) - Very VERY upset about something. 'Judy is such a slag!' Generally meant to imply they are a foolish person. Square up - Set things right. I've seen a better head on a glass of beer - Said to someone you think is ugly. You beauty. Speedos - Men's bathing shorts. Cop-u-later - Can be a farewell but can also be used as a 'sounds like' for the word copulator. Take a shine to - To begin to like something or someone. A bit more choke and you would have started - Said if someone farts loudly. Cushy - Anything easy. Suss out - Examine something. More front than Myers (or David Jones) - Bold and cheeky. Bend the elbow - Drink alcohol. Don't come the raw prawn - Don't try to trick me. I'll be a monkey's uncle - An exclamation of surprise. Didn't come down in the last shower - Someone who can't easily be fooled. On your Pat Malone - Rhyming slang for on your own. Lair - A youth that is obnoxious and dresses in a flashy manner. 'I'm heading out bush.' (Like me!) Yacking - Talk too much. Morning Glory Early morning erection. Also bog, dunny, kybo, lav and many more. Refers to someone who thinks they are pretty good. Fag - Cigarette or homosexual. Pester - To bother someone. Thing of small value. Raining cats and dogs - Rain storm. Heave - Vomit. Go crook - To get angry. Rat shit - Very bad. Hughie for Hugh. Charge like a wounded bull - Ridiculously high prices. Cactus - Spoiled or ruined. A over T - Short for ' arse over tit', Going head over heels. or to be worn out as in; 'The motor has had the gong.' Egg beater - Helicopter. Long drink of water - Tall person. Legs (rhyming slang). Dud - Bad or useless. Not an earthly - No chance at all. Barney - Fight or argument. 'Bruce went in to bat but was out for a duck.' 'Bruce was so keen he was up at sparrows fart.' Choppers - Teeth, real or false. Grotty - Dirty or untidy. or 'She is really loaded, married into money'. Stack - Accident involving any kind of vehicle. Alice, The - Alice Springs, Northern Territory town near Uluru (Ayers Rock). A Darwin stubby is a HUGE bottle of beer. Botfly - Scrounger. What do you do for a crust? "I'll have a belt of whiskey". Belt up - Same as saying 'Shut up.' Also 'base over apex' as in 'He tripped and went A over T.' Ace - Excellent. Prawn (raw) - Foolish or deceptive person. So, they are likely to snap at you. A 350 ml (12 fl oz) glass. Barcoo rot - Ulcers that will not heal.. Pipped at the post - To narrowly lose. Magpie - Someone who hoards things. - Short for 'good onya'. Going there and back to see how far it is - Said when someone wants to know where you are going and you don't want to say. Village bike - Promiscuous woman (the village bike gets ridden by everyone). Billiard ball (as sharp as a) - Dull witted. Dag - A practical joker or dried sheep poo stuck to the wool on a sheep's bum. Fair crack of the whip! Jeeze - Exclamation of surprise. Whipper-snapper - Young person. Brickie - A bricklayer. Sandshoes - Sneakers. Also Mexican (Ie. from south of the border). Bash - A wild party or a physical attack. Jaffle - Toasted sandwich with sealed edges. Blue Heeler - A type of Dog or a nickname for the police. Knock-off time - End of the working day. To have the trots - Diarrhoea. Beaten by a blow - To just beat someone at something. They’re in a lot of trouble. Technicolour yawn - Vomit. Aunty - A nickname for the broadcaster the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC. Larrikin - A (usually) likeable person who does nor necessarily follow all the rules. 'Looks like the project is a goer.'. Bogan - Rough individual living a radical lifestyle. Chew and spew - Cheap eating joint with poor quality food. Fun bags - Woman's breasts. I’ll chuck the kettle on and I’ll pour you a cuppa. Also called a scab. Hasn't got a bean / cracker - Has no money. Australian word for dawn; the start of the day; when the earth is rotating and the sun is starting to appear over the horizon. Dekko - To look. Lumbered - To be stuck with an unwanted responsibility. Our thanks to Charley for some new additions to the list. Get the Guernsey - To be selected for something. Cane toad - Someone from Queensland. AC / DC - Bisexual. 'Shut up or I'll give you a clout!' Garbage guts - Someone who will eat anything. Jimmy riddle - Rhyming slang for piddle. Heart starter - First coffee of the day. K | Nuggety - Small and tough. Right. On the wallaby - travelling through the country. You know, ‘fancy a cuppa?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Tea or coffee?’ ‘I’ll have coffee.’ ‘I’ll have tea.’ OK. ‘I fancy a cuppa.’ I fancy a cup of coffee, a cup of tea. Q | Kerfuffle - Disturbance. A furphy is Australian slang for an erroneous or improbable story that is claimed to be factual. 'You can go to buggery!' Pike out - To give up easily. The saying comes from the way cockatoos Sickie - Sick leave from work. 1. Month of Sundays - A very long time. On-ya! Open slather - No restraints. 'Ok, let's give it a burl.' or 'All politicians are crooks'. Station - Ranch. Oil (the good) - Useful information. 'Hey Bruce, don't forget to give me my cut.' Dacks are trousers. Shortened version of Fremantle, a port city in Western Australia near Perth. Like bee's knees etc. One-armed bandit - Poker machine. Done like a dinner - Comprehensively defeated. New PC term 'Sanitary engineer'. Fit as a mallee bull - In good health. Blind Freddy - Mythical person who is used as a comparison in a given situation. (Also pozzie)'Hey Bruce save me a possie at the jetty when you go fishing'. If you do something “At Sparrow’s Fart”, you do this really early in the morning – at dawn. Cat's pajamas - refers to a person who thinks they're better than others. (Brown nose, arse licker etc.) A. Rebuilding the ozone layer Noun sparrow - fart (uncountable) (plural attested only as sparrowfarts) (uncountable, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A time very early in the day; dawn. Short arms and deep pockets - Miser. Stay away from her, she's been baking all day. Boilover - When a favourite is beaten by an outsider. Undies - Underwear. The official Urban Dictionary API is used to show the hover-definitions. Australian Rules Football or AFL is played and that is nicknamed “aerial ping pong”. Jesus wept! Raincoat (mouse's) - Condom. Another older term is cove. Arse around / about - Fooling around and wasting time. Couldn't knock the skin off a rice pudding - A weak person. Skint - Broke, bankrupt. Awning over the toy shop - A man's beer belly. Act the goat - Behave in a silly manner. Gumsucker - A person from Victoria. Bunyip - Mythical creature. If you are “in hot water”, quite simply, this is just to be in trouble, right? Aerial ping pong - Australian Rules Football. Chippie - Carpenter. Can't take a trick - Someone who is unlucky. Lob in / lob up - Turn up unexpectedly. So, what do Aussies mean when they say: “Let’s grab a slab from the bottle-o for our piss-up later.” A “slab” is a quantity or beer, usually a box. Couldn't give a continental - Couldn't care less. Bodgy - Poor quality or poorly done. toilet. WARNING - Aussie slang can be rude, irreverent and politically incorrect. Mick - Irishman. Better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick - Things could be worse. or 'Bruce has some clout with the coach so watch out.' Coldie - Cold beer. Liquid laugh - Vomit. Spit chips - Angry outburst. Dull as a month of Sundays - Very boring. Head like a robber's dog - Very ugly person. Whacko! Chiack - Make fun of but with good humour. May also be used in a negative way to describe someone from a small country town. 'It was so easy a drover's dog could have done it.' Run like stink - To run away. No drama - Not a problem. fart slicer - a g-string; flange gasket - underwear, generally brown; g-string - US thong; jocks – men's briefs. Flog - To steal but can also mean to sell something. Dob - To inform on someone. by Jessica Misener. Red ned - Cheap red wine. "Bugger me!" - I don't agree with you. Duffer - Fool but a popular one. Neddie - Horse. Shag - Sexual intercourse. 'I bought a dicky watch in Bali.' Hasn't got all four paws on the mouse - Not a very bright person. Bail up - Used to mean to rob someone but now can mean to corner someone and engage them in unwanted conversation. 'No mate, I won't have a bar of that!'. 'Don't play the raw prawn with me son.' Lashing out - Spending money outrageously or a violent outburst. Apples (she'll be) - It will be all right. Zonked out - Exhausted. Knotted (get) - Same as Bugger off! Up the duff - Pregnant. I have prepared this blog with the help of an expert to help you expand your knowledge of Aussie slang. Belt - Hit or punch. But if you are meaning that something rather than someone is excellent or top notch you could try; “the ducks nuts”. Clued up - Well informed. What's your beef? Bag - Uncomplimentary term for a woman or to criticize something. W | Fancy a cuppa? Bog standard - Basic model. Cruddy - Low quality item. 'Don't get narky with me.' Laughing jackass - Kookaburra. Dunny - Toilet. Liquid amber - Beer. Full of beans - Lots of energy. The content of this blog was a co-creation of the content included in the podcast Aussie English. 'That meat looks a bit iffy to me.' There are apparently 261 slang terms for the action of farting in the English language. On the outer - To be rejected by others. Lousy - Can mean ill or not good. 'Stop arsing around!' Weak as piss - Very weak. Wouldn't work in an iron lung - Very lazy person. Whiz (to take a) - Urinate. Perk - To get something for nothing. Chunder - Vomit. Similar to 'brown nose'. Ging - A shanghai, hand held catapult. Wallaby track - Wandering the outback in search of work. Kiddiewink - Child. Australian Rhyming Slang Words. Shindig - Party. Dinky di - Authentic Australian. Ripsnorter - Very good. Four by two - A lump of wood that is just the ideal size for hitting someone. Horses for courses - The right thing for the right task. Person disapproved of. Cold as a mother-in-law's kiss - Unwelcoming. Bite your bum - Same as saying 'Shut up.' Richard Cranium - Short form of Richard is Dick and cranium means head, put the two together and you get 'Dick head'. Silvertail - Someone who has a lot of money. When you look through the list of 100 Australian Slang Words & Phrases, you’ll see a couple of slang words and phrases that relate to drinking alcohol. Togs - Swimming costume. Had (to be) - To be conned. Nuggets Testicles. Can be sarcastic. Has a death adder in his / her pocket - A miser. Spot Ya - To lend someone money. Illywhacker - Con man. A | Go down the gurgler - Business or venture failure. 'Bruce was in drag on Saturday night'. Puffed - Out of breath. ANZAC - Stands for, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp. Stoked - Very pleased. Crack a fat - To get an erection. Walloper - Policeman. Earwig - Listen in on someone else's conversation. Cove - Old slang for Bloke, man etc. Shonky - Poor quality. Khyber Pass - Rhyming slang for arse. Dong - To hit someone. ac/dc - bisexual ace! Gob - Mouth. Bats or batty- Crazy. Croak / croak it - To die. Codger - Old man. The slang words in this thesaurus category appear below the table of contents. Jackaroo - Apprentice stockman. A lot seem to just make things up that nobody ever says just to fill up the pages of their books. Footy - Australian Rules football, or Rugby League. A bit more choke and you would have started - Said if someone farts loudly. Gunyah - A small poorly constructed dwelling. SpacemanSally. Bottle shop - Liquor store. Another Aussie slang word is “aggro”. or 'Piss off' but more polite. Guzzle - Drink quickly. "How are you going you old bugger" is actually a friendly greeting. Backchat - Talking back to someone in a rude or insolent manner. (Also family jewels.) Gyp - Swindle. Monkey suit - Suit. Wellies - Wellington boots. (also speedos or cozzie or swimming togs.) Rapt - Very pleased. Tough as fencing wire - Very tough. King ping - Leader of something. Get your dander up - To get angry. Banana bender - Queenslander. She'll be right, mate - The Aussie attitude to hardship. Lie doggo - To hide. Middy - 285 ml glass of beer. "Jeez mate, where did you get that old bomb?" Hubby - Husband. Blues - Lights on a police patrol vehicle. 'Cheryl was pissed off so Bruce was playing possum.' Bum Nut - Egg. Damage - The cost of something as in 'What's the damage?' Cat's hiss - Rhyming slang for 'take a piss'. Flat out - Full speed. Sook / sooky bub - A weak person who cried easily. When the shit hits the fan - When something bad happens. (Also Up-chuck.) Duck's disease - Long body but short legs. Bloke - Man. Fair dinkum - What I'm saying is true. Dicky - Poor quality. Bikkie - Biscuit. Joker - Stranger. Ding - Italian (or other southern European). Reffo - Refugee. Jam jars - Thick lenses on spectacles. Taswegian - Someone from Tasmania. - It is very common for names to be changed by adding either the letter 'o' or the letters 'ie', as in Johnno for John or Duck's nuts - The best. Mousetraps in his pockets - Miser. And so, I have to get up at sparrow’s fart every single morning, head over to the work site and start working hard at Sparrow’s Fart.”. Blow a fuse - To lose your temper. Veggies - Vegetables. Also 'I wouldn't cross the road to piss on you if you were on fire.' Scratchy - Instant lottery ticket. 2. Crooked as a dog's hind leg - Something out of alignment or a thief. Bogged - Getting your vehicle stuck in deep sand or mud. A good expression, an example of an expression using this slang term would be, “throw on the anchors”. Rare as rocking horse shit (or chicken's teeth) - Very rare indeed. Look like death warmed up - Very ill looking. 29. Iron lung (wouldn't work in an) - Lazy individual. Scumbag - A bad person. These are usually owned by teenagers who fit them out with a mattress, carpeted walls, stereos etc. Duffing - Stealing livestock. Dead cert - A sure thing, a certainty. Choof off - To leave. Drag the chain - Lag behind, go slow. Meaning it’s incredibly clear. A good wicket - doing well often with little effort of farting in the air cities and towns Backchat talking. 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