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不知道有没给人转贴过，总会有人需要的．所以我来啦． A Ace! : Excellent! Very good! Aerial pingpong : Australian Rules football Amber fluid : beer Ankle biter : small child Apples, she'll be : It'll be alright Arvo : afternoon Aussie (pron. Ozzie) : Australian Aussie salute : brushing away flies with the hand Avos : avocados B B & S : Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball - a very enjoyable party usually held in rural areas Back of Bourke : a very long way away Bail (somebody) up : to corner somebody physically Bail out : depart, usually angrily Banana bender : a person from Queensland Barbie : barbecue (noun) Barrack : to cheer on (football team etc.) Bastard : term of endearment Bathers : swimming costume Battler : someone working hard and only just making a living Beaut, beauty : great, fantastic Big-note oneself : brag, boast Bikkie : biscuit (also "it cost big bikkies" - it was expensive) Billabong : an ox-bow river or watering hole Billy : large tin can used to boil water over a campfire for tea Bingle : motor vehicle accident Bities : biting insects Bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that) Bizzo : business ("mind your own bizzo") Black Stump, beyond the : a long way away, the back of nowhere Bloke : man, guy Bloody : very (bloody hard yakka) Bloody oath! : that's certainly true Blow in the bag : have a breathalyzer test Blowie : blow fly Bludger : lazy person, layabout, somebody who always relies on other people to do things or lend him things Blue : fight ("he was having a blue with his wife") Blue, make a : make a mistake Bluey : pack, equipment, traffic ticket, redhead Bluey : blue cattle dog (named after its subtle markings) which is an excellent working dog. Everyone's favourite all-Aussie dog. Bluey : heavy wool or felt jacket worn by mining and construction workers. Bodgy : of inferior quality Bog in : commence eating, to attack food with enthusiasm Bondi cigar : see "brown-eyed mullet" Bonzer : great, ripper Boogie board : a hybrid, half-sized surf board Boomer : a large male kangaroo Booze bus : police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers Boozer : a pub Bored [***]less : very bored Bottle shop : liquor shop Bottle-o : liquor shop Bottler : something excellent Bottling, his blood's worth : he's an excellent, helpful bloke. Bounce : a bully Bourke Street, he doesn't know Christmas from : he's a bit slow in the head. (Bourke Street is a brightly lit Melbourne street) Brass razoo, he hasn't got a : he's very poor Brekkie : breakfast Brick [***] house, built like a : big strong bloke Brickie : bricklayer Brizzie : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland Brown-eyed mullet : a turd in the sea (where you're swimming!) Brumby : a wild horse Buck's night : stag party, male gathering the night before the wedding Buckley's, Buckley's chance : no chance ("New Zealand stands Buckley's of beating Australia at football") Bull bar : stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos Bundy : short for Bundaberg, Queensland, and the brand of rum that's made there Bunyip : mythical outback creature Bush : the hinterland, the Outback, anywhere that isn't in town Bush oyster : nasal mucus Bush telly : campfire Bushie : someone who lives in the Bush Bushranger : highwayman, outlaw BYO : unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog, also similar party or barbecue C Cactus : dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus") Captain Cook : look (noun) ("let's have a Captain Cook") Cark it : to die, cease functioning Cat burying [***], as busy as a : busy Cat's [***], as mean as : mean, stingy, uncharitable Chewie : chewing gum Chokkie : chocolate Chook : a chicken Chrissie : Christmas Christmas : see Bourke Street Chuck a sickie : take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy Chunder : vomit Clacker : anus (from Latin cloaca = sewer). Also the single orifice of montremes (platypus and echidna) used both for reproduction and for the elimination of body wastes. Clayton's : fake, substitute Click : kilometre - "it's 10 clicks away" Clucky : feeling broody or maternal Cobber : friend Cockie : farmer. Also a cockatoo Cockroach : a person from New South Wales Coldie : a beer Come a gutser : make a bad mistake, have an accident Compo : Workers' Compensation pay Conch (adj. conchy) : a conscientious person. Somebody who would rather work or study than go out and enjoy him/herself. Cooee, not within : figuratively a long way away, far off - England weren't within cooee of beating Australia at cricket Cook (noun) : One's wife Corroboree : an aboriginal dance festival Counter lunch : pub lunch Cozzie : swimming costume Crack a fat : get an erection Cranky : in a bad mood, angry Cream (verb) : defeat by a large margin Crook : sick, or badly made Crow eater : a person from South Australia Cut lunch : sandwiches Cut snake, mad as a : very angry D Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof Daks : trousers Damper : bread made from flour and water Date : arse[hole] ("get off your fat date") Dead dingo's donger, as dry as a : dry Dead horse : Tomato sauce Deadset : true, the truth Dero : tramp, hobo, homeless person (from "derelict") Digger : a soldier Dill : an idiot Dingo's breakfast : a yawn, a leak and a good look round (i.e. no breakfast) Dinkum, fair dinkum : true, real, genuine ("I'm a dinkum Aussie"; "is he fair dinkum?") Dinky-di : the real thing, genuine Dipstick : a loser, idiot Dob (somebody) in : inform on somebody. Hence dobber, a tell-tale Docket : a bill, receipt Doco : documentary Dog : unattractive woman Dog's balls, stands out like : obvious Dole bludger : Somebody on social assistance when unjustified Donger : penis Doodle : penis Down Under : Australia and New Zealand Drink with the flies : to drink alone Drongo : a dope, stupid person Drum : information, tip-off ("I'll give you the drum") Duchess : sideboard Duffer, cattle : rustler Dummy, spit the : get very upset at something Dunny : outside lavatory Dunny budgie : blowfly Dunny rat, cunning as a : very cunning Durry : cigarette Dux : top of the class (n.); to be top of the class (v.) - "She duxed four of her subjects". E Earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter Ekka : the Brisbane Exhibition, an annual show Esky : large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc. Exy : expensiveF Face, off one's : drunk ("He was off his face by 9pm") Fair dinkum : true, genuine Fair go : a chance ("give a bloke a fair go") Fair suck of the sav! : exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief (see also "sav") Fairy floss : candy floss, cotton candy Feral (n.) : a hippie Figjam : "F*ck I'm good; just ask me". Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves. Fisho : fishmonger Flake : shark's flesh (sold in fish & chips shops) Flick : to give something or somebody the flick is to get rid of it or him/her Flick it on : to sell something, usually for a quick profit, soon after buying it. Fly wire : gauze flyscreen covering a window or doorway. Footy : Australian Rules football Fossicking : searching, rummaging ("fossicking through the kitchen drawers") Franger : condom Freckle : anus Freeo : Fremantle in Western Australia Fremantle Doctor : the cooling afternoon breeze that arrives in Perth from the direction of Freeo Frog in a sock, as cross as a : sounding angry - a person or your hard drive! Fruit loop : fool Full : drunk G G'Day : hello! Galah : fool, named after the bird of the same name which flies south in the winter - a bloody silly thing to do in the Southern Hemisphere Garbo, garbologist : municipal garbage collector Give it a burl : try it, have a go Gobful, give a : to abuse, usually justifiably ("The neighbours were having a noisy party so I went and gave them a gobful") Going off : used of a night spot or party that is a lot of fun - "the place was really going off" Good oil : useful information, a good idea, the truth Good onya : good for you, well done Goog, as full as a : drunk. "Goog" is a variation of the northern English slangword "goggie" meaning an egg. Greenie : environmentalist Grinning like a shot fox : very happy, smugly satisfied Grog : liquor, beer ("bring your own grog, you bludger") Grouse (adj.) : great, terrific, very good Grundies : undies, underwear (from Reg Grundy, a television person) Gutful of [***] : drunk, "he's got a gutful of [***]" Gyno : gynaecologist H Handle : beer glass with a handle Heaps : a lot, e.g. "thanks heaps", "(s)he earned heaps of money" etc. Holy dooley! : an exclamation of surprise = "Good heavens!", "My goodness!" "Good grief!" or similar Hoon : hooligan Hooroo : goodbye Hotel : often just a pub Hottie : hot water bottle I Icy pole, ice block : popsicle, lollypop Jackaroo : a male station hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property) Jillaroo : a female station hand Joey : baby kangaroo Journo : journalist Jumbuck : sheep K Kangaroos loose in the top paddock : Intellectually inadequate ("he's got kangaroos loose in the top paddock") Kelpie : Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie Kero : kerosene Kindie : kindergarten Knock : to criticise Knock back : refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb) Knocker : somebody who criticizes L Lair : a flashily dressed young man of brash and vulgar behaviour, to dress up in flashy clothes, to renovate or dress up something in bad taste Lair it up : to behave in a brash and vulgar manner Larrikin : a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless prankster Lend of, to have a : to take advantage of somebody's gullibility, to have someone on ("he's having a lend of you") Lippy : lipstick Liquid laugh : vomit Lizard drinking, flat out like a : flat out, busy Lob, lob in : drop in to see someone ("the rellies have lobbed") Lollies : sweets, candy London to a brick : absolute certainty ("it's London to a brick that taxes won't go down") Long paddock : the side of the road where livestock is grazed during droughts Loo : toilet Lucky Country, The : Australia, where else? Lunch, who opened their? : OK, who farted? Lurk : illegal or underhanded racket |
