Australian Slang dictionary A to C

10/04/2006 - Pays : Australie - Imprimer ce message

Voila, j'ai trouve ce dictionnaire qui peut s'averer tres utile parfois, mais il y en a beaucoup trop!!!!!


A vous de voir si vous interesse!!!!


A


Ace! : Excellent! Very good!
Aerial pingpong :
Australian Rules football
Amber fluid :
beer
Ambo :
ambulance, ambulance driver
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 :
teapot. Container for boiling water.
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 breathalyser 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.
Bluey :
bluebottle jellyfish
Bodgy :
of inferior quality
Bog in :
commence eating, to attack food with enthusiasm
Bog standard :
basic, unadorned, without accessories (a bog standard car, telephone etc.)
Bogan :
person who takes little pride in his appearance, spends his days slacking and drinking beer
Bogged :
Stuck in mud, deep sand (a vehicle).
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 shitless :
very bored
Bottle shop :
liquor shop
Bottle-o :
liquor shop (originally a man with hessian bags going around picking up beer bottles in the 50's and 60's)
Bottler :
something excellent
Bottling, his blood's worth :
he's an excellent, helpful bloke.
Bounce :
a bully

he's a bit slow in the head. (

Bourke Street
is a brightly lit Melbourne street)
Bowl of rice, not my :
not my cup of tea; I don't like it
Brass razoo, he hasn't got a :
he's very poor
Brekkie :
breakfast
Brick shit house, built like a :
big strong bloke
Brickie :
bricklayer
Brisvegas :
Brisbane, state capital of Queensland
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")
Budgie smugglers :
men's bathing costume
Bull bar :
stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos (also roo bar)
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 bash :
long competitive running or motorcar race through the bush
Bush oyster :
nasal mucus
Bush telly :
campfire
Bushie :
someone who lives in the Bush
Bushman's hanky :
Emitting nasal mucus by placing one index finger on the outside of the nose (thus blocking one nostril) and blowing.
Bushranger :
highwayman, outlaw
Butcher :
small glass of beer in South Australia - From the theory that a butcher could take a quick break from his job, have a drink and be back at work
BYO : unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your O
wn grog, also similar party or barbecue

C

 


Cab Sav : Cabernet Sauvignon (a variety of wine grape)
Cactus :
dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus")
Cane toad :
a person from Queensland
Captain Cook :
look (noun) ("let's have a Captain Cook")
Cark it :
to die, cease functioning
Cat burying shit, as busy as a :
busy
Cat's piss, 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 monotremes (platypus and echidna) used both for reproduction and for the elimination of body wastes.
Clayton's :
fake, substitute
Cleanskin :
Bottle of wine without a label. Usually bought in bulk by companies who then add their own personalised label and use the wine as e.g. gifts to clients
Cleanskin :
cattle that have not been branded, earmarked or castrated.
Click :
kilometre - "it's 10 clicks away"
Clucky :
feeling broody or maternal
Coathanger :
Sydney Harbour bridge
Cobber :
friend
Cockie :
farmer
Cockie :
cockatoo
Cockie :
cockroach
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
Cooee, within :
nearby - I was within cooee of landing a big fish when the line broke. He lives within cooee of Sydney.
Cook (noun) :
One's wife
Corker :
something excellent. A good stroke in cricket might be described as a 'corker of a shot'
Corroboree :
an aboriginal dance festival
Counter lunch :
pub lunch
Cozzie :
swimming costume
Crack a fat :
get an erection
Crack onto (someone) :
to hit on someone, pursue someone romantically
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
Cubby house :
Small, usually timber, house in the garden used as a children's plaything.
Cut lunch :
sandwiches
Cut lunch commando :
army reservist
Cut snake, mad as a : very angry





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Par Murielle
le 10/04/2006 à 19:40:26
C'est pas mal, merci...j'ai enregistré le tout pour pouvoir le consulter à loisir parce que, là, cela fait vraiment beaucoup d'un coup même si la liste s'arrête à d!!! J'espère que va bien pour vous deux. Allez-vous fêter Pâques? Et de quelle façon? Bisous...
Par So
le 11/04/2006 à 04:54:00
Hello,

Normalement la liste allait jsuqu'a Z!!! mais il devait y en avoir tellement trop qu'il me l'a coupe a D.....
Je vais rajouter les lettres manquantes sur plusieurs pages.........

Armez-vous de patience..........

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