According to stereotype, spoken Australian English is thought to be highly colloquial, possibly more so than other spoken variants. Whether this idea is grounded in reality or not, a substantial number of publications aimed at giving an overview of Australian English have been published. Australian English (AuE), pejoratively known as strine, is the form of the English language used in Australia. ...

Many books about Australian vocabulary have been published, beginning with Karl Lentzner's Dictionary of the Slang-English of Australia and of Some Mixed Languages in 1892. Several similar books soon followed, including a relatively modest but authoritative work by E. E. Morris: Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages (1898). 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

After a long period of disinterest and/or antipathy, the first dictionaries of Australian English began to appear. In 1976, the Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary was published, the first dictionary edited and published in Australia, by Graeme Johnston. In 1981, the more comprehensive Macquarie Dictionary of Australian English was published, after 10 years of research and planning. Updated editions have been published since and the Macquarie Dictionary is widely regarded as authoritative. A fuller Oxford Dictionary of Australian English has also been published. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Oxford University Press (OUP) is a highly-respected publishing house and a department of the University of Oxford in England. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Macquarie Dictionary is a dictionary of Australian English. ...

Various publishers have also produced "phrase books" to assist visitors. These books reflect a highly exaggerated and often outdated style of Australian colloquialisms and they should partially be regarded as amusements rather than accurate usage guides.

General vocabulary

This list is not intended to be comprehensive. Some words are listed under other sections, such as "Terms for people".

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• acko – Accident, "That car was in a huge acko"
• aerial ping-pong – Australian Rules Football (derogatory term)
• aggro – aggressive or aggravation
• arse – as elsewhere in English, slang for buttocks (sometimes also the anus). In Australia the derivation arsey means someone showing daring, audacity, and/or cheekiness. It (arsey) can also mean lucky – eg to fall over and not get hurt is arsey. Arsed can indicate a lack of interest, as in "I couldn't be arsed to do it". The North American spelling and pronunciation of ass is also used. Comedians Roy and H.G. have also popularised use of the term date to mean anus.
• arvo – short for afternoon
• aunty or auntie – aunt

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• barbie – short form of barbecue; an outdoor meal of cooked chops and sausages (snags or bangers) and usually garnished with "Dead Horse" (Tomato sauce) or sometimes BBQ sauce. Australians also refer to Barbie as in the doll.
• barrack – to hoot or cheer in support of something, invariably a sporting team (typically Rugby League or Australian rules football). Cognisant with the US "root". For example: "who do you barrack for?" Almost the exact opposite of the (now rare) British usage of barrack, that is to denigrate: to jeer or hoot against something, such as a sporting team.
• beaut – adjective meaning great, terrific. for example "I've just bought a beaut new car".
• beauty! – exclamation showing approval, usually corrupted and spelt as bewdy! (to represent broad Australian pronunciation). For example: "you bewdy!"
• bickie – biscuit. Sometimes also used as a word for a cigarette lighter, after the manufacturer Bic. More recently this has become a slang word for the drug ecstasy, from the slang disco biscuit.
• billy - a deep, round tin used to make tea (or used more generally for cooking) over a campfire.
• biscuit – cf. American English cookie and cracker.
• blue
  • a brawl or heated argument (for example "they were having a blue"), similar to the British word "barney".
  • an embarrassing mistake (for example "I've made a blue")
  • pornographic ("a blue movie")
  • offensive ("blue language")
  • someone with red hair and freckles (also "Bluey")
• blue swimmer – a ten dollar note
• bludge – to shirk, be idle, or waste time either doing nothing or something inappropriate; also to live off others efforts rather than providing for one's self (for example "Hey mate, can I bludge a smoke?" or receiving welfare payments). (Compare bum)
• bloody – "the great Australian adjective / adverb" (for example The price of beer nowadays is bloody outrageous!) Also common in British English). Roughly translates as "very".
• Bloody Oath – Used as an affirmative to a statement, often when something has been understated. Believed to date back to colonial times, from the expression "My colonial oath!" and then later "My Australian oath!"
• blowie – the common blow-fly
• bodge – inferior or poor quality, as in "That's a bodge paint job". Contraction of bodgie (see below, Old, Declining or Expiring slang.)
• bot – either the buttocks (an abbreviation of bottom) or; to ask for an object (without any obligation to return), as in "can I bot" a cigarette?". (Compare bum.)
• bottle shop – a shop selling alcoholic drinks (for external consumption). cf. British English off-licence
• bottlo – (also bottle-o) (pronounced bottle oh) diminutitve form of bottle shop
• brad - a name used for Asian migrants in the northern beaches area of sydney.
• Bree Cake – a heavy or excessive layer of make-up. In reference to former Big Brother contestant Bree Amer.
• brekky – short for breakfast.
• bub – A baby.
• buckley's – (originally "buckley's chance"); something which has little or no chance of success, as in "You've got buckley's of getting there before the store closes." Origin uncertain, possibly a reference to an escaped convict, William Buckley, who was believed dead in 1803, but lived in an Aboriginal community for more than 30 years. Alternatively the expression may have originated with, or was influenced by, a Melbourne business known as Buckley and Nunn. Alternatively believed to be a reference to a rural hardware store, Buckley's. As in, "If you want nails, you've got two chances: Buckley's and none"
• budgie smugglers – Men's Speedo swimwear. Given this term because a man wearing Speedo's can look like he has stuffed a Budgerigar (a native Australian bird) down them.
• bugger
  • the process of wrecking or wearing something out, or making a general mess of things ("You'll bugger it up"),
  • a general purpose epithet that can range from endearment to awed surprise to outright hostility ("He's a dear old bugger" vs "well bugger me" vs "You little bugger!")
  • describing something as hard to do ("It'd be a bugger to fold up a full scale road map").
  • commonly used as a word of exclamation, as in "bugger!" Originally a very offensive word that is no longer considered as offensive.
  • to sodomise. Originally considered very offensive due to this meaning.
• buggered – broken (for example it's buggered, mate or steve buggered it); or exhausted, tired out (for example I'm buggered). Also "I'll be buggered!", an expression of surprise, or an intention to disallow something ("I'll be buggered if I'll let that stop me").
• buggerise – see "piss-fart around".
• bum – shares both meanings of bot (see above). Can also mean someone who is lazy.
  • to be lazy or unproductive, similar to bludge ("I bummed around home all day"). "A bum" is usually a lazy, unproductive and often cheap person (commonly used in the term "uni bum", ie a university student). Not usually a homeless person, as in the North American usage of bum, but the term "homeless bum" is gaining popularity.
• bumsniffing – Rugby (derogatory term).
• bung
  • originally a stopper in a cask; a synonym for "put" or "place"; as in "bung it in the oven" (also used in British English); also pretending as in "bunging it on"
  • not working, broken, impaired, injured or infected. From the Jagara (Aboriginal language) word for "dead".
• bushwalking – hiking in the bush.

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• cactus – non-functional. For example "This computer is cactus!"
• camp – male homosexual, both as a noun and an adjective, now replaced by the American "gay".
• carn – Assimilation of "Come on!" Usually used to either goad someone "Carn, have another" or to cheer on a sporting team "Carn the 'Doggies!'"
• chippie – a carpenter
• chook – a chicken, also used in New Zealand.
• chuck – to throw a ball; in particular, to bowl a ball with a bent arm in cricket.
• chunder – to be sick/throw up
• Clayton's – not the real thing, ersatz (from a brand of zero alcohol mixer, advertised as "The drink you have when you're not having a drink") less widely used than in New Zealand.
• cobber – same as mate. Arose out of mateship between soldiers in WWI and WWII
• cop shop – police station
• crook – unwell; also unfair. For example "I am feeling a bit crook after that curry"; "That's a bit crook that they sacked you, Jim." Can also mean angry: "I'm really crook at you now mate."
• cut – angry or upset. To be "half cut" means to be drunk.
• cut sick – to yell at someone angrily "to cut sick". Also to make a real effort at something, generally successfully – "I cut sick on the footy field today". To cut sick on the DF (to look good and dance hard on the dance floor).
• cuppa – a cup of tea or coffee.

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• dead soldier – Empty beer bottle.
• deadly – Aboriginal English – Excellent.
• devo – Devastated, as in the saying "After her mother died, she was totally devo."
• derr – exasperated acknowledgment "that's obvious" as in "Mum's gunna be crook that the window's broken." – "Well, DERR." Common in Victoria, especially among children.
• derro – someone of low socio-economic standing, similar to bogan. Common in Victoria
• digger – an Australian soldier
• dink – To give somebody a lift on the back a bicycle. The term 'double' is used in Northern and Western NSW.
• dinkum – honest, genuine, real (OED). Probably not, as is often claimed, from the Cantonese (or Hokkien) ding kam, meaning "top gold". Most scholars believe dinkum was a dialect word from the East Midlands of England, where it meant "hard work" or "fair work", which was also the original meaning in Australian English.[1] The derivation dinky-di means a native-born Australian or "the real thing". Fair dinkum means "fair and square," i.e. honest. Can be shortened to "Dinks"
• division – electoral district, equivalent to constituency in UK, electorate in New Zealand, riding in Canada (This term is formally used in the parliament but in general use the term 'electorate' is most common).
• dob – to inform on. Personal noun: dobber or dibber dobber. The saying "dibber dobbers wear nappies" is commonly used by children.
• dodgy – Of dubious quality or origins.
• dole bludger – often used negatively to insult those who rely on social security payments.
• donk – refers to a combustion engine of any size, belonging to any type of vehicle. Commonly used in a statement such as 'Check out the size of that donk, it's massive!!
• doona – cf. British duvet. From the brand name "Doona". Originally the generic term was continental quilt. In South Australia and, to a lesser extent, Queensland the word quilt is used, and the term eiderdown (from the name of the eider duck) is also used.
• doover – a placeholder for an object whose name is unknown or forgotten, perhaps from "it'll do for now". for example "Do you know where I put that doover?" Also "doovermalaky" or "dooverlacky."
• dreamtime – In the mythology of most Indigenous Australians, a "golden age" when the first ancestors and living things were created. A calque of the Arrernte word alcheringa.
• dreg – like a derelict, similar to derro but considered more offensive. for example, "he looks like a dreg." Common in Victoria
• drongo – an idiot. eg. "he's a bloody drongo" (slightly antiquated but still in use as of 2006).

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• dummy – cf. American pacifier (also common in British English); or cf. American mannequin.
• dunny – a toilet, the appliance or the room – especially one in a separate outside building. This word has the distinction of being the only word for "toilet" which is not a euphemism of some kind. It is from the old English "dunnykin": a container for dung. However Australians use the term toilet more so than dunny.
• durry – a cigarette.

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• electorate – electoral district.
• emubob – the duty given to enlisted men in the military, of picking up cigarette butts lying around barracks and parade grounds. The term arose by the similarity between a person bending over to pick up litter and the distinctive bob that emus make when picking at the ground. The term is only used in military circles. It was also used up until at least the last 5 years by Scouts and Cub Scouts for the same activity. The term emu parade, meaning the collection of all types of litter, enjoys wider usage.
• Esky – portable cooler, a genericized trademark from the trade name Esky.

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• fag – a cigarette, in common with British English. Due to American media influence this term can also refer to a homosexual man.
• fair dinkum – see dinkum.
• fair enough – I don't see a problem with that. (Can be used as a replacement for 'OK')
• fanny – vagina (same meaning as in British English), unlike North America, where it means buttocks. (The item known to Americans as a "fanny pack" is a "bum bag" in Australia).
• fierce - used colloquially to describe something or someone of exceptional quality eg., "That's one fierce rack." (Hybridised from the American, possibly gay slang usage). Also used an adverb/adjective eg., "Those chips were fierce good." Also somethin' fierce, eg., "His letterbox blew up somethin' fierce!" would mean "His letter box blew up to a great degree." Also 'to consume' eg., "I fierced that kebab," or "Would you like to fierce some tea?" It should be noted that the first two colloquial uses of fierce are most likely of American influence, while the third is more likely to be pure Australian, though still derived from the first usage.
• footpath – paved walkway running parallel to a street or road, and known in other countries as a sidewalk or pavement.
• football – or its shortened form footy, can mean several different codes of football, usually Australian rules football,rugby league or rugby union, or a ball used to play them. (See The word football in Australia.)
• franger – condom

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• gammon or gammon job (mainly used in the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland) – A word derived from a similar sounding Aboriginal word meaning invented or not true. As in "that's gammon mate" or "no mate that's a gammon job there".
• garn – assimilation of go on or short for going, for example garn y'mongrel (that is go on you mongrel). See carn.
• g'day – the typical Aussie greeting, short for good day. Generally a Broad Australian or working class/ blue collar greeting.
• goon – cheap cask wine, also can mean the bag containing the wine also know as a goon bag.
• goonah – Aboriginal word meaning faeces. Used in general English in parts of Australia with a large Aboriginal population, including the Northern Territory (universally used), and in sections in other states.
• goner – Done for, finished. "he's a goner"
• greenie – A politician of the "green" party. A hundred dollar note. Someone who is passionate about the environment
• gronk – idiot, used when someone does something stupid – "fuck you're a gronk"
• grouse – great. Common in Victoria
• guernsey – a sporting team jumper; by extension also sometimes means a place on a sporting team as in didn't get a guernsey, meaning didn't get a place on the team or a chance to play.
• Gun – Somebody who is particularly skilled at something – "he's a gun footballer". Derived from shearing – the fastest shearer in the shed was the 'gun'.

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• Hills Hoist – a type of rotary clothesline; Hills is a popular clothesline manufacturer.

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• icy pole – most common generic name for a frozen flavoured water product; also known as an ice block, popsicle, ice stick, or by jingo. (Known as an ice lolly in some countries.). Another term, paddle pop, generally refers to a basic ice-cream on a wooden stick, due to a popular brand of the product bearing the name.

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• jet – To go somewhere in a hurry – "I've got to jet off mate"
• jocks – men's brief-style underpants. Probably derived either from Jockstrap or from the Jockey brand of underpants.

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• kick on – partying on after a discoteque or night club has finished.usually involving more drinking and/or drug taking.
• knackered – see buggered.
• knob jockey – a fool; originally someone (female or male) with a seemingly insatiable taste for being sexually penetrated. From knob (slang for penis) + jockey (a racehorse rider).

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• legless – drunk
• light globe – the common name for light bulbs. "Globe" is no longer commonly used in this sense outside Australia. "Bulb" is sometimes also heard in Australia.
• lolly (plural: lollies) – confectionery (cf. American candy, UK sweets).

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• Macca's – McDonald's (fast food restaurant).
• maggot – drunk.
• manchester – household linen.
• marg - a ciggarette, as in "Yeah mate, wing us a marg."
• mark – to catch a ball cleanly off another player's boot in Australian rules football, a feat which entitles the marker (catcher) to a free kick.
• milk bar or mixed business – in Victoria and New South Wales is a local shop where basic groceries such as bread, milk, and other everyday household goods can be bought. Known as a deli in South Australia and Western Australia and as a corner shop in Queensland and Tasmania. (In States other than SA and WA, deli retains the usual international usage of delicatessen.)
• mozz – or "to put the mozz on". This term is used as an alternate form of "jinx".
• mozzie (or mozzy) – a short term for mosquito.
• munt – a session of drinking, generally involving drugs
• munted – either broken, mangled or state of inebriation, generally from drugs
• murray - an insult meaning homosexual "what are you doing you stupid murray" similar to faggot

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• nature strip (or verge in Western Australia) – a lawn or plantation between a footpath (see above) and street. Known as a tree lawn in American English.
• nigel – Short for "Nigel-no-friends", a loner; someone with no or hardly any friends. Common usage in primary and high school as an insult behind the subject's back. Also used in a joking fashion between friends when one happens to be by themselves. Eg. "He's such a nigel"
• no worries – used in place of you're welcome, no problem, that's all right, etc. Often "no worries mate" or shortened to "nurries"
• noon – as opposed to the British English midday. Also used in American English
• no wuckin' furries – a spoonerism of no fuckin' worries, has the same usage as no worries. Sometimes shortened to no wuckers.
• Nutting – an explosive outburst that is caused by ones deep opinionated feelings.

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• Oz – shortened form of Australia (see also "Aussie"). Also known as Down Under because of Australia's geographical location on a globe, this term was made popular due to the song "Down Under" by Australian band Men at Work.

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• pav – Pavlova, a kind of meringue dessert. Also used in New Zealand English
• pearler – an excellent example of something (e.g. mate, that new car of yours is a pearler.).
• perv – "to have a look" as in "I'm going round to have a perv at my mate's new car". Often, and possibly its original use was with a slight sexual connotation as in "Let's have a perv at those chicks over there". Referring to a person, it is used with a stronger and often disapproving connotation ranging in meaning from "dirty old man" to someone who likes to leer at the opposite sex.
• pillow biter – see poof
• pineapple – a fifty dollar note.
• pinged – caught doing something wrong. esp by umpire and penalised for holding the ball in game of Australian rules football.
• pissed – drunk. May also refer to being angry.
• piss-fart around – to waste time (for example we piss-farted around for a couple of hours at the beach; Stop piss-farting around and do your work.).
• piss-off – telling a person to get lost.
• piss-up – a drinking session (we're heading down the pub for a piss-up) or a party/get-together – usually one where excessive alcohol consumption is expected (piss-up at Jack's place tonight!). Sometimes heard in the description couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery ie: disorganised and/or ineffectual.
• piss-weak – a general purpose negative with meanings including weak (this coffee's piss-weak), ineffectual or pathetic (that engine's piss-weak) and unfair (that was a piss-weak decision). Also "piss-poor"
• pissing down – used to describe heavy rainfall.
• poof - derogative term for a homosexual male.
• port – a Backpack, almost exclusively used in Queensland. Rucksack in British English.
• prat – used as a negative meaning for an annoying brat.

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• ratshit – something that is broken or not work properly. "The engine's ratshit"
• reg grundies – Underpants
• ripped – sensation after smoking or consuming cannabis
• ripper – similar to "beauty". Something that is excellent. "What a ripper of a goal that was!" or "you little ripper"
• root – to have sex. Also a noun, as in "I'm dyin' for a root" This can inadvertently cause embarrassment for Americans visiting Australia, if they declare that they "root" for a particular sports team.
• rooted – broken or tired; see buggered.
• rort – a scam, especially the exploitation of rules or laws; used mostly to describe the actions of politicians. (Also lurk as a noun.)

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• sacked – fired
• screws – police or any other authority figure. for example, "watch out for the screws mate."
• sealed road – a road covered in bitumen, equivalent to paved road in British English. In Western Australia, the US term blacktop has also become widely used.
• secondary college – high school (used in many Victorian high schools)
• servo – the accepted abbreviation for a service station. (The equivalent of a gas station in North America.)
• sesh or session – a session of smoking cannabis
• shame or shame job – based on Aboriginal culture, where shame is a major factor, the word and phrase has been adapted in to general English in areas with a large Aboriginal population. As in "oh shame job man" and "shame, shame". Usually used by school-aged children.
• sheltershed – in most States a simple detached building for the protection of school children from hostile weather. Also known as a lunch shed, weather shed or undercover area.
• shit-hot – exclamation; excellent.
• shit-house – originally a term for a toilet, but now a generic descriptor meaning something that is badly done or made, or bad in general, as in "The Eagles played shithouse last weekend". Rarely, abbreviated to shouse.
• shout – to treat someone or to pay for something, especially a round of drinks, as in "Cough up, Bill — it's your shout", "Let's go for a coffee: my shout".
• shonky – poorly made or of low quality. Also dishonest.
• sick – very good; usually intensified in the phrase "fully sick". Often heard in Melbourne's western suburbs
• sickie – a day of absence from work, sometimes due to feigned illness. To "chuck a sickie" is to partake in such a day.
• slab – a carton (24 cans) of beer. More recently augmented in some states by the block, which contains 30 cans.
• smashed considerably drunk . Also see pissed.
• smoko – A short break from work, named for a "smoking break" but synonymous with coffee break. Used to describe any short break from work or activity, even if it does not include smoking.
• snagger or snag – sausage.
• sook – (n) a petulant person; (v) to be petulant, She's sooking again. Also a noun; He's such a sook!
• spare – very angry or upset. "He went spare"
• sparky – electrician.
• spanner – as in British English, a tool used for adjusting bolts, equivalent to the North American wrench. However in Australian English it can also can be a derogatory remark, e.g. "that guy is an absolute spanner". Similar to tool (see below).
• spit the dummy – To throw a tempter tantrum. Refers to a baby who becomes so angry, that the baby spits the dummy (pacifier) out of its mouth.
• spruik – cf. British flog. To promote or sell something.
• spud – potato
• squiz – To have a look, as in "Let's take a squiz at the new house".
• stepladder – in Australian football, the player whose back is used to launch a specky.
• sticks – see woop-woop
• stickybeak – to nose around, as in "I'll go to Fred's place and have a stickybeak around the back."
• Strine – a word used to describe Australian spoken English. From the Broad Australian pronunciation of "Australian". Strayan is an alternative. In the same vein, Straya is an attempt to express the pronunciation of "Australia".
• super – short for superannuation, the Australian term for a private retirement pension, equates to the US 401k.
• suss
  • suspicious or suspect. That food looks a bit sus ie that food looks a bit suspicious or off.
  • to figure something out, or to uncover something/someone. Eg. I finally sussed out the crossword, I finally worked out the crossword; or I sussed out that James was smoking marajuana, I found out that James was smoking marajuana.
  • to have something worked out, to have a plan. Don't worry, I've got it all sussed out.
• sweet – fine, good

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• thingo, thingamajig or thingameebob – a placeholder word for an object whose name is unknown or forgotten. Thingie and whatsit are also used with this meaning.
• thong – A backless sandal, usually made of plastic, the top section of which sits between the big and second toes. Known as jandals in New Zealand English. The name thong was also the original name for this footwear in the U.S. but the name flip flop later came to dominate and the term thong in the U.S. now more commonly refers to G-string style underwear. Due to U.S. influences in Australia thong is now also used in Australia to refer to the underwear.
• tool – penis. Also used as a general insult. Mate, you're a tool.
• too right – that is correct. Bloke A:That Nicole Kidman's a top lookin' shelia. Bloke B:Too right she is mate.

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• U-ie – (pronounced "yew-ee") a U-turn. Often used in a phrase like "Chuck a u-ie here, Bill" (make a u-turn here, Bill). U-bolt is also used, albeit less commonly, as a metaphor for the same motoring manoeuvre.
• Un-Australian – considered to be an example of unacceptable behaviour or policy in Australia or undertaken by Australians particularly when it violates cultural or traditional values.
• ute – short for utility vehicle. A car-like vehicle with a tray back, possibly with sides, a rear gate and/or a removable cover. Any small truck. Generally cognisant with pickup in most countries; Australian-made Holden and Ford utes are based on family car chassis, and are normally much smaller than North American pickup trucks. However, all imported pickups are also known as utes in Australia.
• Ugg boots or uggies – a type of boot/slipper hybrid made of sheep skin.

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• wag or wagging – to skip school or work to do something else on someone else's time.
• wagon – station wagon in US, estate car in UK
• wallopers – police
• westie – a person from the western suburbs (usually Sydney)
• wing - used instead of pass or give, as in "Wing us a smoke, mate." Also 'to wing' means to undertake a task unprepared.
• woop-woop or the back of Bourke or beyond the Black stump – a generic far-off place (for example out past woop-woop – with the short oo sound used in 'cook').
• works a treat – it's appropriate, I'm very happy with it. Bloke:How's that new ute treatin' ya? Other Bloke:Works a treat mate.

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• youse – plural of the pronoun you, also common in Irish, Scottish and US English.

Old, declining or expired slang

Many distinctive Australian words have been driven into extinction or near extinction in recent decades under the homogenising influence of mass media and imported culture, because of changes in fashion, or have fallen into disuse as society changes. Those who like or use these words regret their passing but informal vocabulary is by nature ephemeral.

Some examples:

• block – as in 'do the block', to parade around or be on display, especially in public. or 'do my block' to get aggressive. "He was off his block".
• blimey – An exclamation of surprise or astonishment, as in "Caw blimey!". Popularly used term of international Australian celebrity Steve Irwin
• bodgie – bad or poor quality (adjective) or; a male member of a 1950s rock 'n' roll subculture (noun). In the latter sense, similar to both US greasers and British rockers.
• bonzer – excellent (almost extinct). Often in the exclamation bonzer beauty. Probably from the Spanish word bonanza, by way of American English. Also spelt bonza.
• cobber – friend, buddy. Nearly extinct.
• clobber – clothes. "That's some fancy clobber ya got there, mate"
• cooee! – a shouted greeting. Also in the phrase "not within cooee," meaning "a long way off." Once ubiquitous, now almost extinct.
• dogs, jacks or traps – the police. These Australianisms have been largely replaced by the international cops, coppers, pigs or bacon. However the older, more affectionate wallopers is also still used. jacks survives in semi-common usage in Melbourne's Western suburbs.
• drongo – an idiot (usage in decline); from a subfamily of Australian birds. (According to mythology, these have extravagantly flared tails and cavort noisily in groups as part of their mating habits.) Possibly an indirect derivation, from the name of a remarkably unsuccessful racehorse.
• flamin' – an exclamatory term, usually with bad connotations for example "You flamin' mongrel!" (This phrase is famously used on Australian soap opera Home and Away, but is not unique to Australia and is also common in British English).
• furphy – a lie or rumour. Furphy was the supplier of water carts to the Australian Army in World War I. Much like modern day water coolers, the carts became meeting points and rumour mills.
• galah – a fool (survives, but in decline), from the bird. This word has been used in commercials against drunk driving; "Don't be a galah!"
• map of Tassie – Female pubic hair. Tassie being short for Tasmania and used for the general similarity in shape of the map to this part of the anatomy. Not in common usage.
• nasho – adjective and noun, pertaining to National Service or conscription for military service esp. in 1960s.
• sharpie – member of a 1960s and 1970s teenage subculture. Probably from "sharply dressed" and/or a reference to the use of knives.
• struth! (sometimes spelt strewth) – expression of shock or dismay (replaced by stronger expletives such as "fuck!" or "shit!"). Possibly of Shakespearean origin, "God's Truth". Also heard occasionally in the English Cockney dialect. Other older expletives of English origin such as "cripes," "my oath" and "blimey" are also dying out.
• widgie – female bodgie (see above).
• wowser – a killjoy or puritan. Still used but in decline.
• zoomly - to be driven crazy by harsh conditions to the point of leaving. rarely heard anymore.

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Rhyming slang

A common feature of traditional Australian English was rhyming slang, based on Cockney rhyming slang and imported by migrants from London in the 19th century. Rhyming slang consists of taking a phrase, usually of two words, which rhymes with a commonly used word, then using the first word of the phrase the represent the word. For example "Captain Cook" rhymes with "look", so to "have a captain cook," or to "have a captain," means to "have a look." Cockney rhyming slang (sometimes abbreviated as CRS) is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ...

Rhyming slang was often used to create euphemistic terms for obscene words. In recent years this feature of Australian English has declined under the impact of mass popular culture.

Some of the more colourful examples:

• Adrian Quist – "pissed" (that is drunk, not the US English sense of "annoyed" or "angry"). Now rarely heard. Named after a well-known Australian tennis player of the 1930s and 1940s.
• bag of fruit – "suit", as in suit and tie.
• billy lids – kids.
• bread crumb – as in bum.
• barry – a "shocker" (as in a poor performance), from the Australian crooner and actor Barry Crocker.
• Bugs Bunny - "money".
• captain – "look", from Captain James Cook, as in "Having a good Captain, are ya??
• china plate – "mate", friend, buddy.
• chunder – to vomit. From Chunder Loo, a cartoon character who was once a regular feature in The Bulletin (not an abbreviation of "watch under", which is a false etymology). Falling out of use as the more common synonyms such as "throw-up", "have a spew", "chuck me guts up" and "be sick" persist. US terms like "puke" or "hurl" are also occasionally used.
• dead horse – "tomato sauce"
• dog and bone – "telephone".
• dropkick – originally "cunt", from "dropkick punt", a kick used in various codes of football. Since the "punt" has now been forgotten, "dropkick" usually just means a stupid person.
• frog and toad – "road", usually in the phrase "hit the frog 'n 'toad" (that is depart)
• good cheer – "beer".
• Harold Holt – "salt". Derived from an Australian Prime Minister, who disappeared while swimming in the sea, in 1967.
• Harry Holt (see above) – "bolt", as in depart quickly.
• horse's hoof – "poof" (homosexual).
• hug 'n' kisses - "missus"
• jack dancer – Cancer, "the big 'C'"; rhymes only with the Australian pronunciation of "dancer".
• James Hird - "turd".
• Joe Blake – "snake".
• Mal Meninga - "finger" (used in a sexual nature).
• Meat Pie – try a score in rugby league and union
• Noah's Ark – "shark".
• Pork pie, porky pie or porkies – "is a form of lie, typically a white lie. It would be used as in "when I looked into it I realised the whole story was a porky pie".
• reg grundy's – "undies", underpants, after Reg Grundy, well known Australian television producer. Sometimes also: "reginalds".
• sausage roll – "goal", as in scoring point(s) for the team.
• scotch tape - "rape", generally used in shortern form "scotch"
• septic (or seppo) – "American", short for septic tank, which rhymes with Yank.
• snake's – "piss", from snake's hiss, as in "I'm busting for a snake's."
• steak and kidney – "Sydney".
• sway and swerve – perv (see above)
• tea leaf - "thief".
• trouble & strife – "wife", as in "I can't come out I gotta stay home with the trouble and strife".
• Warwick Farms – Arms. After the racecourse in Sydney, Australia.

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Terms for people

• ambo – ambulance driver.
• AJ - short for Army Jerk. Used to refer to a soldier, usually derogatory. "The pub was full of AJs."
• bastard – general purpose designation for a person or persons, may be either a term of endearment or an expression of hostility or resentment. It has sometimes be called "the great Australian endearment", but can also be an insult; interpreted according to context. Calling someone "a silly bastard" is affectionate: calling them "a stupid bastard" is a serious insult. According to a cricketing anecdote, during the "Bodyline" series of 1932–33, the England captain complained to the Australian captain, Bill Woodfull, that an Australian player had called one of his players a bastard. Woodfull supposedly turned to his team and said: "Which one of you bastards called this bastard's bowler a bastard?"
• battler – a socially-respected, hard-working Australian who is struggling to "make ends meet", because their income is only just enough to survive off.
• birds – females, (being driven out by the American word "chick").
• bloke – generic term for a man (also common in British English).
  • Example with a negative connotation. he's such a bloke (he is insensitive, he is interested in masculine pastimes, such as drinking and sport.).
  • Example with a positive connotation. he's a good bloke (you can rely on him / he's a good person).
• bludger – originally, one who lives off the earnings of prostitution: in Australian usage, a lazy person. See also dole bludger.
• Blue – traditional Australian name of anyone with red hair – particularly common in the Army, but also used in wider society. Richard Branson's airline operation in Australia is therefore officially named Virgin Blue in reference to its red planes.
• bogan – a term used for a lower class white Australian, similar in meaning to the US term trailer trash. Seems to have originated in Melbourne before spreading throughout the country after being used in Melbourne-produced television programs. Westie is the term favoured in Sydney for people who live in the Western Suburbs of Sydney. Other alternatives include bevan (in Queensland) , booner in Canberra and chigger in the northern suburbs of Hobart.
• boofhead – idiot, can also refer to someone with big hair.
• bub – baby.
• bushranger – a highwayman (colonial-era word no longer in common use).
• Cadbury (sometimes Cadbury's, Cadbury Kid) – someone who gets drunk very quickly. From a series of commercials for Cadbury milk chocolate claiming each block contains "a glass and a half of full-cream dairy milk", the implication being the "Cadbury" can't hold more than a glass and a half of beer.
• Coconut – a person with dark skin who has forsaken his ethnic cultural values or people in favour of white cultural values and society. Brown on the outside, white inside. Derogatory.
• crook – a person of unsound character, or criminal; That crook Kezza's ripped me off!.
• dag – mild term for a foolish, clumsy, unfashionable or shabbily-dressed person. Originally a lump of faeces-encrusted wool dangling from a sheep's posterior. Can also mean a silly, funny, or goofy person when used affectionately. Daggy is a commonly used adjective.
• derro – a tramp or wino. Short form of derelict.
• dole bludger – a person living on social security who does so by choice, that is who actively chooses to be unemployed.
• dropkick – someone who is not successful, lazy or not fulfilling their full potential.
• Eastie – a term used for an upper class white Australian, a term favoured in Sydney for people who live in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.
• garbo – a garbage collector. More specifically, the men who ran behind the garbage truck, picking up the garbage bins from the kerbside and emptying them into the truck. Now made obsolete by machines which do the same thing with a pronged implement.
• greenie – an environmentalist.
• gumby – ticket inspectors on Melbourne's public transport system. Employees of the old Public Transport Corporation wore dark green overcoats of a similar colour (being the colour generally used by the PTC) to the cartoon character of the same name. Also known as a 'grey ghost', as the coat colours have changed in recent years.
• hoon – a thug or lout; especially one in command of a hotted-up motor vehicle.
• larrikin – A person who is rebellious, non conformist and/or anti-authoritarian.
• leso – (pronounced lezzo). A lesbian.
• mate – a friend. A term that is used affectionately to address friends and acquaintances ("How's it going, mate?"), to address strangers ("Excuse me, mate..."), and extravagant pleasure at seeing someone (Mate! It's beaut to see yer again!"). Also used as a noun ("He's a good mate"). Sometimes deliberately used as an expression of aggression or threat (hostile overfamiliarity) directed towards a hostile or indifferent stranger (the tone of voice and context will make this usage very clear; there is no danger of confusion). The term is also common in British English in all these respects.
• nong, or ning-nong – idiot, moron. (Used famously on one occasion by Wilson Tuckey, at that time a member of the opposition, to address Prime Minister Paul Keating.)
• party room – group of members of parliament belonging to the same party, equivalent to parliamentary party (in British English). Caucus is used only to refer to the parliamentary members of the Australian Labor Party.
• poofter, pooftah or poof – homosexual man (also common in British English).
• public servant – government employee, or (in British English) a civil servant. Originally a euphemism for British convicts transported to Australia in the 18th and 19th centruries.[2]
• root rat – a sexually active and promiscuous person; a person always on the lookout for a sexual liaison.
• sheila – a (young) woman: also in New Zealand (being driven out by the American word "chick").
• sook – someone who acts in a timid, crybaby manner.
• spunk– a sexually attractive female or male. This usage can inadvertently cause outrage among British people, where "spunk" is slang for semen. Conversely, spunk in North American English usually means "courage" or "pluckiness".
• sprogs – children. "They've got a coupla sprogs". Can also be slang for semen.
• stickybeak – A snoop, cf. British English noseyparker. Also used as a verb to stickybeak.
• tall poppy – someone who (through hard work, natural ability, or simply luck) rises above the average, and if he/ she has the bad manners to flaunt his/ her success or talent rather than employing the socially acceptable self-deprecation or modesty (real or false), attracts the disapprobation of others.
• tool – an idiot, imbecile.
• towie – a tow-truck operator. Ski-lift operator
• truckie – a truck driver.
• two-can Sam – somone who get drunk very quickly. Reference to the mascot of Fruit Loops breakfast cereal Toucan Sam.
• two pot screamer – someone who gets drunk very quickly. "Pot" is the term used in Victorian and Queensland pubs for a 285 ml (10 ounce) beer glass. See also Cadbury.
• yobbo or yob – uncouth male. Also used in British English.

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Nicknames according to State/Territory of origin

• Banana bender – a Queenslander, since Queensland is a major banana-producing region. Also "cane toad", since the state was where the troublesome amphibian species was introduced.
• Deep North – Queensland. Used by New South Wales people as a derogatory term in the same way the Americans use the phrase Deep South.
• Cockroach – a New South Wales person. Popularised by the Queensland rugby league identity Barry Muir (b. 1937). Consequently, in State of Origin rugby league matches between Queensland and New South Wales, the teams are informally known as the Cane Toads and the Cockroaches.
• Crow eater – a South Australian. Possibly from the piping shrike, the crow-like faunal emblem of the state. Another common theory is that early European settlers were forced by hunger to eat crows.
• Eastern States – term used by West Australians and South Australians to refer to the rest of Australia; a common derivation is Eastern Stater.
• Mainlander – term used by Tasmanians to refer to people from the rest of Australia.
• Mexican – usually used to indicate a Victorian, due to the fact that Victoria is south of the border from New South Wales, Queensland and the territories, but also used by Queenslanders to refer to people from both New South Wales and Victoria (states south of Queensland). Strangely, South Australians also use this term to refer to Victorians, even though Victoria is east of the border from SA. The first use of the term was by people from Queensland (particularly taxi drivers) calling the Victorian tourists 'Mexicans' in the early 1990's because they considered them jokingly to be 'poor and from south of the border'.
• Novacastrian – Person from Newcastle/Hunter Region, NSW
• Sandgroper – a Western Australian. Originally insects from the Cylindrachetidae family, many of which are found in WA. Probably also a reference to the sandy soils of the Perth region. Popularised by Henry Lawson.
• Taswegian or Tasmaniac – a Tasmanian.
• Territorian or Top Ender – a Northern Territorian.
• Centralian or Dust eater – for people living in Central Australia, typically around Alice Springs, in Southern Northern Territory.
• Wetback – loan word from American slang. Used by Queenslanders in the same manner as Mexican. Derogatory.
• Yogi or Yogi Bear – an Australian Capital Territorian. Derived from the ACT vehicle licence plates, which all begin with "Y". See Australian vehicle number plates.
• New South Welshman – Someone from New South Wales. Also Welshie.
• Vic – A Victorian. Note: South Australians like to say 'Let's kick a Vic!', particularly at sporting events.

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Terms or nicknames for ethnicities

Many of the following terms are considered derogatory or offensive to the described ethnic group. Many terms are derived from the Australian habit of using diminutives, and are not necessarily offensive in their use. Some terms, for example "gypo", have been reclaimed by some ethnic groups to refer to themselves and have become acceptable in certain settings when used without derogatory intent. A diminutive is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object named, intimacy, or endearment. ...

• Abo, boong, coon or blackfella, also abo-coona-boong-originie – an Indigenous Australian person. Boong and coon are considered offensive. Blackfella is an informal term mainly used in regional and outback areas by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. The offensive word nigger, used by some English speakers around the world for people of colour is also sometimes used in relation to Indigenous Australians.
• Anglo – generic term for an Australian of British or Irish descent. May be offensive to people of Celtic descent.
• Anglo-Celtic – media/academic term for an Australian of British or Irish descent
• Asian – usually East or Southeast Asian (rather than South Asian, as in British usage).
• Aussie (pronounced: /ɔzi/) – an Australian.
• Camel jockey – offensive slang for an Arab or other person of Middle Eastern origin. Offensive.
• Chink or chinger – a person of East Asian descent. Once used specifically for Chinese people, this is now used in a more general sense to refer to Asians. Offensive.
• Choco or Chocco – any person of significantly darker skin, including Indigenous Australians, assumed to be either from the name of a type of chocolate coloured jelly baby sold in Australia, or simply that they are "chocolate-coloured". Offensive.
• Filo (pronounced: /fɪləʉ/) – a person of Filipino descent.
• Gook – taken from the American slang term for Asians of Vietnamese origin. Highly offensive.
• Gypo or gipo (pronounced: /dʒɪpəʉ/) – a person of Egyptian descent. may be offensive.
• Kiwi – New Zealander.
• Indian – a person from the Indian sub-continent (including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, etc); Australians sometimes use this somewhat generic term (as British people use "Asian" for people from the same region) to distinguish them from east or south-east Asians. Curry muncher or curry (abbreviated) is another term used but is generally considered offensive.
• Jap or nip – an Asian person of Japanese descent. The term Nip is sometimes used to describe a person of general Asian appearance. Both of these words are simply shortened terms for Japanese (Nip is a diminutive of Nippon, the Japanese word for Japan). Both are generally considered offensive.
• Lebo or leb – a person of Lebanese descent. Considered offensive by some. See: Lebanese Australian.
• Maco – (pronounced "masso") a person of Macedonian descent. May be regarded as offensive.
• New Australian – 1950s term for immigrant, usually from continental Europe, becoming obsolete.
• Ocker – (pronounced oka) an Australian. Maybe regarded as offensive depending on context.
• Paki – term used to describe a person from Pakistan (or sometimes the Indian sub-continent in general). Offensive.
• Pommie – (also pom or pommy) a word for an English person. Generally regarded as being mildly derogatory, but sometimes also used offensivly. The true origin of this term is somewhat obscure, and several theories abound. The Macquarie Dictionary states that it is a contraction of pomegranate, which was rhyming slang for immigrant ("imme-granate"). (See also fake etymology. Another common explanation is that "pom" originated as a term for British convicts sent to Australia; that is, as an acronym for "Prisoner of Mother England". However, the latter theory is not accepted by lexicographers.)
• Reffo – someone who has moved to Australia as a refugee. Offensive.
• Saffa – A South African person, especially used by Australians who have lived in the UK.
• Seppo – an American, from rhyming slang Septic Tank = Yank, with the connotation that said person is "full of shit". Offensive.
• Slant or slope – a derogatory term used for people of East Asian or South-east Asian descent. Derived from the epicanthal folds (i.e. "slanted eyes") of people from these backgrounds. During the 1990s, the related term "power point" was reported as being used by some members of the New South Wales Police for similar reasons, based on the slanted positive and negative pins on an Australian-style power point. Highly offensive.
• Skip or skippy – a (sometimes derogatory) term for an Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent. Chiefly used in large cities by young people of Southeast European or Asian descent. Probably a reference to the famous 1960s children's television programme Skippy the Bush Kangaroo which featured a predominantly Anglo-Celtic cast.
• South Sea Pom – slang for a New Zealander.
• Wog – derogatory, but increasingly reclaimed, term for Italians, Greeks or other immigrants from Southern Europe or the Mediterranean region. (Contrast with British usage, where the word usually refers to people of Middle Eastern or South Asian descent). However this is also used to mean a cold or bug. clog wog refers to Australians of Dutch descent.
• Yank – An American. Also used in the United States, in Britain, Latin America, Asia and New Zealand.
• Yarpie – a white South African (whether Anglo-African or Afrikaaner). From the pronounciation of the Afrikaans word japie, meaning "farm boy".

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Place names

It is common amongst Australians to shorten place names, commonly through the use of diminuitives. Other colloquialisms have developed from characteristics of areas.

• Baulko – Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, also refers to Baulkham Hills High School
• Bundy – Bundaberg, Queensland, also refers to Bundaberg Rum
• Brissie or Brissy – Brisbane, Queensland
• Brisvegas – Brisbane, Queensland, in ironic reference to Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Byron – Byron Bay, New South Wales
• Cab or Cabra – Cabramatta, New South Wales
• Campo – Camperdown, New South Wales
• Carlo – Carlingford, New South Wales
• Coffs – Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
• Girra – Girraween, New South Wales, also refers to Girraween High School and Girraween National Park
• Indro – Indooroopilly, Queensland
• Parra – Parramatta, New South Wales
• Penno – Pennant Hills, New South Wales
• St Africa – St Ives, New South Wales, from the large population of emigrants from South Africa.
• T'Gon – Traralgon, Victoria
• The Cross – Kings Cross, New South Wales
• The Gong – Wollongong, New South Wales
• The Valley – Fortitude Valley, Queensland, also refers to Gippsland Valley, Victoria
• Wagga – Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
• Wenty – Wentworthville, New South Wales
• West Penno – West Pennant Hills, New South Wales

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Food and drink

When foodstuffs are concerned, Australian English tends to be more closely related to the British vocabulary, for example the term biscuit has always been favoured over the American terms cookie and cracker. (However, as had been the case with many terms, cookie is recognised by Australians, and occasionally used, especially among younger generations; this is due to high levels of American film and television programmes being seen in Australia and certain fast food franchises of American origin now widespread in Australia. Although cookies are generally regarded as considerably larger, i.e. palm-sized; and sweeter, "chocolate-chip" etc., than the more commonplace biscuit). A biscuit is a small baked bread or cake. ...

Another example related to the former is chips originating from the British English, but now the American English fries is frequently used. Again this change denotes a difference in product: an Australian chip is both a British crisp and American fries. The distinction is generally made through the adjective hot. Hot chips are also larger and thicker than American shoestring fries.

In a few cases such as zucchini, snow pea and eggplant, Australian English uses the same terms as American English, whereas the British use the equivalent French terms courgette, mangetout and aubergine. This is possibly due to a fashion that emerged in mid-19th Century Britain of adopting French nouns for foodstuffs, and hence the usage changed in Britain while the original terms were preserved in the (ex-)colonies. Species - hubbard squash, buttercup squash - cushaw squash - butternut squash - most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash References: ITIS 223652002-11-06 Hortus Third Young zucchini Flower of zucchini Zucchini (US, Australian, and Canadian English) or courgette (New Zealand and British English) is a small summer marrow or squash, also commonly called... Binomial name Pisum sativum A pea (Pisum sativum) is the small, edible round green seed which grows in a pod on a leguminous vine, hence why it is called a legume. ... Binomial name Solanum esculentum Drege ex Dun. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

There are also occasions when Australians use words or terms which are not common in other forms of English. For example, Australia uses the botanical name capsicum for what the Americans would call (red or green) bell peppers and the British (red or green) peppers. Perhaps this is in order to contrast table pepper (berries of genus Piper) from so-called "hot peppers" (larger fruits of genus Capsicum). Species C. annuum (incl. ... Binomial name Capsicum annuum L. Bell pepper is a Cultivar Group of the species Capsicum annuum, as are the jalapeño and pimento. ... This article is about the fruit. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Species , black/white/green pepper , betel , ant piper , Malias piper , cubeb , long pepper , kava , long pepper Piper is an economically and ecologically important genus of the family Piperaceae that includes a fascinating array of species for studying natural history, natural products chemistry, community ecology, and evolutionary biology. ... Species C. annuum (incl. ...

Australians use the term rockmelon where North Americans would use the term cantaloupe, although in Victoria both terms are used. Binomial name Cucumis melo reticulatus ITIS 22362 2002-09-03 A Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo, or Cucumis melo reticulatus), also spelled cantaloup, also called rockmelon, is actually the North American name for a variety of muskmelon. ... Trinomial name Cucumis melo cantalupensis Naudin. ...

In Australian English, dried grapes are given different names according to their variety, and generally raisins are largest, sultanas are intermediate, while currants are smallest. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Sultanas are a variety of green, seedless, grape, usually sold dried, of ancient (possibly Persian) lineage, often used in cooking especially in Australia and the United Kingdom. ... A Zante currant is a variety of small, sweet, seedless grape named for the Ionian island Zakynthos. ...

In Australian English tomato sauce is the name given to what is know as ketchup in other dialects. Other sauces made from tomatoes are generally referred to by names related to their uses, such as pasta sauce. pasta served with tomato sauce Tomato sauce is a condiment made with tomatoes, and sometimes also Meat, onions, basil, salt, oil, garlic, vodka and various spices. ... Organic Ketchup Ketchup (or catsup) is a popular condiment, usually made with ripened tomatoes. ...

Coffee is also worthy of mention, since Australians have devised unique terms, such as flat white, (similar to caffè latte). Other terms include short black, (espresso) and long black, (espresso diluted with water, i.e. Americano). Since the mid-1980s other varieties of coffee have also become popular, although these have generally adopted names used in North America and/or Europe. A Flat White is a beverage served in Australia and New Zealand, prepared with espresso and milk. ... Latte Latte is Italian for milk. ... Espresso brewing, with a dark reddish-brown foam, called crema. ... Americano (also cafe Americano) is a style of coffee prepared by adding hot water to espresso, giving a similar strength but different flavor than regular coffee. ... MacGyver - 1980s hero The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ...

The colourless, lemon-flavoured, carbonated drink known in North America and elsewhere under brand names such as Sprite and 7 Up is called lemonade, while the drink known as lemonade in North America that is typically made of lemon juice and sugar is sometimes referred to as traditional lemonade, or sometimes lemon squash, particularly in carbonated form. Sprite is a clear, lemon-lime-flavored, non-caffeinated soft drink, produced by the Coca-Cola Company. ... This article is about a soft drink. ...

The carbonated drink commonly called sarsparilla in Australia is a type of root beer, named after the sarsparilla root from which root beer is made. Sarsaparilla is a vine that bears roots with many useful properties. ... A rare root beer of Braunschweig, Germany Root beer is a (usually) non-alcoholic fermented beverage made from a combination of vanilla, cherry tree bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, sassafras root bark, nutmeg, anise, and molasses among other ingredients. ...

Australians also often refer to McDonald's restaurants as Maccas, to the point that the corporation itself refers to itself verbally as such in advertising (but not in writing). McDonalds Sekime national route store (Osaka, Japan) McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants. ...

Processed pork

According to linguists, the easiest way to tell which part of Australia someone comes from is to ask them what they call bland-tasting, processed pork, sold under various brand names in plastic-wrapped tubes. Similar products are known in North America as baloney and in the UK as pork luncheon meat. These are known by different names in different regions of Australia. Two halves of a pig being delivered Pork is the meat taken from pigs. ... Bologna sausage is the American version of the Italian mortadella, which is produced by Oscar Mayer, which is now owned by Kraft, which is now owned by Philip Morris. ... Cold cuts are precooked meat, often sausages or meat loaves, that are sliced and usually served cold on sandwiches or on party trays. ...

• Belgium sausage – Tasmania (A beef variant is known as beef Belgium.)
• Byron sausage – New England.
• devon – Victoria, New South Wales (except Hunter Valley and New England), Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory
• empire sausage – Hunter Valley
• fritz – South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales
• German sausage or pork German – Victoria and northern Tasmania
• luncheon sausage – Queensland
• polony – Western Australia
• round meat – Northern Territory
• strasburg or strasbourg or stras – Victoria (The name is used for a spicier, wider-sliced processed meat in other areas.)
• wheel meat – Tasmania
• windsor sausage – North Queensland

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Beer glasses

Not only have there been a wide variety of measures in which beer is served in pubs in Australia, the names of these glasses differ from one area to another. However, the range of glasses has declined greatly in recent years. One of the most noteworthy measures was the 425 ml (15 fluid ounce) "pint" glass formerly used in South Australia, which was technically equal to only 75% of a pint (568 ml or 20 fl.oz.). A selection of bottled beers A selection of cask beers Beer is the worlds oldest and most popular alcoholic beverage. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... The millilitre is the equivalent of a cubic centimetre. ... A fluid ounce is a unit of volume in both the Imperial system of units and the U.S. customary units system. ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone); Leafy Seadragon (marine) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ...

Names of beer glasses in different Australian cities
Capacity	Sydney	Darwin	Brisbane	Adelaide	Hobart	Melbourne	Perth	Canberra
115 ml (4 fl.oz.)	–	–	–	–	small beer	–	shetland*	–
140 ml (5 fl.oz.)	pony*	–	small beer*	pony	–	pony	pony*	–
170 ml (6 fl.oz.)	–	–	–	–	six	small glass	bobbie*	–
200 ml (7 fl.oz.)	seven*	seven	beer*	butcher	–	glass	glass	–
225 ml (8 fl.oz.)	–	–	–	–	eight	–	–	–
285 ml (10 fl.oz.)	middy	handle	pot	schooner	ten oz./beer	pot	middy	middy
425 ml (15 fl.oz.)	schooner	schooner	schooner	"pint"	schooner*	schooner*	schooner*	schooner
568–575 ml (1 pint)	pint	–	pint	pint**	pint	pint	pint	–

bold = common
* — rare/extinct
** — Only in the case of British or Irish beers.

• Australian Alcohol Guidelines Standard Drinks Guide

Clothes

• cardie – cardigan
• dacks (daks) – trousers, most likely derived from the London clothier Daks (founded in 1894). Trackie dacks are tracksuit pants, and underdacks are underpants or knickers. To dak someone is to pull their pants down.
• flannie or flanno – A shirt made from flanelette, most often with a check pattern.
• gumboots – Wellington boots.
• Jackie Howe or singlet – A blue singlet popularised by famous shearer Jackie Howe and blue collar workers.
• moccies – Moccasin-style footwear.
• singlet – a sleeveless undershirt, known in British English as a vest and in American English as a tank top (or, colloquially, as a "wife beater").
• thongs – flip-flops, cf. NZE jandals. The undergarment is called a g-string in Australia.
• Runners or joggers (NSW/ Queensland) – Running shoes. The term Sneakers is increasly used, but refers mainly to basketball and casual shoes.
• ugg boots – sheepskin boot. This word has been trademarked by Deckers Outdoor Corporation in some countries, however, it has always been regarded as a generic word in Australian English.
• Truck Driver – A blue "wife beater" singlet.

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Swimwear

Swimwear is known by different names around Australia. The most some common terms are: Womans bathing suit, 1920s, USA A swimsuit (also swimmers), bathing suit (also bathers) or swimming costume (sometimes shortened to cozzie) is an item of clothing designed to be worn for swimming. ...

• bathers – the most common term in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and occasionally in other states. From "bathing suit".
• boardies – short for Board Shorts
• cossie – from "swimming costume". Usage of this name is generally restricted to New South Wales.
• speedos – generic term for men's swimming briefs which originated in Australia, as a brand name (see Speedo). Known colloquially as sluggos, budgie smugglers, dick stickers, dick dacks, dick hangers, dick togs ("DTs" for short) and cock jocks ("CJs").
• swimmers – used mainly in New South Wales. From "swimming costume".
• togs – used mainly in Queensland, but also by some people in Western Australia and Victoria, to describe any type of swimwear.
• trunks – now virtually extinct, formerly used by some people in various regions, to describe any type of swimwear.

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Transport

Cars

• Commodore – popular family car designed and built by Holden (see below).
• Falcon – popular family car designed and built by Ford Australia.
• Holden – Australian branch of General Motors. Manufacturers of the Commodore in addition to other models.
• Magna – family car designed and built by Mitsubishi Motors Australia, until 2004. Replaced by the Mitsubishi 380.

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Work/goods vehicles

In Australia, the vehicles known as pickups elsewhere are referred to as utes (short for utility). Truck (rather than lorry) has been the preferred term for heavy goods vehicles in Australia since World War II. Four wheel drive, which is often abbreviated in writing as 4WD, is the usual name for the class of vehicles known elsewhere as SUVs, as well as utes with 4WD capability. In contrast to American English, neither utes nor passenger 4WD vehicles are usually regarded as being "trucks" in Australia. Mazda compact Pickup truck with extended cabin and homebuilt lumber rack. ... The driver of this DAF tractor with an auto-transport semi-trailer prepares to offload Å koda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales For other meanings, see Truck (disambiguation). ... Lorry Look up Lorry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Can mean: A truck, in the sense of a commercial large goods vehicle. ... Four wheel drive or 4x4, is a type of four wheeled vehicle drivetrain configuration that enables all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously in order to provide maximum traction. ... A sport utility vehicle (SUV) or off-roader is a vehicle that combines the load-hauling and passenger-carrying capacity of a large station wagon or minivan with features designed for off-road driving. ...

There are a variety of terms for large and/or articulated trucks, depending on the type of cargo area, size/length, number of axles/wheels and so on. A single trailer articulated truck (typically with 32 wheels in Australia) is known as a Semi (an abbreviated form of semi-trailer), an articulated truck with two trailers (typically with 50 tyres) is known as a B-Double. The largest of all articulated trucks are road trains, common on Outback highways, which must have at least three trailers and often have more. In all articulated truck configurations, the powered vehicle at the front is invariably known as a prime mover. semi-trailer truck with sleeper behind the cab. ... semi-trailer truck with sleeper behind the cab. ... A tanker road train. ... Trailer has the following definitions: Trailer is an unpowered vehicle pulled by one with an engine A movie trailer or theatrical trailer is an advertisement for an upcoming cinematic feature Teaser trailer are truncated movie trailers used to generate hype on big-budget movies. ...

Police vehicles

The panel vans used by police forces are known in most parts of Australia as paddywagons or as black marias, in accordance with international usage. However, in Melbourne they are often also called divvy vans, an abbreviation of the archaic Victoria Police jargon divisional van. The staccato chant of "You're going home in the back of a divvy van" (followed by clapping) can occasionally be heard when a crowd is nearby one of these vehicles, or when a person is led away by the police at a sporting or other large event. In Sydney, some people refer to similar vehicles as bull wagons and in the Riverina they are known as bun wagons. An Australian Ford panel van, based on a 1990 Ford Falcon. ... A paddywagon is a vehicle used by police to transport large groups of people who have been arrested. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 3. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Sydney Opera House is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, and since its opening it has become an international symbol of Sydney Sydney (pronounced ) is the state capital of New South Wales, located on the east coast of Australia. ... The Riverina is a prosperous agricultural region of south-western New South Wales (NSW), Australia. ...

Larger police vans, generally on truck chassis, which have facilities to test the blood alcohol levels of suspected drunk drivers, are known as booze buses.

Sporting terms

Cricket

The game of cricket is immensely popular in Australia and has contributed a rich vein of slang to Australian English. Some of this is shared with rival cricketing nations, like the English and the New Zealanders. A cricket match in progress. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked...

Australians can be bowled over (taken by surprise), stumped (nonplussed) or clean bowled or alternatively hit for six (completely defeated). When answering questions, one can play a straight bat (or a dead bat) (give a noncommittal answer) or let that one through to the keeper or shoulder arms (dodge the question), particularly if they are on a sticky wicket (in a tight situation). The questioner in turn can send down a bouncer, a googly, a flipper or a yorker (difficult questions to varying degrees). Alternatively, the question could be a long hop or a dolly — an easy question that person being questioned can use to his or her advantage. The expression "to bat for the other side" is commonly used in respect of gay men or lesbians, and is not necessarily a pejorative. In cricket, a googly is a type of delivery bowled by a leg spin bowler. ... In cricket, a yorker is a delivery where the cricket ball bounces on the cricket pitch on or near the batsmans popping crease. ...

Football

The word football is used for several different games by Australians, who generally fall into four camps when it comes to the use of the word: The word football may mean any one of several games, in different parts of the English-speaking world. ...

• In most of the Australian states, the word "football" usually refers to Australian rules football (also known simply as Australian football or "Aussie Rules"). In these States there is little or no popular differentiation between the two kinds of rugby football.
• In the States of New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland, most people refer to rugby league simply as "football". Rugby union is known simply as "rugby". Australian rules is often known in these areas as "AFL" (a name which, strictly speaking, refers to the main governing body, the Australian Football League).
• In areas in which all three codes are popular, especially the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and the Riverina (south-western NSW), the word "football" is rarely used, and the names "league", "union" and "Aussie rules" (or just "rules") are used, to avoid confusion.
• Association football is generally known as soccer in Australia. However, sportscasters on the Special Broadcasting Service (if not presenters in other departments at SBS) have always referred to the game as "football". In 2005, the governing body changed its name to Football Federation Australia. Other media sources (especially in New South Wales and Queensland) now also refer to the game as "football".
• In Australia, American football, which has a small following, is known as gridiron.

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Australian rules football words

Main articles: Australian rules football slang and List of nicknames used in Australian rules See also List of nicknames used in Australian rules. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into List of sportspeople by nickname. ...

Players, officials and followers of Australian rules football, have devised many unique concepts, terms, slang and nicknames. Some of these, such as footy, Grand Final and State of Origin have entered wider Australian usage, even among followers of other codes of football. Australian Rules and Aussie Rules redirect here. ... Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. ... A Grand Final is the culmination of a series of final matches played between a number of sporting teams to decide the premier team. ... This article is about the general concept of State of Origin. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Australian military slang

Main article: Australian military slang

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is made up of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Each have their own distinct traditions but share a defence force culture. Some words, such as digger, meaning a soldier, have become widely used by Australians in general. However, most slang used in the ADF is restricted to its personnel. Members of the Australian military (known officially as the Australian Defence Force or ADF) use many unique slang terms. ... The Australian Defence Force numbers about 53,000 full-time active duty personnel plus another 20,700 reservists. ... The Australian Army Emblem The Australian Army is Australias military land force. ... The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. ... The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the air force branch of the Australian Defence Force. ... Digger was a popular term used to describe Australian and New Zealand soldiers during the First World War. ...

See also

• Australian English
• List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin

Australian English (AuE), pejoratively known as strine, is the form of the English language used in Australia. ... Words of Australian Aboriginal origin, have entered many languages. ...

External links

• ABC Radio National, 1999, Lingua Franca, "Australian English: Australian Identity..."
• Australian National Dictionary Centre
• Australian Word Map (Australian regionalisms)
• Aussie English for beginners — the origins, meanings and a quiz to test your knowledge at the National Museum of Australia.
• ABC National Radio, "Mate, What Next?
• Macquarie Dictionary
• World English Organisation