Phrase

Meaning

Ace

great, excellent

Ankle-biter

child

Arvo

afternoon

Barbie

barbeque

Barrack

support (a sports team)

Bathers (also swimmers, cozzies)

garment you swim in

Bogan

uncool person

Bottle-o

bottle shop (liquor store)

bloke

male

Bludger

lazy person

Buggered

tired, broken

Call it a day

finish what you are doing

Dodgy

not quite right, suspicious

Dunny

toilet

Fair go

give someone an equal chance

Give someone a bell

call someone on the phone

Good on ya

good for you (can be sarcastic)

Have a blue

have a fight

Hot under the collar

get angry

Idiot box

television

Jumper

sweater

Knock something

to criticise something

Lamingtons

sponge cakes coated in chocolate and grated coconut

Little Aussie battler

someone bravely overcoming hardship

Maccas

McDonalds

Mate

term of friendship

Mucking around

playing games, being foolish

No worries

no problem, reassurance

Reckon

to agree, an opinion

Rip off

to cheat

Rug up

dress warmly

Servo

service station

She'll be right

it'll be fine, reassurance

Shout

to pay for the next round of drinks

Show you the ropes

show you how things work

Slack

lazy

Slab

pack of 24 cans of beer

Spewin'

not happy

Spud

a potato

Spunk

a good looking person of either sex

Sucked in

to be conned or tricked into something

Sunnies

sunglasses

Ta

thank you

Take a sickie

have a day off work

Tea

the evening meal (dinner) , or a cup of tea

Thongs

cheap rubber backless sandals

Trackie daks

tracksuit pants

True blue

genuinely Australian

Uni

university

Up yourself

have a high opinion of yourself

Vegemite

spread for toast or bread, savoury in flavour

Vegies

vegetables

Veggo

a vegetarian

Wag

skip school, truancy

Whinge

complain

Wonky

something unstable, unsteady or shaky

Wuss

a coward

Yobbo

an uncouth person