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Ankle biter: small child

Apples, she'll be: It'll be alright

Arvo: afternoon

B

Back of Bourke: a very long way away

Bail out: depart, usually angrily

Barrack: to cheer on (football team etc.)

Bastard: term of endearment

Battler: someone working hard and only just making a living

Beaut, beauty: great, fantastic

Billabong: an ox-bow river or watering hole

Billy: large tin can used to boil water over a campfire for tea

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

Bludger: lazy person, layabout

Blue: fight ("he was having a blue with his wife")

Blue, make a: make a mistake

Blue: a Redhead, person with red hair, generally a Bloke

Bluey: pack, equipment, traffic ticket, redhead

Bodgy: of inferior quality, broken or not working properly

Bonzer: great, ripper,beaut

Boomer: a large male kangaroo

Booze bus: police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers, Breath Test Station, (Alcohol)

Boozer: a Pub, Hotel, Bar

Bored shitless: very bored

Brass razoo, he hasn't got a : he's very poor

Brumby: a wild horse

Brick shit house, built like a: big strong bloke

Buck's night: stag party, male gathering the night before the wedding

Bull bar: stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos

Bum nut: Egg

Bundy: brand of rum made in Bundaberg, Queensland

Bunyip: mythical outback creature (Beware, he's REAL)

Bush: the hinterland, the Outback, anywhere that isn't in town

Bushie: someone who lives in the Bush

Bushranger: highwayman, outlaw

B.Y.O.: unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog, also similar party or barbecue

C

Cackleberry: Egg

Cark it: to die, cease functioning

Choke a darkie: defecate

Chook: a chicken

Chunder: vomit

Clayton's: fake, substitute

Cobber: friend, mate

Cockie: farmer. Also a cockatoo

Coldie: a beer

Come a gutser: make a bad mistake, have an accident

Cooee: a traditional bush call, cooeeeeeee!

Cooee, not within: figuratively a long way away, far off

Corroboree: an aboriginal dance festival

Counter lunch: pub lunch

Cozzie: swimming costume

Crook: sick, or badly made

Dag: a funny person, nerd, goof

Daks: trousers

Damper: bread made from flour and water, cooked in a bush oven

Deadset: true, the truth

Dero: tramp, hobo, homeless person (from "derelict")

Digger: a soldier, infantry. Defined by the actions of WW1 Soldiers digging in.

Dill: an idiot

Dinkum, fair dinkum: true, real, genuine ("I'm a dinkum Aussie"; "is he fair dinkum?")

Dinky-di: the real thing, genuine

Dob (somebody) in: inform on somebody. Hence dobber, a tell-tale

Donger: penis

Doodle: penis

Doozey: something very pleasant

Down Under: Australia and New Zealand

Drongo: a dope, stupid person

Drum: information, tip-off ("I'll give you the drum")

Dunny: outside lavatory

Dunny rat, cunning as a: very cunning, He's as shifty as a Shithouse Rat, Shithouse = Dunny

E

Esky: large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc.

Fair dinkum: True, genuine

Footy: Australian Rules football,the Worlds Greatest Game

Fosters Lager: Australian for Beer

Freckle: anus, bum, arse

Full: drunk, He's as Full as a boot. (Extremely Drunk)

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, trash collector

G'Day: hello!

Give it a burl: try it, have a go

Golf Nacker: golf ball

Good on you: good for you, well done

Grog: liquor, beer ("bring your own grog, you bludger")

Grouse (adj.): great, terrific, very good

Hooroo: goodbye, see you later.

Hotel: often just a pub

Jackaroo: a male station hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property, big being thousands of square miles)

Jillaroo: a female station hand

Joey: baby kangaroo

Jumbuck: sheep

Knock: to criticise

Knock back: refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb)

Knocker: somebody who criticises

L

Larrikin: a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless prankster

Liquid laugh: vomit

Lob, lob in: drop in to see someone ("the rellies have lobbed")

Lollies: sweets, Candy

Loo: toilet

Lucky Country, The: Australia, where else?

Lurk: illegal or underhanded racket

Mate: buddy, friend

Mate's rate, mate's discount: cheaper than usual for a "friend"

Mickey Mouse: excellent, very good (Rhyming Slang, Mickey Mouse = Grouse = Great, Terriffic, Very Good)

Milk bar: corner shop that sells takeaway food, milk and general day to day necessities

Mob: family or herd (?) of kangaroos, Mob of Sheep

Mongrel: despicable person

Mug: friendly insult ("have a go, yer mug"), gullible person

Mull: grass (the kind you smoke, Well some people do)

Mull up: roll a joint and smoke it

Naughty, have a: have sex

Never Never: the Outback, centre of Australia. Also Hire Purchase

Never Never:hire purchase, pay it off on the Never Never

Not the full quid: not bright intellectually

Nuddy, in the: naked

Offsider: an assistant, helper

Oldies: parents - "I'll have to ask my oldies" The old Lady = Mother, The old Man = Father

Outback: interior of Australia

Oz: Australia!

P

Perve (noun & verb): looking lustfully at the opposite sex

Piece of piss: easy task

Pig's arse!: I don't agree with you, strongly

Piker: Someone who doesn't want to fit in with others socially, leaves parties early

Piss: beer. Hence "hit the piss", "sink some piss"

Plonk: cheap wine

Pom, pommy: an Englishman

Pommy bastard: an Englishman. Affectionate term.... NOT

Pozzy: position - get a good pozzy at the football

Decimal Currency

Quid, not the full: of low IQ

Rage: party

Rage on: to continue partying - "we raged on until 5am"

Reckon!: you bet! Absolutely!

Ridgy-didge: original, genuine

Ripper: great, fantastic

Roo: kangaroo

Root: sexual intercourse

Rooted: broken, tired. Also Shagged.

Ropeable: very angry

Sainter: Terriffic Fellow, really Spunky, of the highest Character, FIGJAM *smile*

Shark biscuit: somebody new to surfing

Sheila: a woman

She'll be right: it'll turn out okay

Shonky: dubious, underhanded. E.g. a shonky practice, shonky business etc.

Shoot through: to leave

Shout: turn to buy - a round of drinks usually ("it's your shout")

Sickie: day off sick (have a sickie = take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy!)

Skite: boast, brag

Slab: a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer

Sleepout: house verandah converted to a bedroom

Smoko: smoke or coffee break

Sook: person or animal who is soft, tame, inoffensive. Hence sooky (adj.)

Snag: a sausage

Spit the dummy: get very upset at something

Sprung: caught doing something, usually wrong

Spunk: a good looking person (of either sex)

Station: a big farm/grazing property

Strewth: exclamation, mild oath ("Strewth, that Chris is a bonzer bloke")

Strides: trousers

Strine: Australian slang and pronunciation

Stubby: a short beer bottle, 375ml (15oz)

Stubby holder: polystyrene insulated holder for a stubby

Technicolor yawn: vomit

Thingo: Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsit

Thongs: cheap rubber backless sandals, Also known as chineese working boots.

Tinny: can of beer, small aluminium boat

Too right!: definitely!

Top End: far north of Australia

True blue: patriotic, real, fair dinkum

Tucker: food

Tucker-bag: food bag

Turps: turpentine, alcoholic drink, beer, (Got on the Turps last night)

Turps, hit the: go on a drinking binge

Two up: gambling game played by spinning two Pennys, coins, simultaneously

Up oneself: have a high opinion of oneself - "he's really up himself"

Ute: utility vehicle

VB: Victoria Bitter - A legendary Beer consumed by Lots of Aussies - Also known as, :- Vitamin B, :- The Very Best

Waggin' school: playing truant

Walkabout, it's gone: it's lost, can't be found To go Walkabout, to disappear.

Whinge: complain

White pointers: topless (female) sunbathers

Wobbly: excitable behaviour ("I complained about the food and the waiter threw a wobbly")

Wog: flu or trivial illness

Woop Woop: invented name for any small unimportant town - "he lives in Woop Woop", Out there somewhere

Wowser: straight-laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport

XXXX: pronounced Four X, brand of beer made in Queensland

Yabber: talk (a lot)

Yakka: work (noun)

Yewy: u-turn in traffic ("chuck a yewy at the next traffic lights")Pronounced U E

Yobbo: an uncouth person

Youse: you