A
abbo : abbreviation for aborigine. No longer a politically
correct term for a native Australian.
Aborigines sind die Ureinwohner
Australiens. 
about
right :
ganz recht
Ace! :
Excellent! Very good!
Aerial
pingpong
: Australian Rules football
air
hostess :
flight attendant, aerial waitress and lifejacket
demonstrator
Amber
fluid
: beer
Ankle
biter
: small child
Apples,
she'll be
: It'll be alright
Arvo :
afternoon; "Seeya th' sarvo" is a
common strine expression that is bound to confuse
a foreigner.
Aussie (pron. Ozzie) :
Australian; Australier bezeichnen sich als
Aussies - ihr Land als Oz.
aussie
rules :
Australian football
Aussie
salute
: brushing away flies with
the hand
typisch australischer Gruß: das Verscheuchen der
Fliegen (im Outback) aus dem Gesicht mit der
Hand.
Avos :
avocados
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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
balaklava
:
full face mask, usually knitted
Banana bender : a
person from Queensland
Barbie :
barbecue (noun); ob elektrisch oder mit Gas oder
Feuerholz betrieben - das Barbeque ist
Institution und fester Bestandteil des
australischen Lifestyles.
Barrack : to
cheer on (football team etc.)
Bastard :
affectionate term of endearment, 2. an unpleasant
character. 3. a fatherless child
Bathers :
swimming costume
Battler :
someone working hard and only just making a
living
beanie : 1. knit cap, usually wollen,
2. a peaked cap (propeller optional)
Beaut,
beauty
: great, fantastic
belt
up! : Halt
den Mund!
Big-note
oneself
: brag, boast
bikie : biker, a ‘serious’
motorcyclist
Bikkie :
biscuit (also
"it cost big bikkies" - it was
expensive)
Billabong : an
ox-bow river or watering hole; Altarm eines
Flusses oder Wasserloch im Outback, daß z.B. von
der letzten Regenzeit übrig blieb.
Billy : large
tin can used to boil water over a campfire for
tea, großer Blechbehälter, der zum Wasserkochen
(Kaffee, Tee) benutzt wird.
bindie-eye,
bindie : a
grassy nettle/thistle
bingle : car accident
bird
(the) : a
middle finger gesture meaning 'fuck-you'.
Bities :
biting insects
bitumen : asphalt road surface
Bitzer :
mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that)
Bizzo :
business ("mind your own bizzo")
blackfellow : Aborigine
Black
Stump, beyond the : a
long way away, the back of nowhere, a mythical
place beyond which there is no civilisation, way
out back
blithered (to be) : betrunken sein
Bloke : man,
guy, a male person
Bloody : very
(bloody hard yakka); in Australien gebräuchliche
verbale Verstärkung, bloody bastard kann
durchaus anerkennend gemeint sein.
Bloody
oath!
: that's certainly true
Blow
in the bag
: have a breathalyzer test
Blower : telephone
Blowie : blow
fly, a large and noisy fly
Bludger : lazy
person, layabout, somebody who always relies on
other people to do things or lend him things,
someone who does not contribute their fare share
(e.g. work, expenses etc.)
Blue : fight
("he was having a blue with his wife")
or argument
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.
Bob : a dime, a one shilling coin
(10 cents in the new money)
Bodgy : of
inferior quality
body
shop :
smash repair shop, the panel beater's
Bog
in
: commence eating, to attack
food with enthusiasm
Bomb : old car
Bondi
cigar
: see "brown-eyed
mullet"
Bonzer :
great, ripper
Boobley : a big fight/argument
Boofhead : a boof head can be a stupid
person or someone with a big head as popularised
in the Cartoon Character "Boofhead" in
the Sydney Daily Mirror from 1941; a greeting
like: "G'day Boof".
Boogie
board
: a hybrid, half-sized surf
board
Boomer : a
large male kangaroo
boong
:
aborigine
Booze
:
alkoholisches Getränk
Booze
bus
: police vehicle used for
catching drunk drivers
Boozer : a pub
Bored
shitless
: very bored
Bottle
shop
: liquor shop; in Australien
darf Alkohol nicht z.B. in Supermärkten verkauft
werden. Größere Supermärkte haben deshalb
eigene, in den Komplex integrierte Bottle Shops.
Ansonsten gibt es meist Bottle Shops in der Nähe
von Supermärkten.
Bottle-o :
liquor shop
Bottler :
something excellent
Bottling,
his blood's worth : he's
an excellent, helpful bloke.
Bounce : a
bully
Bourke
Street, he doesn't know Christmas from : he's
a bit slow in the head. (Bourke Street is a
brightly lit Melbourne street)
Brass
razoo, he hasn't got a : he's
very poor
Brekkie :
breakfast
Brick
shit house, built like a : big
strong bloke
Brickie :
bricklayer
Brizzie :
Brisbane, state capital of Queensland
Brown-eyed
mullet
: a turd in the sea (where
you're swimming!)
Brumby : a
wild horse
Buck's
night
: stag party, male gathering
the night before the wedding
Buckley's,
Buckley's chance : no
chance ("New Zealand stands Buckley's of
beating Australia at football")
Bull
bar
: stout bar fixed to the
front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting
kangaroos (also known as roo-bar)
Bull
dust :
feiner Staub
Bull
shit :
Blödsinn
bum-bag : a handy bag worn around the
waist (usually only by tourists). The Amercian
term is particularly amusing to Australians.
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; es gibt ein Sprichwort in Australien:
Sydney or the bush
Bush
telly
: campfire
Bushie :
someone who lives in the Bush
Bushranger :
highwayman, outlaw
BYO :
unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog, also similar party or
barbecue; BYOG : Bring Your Own Grog, a popular type of party;
also BYOB (bottle); in Australien
benötigen Restaurants zum Anbieten von
alkoholischen Getränken eine Lizenz. In
Restaurants mit dem BYO-Hinweis dürfen
alkoholische Getränke mitgebracht werden. Für
das Kaltstellen und Öffnen der Flaschen wird
i.d.R. eine Entkorkungsgebühr berechnet.
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Cactus :
dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing
machine is cactus")
call it a day :
finish up and stop
Canetoad : 1. an
ugly and indestructible pest toad. It was
introduced to control another pest, the cane
beetle, but instead has grown out of control and
is taking over the country. 2. an affectionate
name for a Queenslander, participating in
"State of Origin" rugby league footy.
Captain Cook
: rhymes with 'look' (noun) ("let's have
a Captain Cook")
car park : a
designated place to park the car
Cark it :
to die, cease functioning
Cat burying shit, as
busy as a : busy
Cat's piss, as mean as
: mean, stingy, uncharitable
cheers big-ears! : a
common (drinking) toast in Queensland
cherio : goodbye
(most common is to say "See ya") cherio
is also used to name mini-frank's (cocktail
sausages)
Chewie :
chewing gum
choc-a-block, chockers
: full to overflowing - i.e. no more room inside
Chokkie :
chocolate
Chook :
a chicken or domestic fowl
(not much) chop :
not very good, one couldn't recommend it
Chrissie :
Christmas
Christmas
: see Bourke Street
Chuck a sickie
: take the day off sick from work when you're
perfectly healthy
to be chucked up : einen Kater
haben
Chunder :
vomit - sich übergeben
Clayton's
: fake, substitute, adjective for 'not the
real thing' - comes from "Claytons - the
drink you have when you're not having a
drink"
Click :
kilometre - "it's 10 clicks away"
Clucky :
feeling broody or maternal
Cobber :
friend
Cockie :
a farmer, a land owner or a person from the
country (cow cockie), an affectionate name for a
New South Welshman participating in "State
of Origin" rugby league footy, also a
cockatoo or a 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
con-on : attempt to
'win the heart' of a member of the opposite sex,
using somewhat more deception than winning-on.
Cooee, not within
: figuratively a long way away, far off -
England weren't within cooee of beating Australia
at cricket
Cook (noun)
: One's wife
coolite, isolite :
styrofoam, expanded polystyrene
Corroboree
: an aboriginal dance festival
couldn't care less :
having no care or concern
Counter lunch
: pub lunch
Cozzie :
swimming costume
crack a mental :
express extreme anger or rage
Cranky :
in a bad mood, angry
Cream (verb)
: defeat by a large margin
Croc : Crocodile -
Krokodil; Salzwasserkrokodile werden im übrigen
'salties' genannt.
Crook :
sick, or badly made
Crow eater
: a person from South Australia
not worth a crumpet
: useless or worthless
crust : a living/job
e.g.: What do you do for a crust?
Cut lunch
: sandwiches
Cut snake, mad as a
: very angry
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Dag :
a funny person, nerd, goof
Daks, underdaks
: trousers, pants, underpants
Damper :
bread made from flour and water, bushie bread;
Brot des Outbacks, wird in einer Feuerstelle
gebacken
Date :
arse[hole] ("get off your fat date")
Dead dingo's donger, as
dry as a : dry
dead horse : ketchup
(rhyming slang for "tomato sauce")
Deadset :
true, the truth
deadshit : a person
of low intelligence (an insult)
here's the deal : prepare yourself
to hear some important facts
dekko : look
Dero :
tramp, hobo, homeless person (from
"derelict")
dickless Tracey :
female police officer
Digger :
a soldier
Dill :
an idiot
dim sim : a chinese
food found only in Australia !?
Dingo's breakfast
: a yawn, a leak and a good look round (i.e.
no breakfast)
Dinkum, fair dinkum
: true, real, genuine ("I'm a dinkum
Aussie"; "is he fair dinkum?")
Dinky-di :
the real thing, genuine
Dipstick :
a loser, idiot
dirt road : unsealed
road; ungeteerte Straße (besonders im Outback
sind viele Nebenstrecken unsealed, deshalb vorher
Karten studieren oder Information einholen)
do (ones) arse :
lose a lot of money
Dob (somebody) in
: inform on somebody. Hence dobber, a
tell-tale
Docket :
a bill, receipt
Doco :
documentary
Dog :
unattractive woman
Dog's balls, stands out
like : obvious
Dole : welfare,
unemployment benefit
Dole bludger
: Somebody on social assistance when
unjustified, someone who doesn't (want to) work
for a living
Doozey :
something very pleasant, significant, large
Down Under
: Australia and New Zealand
Drink with the flies
: to drink alone
to drive someone nuts
: jemanden verrückt machen
Drongo :
a dope, stupid person
Drum :
information, tip-off ("I'll give you the
drum")
Duchess :
sideboard
Duffer, cattle
: rustler
up the duff : bun in
the oven, state of being pregnant
Dummy, spit the
: get very upset at something
Dunny :
outside lavatory, toilet (originally an outhouse,
but now a generic slang term for toilet)
Dunny budgie
: blowfly
Dunny rat, cunning as a :
very cunning
Durry :
cigarette
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Earbashing
: nagging, non-stop chatter
Ekka :
the Brisbane Exhibition, an annual show
Entree : appetizer,
starter
Esky :
large insulated food/drink container for picnics,
barbecues etc., a cooler; ein Kühlbehalter (für
Getränke und/oder Lebensmittel), gibt es in
unterschiedlichen Größen. Der Inhalt wird mit
Eis gekühlt, daß man an vielen Tankstellen oder
auch häufig in großen Supermärkten (z.B.
Coles) kaufen kann.
Exy :
expensive
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Face, off one's
: drunk ("He was off his face by
9pm")
Fag : cigarette (it
is OK to suck on a fag in Australia!)
Fair dinkum, dinkum,
dinky-dye : true, genuine;
ehrlich, wirklich
Fair enough
: gut, einverstanden
Fair go :
a chance ("give a bloke a fair go")
Fair suck of the sav!
: exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief (see
also "sav")
Fairy floss
: candy floss, cotton candy, a sticky hairy
(usually pink) thing you eat at a fair;
Zuckerwatte
fang
merchant : dentist; Zahnarzt
fart-arse
(about) : screw off, waste time, to be
unproductive
fella
: Kumpel, Freund
Feral (n.)
: a hippie
Fisho :
fishmonger
Flake :
shark's flesh (sold in fish & chips shops)
Flick :
to give something or somebody the flick is to get
rid of it or him/her
Flick it on
: to sell something, usually for a quick
profit, soon after buying it.
Fly wire :
gauze flyscreen covering a window or doorway.
Footy :
Australian Rules football; Australischer Fußball
(ein sehr rauher Sport)
Fossicking
: searching, rummaging ("fossicking
through the kitchen drawers")
Franger, frenchie :
condom
freshie : fresh
water crocodile; das eher für Menschen harmlose
Süßwasserkrokodil, auch Australienkrokodil oder
Johnstone-Krokodil genannt
Frog in a sock, as cross
as a : sounding angry - a
person or your hard drive!
Fruit loop
: fool
fruit and veg(ies) :
a shop (or the part of the store) where you get
the fruit and vegetables
Full :
drunk
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G'Day :
hello! - gebäuchlichste australische
Begrüßung, guten Tag, Hallo
Galah :
fool, a stupid person, named after the pink and
grey parrot of the same name regarded as being
noisy and stupid, which flies south in the winter
- a bloody silly thing to do in the Southern
Hemisphere
Galoot : a foolish
person
Garbo, garbologist
: municipal garbage collector
Geek : look (e.g.
take a geek at that)
Gibber : a rounded
stone (aboriginal)
Gin : a female
aborigine
Give it a burl
: try it, have a go
Give it a whirl : to
try something with optimism
Gobful, give a
: to abuse, usually justifiably ("The
neighbours were having a noisy party so I went
and gave them a gobful")
(to) go bananas :
verrückt spielen
(to) go bung :
kaputtgehen
Go crook at/on :
assertively express ones anger
Goes like a shower of shit
: really fast or impressive
Go like hot cakes :
something very popular
Going off
: used of a night spot or party that is a lot
of fun - "the place was really going
off"
Good oil :
useful information, a good idea, the truth
Good onya / good on yer!
: good for you, well done - gut
gemacht, bravo !
Goog, as full as a :
drunk. "Goog" is a variation of the
northern English slangword "goggie"
meaning an egg.
Come off the grass :
don't speak bullshit to me!
Gravel road :
Schotterstraße (ohne Asphalt)
Green grocer : a
special shop where people buy fruit and veggies
Greenie :
environmentalist
Grinning like a shot fox
: very happy, smugly satisfied
Grog :
liquor, beer, alcoholic beverage ("bring
your own grog, you bludger")
Grouse
(adj.) : great, terrific, very good
Grundies :
undies, underwear (from Reg Grundy, a television
person)
Gum Tree : in
Australien für Eukalyptusbäume gebräuliche
Zusammenfassung dieser Baumart
Gutful of piss :
drunk, "he's got a gutful of piss"
Gutless : someone
unwilling to fight or take a risk (gutlessness is
not socially acceptable), also weak or
underpowered (e.g. a gutless car engine)
Gutter : concrete
drain edge of a road
Gyno :
gynaecologist
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Handle :
beer glass with a handle
Have a crack : give
something a try
Have a go ! :
versuchs mal
Heaps :
a lot, e.g. "thanks heaps", "(s)he
earned heaps of money" etc.
Holy dooley!
: an exclamation of surprise = "Good
heavens!", "My goodness!"
"Good grief!" or similar
Hoon :
hooligan
Hooroo : goodbye,
see you later
Hotel :
often just a pub
Hottie :
hot water bottle
Hundreds and thousands
: sprinkles, cake decorations
Hungry Jacks : name
of the 'Burger King' fast food chain in Australia
I
Icing : frosting,
the sugary stuff that decorates cakes
icing sugar :
powdered sugar, the main ingredient for icing
Icy pole, ice block
: popsicle, lollypop
Idiot box : the TV,
das Fernsehen
I'll catch ya later
: bis dann
J
Jackaroo :
a male station hand (a station is a big
farm/grazing property)
Jack of (something)
: sick and tired of
Jarmies : pyjamas
Jelly : jello,
gelatin desert or jam (no fruity bits)
Jillaroo :
a female station hand
Joker : bloke, often
there is something amusing about his person
Joey :
baby kangaroo
Journo :
journalist
Jumbuck :
sheep
Jumper : sweater, a
cotton or wollen pullover - not usually required
in Queensland
K
Kangaroos loose in the
top paddock : Intellectually
inadequate ("he's got kangaroos loose in the
top paddock")
Kelpie :
Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish
collie
Kero :
kerosene
Kindie :
kindergarten or pre-school
Knock :
to criticise
Knock back
: refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb)
Knocker :
somebody who criticises
Knock-over :
complete a task
Knock-up : get
pregnant; also to wake someone in the middle of
the night
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Lair :
a flashily dressed young man of brash and vulgar
behaviour, to dress up in flashy clothes, to
renovate or dress up something in bad taste
Lair it up
: to behave in a brash and vulgar manner
Lane, laneway :
alley, a road that hasn't yet grown up
Largie : a
750ml/26oz bottle of beer
happy as Larry : to
be blissfully happy.
Larrikin :
a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless
prankster
Leckie : electrician
Lend of, to have a
: to take advantage of somebody's
gullibility, to have someone on ("he's
having a lend of you")
Lippy :
lipstick
Liquid laugh
: vomit
Lizard drinking, flat
out like a : flat out, busy
Lob, lob in
: drop in to see someone ("the rellies
have lobbed")
Lollies :
sweets, candy
Lolliewater :
Limonade
London to a brick
: absolute certainty ("it's London to a
brick that taxes won't go down")
Loo :
toilet
Lucked out : luck
ran out - very UNLUCKY
Lucky Country, The :
Australia, where else?
Lunch, who opened their?
: OK, who farted?
Lurk :
illegal or underhanded racket
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Maccas (pron.
"mackers") :
McDonald's (the hamburger place)
Mallee bull, as fit as a
: very fit and strong. The Mallee is very
arid beef country in Victoria/South Australia.
Manual : a car with
manually operated gearbox
Mappa Tassie
: map of Tasmania - a woman's pubic area
Mate :
buddy, friend; Kumpel, Freund, gebräuchliche
Anrede
Mate's rate, mate's
discount : cheaper than usual
for a "friend"
Matilda :
swagman's bedding, sleeping roll; Schlafsack (s.
'Waltzing Matilda')
Metho :
methylated spirits
Mexican :
a person from south of the (Queensland) border
Mickey Mouse
: excellent, very good. Beware though - in
some parts of Australia it means inconsequential,
frivolous or not very good!
Middy :
285 ml beer glass in New South Wales
Milk bar :
corner shop that sells takeaway food
Milko :
milkman
Mince : finely
chopped meat - used for making rissoles
Mob :
group of people, not necessarily troublesome
Mob :
family or herd (?) of kangaroos
Mongrel :
despicable person
Moolah :
money
Mozzie :
mosquito
Muddy :
mud crab (a great delicacy)
Mug :
friendly insult ("have a go, yer mug"),
gullible person; Dummkopf
Mull :
grass (the kind you smoke)
Muster :
round up sheep or cattle
My oath! : genau!
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Nasho :
National Service (compulsory military service)
Never Never
: the Outback, centre of Australia
Newsagent : a shop
where you buy newspapers, books and magazines
Nipper :
young surf lifesaver
Noah, noah's ark : a
shark (rhyming slang)
No worries!
: Expression of forgiveness or reassurance
(No problem; forget about it; I can do it; Yes,
I'll do it); O.K., Kein Problem!
No-hoper :
somebody who'll never do well
Not the full quid
: not bright intellectually
Nuddy, in the
: naked
Nun's nasty, as dry as a
: dry
(dead) nuts on :
precisly or exactly what you want
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O.S. :
overseas ("he's gone O.S.")
Ocker :
an unsophisticated person; der einfache
Australier, Tölpel, Hinterwäldler
Off (one's) face :
extremely drunk
Offsider :
an assistant, helper
Oldies :
parents - "I'll have to ask my oldies"
Old fogies : old
folk - usually infers a lack of understanding of
modern (young) thinking
On a good wicket :
earning a good income
On for young and old
: totally out of control (usually a fight or
argument)
Optic (nerve) :
rhyming slang; the nerve is almost never appended
thus concealing the meaning
Outback :
interior of Australia; Busch, Hinterland, das
trockene Innere Australiens
Oz :
Australia!
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P
Panel beater : auto
bodywork repairer
Pash :
a long passionate kiss; hence "pashing
on"
Pav :
Pavlova - a rich, creamy Australian dessert
Pavers : paving
stones
Pension : social
security, a living allowance for the elderly or
incapacitated
Perve
(noun & verb) : looking lustfully at the
opposite sex
Petrol : petroleum
fuel for internal combustion engines
Pie : dish of meat,
fruit etc. baked in pastry; runde
Blätterteigstückchen, von denen man nie genau
weiß was drin ist, es besser vielleicht auch
manchmal nicht wissen sollte (gibt es z.B.
vegetarisch mit Gemüse, oder mit
Hackfleischsoße, Känguruh, Krokodil usw.)
Piece of piss
: easy task
Pig's arse!
: I don't agree with you, 'no way!' or
'that's bullshit, depending on the context
Pinko : politically
left-wing
Piker :
Someone who doesn't want to fit in with others
socially, leaves parties early
Piss :
beer (or other alcoholic beverage). Hence
"hit the piss", "sink some
piss"
Piss-up : an affair
where large quantities of alcohol are consumed
Piss-weak, weak as piss
: extremely weak (often refers to character or
physical strength)
Piss-in (someone's pocket)
: ingratiate oneself with them
pissed : a state of
drunkeness; betrunken
Pissed all over :
displayed total supremacy (typically used in
sporting context)
Pissed off : a state
of anger
Pissy : small or
weak, also used for drunken or angry
Plate, bring a
: Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to
bring your own food. It doesn't mean they're
short of crockery!
Plonk :
cheap wine; billiger Wein
Plonkie :
Betrunkener
Pokies :
poker machines, fruit machines, gambling slot
machines
Polish off : to
finish or complete something (e.g. a meal)
Polly :
politician
In the poo : in
trouble (in the shit)
Pooey : in a bad
mood, angry
Pom, pommy
: an Englishman. Either (a) derived from
rhyming slang for Immigrant - Pomegranate, or (b)
POME = Prisoner of Mother England; abwertend für
Engländer
Pommy bastard
: an Englishman
Pommy shower
: using deodorant instead of taking a shower
Pommy's towel, as dry as
a : very dry - based on the canard
that Poms bathe about once a month
Port :
suitcase (portmanteau)
Postie :
postman, mailman; Postbote
Pot :
285 ml beer glass in Queensland
Pozzy :
position - get a good pozzy at the football
stadium
Prang : car accident
Prawn : a shrimp of
any size
Preggers : pregnant
Prezzy :
present, gift
Primary school :
first level of schooling after kindy; Grundschule
Puffed : out of
breath
Pull up stumps :
stop what we are doing, usually to go home (as in
the end of a game of cricket)
Push-bike, a pushie :
bicycle
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Q
Queensland nut :
macadamia nut
Quid, make a
: earn a living - "are you making a
quid?"
Quid, not the full
: of low IQ
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R
Rack off :
push off! get lost! get out of here! also
"rack off hairy legs!".
Rage :
party
Rage on :
to continue partying - "we raged on until
3am"
Raging : partying,
having a really good time
Rank : distasteful,
smelly, unsightly
Rapt :
pleased, delighted
Ratbag :
mild insult
Raw prawn, to come the
: to bullshit, to be generally disagreeable
Reckon! :
you bet! Absolutely!
Red ragger : a
left-wing extremist
Reffo :
refugee
Rego :
vehicle registration
Rellie :
family relative
Reo : re-bar, steel reinforcing bar
Ridgy-didge
: original, genuine
Right :
okay ("she'll be right, mate")
Are you right? : a
typical shop assistant's greeting meaning
"Can I help you?"
Righto! : Okay,
Einverstanden!
Ring (e.g. ring me
up) : call on the telephone)
Ring in : a
substitute (e.g. racehorse)
Rip snorter
: great, fantastic - "it was a rip
snorter of a party"
Ripper :
great, fantastic - "it was a ripper
party"
Rissole : a meat
pattie - a bit like the thing that goes on a
hamburger but usually eaten by itself
Road train
: big truck with many trailers; Große LKW,
können im Outback bis zu drei Anhänger haben
und bis zu 50m lang sein. Achtung beim
Überholen!
Roadworks : road
construction - the mess that is made when roads
are being built or repaired
Rock up :
to turn up, to arrive - "we rocked up at
their house at 8pm"
Rollie or rolley :
a cigarette that you roll yourself
Romped in : won a
(race/game) with ease
Roo :
kangaroo
Roo-bar : the same
as a bull-bar
Root (verb
and noun) : synonym for f*ck in nearly all
its senses: "I feel rooted"; "this
washing machine is rooted"; "(s)he's a
good root". A very useful word in fairly
polite company.
Rooted : 1. broken
beyond repair, 2. extremely tired
Rooter : someone who
clears clogged drains and pipes, a plumber
Ropeable :
very angry
Rort (verb
or noun) : Cheating, fiddling,
defrauding (expenses, the system etc.). Usually
used of politicians
Rotten :
drunk - "I went out last night and got
rotten"
Rough as guts : 1.
extremely uncouth, 2. a very poor standard of
workmanship
Royal order (of the
prawn) : irrepairably broken - stuffed
Rubber : pencil
eraser
Rubbish
(verb) : to criticize, or refuse, trash,
garbage
Rubbity : shortened
rhyming slang for pub (rubbity dub = pub)
Rugby (league) :
rugby-league football
Rugby (union) :
rugby-union football
Rules : Australian
football
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S
Saltie :
Salzwasserkrokodil
Salute, Aussie
: brushing flies away
Salvos, the
: Salvation Army, bless them
Sandgroper
: a person from Western Australia
Sanger :
a sandwich
Sav :
saveloy (see also "fair suck of the
sav!")
Schoolie : someone
of school age (or just graduated)
Schooner :
large beer glass in Queensland; small beer glass
in South Australia
Scratchy :
instant lottery ticket
Screamer :
party lover; "two pot screamer" -
somebody who gets drunk on very little alcohol
Secondary school :
high school, the last part of your compulsory
education
Seppo :
an American
Servo :
petrol station
Shag : synonymous
with the word fuck and can be used
interchangeably in almost any context
(like a) shag on a rock
: abandoned and unloved
Shaggers back : a
backache brought about by too much sex
Shaggin' wagon : a
panel van customised for use as a place to sleep
Shark biscuit
: somebody new to surfing
She'll be apples :
geht in Ordnung
She'll be right
: it'll turn out okay; wird in Ordnung gehen
Sheila :
a woman
Shit hot : extremely
impressive
Shithouse :
extremely bad
Shonky :
dubious, underhanded. E.g. a shonky practice,
shonky business etc., suspect in quality or
character
Shoot through
: to leave
(like a) shower of shit
: impressively fast or good
Shout :
turn to buy - a round of drinks usually
("it's your shout"), buy something -
usually a round of drinks. It is customary to buy
drink in 'shouts' - i.e. everyone takes a turn at
buying a round of drinks.; eine Runde ausgeben
Show day : a holiday
that you get when the annual show is in town
Sickie :
day off sick from work (chuck a sickie = take the
day off sick from work when you're perfectly
healthy!)
Singlet : tank-top,
vest, dago tee, sleeveless undershirt
Skerrick : an
immeasurably small quantity
(hit the) skids : apply the brakes
Skite :
boast, brag, brag about oneself - not a good way
to impress an Australian
Skivy : a turtleneck
sweater
Slab :
a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer
Slease-on : attempt
to 'win the heart' of a member of the opposite
sex
Sleepout :
house verandah converted to a bedroom
Sloppy joe : a
cotton sweater or a savory mince on a bread roll
Smoko :
smoke or coffee break; Zigaretten- oder
Kaffeepause
Snag :
a sausage
Snag roll : sausage
roll - a pastry delicacy
Soapie : seichte
Fernsehsendung
Sook :
person or animal who is soft, tame, inoffensive.
Hence sooky (adj.), a 'cry baby' - someone who is
likely to burst into tears with minimal
provocation
Spag bol :
spaghetti bolognese
Sparkie :
electrician
Spewin' :
very angry
Speedos : kurze
Unterhose für Männer
Spit the dummy
: get very upset at something
Spot-on : just
perfect
Sprung :
caught doing something wrong
Spunk :
a good looking person (of either sex)
Squarehead :
Quadratschädel, auch abwertend für Deutscher
Squizz
(noun) : look - "take a squizz at
this", an inquisitive look
Stack : accident
involving moving objects (cars, bikes etc.)
Stale bottle of piss (beer)
: abandoned and unloved
Standover man
: a large man, usually gang-related, who
threatens people with physical violence in order
to have his wishes carried out.
Station :
a big farm/grazing property; große Rinder- oder
Schaffarm
Stickybeak
: nosy person
Stockman :
australischer Cowboy
Stocktake : physical
inventory count, a boring job that accountants
inflict on the rest of us
Stoked :
very pleased
Stone the crows : an
exclamation of surprise or exasperation
Strewth :
exclamation, mild oath ("Strewth, that Chris
is a bonzer bloke")
Strides :
trousers, pants (male)
Strine :
Australian slang and pronunciation
Struth : a shortened
form of the exclamation 'Gods truth!' - it is
most definitely not short for 'it is truth' as
someone once tried to convince me!
Stubby :
small brown bottle of beer with a short neck
(375ml)
Stubby holder
: polystyrene insulated holder for a stubby
Stuffed, I feel
: I'm tired (syn: fucked), or feeling very
full (i.e. overeaten)
Stuffed, I'll be
: expression of surprise
Sunbake :
sunbathe, lie in the sun with the intention of
getting a tan
Sunnies :
sunglasses
Suck-up : 1. one who
seeks to ingratiate themselves with someone of
influence, 2. the act of crawling
Super, superannuation
: personal retirement fund
Surfies :
people who go surfing - usually more often than
they go to work!
Suss : suspect in
nature, suspicious
Suss-out, suss it out
: investigate, attempt to understand something
Swag :
rolled up bedding etc. carried by a swagman; eine
Art Schlafsack
Swaggie :
swagman
Swagman :
tramp, hobo; Landstreicher
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T
Ta
: Kurzform für thanks oder thank you (danke)
Takeaway :
carry-out, for here or to go?, eat in or take
away?, food that you take home
Tall poppies
: successful people
Tall poppy syndrome
: the tendency to criticize successful people
Tally-ho : common
cigarette papers
Taswegian
: a person from Tasmania
Technicolor yawn
: vomit
Tee-up :
to set up (an appointment)
Tertiary education :
college, the thing you do after high school if
you can't face getting a job at that time
Thingo :
Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsit
Thongs :
cheap rubber backless sandals; billige
Gummischlappen, sind in Australien recht beliebt,
sofern man nicht gleich ohne Schuhe geht, aber
Achtung: manche Pubs und Restaurants haben
Dress-Standards (no shirt
= Hemd, no shoes =
für Herren geschlossene Schuhe, no service = keine
Bedienung, d.h. es gibt nichts)
Tickets, to have on
oneself : to have a high
opinion of oneself
Tinny, tinnie
: can of beer
Tinny :
lucky
Tinny :
small aluminium boat
Toffee apple : candy
apple, an apple covered in sticky sugary toffee
on a stick
Togs :
swim suit
Too right (mate) !
: definitely! an affirmation; sehr richtig!
Top End :
far north of Australia
Torch : flashlight,
a hand-held battery powered illumination device
Track : Fahrpiste
Trackies :
track suit
Trannie : a vehicle
transmission
Trouble'n strife :
(Ehe-)Frau
Trough lolly
: The solid piece of perfumed disinfectant in
a men's urinal
Truckie :
truck driver; Fahrer großer Lastwagen, trucks
oder road trains
True blue
: patriotic
Tucker :
food, bush food; Essen
Tucker-bag
: food bag
Turps :
turpentine, alcoholic drink
Turps, hit the
: go on a drinking binge
(as reliable as a) two-bob
watch : a watch costing only two bob would
not be very reliable
Two up :
gambling game played by spinning two coins
simultaneously
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U
Underdacks : pants
(underwear)
Uni :
short for university, used as per college in USA
Unit :
flat, apartment
Up oneself
: have a high opinion of oneself - "he's
really up himself"
Up Shit Creek : (SOL
= Shit Out of Luck ) out of luck
Up somebody, get
: to rebuke somebody - "the boss got up
me for being late"
Useful as an ashtray on
a motorbike / tits on a bull / an arse pocket in a
singlet / the bottom
half of a mermaid : unhelpful
or incompetent person or thing - "he, she or
it is about as useful as tits on a bull"
etc. etc.
Ute :
utility vehicle, pickup truck
V
VB : Victorian
Bitter, brand of beer brewed in Victoria,
probably the best beer made in Australia
Vegies :
vegetables; Gemüse
Vee dub :
Volkswagen
Veg out :
relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable)
Vejjo :
vegetarian
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W
Waggin' school
: playing truant
Walkabout
: a walk in the Outback by Aborigines that
lasts for an indefinite amount of time
Walkabout, it's gone
: it's lost, can't be found
Wet back : a migrant
from south of the border - i.e. NSW or Victoria,
to Queensland (reference to illegal Mexican
immigrants)
Whale of time :
having a really enjoyable time
Wharfie : someone
who "works" on the ship wharf - very
controversial in AUS at present!
What's up? : What is
wrong? or How are you? (a very confusing
greeting to an Aussie)
What's up with that?
: I don't understand
Whinge :
complain
Whinger : an
intollerable person given to unnecessary
complaints
Whip up : create
with some haste (e.g. whip up a meal)
White (coffee/tea) :
coffee/tea with cream, a whitened version of the
drink. In America this is often artificial. In
other parts of the world it is more customary to
use real milk
White pointers
: topless (female) sunbathers; White Pointer
ist ebenfalls in Australien der Name für den
Weißen Hai
Whiteant (verb)
: to criticise something to deter somebody
from buying it. A car dealer might whiteant
another dealer's cars or a real estate salesman
might whiteant another agent's property
Win-on : attempt to
'win the heart' of a member of the opposite sex
Wobbly :
excitable behaviour ("I complained about the
food and the waiter threw a wobbly")
Wobbly boot on, he's got
the : drunk
Wog :
flu or trivial illness
Wog :
person of Mediterranean origin. A milder insult
than the same word in the UK and perhaps
elsewhere; auch abwertend für Asiaten
Wog : an annoying
insect or bug, also refers to a bug (germ) as in
"Stuck in bed with a wog"
Wog : steal
something (usually small things) - e.g.
"That pen? Yeah, I wogged it from
work."
Wombat :
somebody who eats, roots and leaves (see also root)
Wonky : 1. unstable,
2. poor condition
Woop Woop
: invented name for any small unimportant
town - "he lives in Woop Woop", a long
way from civilization
Woopie : not very
good
Worth a few bob :
has/cost a lot of money
Wouldn't know his arse from
a hole in the ground : very
stupid/ignorant
Wouldn't know if his arse
was on fire : very stupid/ignorant
Wouldn't shout if a shark
bit him : someone who is particularly
stingy
Wowser :
straight-laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport
Wrapped : a state of
being very happy
Wuss :
coward; nervous person or animal
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X
XXXX :
pronounced Four X, brand of beer made in
Queensland
Y
Yabber :
talk (a lot); schwatzen
Yakka :
work (noun)
Yank : abwertend
für Amerikaner
Yankie shout :
Kneipenrunde, bei der jeder selbst zahlt
Yewy :
u-turn in traffic ("chuck a yewy at the next
traffic lights")
Yobbo :
an uncouth person, a rude and ignorant individual
Youse :
you (plural)
Yum cha : dim sum,
chinese brunch
Yummie : lecker
Z
Zack :
sixpence (5 cents) - "it isn't worth a
zack", "he hasn't got a zack",
nickel, an outdated term for a half-shilling coin
(5 cents), one might say "I haven't got a
zac" if penniless
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