Aussie Slang

Acca Dacca – It is a term of endearment of the Australian hard rock group called AC/AC

Ace! – (1) Excellent! (2) Great!

ACT – It is an acronym for Australian Capital City

Advance Australia Fair – It is the national anthem of Australia

AFL – It is the acronym for Australian Football League

Aggro – It is an abbreviation for agressive, e.g. ´Don’t be so aggro!´

Alkie – An alcoholic

Ambo – (1) It is short for an ambulance. (2) It is a member of an ambulance crew

Ammo – It is short for ammunition

ANZAC – (1) It stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. (2) A member of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

Apple Island – Tasmania

Arvo – Is it an abbreviation for afternoon

Aussie – Australian

Aussieland – Australia

Aussie Rules – Australian Rules Football

Australian as a kangaroo – Genuinely Australian

Avo – It is the abbreviation for avocado

Bananaland – Queensland

Barbie – A barbecue

Barf / bark at the lawn / big spit / chuck up / chunder / colourful yarn / drive the porcelain bus / liquid laugh / pavement pizza / spew / technicolour yarn / yodel – To vomit

Bathers – A swimming costume

Beanie – It is a hat that is tight-fitting and is usually wholly or partly made of wool

Beer o’clock – It is time to start having a beer

Bikkie – A biscuit

Big smoke – (1) A big city. (2) A city

Bizzo – It is an abbreviation for business

Bloke – A male person

Boogie board – A half-sized surfboard

Booze – Alcohol

Bottle-O – A liquor store

Brekkie – Breakfast

Brisbane – One who comes from Brisbane

Brissie – Brisbane

Brolly – An umbrella

Cancer stick – A cigarette

Chatterbox – A talkative person

Chewie – Chewing gum

Chockie – It is short for chocolate

Chrissie – Christmas

City of churches – Adelaide

Convo – It is an abbreviation for conversation

Darwinian – A person from Darwin

Delish – It is short for delicious

Demo – It is short for demonstration

Doco – It is short for documentary

Dodgy – Suspicious

Doona – A duvet

Down Under – Australia (and New Zealand)

Evo – Evening

Fella – A bloke or a guy

Footy – (1)  A football. (2) A game of football

Full belt – At top speed

Full of beans – Full og energy

Garbo – (1) A garbage bin. (2) A garbage collector

G´day! – It is an abbreviation for good day! It is a casual, friendly and a typical Australian way of greeting someone

Good on ya! – (1) Good for you! (2) Well done!

Goon – Is is a cheap wine that is sold in a cardboard box containing the wine enclosed in an airtight bag with a dispensing tap

Heaps – A lot

Hold your horses! – Hang on!

Idiot box – A television

I kid you not – I am telling you the truth

Jarmies – Pyjamas

Kangaroo land – Australia

Kick the tin – Donate

Kiddies – Children

Kiwi – A New Zealander

Kiwi Land – New Zealand

Lamington – It is an Aussie sponge cake coated in chocolate and sprinkled with fine desiccated coconut 

Land of the long weekend – Australia

Loo – Toilet

Lucky country – Australia

Maccas – McDonald’s

Maggie – A magpie

Melbournian – A person from Melbourne

Moo voice – Milk

Mozzie – A mosquito

Muso – It is an abbreviation for musician

No dramas! – It is an expression of confidence that everything will be fine

No probs – It is short for no problem

No worries! – It is an expression of confidence that everything will be okay

NSW – It is an abbreviation for New South Wales

Oi! – It is an exclamation for calling out someone for attention

Oldies – (1) Old people. (2) One’s parents

Op shop – It is short for Opportunity Shop. A charity shop is an example of an Op shop

Oz – Australia

Ozzie – Australian

Parrot mouth – A talkative person

Pav – Is is short for a parlova

Piccy – Is is short for a picture

PT – It is an acronym for public transport

Push bike – A bicycle

QLD – Queensland

Quenslander – It is a person that live in or is born in Queensland

Rainmaker – It is an Australian Rules football slang meaning a very high kick

Reckon – (1) It means absolutely when used as an interjection. (2) Suppose. (3) Think

Rock up – To arrive

Roo – Is is short for kangaroo

SA – It is an abbreviation for South Australia

Sanger – Sandwich

Servo – It is short for a service station

Sheila – (1) A girl. (2)  A girlfriend. (3) A woman

Sunnies – It is short for sunglasses

Sunshine state – Queensland

Surfie – A person who goes surfing

Swimmers – A swimming costume

TAS – It is an abbreviation for Tasmania

Tassie – It is short for Tasmania

Taswegian – A Tasmanian

Telly – It is short for television

Territorian – It is a person from the Northern Territory

Thunder box – It is a toilet that is usually located outside

Umpie – It is short for an umpire

Undies – It is short for underpants

Under the weather – Feeling unwell

Ute – A pick up truck

Veggies – Vegetables

VIC – It is an abbreviation for Victoria

Wino – A cheap wine

WA – It is an acronym for Western Australia

WACA – It is an acronym for Western Australian Cricket Association

Wallaby – A small kangaroo

Well oiled – Drunk

Wicked – (1) Cool. (2) Excellently. (3) Very good

Yikes! – It is a mild interjection of astonishment or concern

Youse – It is a plural form of “you”, and used to refer to more than one person

Tix – tickets