• Click – kilometre
• Compo – Workers Compensation Insurance
• Knocker – somebody who criticises
• Oz – Australia!
• Quack, or off to the quack – the doctor, or off to the doctor
• Scratchy – instant lottery ticket
• Strides – trousers
• Thingo – Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsit
• Togs – swim suit
• Wobbly – excitable behaviour (“I complained about the food and the waiter threw a wobbly”)

• Bonzer – great
• Counter lunch – pub lunch
• Exy – expensive
• It’s gone walkabout – it’s lost, can’t be found
• Rego – vehicle registration
• Snag – a sausage
• Strewth – exclamation, mild oath (“Strewth, that Chris is a bonzer bloke”)
• Ta muchly – thank you very much
• Throne or, on the Throne – toilet or, on the toilet
• Too right! – definitely!

• Battler – a hard working person who is only just making a living
• Chook – Chicken
• Grouse (adj.) – great, terrific, very good
• In the nuddy – naked
• Rage on: to continue partying – “we raged on until 3am”
• Spit the dummy – get very upset at something
• Sprung – caught doing something wrong
• Spunk – a good looking person (of either sex)
• Stone the Crows – Heaven forbid!
• Top End – far north of Australia

As you can see by some of our slang, it can cause mix-ups at times. (re: ‘Spunk’)

• Blow in the bag – take a breathaliser test
• Booze Bus – police vehicle used to catch drunk drivers
• Buckley’s – no chance
• Chewie – chewing gum
• Daks: trousers
• Drink with the flies – to drink alone
• Lippy – lipstick
• Road train – big truck with many trailers (big buggers they are)
• Ropeable – very angry
• Shout – turn to buy – a round of drinks usually (“it’s your shout”)

Hope you enjoyed another round of Learn the Lingo…it must be your shout, I’m thirsty after that!!

As mad as a cut snake  – very angry.

Bizzo – Business, as in “mind your own business”.

Booze Bus – police vehicle used to catch drunk drivers.

Coldie – beer.

Give it a burl – try it, have a go.

Heaps – a lot, e.g. “thanks heaps”, “(s)he earned heaps of money” etc.

Mate’s rate, mate’s discount – cheaper than usual for a “friend”.

Outback – interior of Australia.

Pozzy – position – get a good pozzy at the football stadium.

Ripper – great, fantastic.

She’ll be Apples  – everything will be alright.

Slab – a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer.