Act - Pretending to be something you're not
Bag - Refers to a lady who is not particularly pleasant.
Barbie (Barbeque) - - Like a cook out. Many people get together for a 'Barbie' in the warmer months, they are
usually BYO (Bring your own) meat and drinks.
Barney- A fight or scuffle.
Beaut- Very good. Excellent.
Billy - Used for making tea in, usually over a campfire. The best billies are the old ones, they make better tea.
Black Stump - Out towards the horizon, a long way away.
Block - Block has a few meanings but the more Aussie one is your head.
Bloke - A person - usually a male.
Bludge- Not doing anything or getting things off others.
Blue - A blue can be a fight or the nickname of someone with red hair.
Booze - - Alcohol, usually beer.
Bush- - Bush refers to somewhere in the country or away from the city.
Chook - - Chook is "our word" for a chicken,most pubs and clubs run a "chook raffle"
Chuck - - Chuck has a few meanings, it can mean to throw or to put in.
Conk- - To hit someone.
Cow - - As well as being the animal that gives us milk it also means anything that is difficult.
Crook- - Not feeling well or not going well.
Dag- - A bit of a fool or not very well presented.
Dinkum- - Genuine or honest.
Dob In- - To tell (an authority) on someone.
Dunny- - A toilet.
Fair Go - - Give some a chance or an opportunity to do something.
Galah- - A fool or a silly person.
Gidday-G'day - - A greeting. It is the Aussie way of saying good day.
Grouse - - Means excellent.
Gutzer -- Some plans don't work out or to have an accident.
Hooly-Dooly- - An expression of surprise.
Jakeroo or Jillaroo- - A farm hand, usually on a cattle station (very large farms).
Kick - - To share or join in.
Knackers- - testicles (also `love spuds', 'nuts' or 'nads')
Lollies -- Candy or sweets.
Mate- - This usually means a friend but it can be used to talk about or to anyone - even a total stranger.
Mug - - Either a fool or your face.
Owyergoin- - A greeting. How are you going? Often used with 'Gidday' and 'Mate'.
Pester- - Annoy or bother someone.
Piss - - alcohol, usually beer.
Pub - - Any hotel. A favourite meeting place of many Australians.
Prang - - Is a word used to refer to a car accident,i.e "I had a prang today!" or "I pranged my car"
Quack- - A doctor, especially if they are not very good.
Ratbag - - Someone who does not behave properly.
Raw Prawn- - A lie or a con job.
Sack- - To be fired from a job.
Scrub - - Can be the same as the bush or mean areas in the country where there are not many trees.
Shiela - - Female or woman
Shirty - To get upset or angry.
Shoot Through- - To leave or disappear.
Shout - - Pay for someone else.
Skite- - To boast.
Sport- - A more general way of referring to someone rather than a mate.
Strewth- - An exclamation, often of surprise.
Thongs - - Rubber sandals.
Togs- - A set of clothes. More often used to refer to a swimming costume.
Tucker- - Food. Australian schools call their canteens a 'tuckshop.'
Winge - - Complain and carry on unnecessarily.
Wog - - An illness such as the flu.
Yakker - - Work - usually hard work.
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