Bruce in West Oz
New member
I've been at TFL for quite while now, and youse jokers still can't understand what I'm talkin' about. Stone the crows! It isn't bloody difficult. Listen, here's a coupla pointers to what it all means.
apples = OK, fine (as in "She'll be apples")
arse = ass
arvo = afternoon (we love to shorten words)
barbie = barbecue (yeah, I know, you heard Hoges say "Throw another shrimp on the barbie". Except we don't call 'em shrimp -- they're prawns!!!
bastard = usually a pleasant greeting (e.g. G'day you old bastard! Can be pejorative)
bewdy = beauty -- great, terrific, the best. "You little bewdy!"
bloke = guy, a male (also "jokers", plural "Youse jokers are all right in my book!")
bonnet (of a car) = hood
bonzer = great! ("Maine's a bonzer place!")
boot (of a car) = trunk
bum = ass (Not a "tramp")
carton = cardboard box of 24 cans or stubbies of beer
chook = domestic fowl; poultry
clobber = clothing ("Hey, nice clobber!")
cobber = mate (rarely used today, except by tourists!)
cranky = bad-tempered ("He's a cranky old bugger")
daks = trousers (from a tradename) ("Drop yer daks, lover!")
darl = darling
digger = an Australian, but ONLY used these days by foreigners (can be shortened to "Dig")
dinkum = genuine; true ("He's a dinkum Aussie"; also "dinky-di")
dunny = toilet; bathroom (also "thunderbox"; "****house" or "shouse")
esky = insulated cooler (tradename)
fanny = ummmmm .... lady's front bottom; hence we say "bum bag" not "fanny pack"!!!
footpath = sidewalk
G'day = Good day. It's a greeting, NOT a farewell!!!!!
handbrake = wife; missus (also "leader of the opposition" or "the war office")
keg = drum of beer, 5 or 10 gallons; good for a party!
king brown = 24 oz bottle of beer
knackered = puzzled ("it's got me knackered") or tired ("Jeez, I'm absolutely knackered")
mate = similar, but not the same as the US buddy; used among friends (G'day, mate, how they hangin'?")
mickey = ummmm ... lady's front bottom (again)
mickey maulers = hands (look at the definition above and don't ask!!!!!!)
missus = wife
Outback = the remote country areas of Oz
pew = seat ("Pull up a pew and join us, mate")
pissed = drunk (NOTE: the US "pissed" is "pissed off" in Ozspeak)
ripper = bloody great! ("Ripper rifle!!")
root = ummmmm ... having sexual ... thingie! (either verb or noun)
sheila = female; woman ("She's a great sheila")
stubby = 12 oz bottle of beer
tinnie = can of beer
wanker = chronic masturbator
wedding tackle = male genitals
wowser = killjoy; prude
Phrases:
"Stone the crows!" = for heaven's sake!
Fair dinkum = the real thing
septic tank = American (not pejorative)
"Shoot through like a Bondi tram" = go quickly
"Off like a bride's nightie" = off quickly; or gone bad (off)
"Come the raw prawn" = try to pull the wool over one's eyes
a bull**** artist = a liar
beyond the black stump = beyond "civilisation"
up sh*t creek in a barbed wire canoe without a paddle = in deep trouble!!!!
That'll do for now. If you've heard others and want an explanation -- just ask!!
B
[This message has been edited by Bruce in West Oz (edited April 02, 2000).]
apples = OK, fine (as in "She'll be apples")
arse = ass
arvo = afternoon (we love to shorten words)
barbie = barbecue (yeah, I know, you heard Hoges say "Throw another shrimp on the barbie". Except we don't call 'em shrimp -- they're prawns!!!
bastard = usually a pleasant greeting (e.g. G'day you old bastard! Can be pejorative)
bewdy = beauty -- great, terrific, the best. "You little bewdy!"
bloke = guy, a male (also "jokers", plural "Youse jokers are all right in my book!")
bonnet (of a car) = hood
bonzer = great! ("Maine's a bonzer place!")
boot (of a car) = trunk
bum = ass (Not a "tramp")
carton = cardboard box of 24 cans or stubbies of beer
chook = domestic fowl; poultry
clobber = clothing ("Hey, nice clobber!")
cobber = mate (rarely used today, except by tourists!)
cranky = bad-tempered ("He's a cranky old bugger")
daks = trousers (from a tradename) ("Drop yer daks, lover!")
darl = darling
digger = an Australian, but ONLY used these days by foreigners (can be shortened to "Dig")
dinkum = genuine; true ("He's a dinkum Aussie"; also "dinky-di")
dunny = toilet; bathroom (also "thunderbox"; "****house" or "shouse")
esky = insulated cooler (tradename)
fanny = ummmmm .... lady's front bottom; hence we say "bum bag" not "fanny pack"!!!
footpath = sidewalk
G'day = Good day. It's a greeting, NOT a farewell!!!!!
handbrake = wife; missus (also "leader of the opposition" or "the war office")
keg = drum of beer, 5 or 10 gallons; good for a party!
king brown = 24 oz bottle of beer
knackered = puzzled ("it's got me knackered") or tired ("Jeez, I'm absolutely knackered")
mate = similar, but not the same as the US buddy; used among friends (G'day, mate, how they hangin'?")
mickey = ummmm ... lady's front bottom (again)
mickey maulers = hands (look at the definition above and don't ask!!!!!!)
missus = wife
Outback = the remote country areas of Oz
pew = seat ("Pull up a pew and join us, mate")
pissed = drunk (NOTE: the US "pissed" is "pissed off" in Ozspeak)
ripper = bloody great! ("Ripper rifle!!")
root = ummmmm ... having sexual ... thingie! (either verb or noun)
sheila = female; woman ("She's a great sheila")
stubby = 12 oz bottle of beer
tinnie = can of beer
wanker = chronic masturbator
wedding tackle = male genitals
wowser = killjoy; prude
Phrases:
"Stone the crows!" = for heaven's sake!
Fair dinkum = the real thing
septic tank = American (not pejorative)
"Shoot through like a Bondi tram" = go quickly
"Off like a bride's nightie" = off quickly; or gone bad (off)
"Come the raw prawn" = try to pull the wool over one's eyes
a bull**** artist = a liar
beyond the black stump = beyond "civilisation"
up sh*t creek in a barbed wire canoe without a paddle = in deep trouble!!!!
That'll do for now. If you've heard others and want an explanation -- just ask!!
B
[This message has been edited by Bruce in West Oz (edited April 02, 2000).]
