- Arse: colorful way of describing someone's bottom or bum often combined with other words.
- Arseup: to fall on your face or have the situation turn upside down.
- Tightarse: skinflint, someone who will not part with his or her money.
- Tin-arsed: very lucky person.
- Ankle bitter: a small child or toddler, usually those 4 years of age and younger.
- Amber fluid: one of many Aussie terms for beer, less often called amber nectar.
- Coldie: cold beer.
- Dead marine: empty beer bottle.
- Longneck: large bottle of beer, more often used in Southern Australia.
- Sitting on a beer: someone who nurses one beer might be accused of this, taking forever to drink it!
- Stubby: small beer bottle.
- Tinny: case of beer.
- Ant's pants: complete belief that something is the ultimate in style and fashion, or someone with a very high opinion of their own worth.
- Aussie (pronounced Ozzie): familiar term, an abbreviation for someone born in Australia, a native to the land.
- Ay?: used when someone does not hear what is said to them the first time. "Come again? Could you repeat that"
- Barbie: The Aussie version of a barbeque.
- Bloke: a man, often used to describe a positive attribute, a male that works hard."Max is a good bloke to trust"
- Bottoms up: drinking a full glass in one big gulp, usually applies to drinking beer or drinking from a shot glass.
- Cark it: pass away, die, stop all functioning.
- Cuppa: A cup of tea or coffee.
- Drongo: A word to describe someone who is slow too grasp something, being dull witted or stupid.
- Dunny: describing outdoor toilets but now a more general term for going to the bathroom.
- Dunny budgie: a blowfly.
- Earbashing: someone who talks constantly or nags, continues to talk for a long time!
- Fair dinkum: genuine or honest person, something that is true.
- Gidday (G'day): slur for good day and an alternative to hello, used to give a warm greeting.
- Hooroo (pronounced 'ooroo): local term for saying farewell, though not as popular as goodbye.
- Kiwi: describes someone from New Zealand. "Before seeing the Outback the Kiwkis got an Aussie car rental."
- Long Paddock: where cattle is often taken out to graze, side of a roadway.
- Mate: popular way of speaking to an associate, friend or anyone you meet. Most commonly used by males to greet other males. "How you feeling mate?" is an informal way to start a discussion.
- Naughty: one of many Australian terms for having sex.
- Racing off: sex with a significant other who is not your own!
- Root rat: a person who is constantly on the prowl for sex.
- Shag: to have sex.
- Off to the dunny: a phrase someone would use when about to walk out to the bathroom.
- Onya: simplified way of congratulating someone for a job well done. "Onya for choosing the best car hire service.
- Outback: referring to Australia's inland, a remote region mainly devoid of people but containing a variety of wildlife.
- Roo: shortened term for kangaroo.
- Boomer: another word for kangaroo.
- Joey: baby kangaroo.
- Kangaroos loose in the paddock: a phrase used for someone who is lacking in intelligence.
- Sprung: being busted or caught doing something wrong.
- Spunky: person of either sex who is considered attractive.
- Ta: simplified version of thank you.
- True Blue: native who shows pride in Australia, a patriot.
- Tucker: means food.
- Ute: pickup or utility truck. "Let's see the Outback in style by getting a ute when we visit the car rental place."
- Walkabout: taking a long way, traveling. For Aboriginals this may mean a holiday or spiritual journey into the Outback that has no fixed date to return.
- Wanker: stupid male who has a really high opinion of himself, and is not aware that he is not as great to others as he is in his own mind.
- Yakka: has the same meaning as work.
- Hard yakka: hard work. "It was hard yakka working outside today."
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