Australian phrases

Bruce bailed’ = Bruce isn’t going to turn up. Hit the frog and toad 2. One for the road A last drink before going home. Australian slang: phrases to help you talk like an Aussie 1. The redneck definition often describes an uncultured person.

Fair Dinkum – confirming the truthfulness of a sentence Apples, she’ll be – It’ll be alright Banana bender – someone from Queensland Dog’s.

Aussies have a tendency to shorten words. This means “the real thing. The color blue represents loyalty and truth. So the phrase “ true blue” describes something as genuine, real and honest.

My Silly Strine Dictionary! Blowing the froth off a few. Carrying on like a pork chop. The term for Australia slang and pronunciation is called S trine.

One of its signature features is making words as short as possible. It’s said to be the national motto of Australia. There’s a lot in this list that may offend you.

And frankly, we’re pretty bloody okay with that. Some people just say it when they. It can translate to “ Hello ” or “How are you? For example, “G’day mate”. Contrary to what one can imagine, it is used daily, and one can quickly find oneself lost if one does not know some of its rudiments.

A diminutive (adjective) means extremely small and an idiom is a word of phrase that is not taken literally. Anywhere you visit in Australia, you will hear the same words but much, much, much shorter! Louise Whitby, Sydney, Australia.

Drongo - no-hoper or fool. Firies - firefighters. In our original article we wrote that the word chunder originated with the first. General words and phrases. Barrack for - cheer a sports team.

Bathers - swimming costume, swimmers.

Bogan - unsophisticated person. Also, watch out for someone telling you to go walkabout so effectively “get lost, you’ve annoyed me”. Some More Aussie Expressions Don’t come the raw prawn with me. Please don’t disappoint me.

Go off like a frog in a sock. Burn like a frog in a sock – be very energetic. Flat out like a lizard drinking. Dry as a dead dingoes donger. Slang word for a condom.

Shortened version of Fremantle, a port city in Western Australia near Perth. With the best AFL team in Australia , even though they are yet to win a final. The hair that hangs down on your forehead. Rhyming slang for road.

A total idiot or a bit crazy. Since a “g’day” is given somewhere daily to you as a friendly greeting. Stop faffing around. Here are some of the funniest Aussie expressions around.

Yes, we tell thank you that way. A universal phrase, indeed. We use ‘ wog ’ to call friends.

Many slang words like mate were taken from the slang of these original populations, but the meaning of many of these words have changed a bit.