Australian Slang

Someone with no prior criminal record, a person with no previous convictions; loosely, someone who h…

Universal Australian and British word for a friend. Can also be a warning — "oi, mate" means someone…

Australian slang for a woman or girl, now mostly used jokingly or nostalgically. Has an older, frien…

Australian: gas station. Classic Aussie diminutive — everything gets -o'd: arvo (afternoon), servo (…

Australian: afternoon. Classic Aussie abbreviation — add -o to anything to make it conversational ("…

Australian affirmative response. "No problem at all" / "sure thing." Carries a touch of casual brava…

British / Australian: completely full. "The pub was chockers" = packed wall-to-wall. A shortening of…

An Australian slang expression describing someone as extremely lazy -- so lazy that even if a machin…

(Australia, NZ) A wage adjustment or an improvement in working conditions made as a consequence of o…

(Australia, Eastern Australia) A type of processed meat sausage.

(AU) Freedom to act without repercussions; free rein.

Australian: toilet. Classic old-school Aussie slang — more at-home on a farm than in a gastropub, bu…

British / Irish / Australian: mocking or messing around. Can be friendly teasing or a serious accusa…

Australian: "you're welcome" and "no problem" fused into a single phrase. One of the most-heard sent…

(Australia, slang, idiomatic, derogatory) Stupid, dull, or foolish.

Australian: flip-flops — the footwear, not the underwear. A source of confusion for Americans every …

Australian: a working-class, unsophisticated-but-proud-of-it person. Comparable to "yobbo." Often af…

(Australia, colloquial, obsolete) To carry on small-time confidence tricks, i.e. the activity of an …

A cigarette / coffee break at work, especially on a job site. By extension, any short break.

Complete, total, downright.

(Australia) A thingamajig; something the name of which is unknown or cannot be recalled.

(informal, intransitive) To act stingily or parsimoniously.

Housing commission is Australian slang for government-funded public housing, referring to the state …

(AU, colloquial) Someone who lives in or is familiar with the Australian outback; a bushman or bushw…

(Australia, colloquial) The action or process of bringing down from within, undermining, sabotage.

(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A stupid person; an idiot.

(AU, informal, often, attributive) A flannelette shirt.

(colloquial, oil industry) A tool dresser.

An Australian expression of high praise — meaning you are such a good, generous, or capable person t…

Australian informal slang for a potato farmer, combining 'spud' (potato) with 'cocky' — the Australi…

Australian university slang for 'associate professor' — a rank just below full professor in academia…