Aussie Term | American Equivalent | Context / Usage |
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"Chock-a-block", "Chockers" "Chuck a beachie" "Fair dinkum", "True Blue" "Give Way" "Not a drama", "No worries" "She'll be right", "She's apples" "Spot on" "Yes, thanks" Aluminium Big W Bikie, Surfie Bird, Shiela Biscuit Bitumen, Sealed Road Bloke Bogan Bonnet Boot Braces Brekky Bush Call Capsicum Centre Chemist Cheque Chips Christian Name Churchies Cinema Cockie Crickey, Blimey Dear Dink Docket Dummy Feed Fizzy Flash Flat Footy Gas, LPG G'day, Hoo-roo Go Go Gridiron Gum Boots Heaps Hungry's, HJ's Jam Jelly Jumper Kindy Kiwi Knackered Knickers Lift Lollie, Lollies Lot Lounge Lounge Room Maccer's, Macca's Mark Mate Mucking Mum Nappies Nick, Pinch Ocker Oi Pacer Paddock Parcel Petrol Pie, Meat Pie Post Postie Pram Prawn Presy Primary school Proper Push Bike / Pushy Queue Rellie Reserve Ring Rubber Rubbish, Bin Sauce Scone Serviet Shift Singlet Spade Stack Stack Hat Station Straight Stuffed Stuffed / Mucked Swag Ta, Cheers Tap Tea Telly Theater Tip Tip, Tiggy Toilet Trolley Tucker Tyre Ute Video Clip Video Machine Voucher Winge Yank Yonks |
Full, Out of time/space Hang out at the beach True, Right, or the Real Thing Yield "Not a problem" "It's good", "I'm ok", "No thanks" Right, Correct "Next, please" Aluminum Wal-Mart Biker, Surfer Girl Cookie Asphalt Guy White Trash Hood Trunk Suspenders Breakfast Wilderness Stop by, Come by Bell Pepper Center Drugstore Check Fries First Name Religionists, Evangelists Theater Farmer Geez Expensive, Costly Double on a bike Receipt Pacifier Meal Soda Nice, New, or Cool Apartment Aussie Rules Propane Hi Turn, Try Do Football Rubber Boots, Golashes A lot, tons Burger King Jelly, Jam, Preserves Jello Sweater, Sweat shirt Kindergarten New Zealander Tired Underwear Elevator Candy A group, or the whole thing Couch, Sofa Living Room McDonalds Catch, Guard Friend Messing Mom Diapers Go Away or Steal Redneck Hey Mechanical Pencil Pasture Package Gasoline Pot-Pie Mailman Stroller Shrimp Present Elementary school Right Bicycle Line Relative Park Call, Phone Pencil Eraser Garbage, Can Tomato Sauce Biscuit Napkin Move Tank Top Shovel Crash Helmet Ranch Right Pregnant Messed Sleeping bag Thanks Faucet Dinner (Supper) Television Operating room Dump Tag Bathroom Cart Food Tire Truck Music Video VCR Coupon Whine North American Ages |
Also, "Dinkie die", "Fair crack of the whip" Traffic Sign To call up the next person in a line On a car On a car ie: Bush fire vs. forest fire "I'll call around straight away." Almost anything with an "er" ending For money French fries that is Also, Surname for Last Name For movies someone who lives in the busy Mild expletive For a baby Missionary term -- "Chip feed", "good feed" "That car is flash!" Australian Rules Football or Rugby As in "liquid petroleum gas" "Did you have a go?" "You didn't go very well", "How ya goin'" American Football "Are you lot going", "Is that the lot?" In sports Goofing off -- "Quit mucking around" "Nick off!", "He nicked/pinched my pen." Rough equivalency Rough equivalency "Post a letter", "Post-box" For a baby The kind you stand in. "I'll be shifting next week." Of any kind "I'll come straight away." Not used much anymore. Ruining something -- "I stuffed it up", "It's buggered" In the NT Esp. for a hose Not used much. For garbage The game The room, not the thing (Sometimes they're separate) The kind you use at a supermarket Short for utility vehicle A long time |