Dan's Aussie dictionary

A
Ace: Very good or excellent
Aerial ping pong: Australian Rules Football
Aggro: in a bad mood, angry
Ankle biter: Small child
Anzac Biscuit: Australian oat biscuit
Aussie: An Australian (pronounced Ozzie)
Aussie Rules: Australian Rules Football
Aussie Salute: Brushing the flies away from your face
Arvo: Afternoon

B
Barbie: BBQ, barbecue
Barrack: To support, root, cheer for your sporting team
Bathers: Swim suite
Beanie: Ski hat
Beaut: Good
Bewdie: Really good
Bingle: A minor car accident
Biscuit: A cookie
Billy: metal pot with lid used for brewing tea in the bush
Billy lid: a kid, child
Bloke: A man
Blowie: A large fly
Bolted: ran, moved quickly
Bottler: good
Bunyip: Mythical spirit creature from the out back

C
Cheese and kisses: The missus, your wife
Chocolate Crackles: Rice Bubbles, cocoa, coconut treat
Chook: A chicken
Chuck a U ey: To do a U turn
Chuck a spaz: To go a little a bit crazy for a moment
Chunder: To vomit
Crikey: Express surprise
Chrissie: Christmas

D
Dag: Silly,unfashionable person, lacking style
Dead horse: Tomato Sauce, ketchup
Digger: Australian Soldier, especially WW1
Dummy: Pacifier
Dunny: Toilet

E
Esky: Insulated box for food and drinks

F
Fair Dinkum: genuine, honest
Flat out like a lizard drinking: Doing something very fast

H
Hang on a tick: Wait for a minute

I
Idiot box: Television

J
Jarmies: Pyjamas
Jocks: Men's underwear
Joe Blake: A Snake
Jumper: A woollen sweater

K
Kindy: A kindergarten

L
Lamingtons: Australian cake, dipped in thin chocolate icing and rolled in coconut
Lolly: Candy

M
Mad as a cut snack: crazy
Mate: A friend, buddy
Milk bar: Corner shop that sells general goods, milk, newspapers, lollies
Missus: Your wife
Mackers: Mac Donald's
Mucking around: playing around in a manner others generally don't like

N
Nuddy: Naked
Nick: Steal
Nick off: go away, get lost
Nappy: Diaper
No worries mate: everything is ok

O
Ocker: Loud mouth/behaviour Australian
Oldies: Parents
Ow-yar-going: How are you?
Oz: Australia

P
Pavlova: Meringue topped with cream and fruit
Prang: Car accident

Q
Quack: Doctor

R
Rapt: very happy
Rellie: A relative
Rip off: being cheated
Rug up: Dress warmly

S
She'll be right mate: everything will be fine, ok
Sheila: A woman
Shocker: bad
Snag: A sausage
Spit the dummy: Get very upset
Spud: A potato
Stirrer: Stir up the situation, generally joking

T
Tea: Evening meal
Tucker: Food
Tuckshop: School shop for buying food, lunch
Thongs: rubber sandals
True Blue: Pure/strong sense of being Australian

U
Uee or Uwe: Doing a U turn
Ute: Pick up truck, tray car

V
Vanilla Slice: Popular vanilla custard cake
Vegies: Vegetables
Vegemite: A dark brown yeast paste, spread it sparingly on bread

W
Wag: skip school, truancy
White Christmas: Rice Bubble treat with dried fruit
Wobbly: to throw/chuck a "wobbly", to be upset

X
x it out: cross it out

Y
Ya tellin me: Agreement with a statement
Yabbie: Fresh water crayfish
Yakka: Work, "hard Yakka" hard work
Yarn: to tell a story
Yapping: Talking all the time
Yobbo: Loud mouth Australian, can also be slovenly, low morals

Z
Zit: Acne, pimple

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