Kyle Communications Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 You can' trust post a link with no comment. Get off your date and give us the guts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Just an A to Z Oz slang dictionary. Some funny ones I haven't heard since I as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 It's out of date. "Blowie" was defined as some kind of fly. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdseye Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 It's also been given the PC sanitisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Communications Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Here is a little bit of it PMc I personally love Doovalacky : used whenever you can't remember what something is called. Thingummyjig, whatsit. Yes some are oldies but goodies and a few I hadn't head of before was a Dunny Budgie (a blowfly) D Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof Daks : trousers Damper : bread made from flour and water Date : arse[hole] ("get off your fat date") Dead dingo's donger, as dry as a : dry Dead horse : Tomato sauce Deadset : true, the truth Dero : tramp, hobo, homeless person (from "derelict") Dickhead : see "whacker" Digger : a soldier Dill : an idiot Dingo's breakfast : a yawn, a leak and a good look round (i.e. no breakfast) Dinkum, fair dinkum : true, real, genuine ("I'm a dinkum Aussie"; "is he fair dinkum?") Dinky-di : the real thing, genuine Dipstick : a loser, idiot Divvy van : Police vehicle used for transporting criminals. Named after the protective 'division' between the driver and the villains. Dob (somebody) in : inform on somebody. Hence dobber, a tell-tale Docket : a bill, receipt Doco : documentary Dog : unattractive woman Dog's balls, stands out like : obvious Dog's eye : meat pie Dole bludger : somebody on social assistance when unjustified Donger : penis Doodle : penis Doovalacky : used whenever you can't remember what something is called. Thingummyjig, whatsit. Down Under : Australia and New Zealand Drink with the flies : to drink alone Drongo : a dope, stupid person Dropkick : see 'dipstick' Drum : information, tip-off ("I'll give you the drum") Duchess : sideboard Duffer, cattle : rustler Dummy, spit the : get very upset at something Dunny : outside lavatory Dunny budgie : blowfly Dunny rat, cunning as a : very cunning Durry : tobacco, cigarette Dux : top of the class (n.); to be top of the class (v.) - "She duxed four of her subjects". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I thought it was "dooverlackey' A doover was a gadget/ mechanical thing. Yes?? Nev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Communications Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 We are losing our slang language quite a lot. I have noticed it a lot. I love our slang it is so uniquie to us. The world exposure we get now and the desire to "fit in" with the rest of the numb skulls and drop kicks so we all be come clones of what the USA and club of rome want us to be like. There you go some food for the conspiracy guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Everyone just swears instead these days.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I haven't heard durry for a cigarette since I was twelve! By the way, if you have seen a farmer with kangaroos in a crop in the top paddock then you know what crazy means. Most farms leave some forest on the hill tops, where the roos sleep during the day, then they come down and feast on the top paddock at night. So it makes perfect sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdseye Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Everyone just swears instead these days.... Whatta lotta bollocks :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I see that 'refo" is included, but not "moozy". PC? And they missed "two bob" and "two bob watch". The list looks like it was derived from late 20th Century slang, which is good since it shows the evolution of the slanguage. You guys agree with that? OME 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I think dead dingoes donger was made up by Barry Humphries 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdseye Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 The list looks like it was derived from late 20th Century slang, which is good since it shows the evolution of the slanguage. You guys agree with that? OME They also don't understand the difference between slang and simple diminutives e.g. fridge for refrigerator. Diminutives aren't slang. Strange that with there being so many alternatives, I can't find a 'shirt lifter' or similar anywhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diddy Pilot Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 And why would you be looking for a shirt-lifter? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRamsay Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 A mate of mine was always trotting out those wonderful Aussie similes like "Dry as a Pommie's towel" and "Full as a State High School" and "Flat out as a lizard drinking". A shame we don't hear those any more. PC certainly killed off quite a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryon Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 A young friend of mine today had never heard of the term "brown trout farm" when referring to a sewerage works. She was quite amused when I explained to her that it had nothing to do with fishing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRamsay Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 And why would you be looking for a shirt-lifter? Can't imagine why but, as to where, the Artillery Corps were thought to have more than their fair share and there was fair amount of uncertainty about the Tankies too with their formal stretch trousers and their gay berets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Whatta lotta bollocks :-) Isn't that pommy slang? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 A young friend of mine today had never heard of the term "brown trout farm" when referring to a sewerage works.She was quite amused when I explained to her that it had nothing to do with fishing Yes, before I had kids I remember a mate at work talking about how his young boy & girl used to have a bath together, until one day the son "launched a brown trout" after which the daughter wouldn't share the bath with him. Since having kids our daughter has launched a fair few brown trouts in the bath, and even a couple in the shower. Very common fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdseye Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Isn't that pommy slang? It was all Pommy slang, after all that is where Ozzie slang (of the rhyming sort in its original form) came from. Regarding the 'brown trout' they were also known as 'richards' from Richard the Third (turd). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Just watched an interview with Hugh Jackman regarding his latest movie "Chappie". His character is Australian and so he was asked to add some Aussie slang to the script. He said that he knew so little that he had to do a Google search to find any. OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 You never hear of Great the Garbo anymore. Or 'as flat as a shit carter's hat' OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 They also don't understand the difference between slang and simple diminutives e.g. fridge for refrigerator. Diminutives aren't slang. Strange that with there being so many alternatives, I can't find a 'shirt lifter' or similar anywhere. I heard a fairly old Australian once describe a shirt lifter as an Uphill Gardener. . . . . .?? that was at a pub somewhere near four corners tank ( NSW ?. . . Memory fading along with the medal ribbons. . .) Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Heard a youngish Aussie female on vacation in the UK at around Chrismas time, say "She'll be Jake Mate. . ." have not heard that one for a long time. . . .must qualify as some sort of slangism, rather than the Crocker / Humphries "Don't come the raw prawn with me mate. . . .dah dah dah . . .rough end of a pineapple" synthetic movie stuff. . . . I just received an email copy of a Ronnie Barker sketch which was actually broadcast by the BBC, I might post it in the laughter bin, and see if the Mods can it,. . . . but it WAS transmitted by the BBC, I gather it was said at such a speed that no one noticed. . . . .it's all in spoonerisms. . . . Well, wish me luck . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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