kamus bahasa slang aussie part 2

Lanjutan part II bahasa gaul aussi..

Glossary of Australian Slang, Idioms & Aussie Lingo

Define:

• Acca Dacca - rock band 'AC DC'
• ace – excellent
• ambo - Paramedic, Ambulance Officer
• ‘ang on – wait a moment
• arvo – afternoon
• Aussie - person from Australia (pronounced: Ozzey)
• ‘avago – have a go (usually ‘ya mug’ – you fool – is added); try harder
• bangaroo - marathon sex
• barbie – barbecue or BBQ
• barra - a barramundi fish
• bewdy or bewdy bottler – good; the best
• Beyond the Black Stump – far from the city; the outback
• bickie - biscut or cookie
• bingle – minor car accident
• bludger – layabout, one who wants something for nothing, person who does not work or works very little
• bluey – a swag or blanket roll
• bombed out – unsuccessful; also drunk
• bonza - excellent
• boys in blue - Police
• Brisbanites - people from Brisbane
• buckleys - no chance
• budgy smugglers - swimming atire, also referred to as 'togs'
• burl - 'give it a burl' give it a go; attempt something
• by crickey – an expression of surprise
• cactus – useless, broken
• cark it – to die
• cashed up – having plenty of ready money
• cheesed (off) – bored; fed up
• chewy – chewing gum
• chook – domestic fowl
• chook raffle – a lottery in which the prize is a chicken; usually held in a ‘pub’ (hotel)
• chuck a wobbly – go berserk
• cobber – friend
• cocky – know all; also a small farmer
• combo - combination
• come a cropper – to fall heavily
• cot case – a drunk or exhausted person only fit for bed
• cracking - excellent / get cracking - start something
• Darwin stubby - 2 litre bottle of beer
• deadhead – a stupid person
• deadly - excellent ("The Deadlys" is an award program to recognise the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to their community and to Australian society)
• dead marine – an empty beer bottle (also: dead soldier)
• dead set – certain; assured; used as an exclamation meaning ‘really!’
• dead set against it – uncooperative
• dinky-di – genuine
• do your lolly (mellon; nana; loaf) – to get very angry
• dob in – to betray or report someone to the authorities; also to nominate someone for an umpleasent task
• don’t get off your bike – calm down
• drongo – stupid person
• dry as a drovers dog – extremely thirsty
• dunny – an outside toilet
• esky – a portable icebox (brand name)
• fair crack of the whip – ease up (also: fair suck of the surf)
• fair dinkum – honest; genuine
• fair enough – alright; acceptable
• fair go – a chance; also an appeal for fairness
• flake (out) – to collapse; to fall asleap
• flat out like a lizard drinking – lying prone; also rushed; extremely busy
• flush – having plenty of money
• fossick – to search for something
• freak out – to have an extreme reaction (good or bad) to something
• full as a goog (tick; boot) – drunk; full of food after a big meal
• game as Ned Kelly – very brave (Ned Kelly was a daring bushranger [robber] in 1878)
• garbage – an exclamation meaning ‘what rubbish, I don’t believe you!’
• garbo - garbage collector
• g’donya – good for you; well done; can also be sarcastic; or mean ‘I don’t believe you’
• go off like a bucket of prawns in the sun – to create commotion
• good one – an explanation of approval; or comment that someone is stretching the truth
• goodo – yes, alright
• goon - wine sold inside a bag and cardboard box
• gutful – more than enough (I’ve had a gutful of this – I’ve had enough)
• have tickets on yourself – to be conceited
• hit the deck – to duck; to put your head down
• hit the tin – put money in the kitty; to contribute to a collection of cash
• hoon – a stupid or uncultivated person; also a fast or wreckless driver
• hooroo – goodbye
• jackaroo - male working with cattle or horses
• joolaroo - female working as a jackaroo
• kero - kerosene
• kick in – to help out with money
• knock – to criticise, find fault
• knocker – a person who makes derogatory remarks
• larrikin – mischievous, wild or carefree person
• lations - family relatives or 'relations'
• like a hornet in a bottle – furious
• like a possum up a gum tree – moving fast
• like a rat up a drainpipe – moving even faster
• lingo – language
• loaded – extremely wealthy; also very drunk
• local rag - local newspaper
• longkneck - 750ml bottle of beer (also: tallie)
• mackas - McDonalds
• main drag - main road or street through a town
• mate – good or best friend; also used to greet someone as in ‘G’day mate’
• matilda – a blanket roll carried by a swagman
• Melbournians - people from Melbourne
• metho - methylated spirits
• mexicans - people from the state south of yours
• milko - milk home delivery person
• m’oath – my oath; on my oath. bloody oath - i agree
• mug – fool
• mulga – rough country (actually: a type of tree)
• muso - musician
• no-hopper – incompetent person; social misfit
• nosh up – a good meal
• nick – to steal
• nicked – to be caught; (I got nicked – I got caught) go away; (get nicked)
• nick off – to go away; expression meaning ‘lose yourself!’
• nifty – stylish; clever; shrewd to the point of dishonesty
• ocker – the archetypal uncultivated Australian male
• outback – the inland country far away from large cities
• pint of beer - 570ml
• prang – minor car accident
• prawn - shrimp
• pot of beer - 285ml (a 'one pot screamer' is someone who gets drunk off very little alcohol). Also known as a 'middy' or 'half pint'
• rack off – to go away
• ranga - person with red hair (Julia Gillard Australian Prime Minister - pictured right)
• rego - vehicle registration
• righto - alright
• ring-in – a substitute
• rissole - a type of meatball flattened out; or fat meat patty. (also: 'given the rissole' sacked or fired from employment.
• road train - a truck with many sections attached (some road trains are over a kilometre long)
• rort – a con
• sangers – sandwiches
• schooner of beer - 425ml
• ’scuse me - excuse me
• servo - a petrol station or gas station
• she’ll be apples, she’s sweet – it’ll be fine
• shoot through - to go somewhere else (or he shot through)
• shonky – poor quality
• shotgun - the front passenger seat of a vehicle
• shout – to buy drinks for everyone
• shrapnel - coins of a low denomination
• sickie – a day taken off work, but not necessarily because of illness
• skip – Australian-born (from Skippy the kangaroo [a TV show])
• skite – a bragger
• slack - work left over by a lazy person. To 'pull up the slack' is to do the work left over by others.
• a slash - to take 'a slash' or 'have a slash' - to urinate
• smoko – a break from work (originally a cigarette)
• snags – sausages
• speedo - vehicle speedomoter
• stinker – an objectionable person
• stone the crows – exclamation of astonishment
• stubby - a bottle of beer (330ml) or stubbie / a brand of shorts
• stubby cooler - used to keep your hand warm and a beer cold
• swag – a blanket roll of light bedding
• swagman – a man who travels around the country on foot and takes odd jobs usually in the outback
• Sydneyites - people from Sydney
• ratbag – a rogue; an eccentric person
• rubbish – to criticice; to mock
• servo - petrol station
• ta - thank you
• tall poppy (/syndrome) - a cultural tendancy to cutt people down to size - criticise people who excell or achieve significantly / or publicly above others.
• ta-ta – goodbye
• Taswegins - people from Tasmania
• the ditch - water between Australia and New Zealand
• tinnie – a can of beer; a small aluminum boat
• too right – an exclamation meaning ‘I agree’
• top drop – a good beer or wine
• true blue – genuine
• twit – a fool
• ute – open backed pick-up truck
• veg out – relax
• wag – to play truant
• wheelie – a noisy skidding turn while driving
• whinge – to complain
• whopper – something surprisingly big
• woop woop - out in the middle of no where
• wowser – a killjoy; a prudish teetotaler
• write-off – a total loss
• wuss – spoilsport; afraid to have a go
• yakka – hard or heavy work
• yank - American
• yobbo – a loud or stupid uncultivated person
• yonks ago (or yonks and yonks ago) - a long time ago
• zonked (out) – tired out; exhausted

Australian Spoonerisms

• no wucking furries (or: no wuccas) - no worries
• cunny funt - a funny person

A

Ace! : Excellent! Very good! 
Aerial pingpong : Australian Rules football 
Amber fluid : beer 
Ambo : ambulance, ambulance driver
Ankle biter : small child 
Apples, she'll be : It'll be all right 
Arvo : afternoon 
Aussie (pron. Ozzie) : Australian
Aussie salute : brushing away flies with the hand 
Avos : avocados 

B B & S : Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball - a very enjoyable party usually held in rural areas Back of Bourke : a very long way away Bail (somebody) up : to corner somebody physically Bail out : depart, usually angrily Banana bender : a person from Queensland Barbie : barbecue (noun) Barrack : to cheer on (football team etc.) Bastard : term of endearment Bathers : swimming costume Battler : someone working hard and only just making a living Beaut, beauty : great, fantastic Big Smoke : a big city, especially Sydney or Melbourne Big-note oneself : brag, boast Bikkie : biscuit (also "it cost big bikkies" - it was expensive) Billabong : an oxbow lake cut off by a change in the watercourse. Billabongs are usually formed when the course of a creek or river changes, leaving the former branch with a dead end. Billy : teapot. Container for boiling water. Bingle : motor vehicle accident Bities : biting insects Bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that) Bizzo : business ("mind your own bizzo") Black Stump, beyond the : a long way away, the back of nowhere Bloke : man, guy Bloody : very (bloody hard yakka) Bloody oath! : that's certainly true Blow in the bag : have a breathalyser test Blowie : blow fly Bludger : lazy person, layabout, somebody who always relies on other people to do things or lend him things Blue : fight ("he was having a blue with his wife") Blue, make a : make a mistake Bluey : pack, equipment, traffic ticket, redhead Bluey : blue cattle dog (named after its subtle markings) which is an excellent working dog. Everyone's favourite all-Aussie dog. Bluey : heavy wool or felt jacket worn by mining and construction workers. Bluey : bluebottle jellyfish Bodgy : of inferior quality Bog in : commence eating, to attack food with enthusiasm Bog standard : basic, unadorned, without accessories (a bog standard car, telephone etc.) Bogan : person who takes little pride in his appearance, spends his days slacking and drinking beer Bogged : Stuck in mud, deep sand (a vehicle). Boil-over : an unexpected (sporting) result Bondi cigar : see "brown-eyed mullet" Bonzer : great, ripper Boogie board : a hybrid, half-sized surf board Boomer : a large male kangaroo Booze bus : police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers Boozer : a pub Bored shitless : very bored Bottle shop : liquor shop Bottle-o : liquor shop (originally a man with hessian bags going around picking up beer bottles in the 50's and 60's) Bottler : something excellent Bottling, his blood's worth : he's an excellent, helpful bloke. Bounce : a bully Bourke Street, he doesn't know Christmas from : he's a bit slow in the head. (Bourke Street is a brightly lit Melbourne street) Bowl of rice, not my : not my cup of tea; I don't like it Brass razoo, he hasn't got a : he's very poor Brekkie : breakfast Brick shit house, built like a : big strong bloke Brickie : bricklayer Brisvegas : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland Brizzie : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland Brown-eyed mullet : a turd in the sea (where you're swimming!) Brumby : a wild horse Buck's night : stag party, male gathering the night before the wedding Buckley's, Buckley's chance : no chance ("New Zealand stands Buckley's of beating Australia at football") Budgie smugglers : men's bathing costume Bull bar : stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos (also roo bar) Bundy : short for Bundaberg, Queensland, and the brand of rum that's made there Bunyip : mythical outback creature Bush : the hinterland, the Outback, anywhere that isn't in town Bush bash : long competitive running or motorcar race through the bush Bush oyster : nasal mucus Bush telly : campfire Bushie : someone who lives in the Bush Bushman's hanky : Emitting nasal mucus by placing one index finger on the outside of the nose (thus blocking one nostril) and blowing. Bushranger : highwayman, outlaw Butcher : small glass of beer in South Australia - From the theory that a butcher could take a quick break from his job, have a drink and be back at work BYO : unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog, also similar party or barbecue

C Cab Sav : Cabernet Sauvignon (a variety of wine grape) Cactus : dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus") Cane toad : a person from Queensland Captain Cook : look (noun) ("let's have a Captain Cook") Cark it : to die, cease functioning Cat burying shit, as busy as a : busy Cat's piss, as mean as : mean, stingy, uncharitable Chewie : chewing gum Chokkie : chocolate Chook : a chicken Chrissie : Christmas Christmas : see Bourke Street Chuck a sickie : take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy Chunder : vomit Clacker : anus (from Latin cloaca = sewer). Also the single orifice of monotremes (platypus and echidna) used both for reproduction and for the elimination of body wastes. Clayton's : fake, substitute Cleanskin : Bottle of wine without a label. Usually bought in bulk by companies who then add their own personalised label and use the wine as e.g. gifts to clients Cleanskin : cattle that have not been branded, earmarked or castrated. Click : kilometre - "it's 10 clicks away" Clucky : feeling broody or maternal Coathanger : Sydney Harbour bridge Cobber : friend Cockie : farmer (Farmers were called cockies in the early days of European settlement because, like the birds of the same name, they made their homes on the edges of permanent waterholes) Cockie : cockatoo Cockie : cockroach Cockroach : a person from New South Wales Coldie : a beer Come a gutser : make a bad mistake, have an accident Compo : Workers' Compensation pay Conch (adj. conchy) : a conscientious person. Somebody who would rather work or study than go out and enjoy him/herself. Cooee, not within : figuratively a long way away, far off - England weren't within cooee of beating Australia at cricket Cooee, within : nearby - I was within cooee of landing a big fish when the line broke. He lives within cooee of Sydney. Cook (noun) : One's wife Corker : something excellent. A good stroke in cricket might be described as a 'corker of a shot' Corroboree : an aboriginal dance festival Counter lunch/Countery : pub lunch Cozzie : swimming costume Crack a fat : get an erection Crack onto (someone) : to hit on someone, pursue someone romantically Cranky : in a bad mood, angry Cream (verb) : defeat by a large margin Crook : sick, or badly made Crow eater : a person from South Australia Cubby house : Small, usually timber, house in the garden used as a children's plaything. Cut lunch : sandwiches Cut lunch commando : army reservist Cut snake, mad as a : very angry 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".

E

Earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter 
Ekka : the Brisbane Exhibition, an annual show
Esky : large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc. 
Exy : expensive 

F

Face, off one's : drunk ("He was off his face by 9pm") 
Fair dinkum : true, genuine 
Fair go : a chance ("give a bloke a fair go") 
Fair suck of the sav! : exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief (see also "sav") 
Fairy floss : candy floss, cotton candy 
Feral : V8 ute (q.v.) sporting large heavy bullbar, numerous aerials, large truck mudflaps and stickers almost all over the rear window and tailgate. Sometimes seen with a Mack emblem on the bonnet and always with large (multiple) driving lights
Feral (n.) : a hippie
Figjam : "F*ck I'm good; just ask me". Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves.
Fisho : fishmonger 
Flake : shark's flesh (sold in fish & chips shops) 
Flat out like a lizard drinking : flat out, busy
Flick : to give something or somebody the flick is to get rid of it or him/her 
Flick it on : to sell something, usually for a quick profit, soon after buying it. 
Fly wire : gauze flyscreen covering a window or doorway. 
Footy : Australian Rules football 
Fossick : search, rummage ("fossicking through the kitchen drawers") 
Fossick : to prospect, e.g. for gold
Fossicker : prospector, e.g. for gold
Franger : condom 
Freckle : anus 
Fremantle Doctor : the cooling afternoon breeze that arrives in Perth from the direction of Freeo
Freo : Fremantle in Western Australia
Frog in a sock, as cross as a : sounding angry - a person or your hard drive! 
Fruit loop : fool 
Full : drunk 
Furphy : false or unreliable rumour

G

G'Day : hello! 
Gabba : Wooloongabba - the Brisbane cricket ground
GAFA (pron. gaffa) : the big nothingness of the Australian Outback. Great Australian F**k All.
Galah : fool, silly person. Named after the bird of the same name because of its antics and the noise it makes. 
Garbo, garbologist : municipal garbage collector 
Give it a burl : try it, have a go 
Gobful, give a : to abuse, usually justifiably ("The neighbours were having a noisy party so I went and gave them a gobful") 
Gobsmacked : surprised, astounded
Going off : used of a night spot or party that is a lot of fun - "the place was really going off" 
Good oil : useful information, a good idea, the truth 
Good onya : good for you, well done 
Goog, as full as a : drunk. "Goog" is a variation of the northern English slangword "goggie" meaning an egg. 
Greenie : environmentalist 
Grinning like a shot fox : very happy, smugly satisfied 
Grog : liquor, beer ("bring your own grog, you bludger") 
Grouse (adj.) : great, terrific, very good 
Grundies : undies, underwear (from Reg Grundy, a television person) 
Gutful of piss : drunk, "he's got a gutful of piss" 
Gyno : gynaecologist 

H

Handle : beer glass with a handle 
Harold Holt, to do the : To bolt. (Also "to do the Harold")
Heaps : a lot, e.g. "thanks heaps", "(s)he earned heaps of money" etc. 
Holy dooley! : an exclamation of surprise = "Good heavens!", "My goodness!" "Good grief!" or similar
Hoon : hooligan 
Hooroo : goodbye 
Hotel : often just a pub 
Hottie : hot water bottle 

I

Icy pole, ice block : popsicle, lollypop 

J

Jackaroo : a male trainee station manager or station hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property) 
Jillaroo : a female trainee station manager or station hand 
Joey : baby kangaroo 
Journo : journalist 
Jug : electric kettle
Jumbuck : sheep 

K

Kangaroos loose in the top paddock : Intellectually inadequate ("he's got kangaroos loose in the top paddock") 
Kelpie : Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie 
Kero : kerosene 
Kindie : kindergarten 
Knock : to criticise 
Knock back : refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb) 
Knocker : somebody who criticises 

L

Lair : a flashily dressed young man of brash and vulgar behaviour, to dress up in flashy clothes, to renovate or dress up something in bad taste 
Lair it up : to behave in a brash and vulgar manner 
Larrikin : a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless prankster 
Lend of, to have a : to take advantage of somebody's gullibility, to have someone on ("he's having a lend of you") 
Lippy : lipstick 
Liquid laugh : vomit 
Lizard drinking, flat out like a : flat out, busy 
Lob, lob in : drop in to see someone ("the rellies have lobbed") 
Lollies : sweets, candy 
London to a brick : absolute certainty ("it's London to a brick that taxes won't go down") 
Long paddock : the side of the road where livestock is grazed during droughts
Longneck : 750ml bottle of beer in South Australia
Lucky Country, The : Australia, where else? 
Lunch, who opened their? : OK, who farted? 
Lurk : illegal or underhanded racket 

M

Maccas (pron. "mackers") : McDonald's (the hamburger place) 
Mallee bull, as fit as a : very fit and strong. The Mallee is very arid beef country in Victoria/South Australia. 
Manchester : Household linen, eg sheets etc.
Mappa Tassie : map of Tasmania - a woman's pubic area 
Mate : buddy, friend 
Mate's rate, mate's discount : cheaper than usual for a "friend" 
Matilda : swagman's bedding, sleeping roll
Metho : methylated spirits 
Mexican : a person from south of the Queensland or New South Wales border 
Mickey Mouse : excellent, very good. Beware though - in some parts of Australia it means inconsequential, frivolous or not very good! 
Middy : 285 ml beer glass in New South Wales 
Milk bar : corner shop that sells takeaway food 
Milko : milkman 
Mob : group of people, not necessarily troublesome 
Mob : family or herd (?) of kangaroos 
Mongrel : despicable person 
Moolah : money
Mozzie : mosquito 
Muddy : mud crab (a great delicacy) 
Mug : friendly insult ("have a go, yer mug"), gullible person 
Mull : grass (the kind you smoke) 
Muster : round up sheep or cattle 
Mystery bag : a sausage

N

Nasho : National Service (compulsory military service) 
Naughty, have a : have sex 
Never Never : the Outback, centre of Australia 
Nipper : young surf lifesaver 
No drama : same as 'no worries'
No worries! : Expression of forgiveness or reassurance (No problem; forget about it; I can do it; Yes, I'll do it) 
No-hoper : somebody who'll never do well 
Not the full quid : not bright intellectually 
Nuddy, in the : naked 
Nun's nasty, as dry as a : dry 
Nut out : hammer out or work out (an agreement, say)

O

O.S. : overseas ("he's gone O.S.") 
Ocker : an unsophisticated person 
Offsider : an assistant, helper 
Old fella : penis
Oldies : parents - "I'll have to ask my oldies" 
Op shop : opportunity shop, thrift store, place where second hand goods are sold.
Outback : interior of Australia 
Oz : Australia! 

P

Paddock : see 'long paddock'
Pash : a long passionate kiss; hence "pashing on" 
Pav : Pavlova - a rich, creamy Australian / New Zealand dessert 
Perve (noun & verb) : looking lustfully at the opposite sex 
Piece of piss : easy task 
Pig's arse! : I don't agree with you 
Piker : Someone who doesn't want to fit in with others socially, leaves parties early 
Pink slip, get the : get the sack (from the colour of the termination form)
Pint : large glass of beer (esp. in South Australia)
Piss : beer. Hence "hit the piss", "sink some piss" 
Plate, bring a : Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to bring your own food. It doesn't mean they're short of crockery! 
Plonk : cheap wine 
Pokies : poker machines, fruit machines, gambling slot machines 
Polly : politician 
Pom, pommy, pommie : an Englishman • See the complaint about "Pom" etc. 
Pommy bastard : an Englishman (see also 'bastard') 
Pommy shower : using deodorant instead of taking a shower 
Pommy's towel, as dry as a : very dry - based on the canard that Poms bathe about once a month 
Porky : Lie, untruth (pork pie = lie)
Port : suitcase (portmanteau) 
Postie : postman, mailman 
Pot : 285 ml beer glass in Queensland and Victoria 
Pozzy : position - get a good pozzy at the football stadium 
Prezzy : present, gift 

Q

Quid, make a : earn a living - "are you making a quid?" 
Quid, not the full : of low IQ. [Historical note: 'quid' is slang for a pound. £1 became $2 when Australia converted to decimal currency] 

R

Rack off : push off! get lost! get out of here! also "rack off hairy legs!". 
Rage : party 
Rage on : to continue partying - "we raged on until 3am" 
Rapt : pleased, delighted 
Ratbag : mild insult 
Raw prawn, to come the : to bullshit, to be generally disagreeable 
Reckon! : you bet! Absolutely! 
Reffo : refugee 
Rego : vehicle registration 
Rellie or relo : family relative 
Ridgy-didge : original, genuine 
Right, she'll be : it'll be all right
Right, that'd be : Accepting bad news as inevitable. ("I went fishing but caught nothing." "Yeah, that'd be right.")
Rip snorter : great, fantastic - "it was a rip snorter of a party" 
Ripper : great, fantastic - "it was a ripper party" 
Ripper, you little! : Exclamation of delight or as a reaction to good news
Road train : big truck with many trailers 
Roadie : a beer you buy to take away with you
Rock up : to turn up, to arrive - "we rocked up at their house at 8pm" 
Rollie : a cigarette that you roll yourself 
Roo : kangaroo 
Roo bar : stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos (also bull bar)
Root (verb and noun) : synonym for f*ck in nearly all its senses: "I feel rooted"; "this washing machine is rooted"; "(s)he's a good root". A very useful word in fairly polite company. 
Root rat : somebody who is constantly looking for sex.
Ropeable : very angry 
Rort (verb or noun) : Cheating, fiddling, defrauding (expenses, the system etc.). Usually used of politicians 
Rotten : drunk - "I went out last night and got rotten" 
Rubbish (verb) : to criticize 

S

Salute, Aussie : brushing flies away 
Salvos, the : Salvation Army, bless them 
Sandgroper : a person from Western Australia 
Sanger : a sandwich 
Sav : saveloy (see also "fair suck of the sav!") 
Schooner : large beer glass in Queensland; medium beer glass in South Australia 
Scratchy : instant lottery ticket 
Screamer : party lover; "two pot screamer" - somebody who gets drunk on very little alcohol 
Seppo : an American 
Servo : petrol station 
Shag on a rock, stands out like a : very obvious
Shark biscuit : somebody new to surfing 
She'll be right : it'll turn out okay 
Sheepshagger : A New Zealander
Sheila : a woman 
Shit house (adj.) : of poor quality, unenjoyable ("this car is shit house", "the movie was shit house")
Shit house (noun) : toilet, lavatory
Shonky : dubious, underhanded. E.g. a shonky practice, shonky business etc. 
Shoot through : to leave 
Shout : turn to buy - a round of drinks usually ("it's your shout") 
Show pony : someone who tries hard, by his dress or behaviour, to impress those around him.
Sickie : day off sick from work (chuck a sickie = take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy!) 
Skite : boast, brag 
Skull/Skol (a beer) : to drink a beer in a single draught without taking a breath
Slab : a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer 
Sleepout : house verandah converted to a bedroom 
Smoko : smoke or coffee break 
Snag : a sausage 
Sook : person or animal who is soft, tame, inoffensive. Hence sooky (adj.) 
Spag bol : spaghetti bolognese 
Spewin' : very angry 
Spiffy, pretty spiffy : great, excellent
Spit the dummy : get very upset at something 
Spruiker : man who stands outside a nightclub or restaurant trying to persuade people to enter
Sprung : caught doing something wrong 
Spunk : a good looking person (of either sex) 
Squizz (noun) : look - "take a squizz at this" 
Standover man : a large man, usually gang-related, who threatens people with physical violence in order to have his wishes carried out.
Station : a big farm/grazing property 
Stickybeak : nosy person 
Stoked : very pleased
Stonkered : beaten, defeated, cornered, perplexed
Strewth : exclamation, mild oath ("Strewth, that Chris is a bonzer bloke") 
Strides : trousers 
Strine : Australian slang and pronunciation 
Stubby : a 375ml. beer bottle 
Stubby holder : polystyrene insulated holder for a stubby 
Stuffed, I feel : I'm tired 
Stuffed, I'll be : expression of surprise 
Sunbake : sunbathe 
Sunnies : sunglasses 
Surfies : people who go surfing - usually more often than they go to work! 
Swag : rolled up bedding etc. carried by a swagman 
Swaggie : swagman 
Swagman : tramp, hobo 

T

Tall poppies : successful people 
Tall poppy syndrome : the tendency to criticize successful people 
Tallie : 750ml bottle of beer
Taswegian : derogatory term for a person from Tasmania 
Tea : supper
Technicolor yawn : vomit 
Tee-up : to set up (an appointment) 
Thingo : Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsit 
Thongs : cheap rubber backless sandals 
Throw-down : small bottle of beer which you can throw down quickly.
Tickets, to have on oneself : to have a high opinion of oneself 
Tinny : can of beer 
Tinny : small aluminium boat
Tinny, tin-arsed : lucky
Togs : swim suit 
Too right! : definitely! 
Top End : far north of Australia 
Trackie daks/dacks : tracksuit pants
Trackies : track suit 
Troppo, gone : to have escaped to a state of tropical madness; to have lost the veneer of civilisation after spending too long in the tropics.
Trough lolly : the solid piece of perfumed disinfectant in a men's urinal 
Truckie : truck driver 
True blue : patriotic 
Tucker : food 
Tucker-bag : food bag 
Turps : turpentine, alcoholic drink 
Turps, hit the : go on a drinking binge 
Two up : gambling game played by spinning two coins simultaneously 

U

Ugg boots : Australian sheepskin boots worn by surfers since at least the 1960s to keep warm while out of the water. Also worn by airmen during WW1 and WW2 because of the need to maintain warmth in non-pressurized planes at high altitudes.
Ugh : ugly. hence Ugg boots
Uni : university 
Unit : flat, apartment 
Up oneself : have a high opinion of oneself - "he's really up himself" 
Up somebody, get : to rebuke somebody - "the boss got up me for being late" 
Useful as an ashtray on a motorbike / tits on a bull : unhelpful or incompetent person or thing - "he, she or it is about as useful as tits on a bull" etc. etc. 
Ute : utility vehicle, pickup truck 

V

Vedgies : vegetables 
Vee dub : Volkswagen 
Veg out : relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable) 
Vejjo : vegetarian 
Vinnie's : St. Vincent De Paul's (charity thrift stores and hostels)

W

WACA (pron. whacker) : Western Australian Cricket Association and the Perth cricket ground
Waggin' school : playing truant 
Walkabout : a walk in the Outback by Aborigines that lasts for an indefinite amount of time 
Walkabout, it's gone : it's lost, can't be found 
Weekend warrior : army reservist
Whacker, whacka : Idiot; somebody who talks drivel; somebody with whom you have little patience; a dickhead
Whinge : complain 
White pointers : topless (female) sunbathers 
Whiteant (verb) : to criticise something to deter somebody from buying it. A car dealer might whiteant another dealer's cars or a real estate salesman might whiteant another agent's property 
Wobbly : excitable behaviour ("I complained about the food and the waiter threw a wobbly") 
Wobbly boot on, he's got the : drunk
Wog : flu or trivial illness 
Wog : person of Mediterranean origin. A milder insult than the same word in the UK and perhaps elsewhere. 
Wombat : somebody who eats, roots and leaves (see also root) 
Woop Woop : invented name for any small unimportant town - "he lives in Woop Woop" 
Wowser : straight-laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport 
Wuss : coward; nervous person or animal 

X

XXXX : pronounced Four X, brand of beer made in Queensland 

Y

Yabber : talk (a lot) 
Yabby : inland freshwater crayfish found in Australia (Cherax destructor)
Yakka : work (noun) 
Yewy : u-turn in traffic ("chuck a yewy at the next traffic lights") 
Yobbo : an uncouth person 

Z

Zack : sixpence (5 cents) - "it isn't worth a zack", "he hasn't got a zack"