AUSTRALIA
D O S S I E R
DIANA FERNANDA SÁNCHEZ
GONZÁLEZ
AUSTRALIAN SLANG
ABORIGINAL
201912133 WORDS
ESTUDIOS CULTURALES
SLANG IN THE ENGLISH
ORAL LANGUAGE
SLANG is words or phrases that
are informal language, and it is
typically seen used
in speech more often than writing. It can be specific to a particular
group of people or context; therefore, the meanings of the words may
not be apparent to all people.
N. SLANG MEANING EXAMPLE
1 Ace! Excellent! Very good!
2 Arvo afternoon
3 Amber fluid beer
4 Aussie Australian
5 eaut, beau great, fantastic
6 Big Mobs loads, a lot of
7 Bloody very
8 Bloody oath! that's certainly true
9 Blue argument/mistake
10 Bodgy poor quality
N. SLANG MEANIN EXAMPLE
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11 Bonzer : great, ripper
12 Bottler : something excellent
13 Bottling : he's an excellent,
his blood's helpful bloke
worth:
14 Buckley's (you've got) no
chance : chance
15 Bull dust : rubbish
16 Cactus : dead, broken
17 Cark it : to die, stop
working
18 Chocka : full up
19 Click : kilometre - "it's 20 clicks away"
20 Come a gutser : a bad mistake or
have an accident
21 Come good : turn out ok
22 Cooee, not figuratively a
within : long way away
N. SLANG MEANIN EXAMPLE
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23 Cost big bikkies expensive
:
24 Crack a fat : get an erection
25 Cream, to : defeat by a large
margin
26 Cut snake : (mad as a) very
angry
27 Dead dingo's (as dry as a) dry
donger :
28 Deadset : true / the truth
29 Dingo's no breakfast
breakfast :
30 Dinkum / fair true, real,
dinkum : genuine
31 Dinky-di : the real thing,
genuine
32 Docket : a bill, receipt
33 Doco : documentary
34 Drink with the to drink alone
flies :
N. SLANG MEANIN EXAMPLE
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35 Fair suck of exclamation of
the sav! : wonder, awe,
disbelief
36 Furphy : rumour
37 G'Day : hello!
38 Give it a burl : try it, have a go
39 Give it away : give up
40 Going off : good fun
41 Good oil : useful
information, a
good idea, the
truth
42 Good onya : well done
43 Grouse : great, terrific
44 Heaps : a lot
45 Iffy : dodgy
46 It's gone it's lost, can't be
walkabout : found
N. SLANG MEANIN EXAMPLE
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47 Kangaroos loose Intellectually
in the top inadequate
paddock :
48 Kick the bucket to die
:
49 Knock back : Refuse
50 London to a absolute
brick : certainty
51 Lunch : OK, who farted?
(who opened
their?)
52 Mate's rate : cheaper than
usual for a friend
53 Mate's cheaper than
discount : usual for a friend
54 No worries! : no problem / its
okay
55 Nun's nasty : (as dry as a) very
dry
56 Piece of piss : easy task
57 Pig's arse! : I don't agree
58 Plate, bring a : Instruction to
bring a plate of
food to a party
N. SLANG MEANIN EXAMPLE
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59 Pozzy : position
60 Quid, make a : earn a living
61 Rack off : get lost! get out
of here!
62 Reckon! : for sure
63 Ridgy-didge : original, genuine
64 Right : okay
65 Ripper : Great
66 Rooted : ruined, broken
67 She'll be apples It'll be all right
:
68 She'll be it'll be okay
right :
69 Sparrows fart : dawn
70 Strewth : exclamation
N. SLANG MEANIN EXAMPLE
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71 Stoked : very pleased
72 Stuffed, I'll be expression of
: surprise
73 Too right : definitely
74 Turps, hit the : go on a drinking
binge
75 Thongs Flip Flops
76 True Blue Genuinely
Australian
77 Tucker Food
78 Woop Woop Middle of
nowhere “he lives
out woop woop”
79 Ya You
80 Yous Plural of you
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL
LANGUAGES
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