Bail (somebody) up : to corner somebody physically
Bail out : depart, usually angrily
Barbie : barbecue (noun)
Big Smoke : a big city, especially Sydney or Melbourne
Bikkie : biscuit (also "it cost big bikkies" - it was expensive)
Billabong : an ox-bow river or watering hole
Bingle : motor vehicle accident
Bities : biting insects
Bizzo : business ("mind your own bizzo")
Bloke : man, guy
Bloody : very (bloody hard yakka)
Bloody oath! : that's certainly true
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
Bonzer : great, ripper
Bounce : a bully
Brekkie : breakfast
Brickie : bricklayer
Bushie : someone who lives in the Bush
Bushranger : highwayman, outlaw
BYO : unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog (grog = alcohol), also similar party or barbecue
Chewie : chewing gum
Chokkie : chocolate
Chook : a chicken
Click : kilometre - "it's 10 clicks away"
Cockie : cockatoo
Cockie : cockroach
Compo : Workers' Compensation pay
Cranky : in a bad mood, angry
Cut lunch : sandwiches
Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof
Digger : a soldier
Dill : an idiot
Dinkum, fair dinkum : true, real, genuine ("I'm a dinkum Aussie")
Doco : documentary
Earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter
Exy : expensive
Fair dinkum : true, genuine
Fisho : fishmonger
Flick : to give something or somebody the flick is to get rid it or him/her
Footy : Australian Rules football
Fremantle Doctor : the cooling afternoon breeze that arrives in Perth from the
direction of Freeo
Freo : Fremantle in Western Australia
G'Day : hello!
Galah : fool, silly person. Named after the bird of the same name because
of its antics and the noise it makes.
Give it a burl : try it, have a go
Gobsmacked : surprised, astounded
Good oil : useful information, a good idea, the truth
Good onya : good for you, well done
Greenie : environmentalist
Kalau tertarik mau lihat yang lengkap, berikut beberapa links contoh-contoh kata slang lain:
http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
http://www.australiatravelsearch.com.au/trc/slang.html
http://www.dunway.com/html/aussie_slang.html
http://www.ausinternet.com/ettamogah/aussiewords.htm
“ I had a small barbie for my brekkie…”
(Hey, I am not eating a barbie doll! LOL!)
