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Aussie slang
Australian slang and American 'translations'
| American | Australian |
|---|---|
| countryside | bush |
| hello | g'day |
| sweater | jumper |
| candy | lolly |
| sausage | snag |
| ketchup | tomato sauce |
| truanting | wagging |
| cotton candy | fairy floss |
| cookie | biscuit, bikkie |
| cup of tea | cuppa |
| New Zealander | Kiwi |
| friend | mate |
| hooligan | yobbo |
| mosquito | mozzie |
| Australian | Aussie |
| argument | blue |
| chicken | chook |
| post deliverer | postie |
| man | bloke |
| informant | dobber |
| young child | nipper, ankle-biter |
| toilet | loo, dunny |
| English person | Pom |
| good | beaut, bonza |
| grandmother | nana |
| idiot | twit, drongo |
| car/bike crash | prang |
| to keep warm | to rug up |
| football | footy |
| OK | no worries |
| BBQ | barbie |
| someone who talks too much | ear basher |
| hard work | hard yakka |
| sunglasses | sunnies |
| thankyou | ta |
| no chance | Buckley's |
| caught doing something naughty | sprung |