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Aussie slang
Australian slang and American 'translations'
American | Australian |
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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 |