Aussie Slang 101 ...

Hi There !!

Hope you are all doing well. I have been "flat out like a lizard drinking" !! In other words, I have been really busy. I haven't had as much time for blogging as I would have liked to, but will try to visit as many of you as I can this evening. Otherwise, I will try to visit over the weekend (depending on whether I can get on-line where we will be, or not !!). As I mentioned a few days ago, we are off for the weekend to our caravan at Bonnie Doon, which is a little town on the northern end of Lake Eildon, in North Central Victoria.

I had a bit of a giggle over some of your comments, wondering what a "roast chook" was. Well, to clear that up, "chook" is aussie slang for a chicken !! This gave me the idea to share some more of our strange aussie slang with you "non-Aussies" !! Enjoy ....

A over T ... to fall over, from "arse over tits".

A few Kangaroos loose in the top paddock ... someone who is mentally 'not quite there, also picnic short of a sandwich , lights are on but nobody is home, etc.

Ankle biter ... small child, also called a rug rat.

She'll be apples ... everything will be okay or alright.

Bad case of the trots ... diarrhea.

Blowie ... blow fly.

Cackleberry ... an egg.

Cark it ... to die.

Chockers, or chock-a-block ... full up, with no space left.

Chuck a wobbly ... to have a fit of temper.

Chunder ... to vomit.

Cods wallop ... an exclamation showing disbelief in what has just been said, equivelant to "Rubish!", or a polite way of saying "bullshit".

Dead ringer ... an exact copy, likeness, or replica. Something/someone that looks exactly the same as something/someone else.

Dinky di ... the genuine article or the real thing, especially if the object is from Australia. Also True Blue, and fair dinkum.

Drongo ... a stupid, inept, awkward or embarrassing person, a dimwit or slow-witted person, a fool.

Earbash ... to chatter or talk incessantly to the point of boring or nagging.

Flake out ... to lie down or to collapse from fatigue.

Give it heaps ... to not hold back. I.e.., To make sure a car would go up the hill, you would "give it heaps", put your foot down on the accelerator. To give someone heaps is to give them a talking to for doing something wrong, or to make fun of them for doing something silly.

Have a burl, have a crack, have a go ... to attempt to do something considered a little difficult.

Hoof it ... to walk rather than take transport.

I'm easy ... not worried, not concerned, or has no preference to the outcome of a choice.

Joe Bloggs ... the average person in the street. Although the term is male, it is non-specific and therefor signifies a person of either sex.

Knackered ... exhausted, or puzzled (as in "It's got me knackered!").

Knock back ... to refuse something, or to eat or drink something hurriedly.

Lame brain ... a foolish or unintelligent person.

Lead Foot ... a fast and reckless driver.

Make tracks ... to leave, depart or head off.

Mollycoddle ... to fuss over or pamper unnecessarily.

Nifty ... stylish.

Nipper ... young child, usually younger brother or sister.

Off one's face ... to be extremely drunk.

Onya ... an expression of encouragement, short for good on you.

Out of whack ... out of calibration or disorderly.

Piker ... someone who either does not join in with others, or gives up an activity before it is finished.

Postie ... postman / mailman.

Pull up stumps ... to stop an activity, usually for the day and usually to go home. From the game of Cricket, where the stumps are pulled up and out of the ground at the end of the day's play.

Rellies ... short for relatives.

Ridgie didge ... genuine, the real thing.

Shoot through ... to leave or disappear, usually in a hurry.

Skedaddle ... to depart quickly.

Snag ... a sausage (also "banger").

Sparkie ... an electrician.

Spit the dummy ... to make up a fuss, to have a tantrum.

Stickybeak ... an overly inquisitive or nosy person who cannot mind their own business.

Thunder box ... toilet (also "dunny").

Too right ... an affirmation or agreement.

Troppo ... crazy or insane. Not necessarily a mental disorder. A description of the way people can go crazy in the tropics.

Veg out ... to relax and think of nothing.

Willy nilly ... without thought or organisation.

Wonky ... unstable or in a bad condition that adversely affects performance.

Yobbo ... an uncouth person.

Yonks ... a long time, ages.

Well, there you go, folks. A quick (although rather long !!) lesson in Aussie Slang. There are heaps of others ... I may add to this list in time.

It's 9.30pm as I type this, so I'd better head off and come visiting !!!

In case I don't make it ... apologies.

I would also like to wish each and every one of you a wonderful weekend, filled with fun and frivolity.

Take care,

MEOW