Australian Slang 101

In the intrest of education I feel it is my responsibility to teach some people Australian Slang or Strine as it is correctly termed.
First let us start with some of the terms used to describe people of different nationalities.

Seppo/Septic Tank=Resident of the united states derived from ryming slang, Yank with tank.
POM=A citzen of the british isle. Anagram of Prisoner of mother england.
Aussie=Australian
Sheep Shager=New Zealander

Now for some terms regarding animals. Please refrain from pronouncing emu as E Mu it should be pronounced as Em You.
roo=kangaroo
croc=crocidile
crikeydile= a term invented by a four year old girl recently for croc's associated with steve irwin.
Drop bear=Fictional canivourous koala used to scare english backpackers.

Now we have some words relating to people
Bloke=Man
Shelia=Woman
Bogan/Bevan/Hoon= some one who drives his car very fast.
Bludger=Some one living off the dole/lazy person
Bloody idiot=Drink Driver/Steve Irwin

Slang regarding alcahol
Bundy rum=Bunderburg rum, tan your insides and put hair on you bum.
Yobbo=Rotund man who enjoys beer and ruby leage/Aussie Rules
Four X=Queensland Beer
VB= A victorian beer
Home brew=Home made beer
Also no one in australia actually drinks fosters beer.

Other slang
Bush= Regions of Australia covered in eyculypt trees, we are sorry if it confuses President George Dubya ever time we have a bush fire, but a brush is something you use for your hair.
Stone the flaming=Expression of shock amazement angrer, most commonly used by Alf Stewart on Home and Away.
Map of Tassie/tasmania=Female private area.
Uni=University
Aunty=The Australian Broadcasting Company or ABC. The government owned brodcaster.

Thank you for reading next time I shall correct your pronounciation of the australian captial names.

Originally posted by fireball
Seppo/Septic Tank=Resident of the united states derived from ryming slang, Yank with tank.
Sheep Shager=New Zealander
Drop bear=Fictional canivourous koala used to scare english backpackers.
Map of Tassie/tasmania=Female private area.

My favorites out of all the slang, most of which i already knew actually. A Few questions:

Shager? As in Shag as in hey wanna shag? from the 70's and more recently Austin Powers?

Why do you need a carnivorous koala when you could have something like a big-foot to scare people with.

And as for the map, who the heck came up with that one? :rolleyes:

Your forgot dunny, fair' dinkum and maybe even dickhead. Ah what the hell, I don't listen much to the language of the bush

The map is explained by the general pattren of female pubic hair. It is very similar to the shape of the Australian Island/State of Tasmania. No one nows who came up with it, I myself tend to point the finger at a low rate adult gentlemens publication we have. The drop bear is all about the suddenness of the attack, your walking through the bush then bang, it as drop from a branch and is nawing on your face. We do have a bigfoot type creature named the Yowie. For Sheep shager, any word meaning to have sexual relations is acceptable.

Originally posted by fireball
The map is explained by the general pattren of female pubic hair. It is very similar to the shape of the Australian Island/State of Tasmania. No one nows who came up with it, I myself tend to point the finger at a low rate adult gentlemens publication we have.

Someone, or people, put way too much thought into that. An unhealthy amount of thought even.

The drop bear is all about the suddenness of the attack, your walking through the bush then bang, it as drop from a branch and is nawing on your face.

Now i see the true humor in that, I think....

We do have a bigfoot type creature named the Yowie.

I watched a TVshow on Yowie hunters a few weeks back, interesting to say the least. I couldn't think of the name fo rit that you had though, and there is a actually a lot more good info on it than the American Big Foot or Sasquatch.

For Sheep shager, any word meaning to have sexual relations is acceptable.

That is one of the worst things i have heard lately. But either way, when the sheep out number the people i guess thats what happens.

Sir Chuc I did indeed forget dunny and the most potent curse from the bush. May your our Chooks turn into Emus and kick ya dunny down. Chooks by the way is the slang name for chickens.
Also no one would every suspect the Koala of such an atrocity would they ZeldaFreak++.

Great post fireball it looks as if ya got it in a nutshell.

Also AFL (Australian Football League) can be known as "kick and giggle" but that view is not shared by all aussies.

That is one of the worst things i have heard lately. But either way, when the sheep out number the people i guess thats what happens.

Man that is funny!

and sadly true...

Heh, Gay FL... Sorry, just had to say that >_<

Billabong, its a small puddle or pond, mainly for drinking water.

Well, that was...interesting, to say the least. Where are the origins for all these words? Does somebody just say "Hey, this would sound funny"?

And who could forget "G-day, Mate"?

I like how bloody idiot is drunk drivers or steve irwin.

I also like crickeydile

Barbie - Barbeque

Wanker - ... something. Also used in the UK.

Tosser - same as "wanker"

Afl also know as Airial Ping Pong. Billabong also a surf wear company and a kind of Ice-cream.

Originally posted by OldBeane
Barbie - Barbeque

in the us, barbie is a line of incredibly popular (albeit stupid) dolls

Throw a barbie on the barbie and watch her burn. Now contray to popular believe we do not chuck shrimp on the barbie we use prawns.

I know this isn't really slang, but what exactly is vegemite? I've heard it in reference to Australia before, but I'm not sure if it's actually poplular or not there, or if it's just another American stereotype of Australia like Foster's beer (which sucks by the way). And how do you pronounce vegemite anyways?

Hah!! You gotta be shatting me if vegemite is popular here XD Its pretty much just yeast extract, and its said to be jam packed of vitamin B.

"We are happy little vegemites...."

Its just said "normally", vege as in veggies, and mite as in mites o_o

Originally posted by uber-link
in the us, barbie is a line of incredibly popular (albeit stupid) dolls

Yes, we have Barbie Dolls here, too. Although I couldn't think of a better way to spell the "BBQ" version.

Oh yeah... how 'bout "bugger"

And lets not forget the Aussie way of saying someone's name. Pretty much its the first syllable of your name, and then a "zza" on the end. So, for example, if your name was Barry, you would be called "Bazza"