Thursday Thirteen – Aussie Slang
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 at
6:48 am
- Bikkie : biscuit or cookie
- Bizzo : business (“mind your own bizzo”)
- Bloke : man, guy
- Blowie : blow fly
- Bludger : lazy person, layabout, somebody who always relies on other people to do things or lend him things
- Cactus : dead, not functioning (“this bloody washing machine is cactus”)
- Chokkie : chocolate
- Chook : a chicken
- Daks : trousers
- Esky : large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc
- Fair go : a chance (“give a bloke a fair go”)
- Fruit loop : fool
- Give it a burl : try it, have a go
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That was fun to read. Sounds like something good to study up on before traveling there…
I’ve never heard any of these before (at least not in this context.) Interesting.
That list is fair dinkum!
Wot nicholas said, mate!
Happy TT and thanks for stopping by.
I love the Australian accent!
This is great fun for me. I speak decent British, but Australian…. Someone said the word “chuffed” and I didn’t quite know what it meant. That’s not on your list – but I looked it up in my favorite – the urban dictionary!
Great list! Happy TT!
On a Limb with Claudia
What a fun list! I hadn’t heard of most of those.
Excellent.
SJR
The Pink Flamingo
What a fun list! Thanks for the education.
I’m so happy I knew most of these!
G’Day! and Happy TT.
The only one I knew was number 3. This was very informative. Happy TT.
Neat list! I love me some chokkie.
Interesting phrases! Very informative.
You guys have the BEST slang.
One of my friends did the same thing this week:
http://losthemisphere.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/cultural-variance/
He is Aussie living in Canada. Enjoy!
That was so neat….now I might understand my Aussie friends a little more…I am always asking them, what does that mean…
~ The Mama Bear
Marvelous. But, the explanation sometimes doesn’t clarify…
example – Blowie : blow fly. Have no idea what a blow fly is.
I am so using “bludger” now. I know TONS of bludgers!! Great post!
Fun list! Happy TT
An Australian accent immediately popped into my head when I was reading these! Too funny. I enjoyed your list! First time visiting your blog.
I’ve heard of some of these…fun list!
That was very entertaining thanks for sharing that and not at all cactus
what fun list! happy t13!