Here are just some of the phrases you may actually come across in day to day conversation
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Arvo |
Afternoon (lots of words are shortened and have an 'o' added (e.g. avo – avocado the list goes on) |
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Bathers/togs |
Swimming gear |
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Chook |
Chicken |
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Crook |
Not well/unwell/ill |
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Dag |
Funny person/nerd or geek |
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Docket |
Bill or receipt |
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Dunny |
Toilet (originally outside toilet but most people in Sydney now have indoor loos and it is still used in a slang manner) |
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Esky |
Cooler box |
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Fair dinkum |
The truth or being genuine |
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Fair go |
The Australian motto – everyone deserves a fair chance |
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Grog |
Beer or drink (alcoholic varieties) |
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Hotel |
These are often not actual hotels, but pubs (sometimes with restaurants) |
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Longneck |
Beers sold in 750ml bottles |
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No worries |
No problem |
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Outback |
Inland Australia (?!?!) |
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Ocker |
An unsophisticated person |
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Pom |
That's us – the English |
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Pokies |
Fruit machines |
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Rack off |
Sod off |
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Ripper |
Brilliant/very good |
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Schooner |
Served instead of pints |
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Snags |
Sausages |
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Spewin' |
Very angry |
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Strewth |
Mildly annoyed/frustrated |
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Stubby |
Short neck 375ml beer |
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Thongs |
Flip flops! |
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Tinny |
Can of beer |
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Walkabout |
An indefinite walk in the outback by aborigines / lost |
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Yum Cha |
Dim Sum |