| Arvo | afternoon |
| Aussie salute | brushing flies away with the hand |
| Barbie | barbecue |
| Barrack | to cheer on (football team) |
| Bathers | swimming costume |
| Battler | a hard worker only just making a living |
| Bingle | minor car accident / fight |
| Bodgy | poor quality |
| Bogan | person who takes little pride in their appearance; spends their days slacking and drinking beer |
| Booze bus | police vehicle used for breathalysing, catching drunk drivers |
| Bottle shop | off license |
| Bring a plate | Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to bring your own food. It doesn't mean they're short of crockery! |
| BYO | unlicensed restaurant where you have to bring your own alcohol; an invitation to a party or barbecue |
| Cark it | to die; stop working |
| Captain Cook | look, ("Let's have a Captain Cook") |
| Chook | chicken |
| Chuck a uey | do a u turn |
| Click | kilometre – “it’s 30 clicks away” |
| Clobber | clothes |
| Coldie | a beer |
| Costs big bikkies | expensive |
| Cut lunch | sandwiches |
| Dag | a funny person, nerd |
| Docket | a bill, receipt |
| Doozey | something overwhelming, huge, out of the norm |
| Drongo | a dope, stupid person |
| Dunny | lavatory |
| Earbashing | nagging, non-stop chatter |
| Esky | large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc. |
| Fair dinkum | true, genuine |
| Fair go | a chance, ("give a bloke a fair go") |
| Flat out | busy |
| Flat out like a lizard drinking | very busy |
| Flog | to sell or steal |
| Fly wire | gauze flyscreen covering window or doorway |
| Fossicking | to search or rummage |
| Furphy | false or unreliable rumour |
| Galah | fool, silly person. |
| G’day | hello |
| Give it a burl | try it, have a go |
| Going off | good fun |
| Heaps | a lot |
| Hotel | often just a pub |
| Icy pole | popsicle, lollypop |
| I feel stuffed | I'm tired |
| I'll be stuffed | expression of surprise |
| It’s gone walkabout | It’s lost; can’t be found |
| Jocks | male underwear |
| Larrikin | a joker |
| Lollies | sweets |
| Make a quid | earn a living - "Are you making a quid?" |
| Mates’ rates | cheaper than usual for a friend |
| Nipper | young surf lifesaver |
| Not the full quid | not bright intellectually |
| Not within cooee | a long way away, far off |
| No worries | no problem; it’s okay |
| Pash | passionate kiss |
| Perve | looking lustfully (at either sex) |
| Piece of piss | an easy task |
| Pig's arse | I don't agree with you |
| Prezzy | present, gift |
| Rack off | get lost; get out of here |
| Rapt | pleased, delighted |
| Rego | vehicle registration |
| Rellie | family relative |
| Ridgy-didge | original, genuine |
| Ripper | great, fantastic - "It was a ripper party" |
| Ripper, you little | Exclamation of delight, or as a reaction to good news |
| Roadie | a beer you buy to take away with you |
| Ropeable | very angry |
| Rort | cheating, defrauding |
| Servo | petrol station |
| Sheila | a woman |
| She’ll be right | It’ll be okay; don’t worry |
| Shit house | of poor quality; unenjoyable |
| Shout | a round of drinks |
| Smoko | smoke or coffee break |
| Snag | a sausage |
| Sook | person who is soft, tame, inoffensive. Hence: sooky |
| Spewin’ | very angry, upset about something |
| Spit the dummy | get very upset at something |
| Spunk | a good-looking person |
| Sticky-beak | nosy person |
| Stoked | very pleased |
| Stubby holder | beer bottle cooler |
| Sunnies | sunglasses |
| Thongs | flip flops |
| Tinny | can of beer |
| Tinny | small aluminium boat |
| To come the raw prawn | to bullshit, to be generally disagreeable |
| Togs | swim suit |
| Trackie dacks | tracksuit pant |
| Veg out | relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable) |
| Woop Woop | name for any small, unimportant town "He/she lives in Woop Woop" |
| Yewy | u-turn in traffic |
| Yobbo | an uncouth person |
| Arvo | afternoon |
| Aussie salute | brushing flies away with the hand |
| Barbie | barbecue |
| Barrack | to cheer on (football team) |
| Bathers | swimming costume |
| Battler | a hard worker only just making a living |
| Bingle | minor car accident / fight |
| Bodgy | poor quality |
| Bogan | person who takes little pride in their appearance; spends their days slacking and drinking beer |
| Booze bus | police vehicle used for breathalysing, catching drunk drivers |
| Bottle shop | off license |
| Bring a plate | Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to bring your own food. It doesn't mean they're short of crockery! |
| BYO | unlicensed restaurant where you have to bring your own alcohol; an invitation to a party or barbecue |
| Cark it | to die; stop working |
| Captain Cook | look, ("Let's have a Captain Cook") |
| Chook | chicken |
| Chuck a uey | do a u turn |
| Click | kilometre – “it’s 30 clicks away” |
| Clobber | clothes |
| Coldie | a beer |
| Costs big bikkies | expensive |
| Cut lunch | sandwiches |
| Dag | a funny person, nerd |
| Docket | a bill, receipt |
| Doozey | something overwhelming, huge, out of the norm |
| Drongo | a dope, stupid person |
| Dunny | lavatory |
| Earbashing | nagging, non-stop chatter |
| Esky | large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc. |
| Fair dinkum | true, genuine |
| Fair go | a chance, ("give a bloke a fair go") |
| Flat out | busy |
| Flat out like a lizard drinking | very busy |
| Flog | to sell or steal |
| Fly wire | gauze flyscreen covering window or doorway |
| Fossicking | to search or rummage |
| Furphy | false or unreliable rumour |
| Galah | fool, silly person. |
| G’day | hello |
| Give it a burl | try it, have a go |
| Going off | good fun |
| Heaps | a lot |
| Hotel | often just a pub |
| Icy pole | popsicle, lollypop |
| I feel stuffed | I'm tired |
| I'll be stuffed | expression of surprise |
| It’s gone walkabout | It’s lost; can’t be found |
| Jocks | male underwear |
| Larrikin | a joker |
| Lollies | sweets |
| Make a quid | earn a living - "Are you making a quid?" |
| Mates’ rates | cheaper than usual for a friend |
| Nipper | young surf lifesaver |
| Not the full quid | not bright intellectually |
| Not within cooee | a long way away, far off |
| No worries | no problem; it’s okay |
| Pash | passionate kiss |
| Perve | looking lustfully (at either sex) |
| Piece of piss | an easy task |
| Pig's arse | I don't agree with you |
| Prezzy | present, gift |
| Rack off | get lost; get out of here |
| Rapt | pleased, delighted |
| Rego | vehicle registration |
| Rellie | family relative |
| Ridgy-didge | original, genuine |
| Ripper | great, fantastic - "It was a ripper party" |
| Ripper, you little | Exclamation of delight, or as a reaction to good news |
| Roadie | a beer you buy to take away with you |
| Ropeable | very angry |
| Rort | cheating, defrauding |
| Servo | petrol station |
| Sheila | a woman |
| She’ll be right | It’ll be okay; don’t worry |
| Shit house | of poor quality; unenjoyable |
| Shout | a round of drinks |
| Smoko | smoke or coffee break |
| Snag | a sausage |
| Sook | person who is soft, tame, inoffensive. Hence: sooky |
| Spewin’ | very angry, upset about something |
| Spit the dummy | get very upset at something |
| Spunk | a good-looking person |
| Sticky-beak | nosy person |
| Stoked | very pleased |
| Stubby holder | beer bottle cooler |
| Sunnies | sunglasses |
| Thongs | flip flops |
| Tinny | can of beer |
| Tinny | small aluminium boat |
| To come the raw prawn | to bullshit, to be generally disagreeable |
| Togs | swim suit |
| Trackie dacks | tracksuit pant |
| Veg out | relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable) |
| Woop Woop | name for any small, unimportant town "He/she lives in Woop Woop" |
| Yewy | u-turn in traffic |
| Yobbo | an uncouth person |