Talkin' the lingo!

Here is a brief glossary of Australian slang, courtesy of - Goingrank

Glossary of Australian Slang

Define:

• Acca Dacca - rock band 'AC DC'
• ace – excellent
• ambo - Paramedic, Ambulance Officer
• ‘ang on – wait a moment
• arvo – afternoon
• Aussie - person from Australia (pronounced: 'Ozzie')
• ‘avago – have a go (usually ‘ya mug'’ – you fool – is added); try harder
• barbie – barbecue or BBQ
• barra - a barramundi fish
• bewdy or bewdy bottler – good; the best
• Beyond the Black Stump – far from the city; the outback
• bickie - biscut or cookie
• bingle – minor car accident (arg. Subject to debate - some states say 'dingle' or 'ding')
• bludger – layabout, one who wants something for nothing, person who does not work or works very little
• bluey – a swag or blanket roll
• bombed out – unsuccessful; also drunk
• boys in blue - Police
• Brisbanites - people from Brisbane
• buckleys - no chance
• budgie smugglers - tight, low cut men's swimming atire, (AKA 'togs') where little is left to the (protuding) imagination
• burl - 'give it a burl' give it a go; attempt something
• by crickey – an expression of surprise
• cactus – useless, broken
• cark it – to die
• cashed up – having plenty of ready money
• cheesed (off) – bored; fed up
• chewy – chewing gum
• chook – domestic fowl
• chook raffle – a lottery in which the prize is a chicken; usually held in a ‘pub’ (hotel)
• chuck a wobbly – go berserk
• cobber – friend
• cocky – know all; also a small farmer
• combo - combination
• Cop or Cops - members of the constabulary (AKA: "Flatfoots', 'wallopers', 'the Blue')
• come a cropper – to fall heavily
• cot case – a drunk or exhausted person only fit for bed
• Darwin stubby - 2 litre bottle of beer
• deadhead – a stupid person
• dead marine – an empty beer bottle (also: 'dead soldier')
• dead set – certain; assured; used as an exclamation meaning ‘really!’
• dead set against it – uncooperative
• dinky-di – genuine
• do your lolly ('melon'; 'nana'; 'loaf' or, to 'lose it') – to get very angry
• dob in – to betray or report someone to the authorities; also to nominate someone for an umpleasent task
• dobber - a despicable person who 'dobs', or, 'rats' on someone.
• don’t get off your bike – calm down
• drongo – stupid person
• dry as a drovers dog – extremely thirsty
• dunny – an outside toilet
• esky – a portable icebox (brand name)
• fair crack of the whip – ease up (also: 'fair suck of the sav' = "saveloy")
• fair dinkum – honest; genuine
• fair enough – alright; acceptable
• fair go – a chance; also an appeal for fairness
• flake (out) – to collapse; to fall asleap
• flat out like a lizard drinking – lying prone; also rushed; extremely busy
• flush – having plenty of money
• fossick – to search for something
• freak out – to have an extreme reaction (good or bad) to something
• full as a goog ('tick'; 'boot') – drunk; full of food after a big meal
• game as Ned Kelly – very brave (Ned Kelly was a daring bushranger [robber] in 1878)
• garbage – an exclamation meaning ‘what rubbish, I don’t believe you!’
• garbo - garbage collector
• g’donya – good for you; well done; can also be sarcastic; or mean ‘I don’t believe you’
• go off like a bucket of prawns in the sun – to create commotion
• good one – an explanation of approval; or comment that someone is stretching the truth
• goodo – yes, alright
• goon - wine bladder sold inside a cardboard box - a 'goon bag'
• gutful – more than enough (I’ve had a gutful of this – I’ve had enough)
• have tickets on yourself – to be conceited
• hit the deck – to duck; to put your head down
• hit the tin – put money in the kitty; to contribute to a collection of cash
• hoon – a stupid or uncultivated person; also a fast or wreckless driver
• hooroo – goodbye
• jackaroo - male working with cattle or horses
• joolaroo - female working as a jackaroo
• kero - kerosene (coal oil)
• kick in – to help out with money
• Kick the kitty - to contribute your share of the costs
• knock – to criticise, find fault
• knocker – a person who makes derogatory remarks
• larrikin – mischievous, wild or carefree person
• lations - family relatives or 'relations'
• like a hornet in a bottle – furious
• like a possum up a gum tree – moving fast
• like a rat up a drainpipe – " He was moving even faster (than a) ..."
• lingo – language
• loaded – extremely wealthy; also very drunk
• local rag - local newspaper
• longkneck - 750ml bottle of beer 
• maccas - McDonalds
• main drag - main road or street through a town
• mate – good or best friend; also used to greet someone as in ‘G’day mate’
• matilda – a blanket roll carried by a swagman
• Melbournians - people from Melbourne
• metho - methylated spirits
• mexicans - people from the state south of yours
• milko - milk home delivery person
• m’oath – my oath; on my oath. bloody oath - i agree
• mug – fool
• mulga – rough country (actually: a type of tree)
• muso - musician
• no-hopper – incompetent person; social misfit
• nosh up – a good meal
• nick – to steal
• nicked – to be caught; (I got nicked – I got caught) go away; (get nicked)
• nick off – to go away; expression meaning ‘lose yourself!’
• nifty – stylish; clever; shrewd to the point of dishonesty
• ocker – the archetypal uncultivated Australian male
• outback – the inland country far away from large cities
• prang – minor car accident (see  'bingle' 'dingle' or 'ding')
• prawn - shrimp
• rack off – to go away
• ranga - person with red hair
• rego - vehicle registration
• righto - alright
• ring-in – a substitute
• rissole - a type of meatball flattened out; or fat meat patty. (also: 'given the rissole' sacked or fired from employment.
• road train - a truck with many sections attached (some road trains are over a kilometre long)
• rort – a con
• sangers – sandwiches
• ’scoos me - excuse me
• servo - a petrol station or gas station
• she’ll be apples, she’s sweet – it’ll be fine
• shoot through - to go somewhere else (or he shot through)
• shonky – poor quality
• shotgun - the front passenger seat of a vehicle
• shout – to buy drinks for everyone
• shrapnel - coins of a low denomination
• sickie – a day taken off work, but not necessarily because of illness
• skip – Australian-born (from Skippy the kangaroo [a TV show])
• skite – a bragger
• a slash - to take 'a slash' or 'have a slash' - to urinate
• smoko – a break from work (originally a cigarette)
• snags – sausages
• speedo - vehicle speedomoter
• stinker – an objectionable person
• stone the crows – exclamation of astonishment
• stubby - a bottle of beer (330ml) or stubbie / a brand of shorts
• stubby cooler - used to keep your hand warm and a beer cold
• swag – a blanket roll of light bedding
• swagman – a man who travels around the country on foot and takes odd jobs usually in the outback (AKA 'Swaggie')
• Sydneyites - people from Sydney
• ratbag – a rogue; an eccentric person
• rubbish – to criticice; to mock
• servo - petrol station
• ta - thank you
• ta-ta – goodbye
• Taswegins - people from Tasmania
• the ditch - water between Australia and New Zealand
• tinnie – a can of beer; a small aluminum boat
• too right – an exclamation meaning ‘I agree’
• top drop – a good beer or wine
• true blue – genuine
• twit – a fool
• ute – open backed pick-up truck
• veg out – relax
• wag – to play truant
• wheelie – a noisy skidding turn while driving
• whinge – to complain
• whopper – something surprisingly big
• woop woop - out in the middle of no where
• wowser – a killjoy; a prudish teetotaler
• write-off – a total loss
• wuss – spoilsport; afraid to have a go
• yakka – hard or heavy work
• yank - American (AKA "septic tank", abbreviated to "seppo")
• yobbo – a loud or stupid uncultivated person
• yonks ago (or yonks and yonks ago) - a long time ago
• zonked (out) – tired out; exhausted

You can also look up the following information:

Australian Reference Information:

• Aboriginal Culture
• Early Exploration of Australia
• Geography of Australia
• Australian Slang
• Australian Population Mix
• Public Holidays in Australia
• Australian Festivals & Events
• Sport in Australia
• Traditional Australian Recipes
• Convert Weight Measurement Temperature for Australia
• Australian Ingredient Names