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WHAT IS 'STRINE?'
Although English is Australia's
official language, when
Australians speak to each other,
they use a lot of made-up words
and expressions which are a kind
of 'code'. You may have heard
some of these before, especially
if you have seen Australian
movies or television shows.
Australian slang is sometimes
called 'Strine', which is a what
some Australians call each
other͙ it's short for the way a
true-blue Aussie pronounces
'Australian'͙ like 'Aw-strine'!
Arvo: Afternoon.
Avos: Avocados.
Avago You Mug: Shout of
encouragement to a sportsman Game: Brave.
not performing to his best
Banana bender: A
Queenslander.
Barbie: Barbecue, as in "I'll
throw some shrimp and chook
on the barbie."
Bash: Party. Also "fancy turns".
Bonzer: Pronounced "bonsa" -
grouse, great, excellent.
Bloke: Man, guy.
Bludger: Lazy person, layabout.
Bluey: (also known as Blue)
Slang for any bloke with red hair, good idea.
and also known to describe the
Australian Cattle Dog.
Bonnet: Hood of a car.
Boomer: A large male kangaroo, heartfelt congratulations
as Rolf Harris sings, "Six white
boomers, snow white boomers
on Santa's Australian run...".
Boot: Trunk of a car.
Bottle shop: Liquor shop.
Box of blowflies: Ugly, as in
"that's as ugly as a box of
blowflies!" And that's pretty
Earbash: Non-stop chatter.
Esky: Portable icebox or cooler -
it's always a good idea to have
one in the boot stocked with
some cold ones just in case the
party's bar runs dry.
Fair Dinkum: Kosher, the real
thing - as in "Fair Dinkum Aussie"
(true blue Aussie original). Often
used by itself as a rhetorical
question to express astonishment
verging on disbelief ... "Fair
Dinkum, mate?" (you've got to be
kidding, haven't you?)
Fair go: A good chance
Footpath: Sidewalk.
Footy: Rugby League
Flyer: female kangaroo
Galah: Noisy fool, named after
the bird of the same name.
G'arn: Go on, you're kidding!
G'day: Universal greeting, used
anytime day or night, but never
as a farewell. Pronounced "gud-
eye", usually followed by "mate"
(mite) or a typically strung-
together "howyagoinallright"(=
how are you today, feeling pretty
good?)
Give it a burl: Try it.
Good as gold: Great!
Good oil: Useful information, a
Good Onya: Omnipresent term of
approval, sometimes ironic,
offering various degrees of
depending on inflection.
Indispensible during Aussie
smalltalk - substitute "really, oh
yeh, aha, etc."
Grizzle: To complain.
Grouse: Rhymes with "house" -
means outstanding, tremendous.
Can be applied
Offsider: An assistant.
O.S.: Overseas, as in "she's gone
O.S."
Oz: Australia; God's country
Pines: Pineapples.
Pommie or pom: An
Englishman.
Rafferty's rules: Chaos,
disorder.
Reckon: Think, as in "Your shout
or mine? What' ya reckon?".
Ridgy-didge: Original, genuine.
Right: Okay, as in "she'll be
right, mate."
Ring, tingle: Phone someone up,
as in "I'll give him a ring."
Ripper: Pronounced "rippa"
means beaut, tippy-tops, grouse
Rubbish: To knock something.
Sandgroper: A Western
Australian.
Shark biscuit: New surfers,
grommets on boogie boards.
Tres uncool!
Sheila: A woman
She'll be right: No problem,
don't worry, mate.
Shootin' through: Leave, take
off.
Smoko: Smoke or coffee break.
Snag: A sausage.
Sook: Someone who complains
a lot
Spit The Dummie: A "dummie"
is Australian for a child's pacifier.
Lose your cool
Stickybeak: Nosy person.
Stone the crows: An exclamation
of surprise.
Strewth: Pronounced "sta-ruth"
... general exclamation of
disbelief or shock.
Strine: Australian slang, from
"Aus-strine", the way Aussies
say Australian.
Swagman: Itinerant farm
ugly!
Buckley's Chance: No chance at
all.
Bung: To put or place. E.g bung
another snag on the barbie
Bunyip: A mythical bush spirit,
Australia's bigfoot. Probably just
a hairy surfie!
Capsicums: Green or red bell
peppers.
Carpetbagger steak: Beef
stuffed with oysters.
Chemist shop: Drug store.
Chew the Fat: To talk, engage in
pleasant conversation, to have a
chinwag.
Chook: Chicken. Often served
barbecued at fancy turns. If your
hostess is befuddled and/or
overcome by trying to do too
many things at once, one might
say she was "running around like
a chook with its head cut-off!"
Cockie: Farmer.
Cockroach: Someone from New
South Wales
Crook: Sick, or badly made.
Crow eater: A South Australian.
Dag: A funny person, nerd, goof,
loser.
Digger: A soldier.
Dilly-bag: Food bag.
Ding bat: Fool.
Dinky-di: The real thing.
Donk: Car or boat engine.
Donkey's years: Ages.
Drop-in: To steal a surfer's wave.
This is a serious crime in Surfer's
Paradise.
http://www.famie.com/australia/australianslang2.htm
universally to all things
social ... "grouse birds (women),
grouse band, in fact,
grouse bloody gay and hearty
(great party!)"
Have a yarn: To talk to someone.
Hit your kick: Open your wallet.
Hooroo: Pronounced "who-ru"...
means "see ya later", make sure
you don't say g'day when
meaning goodbye - it's a dead
giveaway you're not a true blue
Aussie.
Hotel: Often just a pub.
Icy pole: Popsicle.
Jackaroo: A male ranch hand.
Jillaroo: A female ranch hand.
Joey: Baby kangaroo.
Journo: Journalist.
Jumbuck: Sheep.
Jumper: Sweater.
Knock: To criticise.
Lemon squash: Lemonade.
Lob-in: Drop in to see someone.
Lollies: Sweets.
Lolly water: Soft drink.
Never Never: Distant outback.
No-hoper: A fool, loser
worker, tramp
Taswegian: A resident of
Tasmania.
Tee-up: To set up an
appointment.
Tomato sauce: Ketchup.
Too right: Definitely!
True blue: Honest, straight.
The Lucky Country: Why,
Australia, of course.
Tucker: Food.
Vegemite: A dark brown, gooey,
salty vegetable yeast extract. It's
what makes Aussies strong.
Wally: Idiot
Whinge: Rhymes with "hinge" as
in door! Means to complain
incessantly
Woopwoop: in the boonies,
nowhere.
Wowser: Straight-laced person,
prude, puritan, spoilsport.
Yabber: Talk.
Yobbo: An
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One's house or apartment



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Disappointment



 

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Very much in love with a woman, sometimes at
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String bass
 Well dressed but in a self conscious way


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Run smoothly
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nonsense syllables for words
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First they had a beer at the White House. Well, now, Professor Gates and the cop who arrested him are
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sang ͞Ebony and Ivory.͟

The man who wrote many of the speeches for President George W. Bush is now working on his
memoirs. True story. The book will be called ͞Me Do Bad Job.͟

The Washington Post is doing a big story on the 2008 John McCain campaign. And it now says after all
this research that he picked Sarah Palin because of a ͞high risk/high reward strategy.͟ Apparently, it͛s
the same reason McCain uses Metamucil.

Speaking of Sarah Palin, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her husband Todd are denying rumors
that they͛re getting a divorce. When asked about it, Palin said, ͞When have you ever known me to not
see something through?͟

President Obama just announced he͛s considering transferring prisoners from Guantánamo Bay to
Michigan. The idea is to scare the prisoners into revealing information about terror plots by showing
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