28 AUSTRALIAN SLANG Words/Phrases (That You Need to Know!)

I get the feeling in a hundred years they are going to have their own distinct language

The girl who was asked if she was actually Australian: “yea I’ve got shrimp in my bag”… as if that’s like a form of ID for Australians

"Go for your life" is another Aussie expression , it does not mean run away in case you get hurt , it means help yourself , e.g. person 1 asks "can I grab a drink of water please mate ? " Person 2 , "Yeah , no worries mate , go for your life"

according to wikipedia "shrimp on the barbie" was used by Paul Hogan in an American advertisement because Americans say shrimp instead of prawn

"are you australian" "yeah naah, yeah....... nah" 5:25

I thought the girl on the thumbnail is Kristen Stewart. Hahaha

I would pay to watch a drama if the Aussie of all aussie was trying to converse with the Scottish of Scots. That would be a hoot

15 yo looking kid with an IGA hat talking about alcohol , classic

0:49 legend is wearing a Clementine hat from TWD, that's awesome

I love to hear Australian English😂😂😂, it's hard but it's exciting to learn😂

Most important is how the word 'cunt' is most often used as a term of endearment.

In California, we also use the phrases "Yeah, no" and "No, yeah." I always assumed everyone in the English speaking world used them until I heard someone complain about it.

Australians are really nice I love their accent it's really cool 😭😂💗

This is fascinating. I am from Kensington, Melbourne, and we have a completely different dialect, totally different accent too. A lot of these words sound a bit feminine and even childish at times, I've never heard of "duzza" or "bevvie" before. Here are some Kensington slang words. Black Mariah - A police van. In other parts of Australia these are called divvy vans or booze buses. "Don't let the Black Mariah catch you." Tuppence - Nothing, not much, always used to refer to a value, often money. "I got tuppence for that ebay listing." Madra - A mutt. In other parts of Australia you may hear the word "bitzer" instead. "I got a new dog, it's a madra though." Aught - Anything. "I haven't done aught, I swear." Chimpy - Cheap. "I got this car chimpy mate, don't worry." Chips - Thin, lean, often used to refer to a skinny person. "He's a bit chips, hey?" Innit - Abbreviation for "isn't it." Dunnit - Abbreviation for "doesn't it." Wannit - Abbreviation for "wasn't it." Ant or Ain't - Abbreviation for "have not". This is different to the other uses of "ain't", such as in US English. Half-Cut - Half drunk. "I'm half-cut mate!" Pissed - Drunk. "Oh, he's pissed." Paralytic - Very drunk. "He's bloody paralytic!" Abbas/Abbers - Abbreviation for abattoirs. Slaught - A slaughterman. Dill - A simpleton Till - A cash register. Docket - A receipt. Stone - A unit of weight. This is the only place in Australia I have heard stone be used more often than kilograms to refer to someone's weight. Cut - Drunk. "I'm cut." Grog - Alcohol. "I'll get the grog." Alow - Underneath, below. "Just get alow it and have a look." Aye - Yes. It might sound like pirate-talk but I have heard many people use this seriously in conversation, mostly older men. "Aye, I agree." Bedlam - Insanity, craziness. "This house is utter bedlam!" Beld - An old lady, often a bit of a ratty one. "That old beld down the street's driving me up the wall." Luce - Pronounced "loose", this means a match or sometimes a sparkler. "Get a luce, would you?" Peeler - A policeman. "Bloody peelers are on us." Shrifty - Forgiving, merciful. "He's acting a bit shrifty today, I think we'll be alright." Bird - A woman or older girl. Tapster - A person who serves at the bar and is not the publican. Jenker/Jenka - A cart hauled by horses, also used to refer to billy carts. Wain - A wagon hauled by horses, sometimes used to refer to something very heavy. Husbandman - A farmer. Iron horse - A train, almost always a very old train such as a steam engine, but it is still used to refer to freight trains. Olk/Olc - Bad, no good, rotten. Loggerhead - A thick-headed person, someone unintelligent and brash. Conta/Conter - Someone descended from convicts. Pom/Pommy - Englishman. Pissant - Someone descended from English immigrants rather than convicts or Irish immigrants. Piss In - Do something easily. Pisspot - An alcoholic or someone who doesn't wash often enough. Donahue - A wildman, someone who lives in the hinterland. Empty/Emptyhead - Someone foolish and stupid, or sometimes someone with a mental disability. Granna/Granner - An ugly person. Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

I love their “naur” it sounds pretty cool

To chuck a sickie (to take a day off work) My girlfriend is from Melbourne but I already knew some slang. Also "heaps", "fair dinkum, mate " and many more.

Chris and Felix made me search for this video...

My coworkers from Perth, here in the States loved our Halloween. Talked excitedly about buying lollies. Told them candy is good, doesn’t have to be a lollipop. They explained it to me. Plus they often told each other to get stuffed. Thought they were wishing death followed by taxidermy for a nanosecond.

As a English learner and one who loves Ausi, I should visit there have nice holidays before they change whole language.

Sook is a good one I've had to explain that to way too many Americans