a person from Queensland
－－－昆士兰州的注意了哦～～～
Barbie : barbecue (noun)
Barrack : to cheer on (football team
etc.)
Bastard : term of endearment
－－－－－切忌～～不要随便用
Bathers : swimming
costume
Beaut, beauty :
great, fantastic
－－演ｄｒａｍａ是经常要用
Big Smoke : a big city, especially
Sydney or Melbourne
Big-note oneself : brag, boast
Bikkie : biscuit 饼干～～这个超级常用
Billabong : an ox-bow river or watering
hole
Billy : teapot. Container for boiling
water.
Bities :
biting insects
－－苍蝇不叮人，，但也被叫成这个，，有些莫名
Bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits
of that)
Bizzo : business (“mind your own
bizzo”)
Black Stump, beyond the : a long way away,
the back of nowhere
Bloke : man, guy
Bloody : very (bloody hard yakka)
－－－－Ａｕｓｓｉｅ超喜欢用！！！
Bloody oath! : that’s certainly true
Blow in the bag : have a breathalyser
test
Blowie : blow fly
Bludger : lazy person, layabout, somebody
who always relies on other people to do things or lend him
things－－－－在澳洲当地学校读书的人注意了！！！这个一定要知道
Blue : fight (“he was having a blue with
his wife”)
Bluey :
pack, equipment, traffic ticket, redhead
Bluey : blue cattle dog (named after its
subtle markings) which is an excellent working dog. Everyone’s
favourite all-Aussie dog.
Bluey : heavy wool or felt jacket worn by
mining and construction workers.
Bluey : bluebottle jellyfish
Bodgy : of inferior quality
Bogan :
person who takes little pride in his appearance, spends his
days slacking and drinking beer
Bogged : Stuck in mud, deep sand (a
vehicle).
报纸上经常会出现
Bondi cigar : see “brown-eyed mullet”
Bonzer : great, ripper
Boogie board : a hybrid, half-sized surf
board
Boomer : a large male kangaroo
Booze bus : police vehicle used for
catching drunk drivers
Boozer : a pub
－－－很有用的词汇！！
Bored shitless : very bored
Bottle shop : liquor shop
Bottle-o : liquor shop (originally a man
with hessian bags going around picking up beer bottles in the 50′s
and 60′s)
Bottler : something excellent
Bottling, his blood’s worth : he’s an
excellent, helpful bloke.
Bounce : a bully
Bourke Street, he doesn’t know Christmas from :
he’s a bit slow in the head. (Bourke Street is a brightly
lit Melbourne street)
Bowl of rice, not my : not my cup of tea; I
don’t like it
Brass razoo, he hasn’t got a : he’s very
poor
Brekkie : breakfast
Brick shit house, built like a : big strong
bloke
Brickie : bricklayer
Brisvegas : Brisbane, state capital of
Queensland
Brizzie : Brisbane, state capital of
Queensland
Brown-eyed mullet : a turd in the sea
(where you’re swimming!)
Brumby : a wild horse
Buck’s night : stag party, male gathering
the night before the wedding
Buckley’s, Buckley’s chance : no chance
(“New Zealand stands Buckley’s of beating Australia at
football”)
Budgie smugglers : men’s bathing
costume 是指长的
Bull bar : stout bar fixed to the front of
a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos (also roo
bar)
Bundy : short for Bundaberg, Queensland,
and the brand of rum that’s made there
Bunyip : mythical outback creature
Bush : the hinterland, the Outback,
anywhere that isn’t in town
记得以前ＭＲＳ。ＧＲＥＹ说她刚来时为这个ｃｏｎｆｕｓｅｄ过，，以为就是小灌木丛，，其实他可以只一片森林，澳洲ｂｕｓｈ ｆｉｒｅ，就是大规模的树林大火
Bush bash : long competitive running or
motorcar race through the bush
Bush oyster : nasal mucus
Bush telly : campfire
Bushie : someone who lives in the
Bush
Bushman’s hanky : Emitting nasal mucus by
placing one index finger on the outside of the nose (thus blocking
one nostril) and blowing.
Bushranger : highwayman, outlaw
Butcher : small glass of beer in South
Australia – From the theory that a butcher could take a quick break
from his job, have a drink and be back at work
BYO : unlicensed
restaurant where you have to
Bring
Your
Own grog, also
similar party or barbecue
C
Cab Sav : Cabernet Sauvignon (a variety of
wine grape)
Cactus : dead, not functioning (“this
bloody washing machine is cactus”)
Cane toad : a person from
Queensland
Cark it :
to die, cease functioning
Cat burying shit, as busy as a : busy
Cat’s piss, as mean as : mean, stingy,
uncharitable
Chewie : chewing gum
Chokkie : chocolate
－－澳洲人把很多东西都加昵称，，有时真的很无语。。。
Chook : a chicken
－－有用极了！！
Chrissie : Christmas
Christmas : see
Bourke
Street
Chuck a sickie : take the day off sick from
work when you’re perfectly healthy
Chunder : vomit
对校医很有用哦～～
Clacker : anus (from Latin
cloaca = sewer). Also the single orifice of
monotremes (platypus and echidna) used both for reproduction and
for the elimination of body wastes.
Clayton’s : fake, substitute
－－－这个要了解～～～
Cleanskin : Bottle of wine without a label.
Usually bought in bulk by companies who then add their own
personalised label and use the wine as e.g. gifts to clients
Cleanskin : cattle that have not been
branded, earmarked or castrated.
Click : kilometre – “it’s 10 clicks away”
好想学驾车时要用
Clucky : feeling broody or maternal
Coathanger : Sydney Harbour bridge
Cobber : friend
－－－如果你把一个Ａｕｓｓｉｅ当朋友，，，一定要叫他ｃｏｂｂｅｒ～～
Cockie : farmer (Farmers were called
cockies in the early days of European settlement because, like the
birds of the same name, they made their homes on the edges of
permanent waterholes)
Cockie : cockatoo
Cockie : cockroach
Cockroach : a person from New South
Wales
Coldie : a beer
Come a gutser : make a bad mistake, have an
accident
Compo : Workers’ Compensation pay
Conch (adj. conchy) : a conscientious
person. Somebody who would rather work or study than go out and
enjoy him/herself.
Cooee, not within : figuratively a long way
away, far off – England weren’t within cooee of beating Australia
at cricket
Cooee, within : nearby – I was within cooee
of landing a big fish when the line broke. He lives within cooee of
Sydney.
Cook (noun) : One’s wife
这个挺嘲的，娶个老婆来是当厨师的嘛？就像中国人喜欢叫老婆家主婆一样～～
Corker : something excellent. A good stroke
in cricket might be described as a ‘corker of a
shot’
Counter lunch/Countery
: pub lunch
Cozzie : swimming costume
Crack a fat : get an erection
Crack onto (someone) : to hit on someone,
pursue someone romantically
Cranky : in a bad mood, angry
Cream (verb) : defeat by a large
margin
Crook : sick, or badly made
Crow eater : a person from South
Australia
Cubby house : Small, usually timber, house
in the garden used as a children’s plaything.
Cut lunch : sandwiches
Cut snake, mad as a
: very angry
很常用
D
Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof
这个一定要注意～这里的ｆｕｎｎｙ不做搞笑的意思，而是滑稽，有点笨蛋的意思～～～～ｎｅｒｄ是书虫的意思
Daks : trousers
Damper : bread made from flour and
water
Date : arse[hole] (“get off your fat
date”)
Dead dingo’s donger, as dry as a :
dry
Dead horse : Tomato
sauce－－这个我有尝试去问为什么。。。但貌似没人知道，可惜啊～～确实很常用
Deadset : true, the truth
Dero : tramp, hobo, homeless person (from
“derelict”)
Dickhead : see “whacker”
Digger : a soldier
有段时间中国人被叫做ｄｉｇｇｅｒ～
Dill : an idiot
Dingo’s breakfast : a yawn, a leak and a
good look round (i.e. no breakfast)
Dinkum, fair dinkum : true, real, genuine
(“I’m a dinkum Aussie”; “is he fair dinkum?”)
Dinky-di : the real thing, genuine
Dipstick : a loser, idiot
Divvy van : Police vehicle used for
transporting criminals. Named after the protective ‘division’
between the driver and the villains.
Dob (somebody) in : inform on somebody.
Hence dobber, a tell-tale
Docket : a bill, receipt
Doco : documentary
Dog : unattractive woman
Dog’s balls, stands out like :
obvious
Dog’s eye : meat pie
Dole bludger : somebody on social
assistance when unjustified
Donger : penis
Doodle : penis
Doovalacky : used whenever you can’t
remember what something is called. Thingummyjig, whatsit.
Down Under : Australia and New
Zealand
Drink with the flies : to drink alone
Drongo : a dope, stupid person
Dropkick : see ‘dipstick’
Drum : information, tip-off (“I’ll give you
the drum”)
Duchess : sideboard
Duffer, cattle : rustler
Dummy, spit the : get very upset at
something
Dunny : outside lavatory
Dunny budgie : blowfly
Dunny rat, cunning as a : very
cunning
Durry : tobacco,
cigarette －－我们校长Ｓｉｍｏｎ曾经提过，，当时我完全不知这是什么东东
Dux : top of the class (n.); to be top of
the class (v.) – “She duxed four of her
subjects”.－－－－我们上一届的ｄｕｘ是中国人，，哈哈哈～～～～！－－－在澳洲读高中一定要知道！！
E
Earbashing : nagging, non-stop
chatter
Ekka : the Brisbane Exhibition, an annual
show
Esky : large insulated food/drink container
for picnics, barbecues etc.
Exy : expensive
F
Face, off one’s : drunk (“He was off his
face by 9pm”)
－－很常用～～通常和ｐｉｎｋ ｅｌｅｐｈａｎｔ放在一块用的
Fair dinkum : true, genuine
Fair go : a chance (“give a bloke a fair
go”)
Fair suck of the sav! : exclamation of
wonder, awe, disbelief (see also “sav”)
Fairy floss : candy floss, cotton
candy
Feral : V8 ute (q.v.) sporting large heavy
bullbar, numerous aerials, large truck mudflaps and stickers almost
all over the rear window and tailgate. Sometimes seen with a Mack
emblem on the bonnet and always with large (multiple) driving
lights
Feral (n.) : a hippie
Figjam : ”
F*ck
I‘m
good;
just
ask
me”. Nickname for people who have a high
opinion of themselves.－－Ｆａｃｅｂｏｏｋ上面经常出现
Fisho : fishmonger
Flake : shark’s flesh (sold in fish &
chips shops)
Flat out like a lizard drinking : flat out,
busy
Flick : to give something or somebody the
flick is to get rid of it or him/her
Flick it on : to sell something, usually
for a quick profit, soon after buying it.
Fly wire : gauze flyscreen covering a
window or doorway.
Footy : Australian Rules football
－－－不知道ｆｏｏｔｙ的人＝没在澳洲生存过～～
Fossick : search, rummage (“fossicking
through the kitchen drawers”)
Fossick : to prospect, e.g. for gold
Fossicker : prospector, e.g. for gold
Franger : condom
Freckle : anus
Fremantle Doctor : the cooling afternoon
breeze that arrives in Perth from the direction of Freeo
Freo : Fremantle in Western Australia
Frog in a sock, as cross as a : sounding
angry – a person or your hard drive!
Fruit loop : fool
Full : drunk
Furphy : false or unreliable rumour
G
G’Day : hello!
报纸上经常有，，还有Ｄ＇Ｄａｙ
Gabba : Wooloongabba – the Brisbane cricket
ground
GAFA (pron. gaffa) : the big nothingness of
the Australian Outback. Great Australian F**k All.
Galah : fool, silly person. Named after the
bird of the same name because of its antics and the noise it
makes.
Garbo, garbologist : municipal garbage
collector
Give it a burl : try it, have a go
－－Ｃｏｎｒａｄ当时这么说了句，我没反应过来，，对不起！！
Gobful, give a : to abuse, usually
justifiably (“The neighbours were having a noisy party so I went
and gave them a gobful”)
Gobsmacked : surprised, astounded
Going off : used of a night spot or party
that is a lot of fun – “the place was really going off”
Good oil : useful information, a good idea,
the truth
Good onya : good for you, well done
－－其实ｏｎｙａ就是ｏｎ ｙｏｕ
Goog, as full as a : drunk. “Goog” is a
variation of the northern English slangword “goggie” meaning an
egg.
Greenie : environmentalist
Grinning like a shot fox : very happy,
smugly satisfied
Grog : liquor, beer (“bring your own grog,
you bludger”)
Grouse (adj.) : great, terrific, very
good
Grundies : undies, underwear (from Reg
Grundy, a television person)
Gutful of piss : drunk, “he’s got a gutful
of piss”
Gyno : gynaecologist
