Australian Slang
P
to T
P
pack a wallop - punch with considerable force
pack of galahs - group
of disliked people
pal - friend; mate
paper Aussie - naturalized
Australian citizen
paper bag job - an ugly woman
Pat Malone - alone
pearlies - the
teeth
perk
up - to vomit
pesky - annoying
piece of piss - a very easy
task
pie-eater - an Australian; foolish person
piffle -
nonsense
piss - beer
piss all over -
defeat
piss
it in - win easily
pisser - the pub; men's urinal
play funny buggers - foolish;
deceitful
plodder - slow worker who eventually gets the job
done
plonk - wine
poofter - homosexual
man
pov
- poverty stricken
prang - car accident
prawn - foolish
person
professional ratbag - one who makes money from
scheming
push up zeds - have a sleep
put the shits up - cause to
become angry
Q
QFRTB - quite full and ready to bust (said after
eating)
queer - homosexual man
R
rain dance - superstitious Aboriginal ceremony performed to
cause it to rain
rake - a comb
rare as hen's teeth - very
rare
ratbag - untrustworthy person
rats on stilts -
greyhounds
rattle your dags - hurry up!
reckon - suppose
red ned - cheap red
wine
refadex - Queensland street directory
rellies -
relatives
Richard Cranium - dickhead
ron - later on
roo -
kangaroo
root - sexual intercourse
rooted - exhausted;
broken
rubber cheque - dishonored cheque (a cheque that
bounces)
ruckus - commotion
S
sack - bed; termination of
employment
sammy - sandwich
sandie - Queensland sand
crab
sanga - sandwich
scallywag - rascal
scone - the head; to
hit on the head
scorcher - very hot day
scungy -
unpleasant
serve - reprimand
shaggin' wagon - panel
van
sheila - female
she's sweet - everything is
fine
shirt
lifter - male homosexual
shit bricks - become
angry
shit
for brains - person lacking intelligence
shit it in - win
easily
shit
tacks - full of fear
shmo - stupid
person
shoot
a fairy - to fart
shut-eye - sleep
siphon the python - to
urinate
skedaddle - depart quickly
skin-flick - a pornographic
movie
sloshed - very drunk
smoko - short break from
work
snag - a sausage; a problem
snaky - annoyed
snot someone - to bash
someone
spag - spaghetti
spaghetti bog - spaghetti
bolognaise
spoof - semen
spray the bowl - to suffer from
diarrhea
spud - potato
stack on a blue - become
extremely angry
stairway to heaven - a ladder in a woman's
stocking
strewth! - expression of amazement
stubbie holder - polystyrene
cover for a stubbie beer bottle
stubbies - small squat bottles
of beer made notable by the brand XXXX (Fourex)
sunny side up - eggs fried on
one side only
Sunshine State - Queensland
T
ta - thank you
tailgate - drive too closely to
the vehicle in front
take a sickie - take a day off work
take a squiz - have a
look
Tassie - Tasmania
tea - the evening meal and
usually the main meal of the day
Technicolor yawn -
vomit
telly - television
the box -
television
the sticks - the country
thick ear - a
beating
this
arvo - this afternoon
throb in the knob - erection of
the penis
thunder box - the toilet
tiff - argument
tingle - telephone
call
tinny - can of beer; small aluminum boat
toot -
toilet
tribe - family; group of friends
troppo - crazy;
insane
tucker - food
turps - strong alcohol; booze;
turpentine
tux - tuxedo; dinner jacket for men