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we'll be going through some useful Aussie slang to help you better understand Australians when they're speaking in English.
Together we'll go through some common slang.
We'll go through a few examples of the slang being used so you can better understand Australians when they're speaking in
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Begin with, let's start with one of the most common phrases and that is g'day mate.
G'day is a short form of the words good day. In Australia many Australians greet each other with the phrase g'day.
G'day. When Australians are communicating with friends, with people they know, maybe even with colleagues, you may hear them refer to each
other as mates. Mate is an Aussie term many Australians use instead of the word friend.
For example, hey mate, what are you doing today?
Now the word mate is also used in a common phrase many Australians use, that phrase is no worries mate, she'll be right.
she'll be right. This phrase basically means there's no need to worry, stress less, worry less, the whole situation,
Now when you're in Australia, you may hear Australians refer to the country Australia as straya.
Straya is a common word many Australians use instead of using the word Australia.
Straya straya. Now if you hear somebody describing something as a dog's breakfast,
it doesn't literally mean that it's dog's breakfast,
but it does mean that that situation, that person, whatever they're describing, is really chaotic.
It's a mess. For example, if you handed in your homework, you handed in an essay, and it was a complete mess,
you didn't do it in an organized way. Your teaher may describe your homework as being a dog's breakfast.
Somebody tells you to put a sock in it.
They're not literally told you to put a sock somewhere, in some form of object, a lot of Australians
use these phrase, put a sock in it, to tell people to basically shut up and stop talking.
Another common phrase used by many
Australians to express that you don't want to have anything to do with somebody is on ya bike, on ya bike.
So if somebody's really annoying you, you want to tell them to get lost, to get out of your face,
you could use the phrase on ya bike. For example, just get on ya bike, mate.
I'm sick of hearing the same old stories over and over again.
Another way to tell somebody to get lost, to get out of your face in Aussie slang is piss off.
Piss off. Now, Australians really love their barbecues and there's a lot of slang related to barbecues in Australian English.
For example, this phrase, throw a shrimp on the barbie.
Here a Barbie is not a doll, it has nothing to do with dolls, but barbie is the short form of the word barbecue.
It's very often used, many Australians use this word instead of barbecue. Now in that phrase
you may notice the word shrimp.
In American English shrimp it is more often used but in Australian English the word we use more often is prawn.
Now if you're at a barbecue, you may hear people saying that they have snags on the barbie.
You already know that a barbie is a barbecue, but snags is a slang word for
sausages, it's more natural in Australia to use snags instead of sausages. Two common euphemisms
you may hear Australians using are
Crikey and blimey. Crikey and blimey
are used to express amazement and surprise. For example, crikey, that's a huge fish
you just caught. Now you may hear Australians using the word beauty.
Beauty is a commonly used word to refer to something being great and fantastic.
For example, you did my homework for me, you beauty. Here, what I'm trying to say is that you're great.
You're awesome. In Aussie English slang it's more common to you beauty.
Now the word bloody is often used instead of the word very. For example,
This video is bloody useful. Instead of saying, it's very useful, in Aussie slang
it's bloody useful. The phrase bloody oath,
bloody oath is used very often to agree or to say that something is true.
For example, if I ask my friend, do you like my dress and she says bloody oath I do!
Basically, here, what you saying is yes, of course I do.
Another word many Australians use to describe that they're really happy is the word stoked.
Stoked. For example, I'm stoked
I've got tickets to the Red Hot Chili Peppers
concert as they all sold out. In Australia,
if somebody asks you would you like a cuppa,
what they're asking you is would you like a cup of tea. Cuppa is a slang form we use for a cup of tea.
But if somebody asks you, would you like a cold one? A cold one refers to a beer. In
Australia beer is usually served cold. So cold one is a common slang term
you may also hear people referring to beer as a slab.
A slab of beer is a 24-pack of beer. Now
you may be familiar with a popular fast food chain McDonald's. In Australia,
we have a slang word we use for McDonald's and that is Maccas.
Maccas. For example, let's go do a Maccas run.
Australians also really love to add o at the end of words and also shorten those words.
You may be familiar with words such as arvo,
which means afternoon. Bottle-o
Bottle-o which is a short form of the words bottle shop. So a place where you are able to buy liquor
and alcohol, or the word avo, avo for avocado.
Servo for service station. The word chockers is a slang term used to describe a place that's really really full.
So for example, if you're at your local pub and somebody describes a place as being chockers,
it means that that place is really really packed. It's full.
There's a lot of people there. Another common phrase you hear in movies and among Australians is fair dinkum.
If something or someone is fair dinkum, it means they're true. They're genuine.
They're just a decent bloke or human being. Now the word pash is also another commonly used as a slang term to refer to
kissing. So for example if you maybe kiss the boy, kiss the girl over the weekend
you could use a phrase: We pashed on the weekend. The word bathers refers to a swimsuit in Aussie slang.
So if you go into the beach, you'd probably need to take your bathers.
Now the word bogan in Aussie slang is used to describe somebody that is really unsophisticated
and from a low socio status. Please note that this word is not used in a positive way.
It is similar to the word redneck in American English. In Australia
we don't use the word redneck, but it's very common to use the word bogan instead. Now
the word bludger is a commonly used word and it's used to describe somebody who's really lazy.
They really don't do anything with their life. Again,
pronunciation, blodger. You may also hear the word bludger being used with the phrase doll bludger.
A doll bludger is somebody who's living of social welfare payments from the government.
So they're now working, but just receiving help and support from the government.
There are also common slang terms Aussies use for professions. For example, the word coppa,
Tradie, a tradie is a tradesman. Chippy.
Chippy, a chippy is a carpenter. Bricki
bricki, bricki is a bricklayer.
Sparki, sparki, a Sparky is an electrician.
Personally I love that slang term sparki, because you know, electricians, they play with electricity and it creates sparks. So it's pretty cool.
Huh, spark, sparki for electricians. Now the phrase woop woop means in the middle of nowhere.
For example, I have a friend that lives out in whoop-whoop and I never visit her. Here
I'm using the phrase woop woop to describe the fact that she leaves in the middle of nowhere. So she's isolated.
There's nothing around he. Now,
if you're working in Australia, you may have heard colleagues talking about pulling sickies.
Now the word sickie means a sick day from work. For example, I'm going to pull a sickie tomorrow.
This means that tomorrow I'm going to take a day off from work because I'm planning on being sick.
The word winge means to whine and complain.
Mary's always winging on about her problems. WInge here means that she's always complaining and she's always whining.
Ta is a short form of thank you. If somebody says ta it means thank you. There you have it friends.
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