new australian vocabulary

I have been working on perfecting my Australian accent over the last month. I am getting better and even had a bartender in a pub tell me I had an Australian accent. This has been an activity I have been working on from my early days of enjoying many late night Crocodile Hunter marathons. Cricky!

Here is a list of our favorite words and phrases we have picked up on our Australian travels. Remember when using them to embrace your inner Paul Hogan. 

• Boot - in Australia this is what they call the trunk of the car.
• Good on ya - meaning well done, good for you.
• How ya going? - one of my favorites, the translation is how are you doing?
• Good as gold - this would translate to “that is classic.”
• No worries - this has gained increasing popularity in the US over the years but is claimed by Australia. The translation is don’t worry about it.
• Brekky - breakfast in Australia. 
• Take the piss out of someone - this is to make fun of your mate. 
• Budgie smugglers - a speedo swimsuit.
• Bogan - redneck without guns.
• Bush - dry wilderness.
• Woop Woop - out in the bush. “It is out in the woop woop.”
• Esky - ice cooler.
• Bugger/Stuffed up - this means you missed up.
• Hey - they use this instead of “what”, when something isn’t heard. 
• Bikkie - cookie or biscuit.
• Smoko - morning tea.
• Arbo - afternoon.
• Winger(winja) - complainer. 
• Rangar - this one is a little mean but I am told pretty common. It refers to a red head like a orangoutang.
• Pisser - to get drunk.
• Tracky Dacs - sweat pants.
• Thongs/pluggers/jandels - flip flops.
• Ta - thanks. 
• Jumper - sweater.
• Singlet - tank top.
• Crook - feeling sick. 
• Heaps - this is the most common and we have started using it quite a bit. You substitute heaps for a lot. For instance, Annie and I are spending heaps of money on this trip.

We have many others but we are trying to keep things PG rated. We hope you enjoy and incorporate a few into your daily conversations. 

Comments

[Joyce Hsiao]

Good on ya, hope you're having heaps of fun. :)

btw, I've decided on UCR, im officially a Highlander yayyy