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    October 28

    A Downunder Guide to English!

    意外发现了些Aussie Slang,由于无聊过度,所以贴上来便于以后引用(万一...)

    大家看看自己能猜对几个??

     

    A few ‘roos loose in the top paddock (roo = kangaroo),  a bit crazy

    A few tinnies short of a six pack – not very smart i.e. ‘he’s a few tinnies short of a six pack’ - there are a few derivations of this one such as, 'a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic'

    Bloke – guy, man

    Bludge – slack off, not pull your weight – as in ‘have a bit of a bludge’ meaning doing nothing, or ‘dole bludger' meaning not working, not looking for work and living off social security

    Blue – fight, as in 'I got into a bit of a blue with the missus last night'

    Bluey – a nickname for someone with red hair, also Bloodnut

    Bob’s your uncle – ‘bada boom, bada bing’ (hubby's definition!), everything’s okay.  Not so sommonly used these days

    Bogan – extremely unfashionable, white trash, trailer trash, people you’d see on Jerry Springer.

    Brekky - breakfast

    Buckley’s – no chance, comes from the original ‘buckley’s chance’, which I think comes from when there was a store called Buckley's and Nunn, so if you had 'buckley's' then the chance was 'none' - typical of a lot of Aussie sayings, the original meanings go back in quite a convoluted trail, and most people don't even know the origin of the phrases they use!

    Budgie smugglers – Speedo type bathers on me

    Bung – another word that has many meanings depending on context.  Can mean broken ie ‘The telly’s gone bung’ or it can mean hurt ie ‘I’ve got a bung knee’ or it can mean faking ‘Oh, he’s only bunging it on’

    Bugger - another with a few meanings, mainly used these days as a term of dismay ie 'Oh bugger!' or can be used in a derogatory fashion towards somebody  ie 'You're a real bugger'

    Bush – native forest or the country - ‘to go bush’ means you go somewhere quite isolated

    Chuck – throw as in ‘chuck me a tinnie', or throw up as in 'that food was terrible, I think I'm going to chuck!'

    Chuck a sickie – take the day off work for no real reason

    Dag – has many meanings – can mean that somebody is out of date or unfashionable, can also be used as an affectionate insult – as in ‘you’re such a dag’ meaning they’re kind of funny and silly.  Original meaning - the shit that stuck to the wool of a sheep’s bum

    Dinky-di – derives from fair dinkum, can have the same meaning or can be used to refer to a ‘true’ Australian, as in 'Dinky-di Aussie'

    Dob – tell on – as in ‘I dobbed him in for cheating’

    Dodgy – not quite right, a bit shonky

    Drongo – someone not too smart – ‘he’s a bit of a drongo’

    Dunny – toilet

    Fair dinkum – can mean “true", "is that true?" or "I mean it!” – depending on the context it is used, and how you say it.

    Feral – dirty, messy, wild person ie she’s a bit feral.  Original meaning- wild animals, usually domestic animals gone wild as in 'feral cat'

    Footy – Australian Rules Football

    G’day – if anybody doesn’t know this one, it means hello!

    Galah – a bit of a joker or a strange person ‘he’s a bit of a galah’ (actually a native Australian bird)

    Good on ya! – meaning well done.  When said in the true Australian way, my husband thinks it sounds like it could be a Russian word ‘gudonya’.

    Hard yakka – hard work, also a brand of strong work clothes

    Jocks – mens underwear, short for a brand of underwear called Jockettes

    Lollies - candy

    K’noath – short for f’n oath meaning you emphatically agree

    Moggey – usually a mixed breed cat, but also used as a term for any cat

    Nappy - diaper

    Ocker – a really typical Australian – i.e. Steve Irwin was a real Ocker

    Outback – the desert, remote, sparsely populated

    Pissed – drunk ‘I got really pissed last night’

    Sheila – a woman, seen as pretty derogatory these days - often used by bogans

    Shit-faced – another one meaning drunk

    Shithouse – terrible

    Shout – round of drinks – as in ‘it’s your shout’

    Spark or Spacko - meaning going completely nuts

    Spit the dummy  really lose your temper – ‘dummy’ meaning pacifier to the Americans amongst us

    Stubbie – bottle of beer

    Stubbie holder – foam rubber holder to keep your stubbie or tinnie cold, as no true Aussie drinks from a glass!

    Tinnie – Can of beer

    Trackies or trackie dacks – sweat pants (dacks mean pants)

    Unco – short for uncoordinated

    Walkabout – an aboriginal term meaning going off to the wilderness as a rite of passage, but used in common Australian to mean somebody’s gone off somewhere and you don’t know where – i.e. ‘Do you know where Jack is?’ ‘Dunno, he’s gone walkabout’

    Wuss – wimp

    Ya mongrel – ill bred man, man of poor manners – but now used as more of a joking jab at a mate

    Yobbo – a lout