Australian Slang
Animals | Behaviour | Events | Objects | People | Phrases | Places
| BEHAVIOUR |
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Aussie salute : |
brushing away flies with the
hand |
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Bail out : |
depart often angrily |
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Bail (somebody) up : |
to corner somebody physically |
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Barrack : |
to cheer on |
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Big-note oneself : |
brag, boast |
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Blue : |
fight/argue |
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Blow in the bag : |
have a breathalyzer test |
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Bog in : |
tuck in, commence eating |
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Bot : |
to scrounge |
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Burl : |
have a go |
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Captain Cook : |
look ("let's have a Captain
Cook") |
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Chuck a Uey : |
do a u turn |
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Dob in : |
to inform on somebody |
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Drum : |
tip-off |
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Dummy, spit the : |
get very upset at something |
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Earbashing : |
nagging |
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Face, off one's : |
drunk |
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Flat out : |
busy |
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Flick : |
to dump your partner |
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Flick it on : |
to sell something soon after
buying it |
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Flog : |
to sell / steal |
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Fossicking : |
search / rummage |
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Game : |
up for it |
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Get up somebody : |
to rebuke somebody |
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Gobful, give a : |
to abuse verbally |
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Grinning like a shot fox : |
very happy, smugly satisfied |
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Knock : |
to put down / criticise |
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Lair it up : |
to behave in a brash and vulgar
manner |
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Lend of, to have a : |
to take advantage of someone |
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Lizard drinking, flat out like a
: |
very busy |
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Lob in : |
drop in to see someone |
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Muster : |
round up sheep or cattle |
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Naughty, have a : |
have sex |
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Nuddy, in the : |
naked |
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Pash : |
passionate kiss |
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Perve : |
looking lustfully at the opposite
sex |
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Pommy shower : |
using deodorant instead of taking
a shower |
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Plate : |
bring your own / some food (often
to a BBQ) |
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Rack off : |
get lost! |
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Rage on : |
to continue partying |
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Rapt : |
pleased |
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Rock up : |
to turn up, arrive |
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Root : |
have sex |
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Rooted : |
tired |
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Ropeable : |
very angry |
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Rort : |
Cheating, defrauding |
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Rubbish, to : |
to criticize |
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Session, to have : |
go out drinking |
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Shankys's pony : |
to travel on foot |
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Shoot through : |
to leave |
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Sickie, throw a : |
have a day off due to illness |
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Skite : |
boast, brag |
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Smoko, have a : |
take a break |
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Spewin : |
very angry |
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Spit the dummy : |
get very upset at something |
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Sprung : |
caught doing something |
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Squizz : |
to look |
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Sunbake : |
sunbathe |
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Technicolor yawn : |
to be sick |
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Tee-up : |
to set up (an appointment) |
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Waggin' school : |
playing truant |
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Walkabout : |
wander off |
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Whinge : |
complain |
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Whiteant : |
to criticising competitors products |
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Wobbly, throw a : |
go mad |
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Veg out : |
relax in front
of the TV |
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Yabber : |
talk a lot |
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Yakka : |
work (noun) |
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Yewy : |
u-turn in traffic |
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