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noun · Colloquial
Afternoon. One of the most frequently used clipped forms in Australian English — genuinely everyday, not a novelty.
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Australian Slang for Everyday Things
13 Australian slang terms for everyday things, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Informal names for ordinary things and ordinary activities — the domestic layer of slang that rarely makes phrasebooks but comes up constantly.
cark it
phrase, verb · Informal
Of a machine: to break down permanently.
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Use with care
chook
noun · Colloquial
A chicken — the live bird and the cooked one alike. A chook raffle is a fixture of Australian pub life.
crook
adjective · Informal
Ill, unwell. Feeling crook.
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dodgy
adjective · Informal
Suspect, unreliable, probably not above board. Shared with British English and used just as freely.
dunny
noun · Colloquial
A toilet, originally an outdoor one. Slightly rustic and slightly old-fashioned, but universally understood.
esky
noun · Colloquial
A portable insulated cooler box for keeping drinks cold.
mozzie
noun · Colloquial
A mosquito.
servo
noun · Colloquial
A petrol station. From 'service station', and the standard word rather than a jokey one.
sunnies
noun · Colloquial
Sunglasses.
thongs
noun · Colloquial
Flip-flops; rubber sandals held on by a strap between the toes. Not underwear — a misunderstanding that causes reliable embarrassment for visitors.
Use with care
ute
noun · Colloquial · YOOT
A utility vehicle: a car-based pickup with an open tray at the back. Close to an American pickup truck but built on a passenger-car chassis.
woop woop
noun · Informal
An imaginary place standing for anywhere remote and inconvenient. Out in woop woop means a very long way from anything.