Slang

﻿Australian Slang ﻿In Australia there are many different types of slang that people use. Slang couls be considered poetry because people use slang to make a point or to be better understood by people from a certain culture. Slang a word choice comprehension tool that is used to portray a certain culture and social group. 

Types of Slang in Australia


 * Rhy﻿ming Slang ** - used in Australia consisting of a few different words or syllables, the last rhyme with the word for which is being substituted. Occationaly there can be a humourous connection between the two.
 * Slang || Translation || Usage ||
 * apple sauce || horse || She's a great little apple sauce. ||
 * brave and bold || cold || It's really brave and bold today ||
 * dead horse || tomato sauce || What this needs is a bit of dead horse. ||
 * steak and kidney || Sydney || We are off to steak and kidney! ||
 * smash and grab || cab || Would you call for a smash and grab? ||
 * young and frisky || whisky || I'll have a young and frisky. ||
 * Warwick Farms || underarms || Bit of deodorant for the Warwick Farms ||
 * Barry Crocker || shocker || Well! That was a real Barry Crocker. ||
 * hollow log || dog || Is the hollow log back from the vet yet? ||


 * Slang Used by Locals on a daily basis **

Ace! : Excellent! Very good! Aerial pingpong : Australian Rules football Amber fluid : beer Ambo : ambulance, ambulance driver Ankle biter : small child Apples, she'll be : It'll be all right Billy : teapot. Container for boiling water. Bingle : motor vehicle accident Bities : biting insects Bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that) Bizzo : business ("mind your own bizzo") Cab Sav : Cabernet Sauvignon (a variety of wine grape) Cactus : dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus") Cane toad : a person from Queensland Captain Cook : look (noun) ("let's have a Captain Cook") Icy pole, ice block : popsicle, lollypop Kero : kerosene Kindie : kindergarten Knock : to criticise Mickey Mouse : excellent, very good. Beware though - in some parts of Australia it means inconsequential, frivolous or not very good! Middy : 285 ml beer glass in New South Wales Milk bar : corner shop that sells takeaway food Milko : milkman Reckon! : you bet! Absolutely! Reffo : refugee Rego : vehicle registration Rellie or relo : family relative Ridgy-didge : original, genuine

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