Check out this site! Australian slang dictionary
My favourites are:
Flat out like a lizard drinking.
Arvo
Goonbag - Which is a cask of wine. We joke about it being all you need for a party, when you're finished the wine you can use the bag inside as a pillow.
My mother was from Brisbane, Queensland (she was a WWII war bride) When I was growing up she would say things that would make me say... HUH? then she would realize she was using her Australian slang. As I grew up I got use to it and understood most of it.
Like: Get the groceries out of the boot. (Trunk of the car) I really miss hearing her talk. She has been gone since 1973. And although she used the word Bloody as a cuss word, us kids would get a good lecture if we used it.
My mother was from Brisbane, Queensland (she was a WWII war bride) When I was growing up she would say things that would make me say... HUH? then she would realize she was using her Australian slang. As I grew up I got use to it and understood most of it.
Like: Get the groceries out of the boot. (Trunk of the car) I really miss hearing her talk. She has been gone since 1973. And although she used the word Bloody as a cuss word, us kids would get a good lecture if we used it.
Bloody yank stole one of the wife's aunts during the war and carted her off back to the States too. Bil Keane the Cartoonist! :lol:
Would have given you a good crack on the bum for saying it too, bloody oath!
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