Australians are world renowned for having a language and slang all their
own, a variation on English that's quick, easy and fun to learn! On this
page, Kev's Down-Under Dictionary gets you started with a few Aussie-isms
(`KevSpeak') in common usage. 

Keep comin' back. Kev's Down-Under Dictionary will be updated regularly with
more Aussie slang, graphics and piss-funny KevSpeak! 

arse noun butt; bum; freckle 

arsehole (USA: asshole) 
verb `He arseholed him' - to evict, throw out 
noun `(KevSpeak) He's a fair dinkum (see) arsehole' (as in `jerk') 

arse-up 
adjective headfirst; upside down 
(KevSpeak) 'He fell arse-up on the front lawn' 

barbie 
noun barbecue 

bastard 
noun illegitimate; mean; great person (usu. male) 
(KevSpeak) `G'day, you old bastard!' (friendly greeting) 
`He's a mean bastard!' (unpleasant; despicable) 
`He's as happy as a bastard on Father's Day!' 
(`extremely pleased' - colloquialism) 

Bex 
noun painkiller (tradename) 

bloke 
noun man; male 
(KevSpeak) `He's a good bloke' 

blue 
noun a fight 
verb to fight 
(KevSpeak) 'Me and the missus (see) had a blue last night.' 

Bluey 
noun Nickname for a redhead (!) 

<Picture>booze 
noun alcohol, any sort 
(KevSpeak) `He's on the booze' 

brass 
noun money, cash, currency 
<Picture>(KevSpeak) `I've done my brass' (Lost my money) 

brickie 
noun a bricklayer 

bum 
noun arse; freckle; butt (rarely used in Australia to describe a tramp; see
`derro') 
(KevSpeak) `I kicked him fair up the bum' 

bush (the) 
noun the country; Outback (see) 
(KevSpeak) `He's gone bush for a coupla weeks' 

can 
noun gaol; also (can) of beer 

chippie 
noun a carpenter 

<Picture>chook 
noun domestic fowl; chicken 
(KevSpeak) `Chuck (see) some chook on the 
barbie (see), will you?' 

chuck 
verb throw; (`chuck up' = vomit) 

chucka browneye 
colloquialism drop trousers and underwear, bend, spread arse cheeks and
flash anus; similar to US 'mooning' 
(KevSpeak) 'Merv chucked a browneye at the footie (football) game.' 

cobber 
noun mate (see); friend; rarely used except in the Outback (see) 

cranky 
adjective bad- or short-tempered 
(KevSpeak) 'He's a cranky old bastard (see) sometimes!' 

daks 
noun trousers (from tradename) 

deadset 
adjective absolute; certain; without doubt 
(KevSpeak) `He's a deadset wanker' 

derro 
noun derelict (US `bum') 
(KevSpeak) `He's turned into a fuckin' old derro' 

Dingo, Ernie 
proper noun Popular Australian Aboriginal media star/actor 

dirty 
adjective angry; upset (see also `snakey') 
(KevSpeak) `He's fair dinkum dirty on me' 

dob in 
verb to tell (an authority) on someone; (`dobber') 
(KevSpeak) `He dobbed me in, the bastard' (as in 'stoolie') 

drop your guts 
colloquialism break wind; fart 
(KevSpeak) 'All right, who dropped their guts?' 

<Picture>dunny 
noun toilet; outhouse; thunderbox 
(US `bathroom') 

fanny 
noun vagina; Note: Different from US meaning! Hence 'fanny pack' becomes
'bum bag' in Australia. 

fair dinkum 
adjective the real thing; true; deadly serious; the best 
(KevSpeak) `This bloke's fair dinkum' (This guy's OK) 

fettler 
noun A worker on the railway lines 

<Picture>freckle 
noun the arse; butt cheeks; sphincter 
(KevSpeak) `He's too lazy to get off his freckle' 

front (someone) 
verb face to face 
(KevSpeak) `He fronted him full on' 

full on 
adjective holding nothing back 
(KevSpeak) `He was just full-on bullshit' (that is, full of it) 

g'day (pron. `gidday') 
interj. greeting; welcome; good to see you (`good day') 
(KevSpeak) `G'day, you old bastard!' (very warm greeting) 

get the shits (with someone) 
verb get angry; pissed off (see also `snakey', `dirty') 
(KevSpeak) `The boss got the shits' 

giblets 
noun male external reproductive organs 
(KevSpeak) 'He dropped his giblets out the front of his daks (see).' 

<Picture>goodies 
noun the best bits; the merchandise; female naughty bits 
(KevSpeak) `I got to grope the goodies' 

good sport 
noun easygoing; agreeable 
(KevSpeak) `He's a fuckin' good sport' 

<Picture>grouse 
adjective excellent 
(KevSpeak) `It was a grouse night out' 

handbrake 
noun the wife; missus; girlfriend; female partner 
(KevSpeak) `The handbrake wouldn't let me' 

hit his kick 
colloquialism reached into his pocket (usually to pay for a round of drinks) 
(KevSpeak) 'Thommo hit his kick and bought us all a beer.' 

horrors, the 
noun extreme hangover; the DTs; the shakes 
(KevSpeak) 'Christ I had the horrors when I woke up this mornin'.' 

<Picture>knackers 
noun testicles (see also `love spuds', `nuts') 
(KevSpeak) `As painful as a wax job on your knackers' 

larrikin 
noun harmless prankster; cheeky; irreverent 
(KevSpeak) `My kid's a fair dinkum (see) little larrikin' 

<Picture>lollies 
noun sweets; confectionery 
(KevSpeak) `I gave her flowers and lollies' 

love spuds 
noun testicles (see also `knackers', `nuts') 

mate 
noun friend; cobber (see); familiar term of address among men, similar to US
`buddy' 
(KevSpeak) `This here's Raysie, me best mate' 

mickey 
noun vagina; hence 'mickey whisker' = pubic hair OR, colloquially, a very
short distance/measurement 
(KevSpeak) 'We shaved a mickey whisker off the bottom of the door to get it
to fit.' 

missus 
noun wife; the handbrake (see) 
(KevSpeak) 'I took me missus down the pub (see) last night.' 

<Picture>nick 
noun nude (see also `nuddie') 
(KevSpeak) `Do you sleep in the nick?' 

nuddy 
noun nude; (in the) nick (see) 

nuts 
noun testicles (see also `knackers', `love spuds') 
(KevSpeak) `She kneed me in the nuts!' 

old man 
noun (usually) father 
(KevSpeak) `Her old man hates me' 

Outback (the) 
noun bush (see); the remote country areas of Australia 
(KevSpeak) `I've been Outback for a few weeks' 

piss 
noun alcohol, usually beer 
(KevSpeak) `We were on the piss for three days' 

pissed 
adjective inebriated; drunk; Note difference from US meaning of 'angry' =
'pissed off' 
(KevSpeak) 'Jeez, I was as pissed as a parrot last night!' 

piss-tank 
noun alcoholic; lush; drunk; derro (see) 
(KevSpeak) `Her old man (see) reckons I'm a piss-tank' 

<Picture>prezzies 
noun presents; gifts 
(KevSpeak) `I had to buy the handbrake (see) a prezzie' 

pub 
noun hotel; bar; saloon 
(KevSpeak) `He's on the piss (see) at the pub!' 

root 
noun or verb intercourse; fuck; shag; screw 
(KevSpeak) `I wouldn't mind a root!' 
ALSO `I was rooted!' (exhausted; fucked; shagged; screwed) 

rubbish bin 
noun trashcan; garbage can 

septic; septic tank 
noun An American (affectionately); rhyming slang (Septic tank = Yank) 
(KevSpeak) `Jeez, youse septics are a funny bunch of blokes (see)!' 

sheila 
noun female; woman 
(KevSpeak) `She's a top sheila!' 

shithouse 
noun toilet; dunny (see); US='bathroom' 
adjective awful; terrible 
(KevSpeak) 'I feel totally shithouse this mornin'.' 

<Picture>shoots 
verb ejaculates 
(KevSpeak) `I shot my load!' 

snakey 
adjective angry; upset; mean (see also `dirty') 
(KevSpeak) `He's a snakey bastard (qv)' 

snatch 
noun vagina (from US) 

sparkie 
noun an electrician 

<Picture>thongs 
noun rubber sandals (see illus.); also known as `Japanese Riding Boots' 

tinnies 
noun cans (tins) of beer 

undies 
noun pl. underwear 

<Picture>wanker 
noun chronic masturbator; verb to wank 
(KevSpeak) `I've given up wanking!' (Not really, Kev) 

<Picture>wowser 
noun killjoy; teetotaller; prude; do-gooder 
(KevSpeak) `He's a fuckin' wowser' 

yobbo 
noun (Latin: yobbus vulgaris); larrikin (see); wanker; piss-tank 
(KevSpeak) `He's a bit of a yobbo'

Hope you have a laugh, Brad found this while surfing, thought you might like it,
Sophia and Brad 

