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Bogan: An uncouth or unsophisticated person regarded as being of low social status, similar to your American redneck, but used in a slightly more good-natured way.

"Check out that fella with the mullet. What a bogan!"

Melting Thongs

Final score:

213points

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Withnail 5 years ago

Gave an entirely new meaning to it being hot down under! 😂

103points

Durry: A cigarette, usually of the Winny Gold or PJ 30s variety. But never menthols. That shit'll give you cancer.

Tinny: A can of ice-cold beer, often a VB, Tooheys, Swan Lager or XXXX, depends on what state you're in. But never, ever a Fosters.

"Hey Macca, ya got a spare durry mate? I'm fangin' for one over here." "Yeah righto Robbo, hold me tinny and I'll grab ya one, ya bloody scab."

Everything Is Chips

Final score:

211points

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Withnail 5 years ago

I'm South African. Yes, to all of the above!

57points

Bluey: A blue singlet, traditionally made by the brand Bonds, that you can wear to just about any occasion in the summer months. Often also referred to with a slang word 'wife-beater,' but this term has become increasingly frowned upon.

"Bloody hell Charlene, I'm down to my last 6 blueys! Grab us a pack next time you're in town will ya?"

Meaning Of Mate

Final score:

173points

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Blakkur Sverrir 5 years ago

No Gender-issues in Australia. The rest of us can learn so much

67points

Parmeisan 5 years ago

Except possibly when they're actually your mate (aka best friend)

5points

xav ball 4 years ago

shut da hell'p s**t head

0points

the Lemon Queen 5 years ago

well, not many, but hey we're a large country, mate

0points

Jaz Jensen 5 years ago

Mate, is more of a cant remember your name so I'll call you mate. Old mate is some random guy

4points

Tamerah Long 5 years ago

I'm Australian and never in my life would I call anyone a c****. We're not as classes as these posts like to portray us. I do however call people "old mate" if I don't know them or can't remember their name :)

3points

cc 5 years ago

So Aussies are like Londoners then?

3points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 5 years ago (edited)

Well a lot of Australian slang is taken from British English slang, we are very similar in our vocabulary.

3points

Zara 5 years ago

I love how best freind is just the worst one but it is kinda true with me too cause youre just joking around!

3points

Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago

that last one, is 100% correct. The closer the friend, the worse the insult allowed. ;)

2points

Amanda Ford 5 years ago

This is very similar to the UK from what I've heard (USian here)

2points

Sasy 5 years ago

If I called any of my friends the C word they would not be my friends. Honestly if this is actually happening ugh.

2points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 5 years ago (edited)

Many different ways to use it, you can use it nicely like on your friends birthday "happy birthday you old c**t", if your friend is moaning you could say "stop being a moany c**t", if he is being tight and won't give you something you could say "stop being a tight c**t" and that is all perfectly acceptable between friends. To people you don't like it's said a bit harsher and with more aggression, it's all about context.

2points

Smerv 5 years ago

inclusive

2points

Long Joan Silver 5 years ago

I can confirm that all of this is true!

1point

Sage Jay 5 years ago

A waiter came across me, obviously confused about my gender. I was expecting the usual "Sir/miss" but instead was met with "What can I get you, mate?"... I live in the US.

1point

Red 5 years ago

you forgot about the cyclists. - f*****g idiots

1point

Han 5 years ago

We don't call dudes Bonds singlets "Blueys" mate. The slang term is a "wifebeater". Well mostly Bogans call em that.

1point

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 5 years ago

100% same here.

1point

N G 5 years ago

You're my best friend

1point

Leilani Russell 2 years ago

i know right the gronks better catch on

0points

Debster 5 years ago

This is killing me mate

0points

Charles Mitchell 5 years ago

Best friend also-Ya bastid!

0points

Uwe Theiss 5 years ago

I was thinking it is a common theme worldwide to insult your friends to show them how much you love them. If I have to be friendly to them like to all the other people, why do I need then friends?

0points

Mild Anxiety! At The Disco 5 years ago

same with "dude"

0points

Hilliary Smith 5 years ago

I agree! I was enjoying that, right until the end, when c*** was used.

0points

Exadoor Rising123 5 years ago

Not everyone likes being called Mate! Most people prefer their name as that's more appropriate especially in a professional environment like in the workplace, at a hospital or talking with a Dr Police ETC and the 'C' word is so disrespectful and nasty to say to anyone. 'D******d' is better and often heard by road rage drivers lol... I explained this to a Swedish friend and she's now using it in her homeland lol!

-1point

Aussie Slang

Final score:

150points

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Withnail 5 years ago

Fair dinkum! South Africans and Aussies share a lot of similarities, whether we like it or not. I understood that perfectly, with a bit of background knowledge and a whole lot of my own culture and slang.

32points

Stubbies and Thongs: Completing the bogan uniform are a pair of short, tight shorts, perfect for showing off those chicken legs and accentuating the beer gut. And no, not a G-string (G-banga), thongs are footwear that are otherwise known as flip-flops or, hilariously, 'jandals' if you're a kiwi (New Zealander).

"I've busted a plug on me thongs again, anyone got any gaffa tape?"

Trakky-Dacks

Final score:

145points

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Withnail 5 years ago

Many South Africans call any kind of sneaker takkies (tackys). I don't know why, it's just the way it is.

18points

Esky: A portable, hard-plastic cooler that comes in a variety of colours and sizes, and is most useful for chocking up with ice and beer. Also makes a great makeshift chair at the cricket or footy.

Snag: A sausage. A staple at any normal BBQ (barbie), often wrapped diagonal-wise on a single piece of white bread and smothered in tomato sauce. A few grilled onions thrown on top if you're feeling particularly gourmet. Other barbie favourites include: rissoles, which are basically burger patties with a few breadcrumbs mixed in; steak, T-bone is a favorite cut, and a bit of salad on the side. Contrary to the popularized saying 'chuck another shrimp on the barbie,' that must be happening in another part of Australia coz I never saw a shrimp at a barbie in my life.

Australian Slang

Final score:

138points

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Wanda Queen 5 years ago

10/10 meme use!

54points

Pies and Catters: Collingwood and Geelong football clubs. Australian football is the national sport, one that has to be watched to be understood. It's physical, fast-paced and full of action, and the players wear basically blueys and stubbies (see above) in true bogan style. Teams fight it out each season to win the championship (flag), culminating in Grand Final Day (think superbowl) which stops the nation as two teams go toe-to-toe in front of 100,000 people at the magnificent MCG, an iconic stadium in Melbourne. The Pies (Collingwood) are a historically successful team that everyone loves to hate, kind of like the Dallas Cowboys or Manchester United of the AFL.

Macca's

Final score:

132points

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Withnail 5 years ago

Mickey D's, over here. Anywhere else?

37points

Confusing Aussie Slang

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119points

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Withnail 5 years ago

I was recently taken aback to learn that we South African's apparently mispronounce litchi, according to my Aussie friend. Well, firstly I spell it litchi, instead of lychee. And we pronounce it lee-chee, whereas he pronounces it lie-chee... Who knew that I could have a massive argument about a tiny fruit?!

39points

Fair Dinkum: or 'fair dinks' for short (we love to shorten everything at every opportunity), this versatile phrase is used for emphasis, surprise, or confirming that something is true. I would use it most often in the same way you would say "seriously?"

"Did ya hear Jonno got busted rootin Daryl's missus?!"

"Whaaat. Fair dinkum?"

#10

Yeah Nah

Final score:

113points

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Night Owl 5 years ago

Good answer 👍

42points

#11

The Most Australian Sentence

Final score:

101points

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Jaz Jensen 5 years ago

Australian here, C**t is friend Mate is someone I call when I don't remember their name.

45points

#12

Perfect Slang Example

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100points

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Silverfish_13 5 years ago (edited)

Love this, a beautiful slang message to his love Edit: yes, I am Australian

22points

#13

Australian To English Translation

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82points

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Minnie-me 5 years ago

Is it weird I understood what 'skoin' meant? - weirdo from Chicago

5points

Have A Good One

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75points

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cc 5 years ago

We say this in the UK too.

2points

#15

Australian Time

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73points

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Nick Sady 5 years ago

Twenty minutes to four in the afternoon.

28points

#16

Aussie Traffic Reports

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66points

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Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago

I know chockers - in the UK that would be an abbreviation of chock-a-block meaning crammed full.

20points

#17

Confusing Aussie Slang

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64points

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Sasy 5 years ago

The more I read of this list, I wonder what the hell has happened in the past ten years that I have somehow missed in my own country, for a start if anyone called a blow job a Gobbie on the other side of the 90's I do not think anyone would have ever gotten one, how gross sounding. I know we say Gob for Mouth but seriously Gobbie, is this another state thing ?

15points

#18

Australian 'I Love You'

Final score:

56points

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Random Panda 5 years ago

Oy, this meme is ancient...

12points

#19

Funny Aussie Slang

Final score:

55points

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Sasy 5 years ago

p**s up not only covers party, it can just mean going out with the intention to get drunk, so in other words any day from Thursday to Sunday night :P

16points

#20

Aussie Slang

Final score:

45points

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Wanda Queen 5 years ago

Again with the irony, LOL "YALL"

10points

#21

Swagman

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40points

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Sasy 5 years ago

I don't understand this one, other than Swagman is in Waltzing Matilda and I guess the search field took Australia and Music and dropped the Christmas.

1point

Heaps

Final score:

38points

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Random Panda 5 years ago (edited)

But what is a heap? Edit: I know it means many. Thought it might be something different, because this use of the word isn't exclusive to Australia (to the best of my knowledge).

9points

#23

Sunrise Rhonda

Final score:

32points

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Master Markus 5 years ago

Shaka, when the walls fell.

14points

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Silverfish_13 5 years ago

As an Australian, I can vouch that these are accurate, especially when dealing with non-australians.

27points

Bored Phoenix 5 years ago

This is me right now (I’m American) 250B74F3-8...82fe7.jpeg

22points

Valentina Cupido 5 years ago

Oh I so hope someone finds time/patience to do the same post for South African English! I grew up in Pretoria and moved back to Italy at 13, at a certain point in my education I found myself in a class with a boy from UK, another from Texas, another from Australia and another from Switzerland. We literally drove our English teacher crazy being they we were all way better speakers than her and we would constantly make fun of each other for our accents and slang! Laughed their heads off the first time I called my new Nike's "takkies"!

14points

MAMA MAR 5 years ago

I didn't even let my now husband have one of my Tim Tams... that offer is pure love!

10points

RU Sirius 5 years ago

I have a clue: cut half of the word, add the suffix of small/tiny "-ie" and you have that "aussie" langie!

5points

Tamerah Long 5 years ago

As an Australian I have no idea what you just said LMAO!!

5points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 5 years ago

Neighbours taught me everything i know about Aussie slang, and being a Brit probably helps.

4points

Sasy 5 years ago

Some of these made me cringe, and some are just orchestrated silliness, but I will admit that the longer I spend talking to people from other countries over the years, you come to realise that Australia is a very mixed bag when it comes to language and experiences. One of my biggest realisations was that people do not say BLOODY like Australians do, we rarely if ever say the word to actually mean anything to do with blood. The other one that almost caused an argument with some Americans was when I referred to a ladies night out as a SHOCKER and her reaction was to try and rip my head off (as much as you can online) I had no idea what I had said to offend, but apparently saying someone had a shocker may mean they performed a rather daring sexual act, whereas down here it just means you had such a big night that the next morning you really cannot function.

4points

Maria Campbell 5 years ago

Oh my gawd! being an Aussie I can tell you, I go to USA regularly and I ALWAYS have to tone down my Aussieness just so the Yanks (Americans) can understand me! One of my dearest American friends told me to stop being American and keep our slang (shortened language) You call a tap a faucet, I was like, "Why would I force it?" You call a front porch a stoop, I was like, "Stoop? Surely I can just walk in?" So much of language even when it is English is often difficult to understand due to cultural issues. But bloody heck, chuck me a vino and shut your gob and get stood on! ( translation; Pour me a glass of wine, stop talking and stop being disrespectful!) Oh, I hope we never lose our Aussieness....which sadly here we seem to be doing. Youth do not understand an Aussie slang even in general basic slang.

2points

PR 5 years ago (edited)

Just for the record, "stoop" is regional and in my region (Midwest) we say "front porch". Also, stoop technically refers to the top of the steps, so if someone doesn't have an actual wide porch, then stoop is correct. So, there you go... Also, I think a lot of times the rudeness sadly reflects on education level. Lately, though, I've noticed that people that are not good with language, i.e. visual vs. auditory, have a hard time and may feel inadequate because they truly can't understand.

0points

Vincent Jay 5 years ago

I spent a couple of days in Geraldton, Austalia in 1980. I can't remember hearing any of this. Perhaps I wasn't there long enough.

2points

Agnes Jekyll 5 years ago

I worked for an australian, and I noticed how many things end in -y or -ie. Dunny for outhouse; lolly for all candy, moggy for cat; kitty for house change (I'm forgetting tons)--then the clothing: Singlet for undershirt, jumper for sweater; then shithouse for a bad day

2points

Sasy 5 years ago

Jumper is another one I had no idea was weird until saying you have to grab one off the line, and they think you mean something crazy is happening, like person jumping off of something.

3points

Master Markus 5 years ago

Some of these sound so goofy that I'm not sure how to feel about it. Also, I don't want to call my friends c***s - come on, I need to keep up my supply of quick genital insults.

2points

Sasy 5 years ago

Thank you, I am appalled that this is being said as a truth, in some groups maybe, but not overall an Aussie thing to do, I cannot even fathom the fights that would come from this or the misunderstandings of someone feeling they were closer to someone than they were and greeting them this way.

0points

Jennifer C. 5 years ago

I am crying with laughter and booking my tix to Australia...this is the best! XD

2points

Night Owl 5 years ago

Someone needs to write an US-UK-Australia-South Africa (or some combination of it) english dictionary, if there isn't already one

2points

Mark CM 5 years ago

Basically, Americans are so insular and ignorant about the rest of the world, anything outside their borders is "strange".

1point

Han 5 years ago

Vegemite forever!

1point

Cindy Snow 5 years ago

Jayzus. I always thought me Irish uncle was feckin annoying.

1point

Duncan 3 years ago

It is so funny reading all this. My favourite though is "flat out like a lizard drinking" - translation: really really busy.

0points

Duncan 4 years ago

My missus was most disgusted when she found out what 'pull your finger out' meant. - pull it out from where, she said.

0points

Tim Eacott 4 years ago

Yep as an Australian, these are all 100% correct. And made total sense to me. :) Nah, Yeah... Good luck ay! Heaps good! Happy Aus Day :)

0points

Tim Eacott 4 years ago

Yep... Aussie here. I understood all of them totally fine. No issues here. :)

0points

Tahani 5 years ago

Most annoying thing to me is calling candy 'lollies' a lolly is ONE type of candy, not the combined name for all of them...

-3points

Sasy 5 years ago

@chillchillpill the durex one caused a big stir for a friend of my Mums on first moving to Oz from the UK. Her elderly boss asked her to go get him some durex, she was shocked and called him a pervert, him and his wife once they worked out what was going on had a great laugh.

2points

Sasy 5 years ago

that happens over time, all our candy is called Lollies because they just are, I do not think we actually use the word candy naturally at all. I know that in the UK and Ireland a Lolly is an iced lolly, so when saying to some friends over there when I was a kid that I wanted to go to the store for some lollies and it was raining it got a strange reaction. Saying it is one thing only and cannot be used for the collective would mean the same rule would need to apply for bandaids and hoovers :)

2points

Miztre 5 years ago

You have lollies or a y, definitely not candy. We do not say that. Just like we have icing, not frosting and patty cakes, not cup cakes.

1point

RU Sirius 5 years ago

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Loki 5 years ago

Hey, um, hate to tell ya, nobody cares

8points

Crazy Alchemist 5 years ago

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/significant-results/201706/the-three-types-complaining

2points

Bored Phoenix 5 years ago

Good grief! Go away already.

2points

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Silverfish_13 5 years ago

As an Australian, I can vouch that these are accurate, especially when dealing with non-australians.

27points

Bored Phoenix 5 years ago

This is me right now (I’m American) 250B74F3-8...82fe7.jpeg

22points

Valentina Cupido 5 years ago

14points

MAMA MAR 5 years ago

I didn't even let my now husband have one of my Tim Tams... that offer is pure love!

10points

RU Sirius 5 years ago

I have a clue: cut half of the word, add the suffix of small/tiny "-ie" and you have that "aussie" langie!

5points

Tamerah Long 5 years ago

As an Australian I have no idea what you just said LMAO!!

5points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 5 years ago

Neighbours taught me everything i know about Aussie slang, and being a Brit probably helps.

4points

Sasy 5 years ago

4points

Maria Campbell 5 years ago

2points

PR 5 years ago (edited)

0points

Vincent Jay 5 years ago

I spent a couple of days in Geraldton, Austalia in 1980. I can't remember hearing any of this. Perhaps I wasn't there long enough.

2points

Agnes Jekyll 5 years ago

2points

Sasy 5 years ago

Jumper is another one I had no idea was weird until saying you have to grab one off the line, and they think you mean something crazy is happening, like person jumping off of something.

3points

Master Markus 5 years ago

Some of these sound so goofy that I'm not sure how to feel about it. Also, I don't want to call my friends c***s - come on, I need to keep up my supply of quick genital insults.

2points

Sasy 5 years ago

0points

Jennifer C. 5 years ago

I am crying with laughter and booking my tix to Australia...this is the best! XD

2points

Night Owl 5 years ago

Someone needs to write an US-UK-Australia-South Africa (or some combination of it) english dictionary, if there isn't already one

2points

Mark CM 5 years ago

Basically, Americans are so insular and ignorant about the rest of the world, anything outside their borders is "strange".

1point

Han 5 years ago

Vegemite forever!

1point

Cindy Snow 5 years ago

Jayzus. I always thought me Irish uncle was feckin annoying.

1point

Duncan 3 years ago

It is so funny reading all this. My favourite though is "flat out like a lizard drinking" - translation: really really busy.

0points

Duncan 4 years ago

My missus was most disgusted when she found out what 'pull your finger out' meant. - pull it out from where, she said.

0points

Tim Eacott 4 years ago

Yep as an Australian, these are all 100% correct. And made total sense to me. :) Nah, Yeah... Good luck ay! Heaps good! Happy Aus Day :)

0points

Tim Eacott 4 years ago

Yep... Aussie here. I understood all of them totally fine. No issues here. :)

0points

Tahani 5 years ago

Most annoying thing to me is calling candy 'lollies' a lolly is ONE type of candy, not the combined name for all of them...

-3points

Sasy 5 years ago

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Miztre 5 years ago

You have lollies or a y, definitely not candy. We do not say that. Just like we have icing, not frosting and patty cakes, not cup cakes.

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RU Sirius 5 years ago

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Loki 5 years ago

Hey, um, hate to tell ya, nobody cares

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