How long ago was that? I can guarantee it wasn't within the last 14 years.
The states aren't the same anymore. You can't even look at a cop the wrong way without being shot anymore.
Canadian coming to Australia
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Amber fluid : beer
Ankle biter : small child
Arvo : afternoon
Banana bender : a person from Queensland
Big Smoke : a big city, especially Sydney or Melbourne
Bingle : motor vehicle accident
Bloke : man, guy
Bludger : lazy person, layabout often getting unemployment benefits
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Ok time for todays lesson in more Ozzie lingo
1.Battler : someone working hard and only just making a living 2.Bikkie : biscuit (USA Cookie) 3. Billy : teapot. Container for boiling water. 4.Booze bus : police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers part of RBT 5.Boozer : a pub 6.Brass razoo, : he's very poor, doesn't have a dime 7.Brekkie : breakfast 8.Capscuim: Green or Red Peppers 9.Chook : a chicken 10.Crook : sick, or badly made or a criminal 11.Daks : trousers 12.Dole bludger : somebody who is continually getting government benefits 13.Doovalacky : used whenever you can't remember what something is called.14.Drongo : a dope, stupid person also refered to as a Galah, Pelican, Wombat. Durry : tobacco, cigarette 16. Earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter 17.Esky : large insulated food/drink container 18.Fair dinkum : true, genuine 19.Fair go : giving someone a chance 20. Galah : fool, silly person. (Drongo) also a colorful pink parrot. -
Moving on to lesson 3 on LIngo 1. Dodgey: not trustworthy, suspicious 2. Donk: Engine 3. Dunny: Outside toilet 4.Grog : liquor, beer amber fluid 5. Hoon : hooligan 6.Hooroo : goodbye 7. Jug : electric kettle 8.Larrikin: a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless prankster 9.mackers : McDonald's Scottish Restaurant 10.Mate: buddy, friend 11.Moolah : money 12.Mozzie : mosquito 13. Muddy : mud crab caught in tropical mangroves 14.Muster : round up sheep or cattle 15.Never Never : the Outback, centre of Australia 16.Nipper : young surf lifesaver 17. Ocker : an unsophisticated person 18. Outback : interior of Australia, never never 19.Pig's arse : I don't agree with you 20.Plonk : cheap wine
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I'm learning so much.. I can't wait to put all this knowledge to the test now that my subclass 600 has been accepted
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Ok class are you ready of today's lesson? 1.Porky Pie : Lie, untruth, 2. Port : suitcase and also a cheap sweet wine 3.Pozzy : position - got a good seat at the footy 4. Prezzy : present, gift 5.Quid: usually included in a sentence their making a quid (making money) was another term for a pound before changing to $ 6."Not the full Quid" : of low IQ 7. Rack off : push off! get lost! get out of here! 8.Rellie: family relative 9. Ridgy-didge : original, genuine 10. Rollie : a cigarette that you roll yourself 11.Servo : gas station 12.Sheila : a woman 13.Shonky : dubious, underhanded. Same as dodgy 14.Shoot through : to leave 15. Shout : your turn to buy a round of drinks "Its your shout mate" 16.Show pony : someone who tries hard, by his dress or behaviour, to impress others 17. Skite : boast, brag 18. Slab : a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer 19. Smoko : morning coffee break 20. Spit the dummy : get very upset at something
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Are you ready for the final exams? 1.Squizz: taking a look 2. Stickybeak : nosy person, getting involved in other peoples business 3. Strewth : exclamation, mild oath (Crikey) Steve Irwins favorite saying 4.Stubby : a 375ml. beer bottle 5.Tallie : 750ml bottle of beer 6.Taswegian : somebody from Tasmania 7.Tea : supper, evening meal 8.Thingamajig : same as whatsamacallit or dovalakky expression when you don't know what something is 9.Thongs : cheap rubber backless sandals 10.Togs : swim suit 11.Top End : far north of Australia 12. Troppo: Wild parties alot of drinking up in North Queensland "they've gone troppo" 13. True blue : patriotic 14.Tucker : food 15:Ute : utility vehicle, pickup truck 16.Veranda: Porch 17.Vee dub : Volkswagen 18.Whinge : complain 19.Woop Woop : any small unimportant town that no one's heard of "he lives out Woop Woop" 20.Wuss : coward; nervous person
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You forgot couple Josh..
Mermaid.
Wanker.
Wood duck.
Turd herder. just joking Mate.
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So class are we ready for the last lesson for the week? 1.XXXX : pronounced Four X, Queenslands favorite amber ale 2.Yabber : talks a lot . 3.Yakka : work " There doing some hard yakka" 4.Yewy : u-turn in traffic 5.Yobbo : an uncouth person, same as Ocka. not so many to learn today so class that means its time for review see ya Monday.
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