Omdat Australisch toch iets anders bleek te zijn dan mijn middelbare school Engels vind je hier wat typische Australische (kracht-)termen.
Oja, en nog een tip: Er is een significant verschil tussen de outback en het 'beschaafde' zuiden. Probeer een vrouw in Sydney dus maar geen Sheila te noemen....

The Classics

g'day, mate : good day
no worries : no problem
she'll be right : no probs
she'll be fine : no problem
sheila : woman
mate : man
barbie : barbecue
don't come the raw prawn with me, love!: don't try to kid me!
good sport: somebody who is easygoing, nice
Bloody Hell! : Exclamation of surprise, anger, ... I am sure you can get the meaning

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arvo : afternoon
aussie : australian
B.Y.O.: Bring Your Own; unlicensed restaurants where you are allowed to bring your own wine, beer
back o'Bourke: sort of no man's land
banana bender: resident of Queensland
barbie : barbecue
bathers : swimsuit (Victoria)
beaut : great, fantastic
beg yours : beg your pardon
bewdy : great, fantastic
bikie : motorcyclist
bikkie : biscuit
billabong : cut off ox-bow bend
billy tea : tea made in a tin container in the bush
bloke : guy
bloody : very
bludger : someone who does not contribute their fair share
bluey : red-haired person
boot : trunk of a car
brekkie : breakfast
bum : tramp
bush : country
chockie : chocolate
chook : chicken
chuck : to throw
click : kilometer
cozzie : swimsuit (New South Wales)
crook : ill
cut lunch : sandwich
damper : bread made in the bush
dinkum : honest, sincere
dole : unemployment benefits, welfare
doona : duvet
dunny : outdoor toilets
esky : insulated portable box used to carry beer
fag : cigarette
footy : football i.e. in this part of the world, rugby
garbo : person who collects the garbage
grog : alcohool
joey : baby kangaroo
kiwi : New Zealander
lamington : dessert made of coconut and chocolate
larrikin : mischievous person
lollies : sweets
loo : toilets
macca's : Mac Donald
mozzies : mosquitoes
Outback : Australian bush
Oz : Australia
Pavlova : dessert made of meringue named after Anna Pavlova
pavers : paving stone
piss : alcohol
pissed : drunk
pissed off: angry
pokies : poker machines
polly : politician
pom , pome , pommy : Prisoner Of Mother England or English person
postie : postman
ratshit : lousy
reckon : think
rego : registration
roo : kangaroo
rubber : eraser
shout : to buy a round of drinks
sickie : day off work (not necessarily because of sickness)
smoke-o : tea break
snag : sausage
spunk - spunky : good looking
strine : Australian language
sunbake : sunbathe
sweets : dessert
ta : thank you
Tassie : Tasmania
telly : television
tinnie : can of beer
Top End : north part of Northern Territory
truckie : trucker
tucker : food
undies : underwear
uni : university
ute : utility truck
Vegemite : yeast extract spread
vegies : vegetables
wanker : one who masturbates (either metaphorically or actually); usually someone who has a very high opinion of him(her)self
willy-willies : little sand tornados