Ace

excellent! very good!

Aerial pingpong

Australian Rules football

B & S - Ball

Bachelor's & Spinster's Ball- a singles party usually held in rural areas

Back of Bourke

in the outback, a very long way

Bail up

to corner somebody physically

someone going crazy with anger

Banana-Benders

someone from Queensland

Bangers

sausages.

hit the target right in the middle, OR it's right, or correct

pregnant

people men who drink and talk in the front bar of a pub for hours and hours

Barbie

barbecue or B.B.Q.

Barney

argument - fight - punch up.

Barra

(Fish) Barramundi

Barrack

to support and cheer on for your favourite team.

someone on the edge of mental collapse

Bathers

swimsuit

Battler

someone who works hard, struggling financially, against the odds

Bean counter

an accountant

Beaut/Beauty

beautiful - .great, fantastic

not getting to the point on a subject

knock off time, time to finish what you are doing and have a well earned beer

ring them on the phone

diving incorrectly into water with the stomach breaking the water

you are asked to stop talking or be quiet, in a angry way

angry in a unreasonable way

gone mad, looks like going mad

Betcha

I bet you! (wager)

Big bikkies

lots of money

Big Note

brag or boast about your self.

Big Smoke

big city or town

Bikey

motorbike or cycle rider.

Billabong

waterhole or place to drink or an ox-bow river

Billy

teapot or container used to boil water in the bush when camping.

Billy

a receptacle used for smoking marijuana.

Bingle

motor vehicle accident

Boob Tube

a strapless, shapeless brassiere made of a stretch fabric.

Brothel

a mess - untidy.

Bities

biting insects - fly, mozzies

Bitzer

mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that)

Black Stump

a long way away, the back of nowhere

not understanding something that is obvious

your head

you are angry or lose your temper

Bloody oath

Bloke

man, guy or male.

Blotto

drunk

on the telephone

Blow-in

stranger in town, newcomer - just arrived.

Blow in the bag

police breathalyser test

Blowie

blow fly - pest.

spending all your money

leave in a hurry

Bludger

lazy person - someone who gets out of work.

Blue

argument - fight or punch up.

Blue, make a

make a mistake

Bluey

a redhead

Bluey

blue-bottle or jellyfish

Bluey/ Blue Heeler

Australian Cattle Dog

off to the toilet to defecate

a rough uncivilised, uneducated person who has no morals and is lazy.

it's cool or it' a old car

Boofhead

idiot - stupid.

Boomerang

aboriginal weapon, curved piece of wood

Booze Bus

police vehicle used in Random Breath Testing

go for a sneaky look

Bottle Shop

liquor store.

he's an excellent, helpful bloke.

Brek-kie

1st meal of the day - breakfast.

Brickie

bricklayer ... someone who works in the construction industry

Brizzie

Brisbane - city in Queensland

Brownnose

a creep or crawler

a man, as in the Monty Python sketch where all the Australians were named Bruce

Brumby

a wild horse

Buckley's

no chance, no hope at all.

Buck's night

stag party, male gathering the night before the wedding

a friendly endearment

extremely shocked at something

being asked to leave or keep your nose out-in a very nasty way

Bull Bar

stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos (also roo bar)

a lie

imaginary place in the far outback, as far as you can go in the outback

Bundy

short for Bundaberg, Queensland, and the brand of rum that's made there

your mouth

Bunch of Fives

fist - punch.

Bunyip

mythical Australian creature

Bush

outside the city (out back) - rough country.

Burl

give it a go - try or attempt to do.

get angry

Bushed

tired - worn out.

Bushie

a member of the Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade/ someone who lives in the Bush

Bushman's Clock

a kookaburra as it cackles every morning

Bushranger

highwayman, outlaw

Bush Telegraph

grape vine or by word-of-mouth, the town gossip network

Bush tucker

food gathered (from nature) in the Australian outback.

Bushwalking

hiking or walking in the bush for pleasure.

telling someone something is not true. An exclamation that you don't believe them

Bust a gut

work hard - all out effort

Buster

a strong wind.

Busy as a one legged bloke in an arse kicking contest

Busy as a centipede on a hot plate

B.Y.O.

bring your own - drinks/food.

Cactus

dead, not functioning

Cakehole

your mouth

Call it a day

to finish what you have been doing for the day

Camp oven

large cast iron pot with a lid, for cooking on a open fire

Captain Cook, have a

have a look at something

Cark it

to die

Carpetbagger steak

beef stuffed with oysters

Chalkie

teacher

Cheapskate

someone will not spend money or tight wad

Cheerio

saying goodbye

Cheese & kisses

the missus, you wife

Chew the fat

have a good talk together

Chinwag

having a good chat

Chippie

carpenter

Chock a block or Chocker's

full to the point you can fill no more or crowded to over flowing

Choof off

go now

Chook

a chicken, rooster or hen

Chuck

throw something or vomit

Chunder

vomit

Clanger

tell a real big lie or say something inappropriate or a shock

Claytons

a fake, substitute.. Claytons is a non alcoholic drink billed as 'the drink you're having when you're not having a drink'

Cleanskin

unbranded cattle or not a criminal, or bottle of wine without a label

Clobber

Clothes or to hit someone

Clocked someone

you're hit someone

Clod hoppers

your feet

Cobber

a mate, a close friend

G'day Cobber

welcome close friend

Cock up, something is a

its gone all wrong

Cock and bull

something is a lie (cock and bull story)

Cockroach

someone who lives in the state of New South Wales, don't ask why

Cockie

farmer

Cockie

cockroach or cockatoo

Codswallop

cods-swal-lop a lot nonsense or a lie

got no Coin

got no money

Coldie

a cold beer

Compo

compensation (worker's compensation)

Conk

to hit someone

Cooee

call for greeting someone at a distance in the bush or a long way off - far away

Cop it sweet

to get what's coming to you, without try to get back at them

Corroboree

aboriginal festival dance, gathering

put on your Cossie

put on your clothing

you will be waiting till the Cows come home

you be waiting all day

Cow Juice

milk from a cow

Cozzie

swimming costume (NSW)

that's a load of old Crap

a lie

stop the Crap!

stop what you are doing or saying its not right

off to the Crapper

you off to the toilet

Crack onto

to make a pass at/chat up someone

Creamed someone or team

beaten someone else or a team by a huge margin

Crikey!

surprise at something

Cripes!! I've stepped in something

in extreme discomfort (as in having stepped into dog poo barefoot)

Crockery

teeth

Crook

ill or something that is not functioning or a criminal

feeling Crook

not feeling well

Crook as Rookwood

very unwell (Rookwood is a cemetery in western Sydney)

Croweater

someone who lives in the state of South Australia, that state's outback has a lot of crows

Cruddy

something of low quality

to make a Crust

to earn a living, work for wages

not worth a Crumpet

something is worthless

Cunning as a shithouse rat

someone is very cunning and sneaky

have a Cuppa

have cup of tea or coffee

Curly

nickname for a bald person

give someone a bit of Curry

give someone a hard time of it

Cut someones lunch

get involved with someone's partner or possession

you need to take a Cut lunch

where you going is a long walk

mad as a Cut snake

someone very upset, that could do anything

Cow-tow

bow and scrape to someone

Dag

- the manure that hangs from the wool on the rear end of a sheep
- a funny person, nerd, goof, used in a friendly way
- an unfashionable way of dressing

Daks

trousers or shorts or underpants

Daggy

something that looks very bad

Damp squib

someone who is not thinking too well, a bit of a dud
(a squib was a small firecracker, a damp squib is one that doesn't go off).

Damper

bread made from flour and water

Deadset

certainty, very true

Dead horse

tomato sauce

Dead marine

empty beer bottle

your Dial

your face

Didgeridoo

Aboriginal wind musical instrument

Digger

Australian soldier

going to your Digs

going to your home

Dill

someone that is not too smart

Dilly-bag

food bag or small bag to carry things

Dingbat

someone who is a fool or acting foolish

you're a Dingo

you are cunning bad person

Dinki-di

something very Australian

Dinkum, fair dinkum

Dobber

someone who speaks out and lets out about you

Dodgy

something suspicious and underhanded is going on

Dog and bone

telephone

Who cut the dog in half?

someone has farted

Dog's breakfast

a mess or messy

its a Done Deal

something is finished or completed

Donk

car or boat engine or motor bike

haven't seen you in Donkey's years

you haven't seen someone in a very long time

Doodah

something or item you do not know the name of

Dork

fool or idiot

Blowing all your Dough

spending all your money

Drink with the flies

to drink alone

if you are a Drip

you are someone with no personality, no character, boring

Drongo

idiot, someone that is stupid, an insult

Dropped your bundle

you lost control of the situation, and finding it hard to get it sorted out, finding it hard to cope with things (Bundle - a load you carry)

Dropped your guts

you have farted

you are Drover's dog

you no good, you a useless, you are of no importance

Dry as a dead dingo's donger

very dry

I've been Dudded

i've been cheated

Dudder

a con-man

Dud-dropper

one who sells cheap stuff as good stuff, implying that it's cheap because it fell off the back of a truck

up the Duff

pregnant

Duffer, cattle

Dunlop cheque

cheque that bounced (the bank did not accept it, returned to you) Dunlop being famous for making tyres

noisy as a Dunny door in a storm

a loud continuous noise

Dunny budgie

a fly

Dunny

toilet

Durry

cigarette