| acca |
Australian
abbrevation of academic |
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| arvo |
afternoon |
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| Australia |
Latin
for southern land |
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| avago |
have
a go |
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| bananalander |
native
of Queensland |
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| bandicoot |
some
Australian mammals having long pointed heads and bearing some
resemblance to their Indian namesake |
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| barbie |
barbeque
pit |
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| barracking |
cheering
for your team |
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| battler |
one
who fights the odds, hangs in |
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| bickies |
bucks,
money |
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| billabong |
an
Australian waterhole |
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| billy |
tin
can for boiling water |
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| bitumen |
asphalt
paving |
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| bloke |
a
guy |
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| blue |
a
blunder or quarrel |
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| bodgie |
a
male youth that is distinguished by his conformity to certain
fashions of dress and larrakin behavior. (old fashioned term) |
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| bogan |
a
person that you just don't bother with |
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| boomerang |
crescent
shaped wooden inplement used for hunting, recreation and warfare |
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| bush |
rural
area |
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| bush
tucker |
wild
edibles |
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| crook |
sick,
broken down, or useless |
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| coolibah |
it
is the term for any of the several eucalyptus trees |
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| cordie |
is
a term for an army cadet from the Royal Military College Duntroon
in Canberra |
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| cossie: |
short
for bathing costume, i.e., bathing suit |
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| didgeridoo |
a wind
instrument, long, wooden, tubular and produces a low pitch sound |
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| dingbat |
a
weirdo; someone eccentric |
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| dole |
on
welfare |
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| drongo |
dimwit |
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| drum |
latest
news on something |
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| dummyspit |
temper
tantrum |
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| dummy |
pacifier,
binky |
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| dunny |
an outhouse |
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| durry |
an
Australian term for cigarette |
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| fair dinkum |
honest |
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| fair
go |
fair
chance |
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| footy |
name
for Australian National Football |
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| furphy |
a
rumor, false news |
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| galah |
used
to refer to a fool or an idiot |
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| g'day |
good
day |
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| geek |
a
person who is socially inept, boringly conventional |
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| gilgai |
describes a terrain of low relief on a plain of heavy clay soil |
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| greenie |
conservation
activist |
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| grog |
an
alcoholic drink, usually beer |
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| guernsey |
second
largest of Channel Islands |
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| hoon |
fool,
or idiot |
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| jackeroo |
stockhand |
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| jumbuck |
an
Australian word for sheep |
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| koori |
it
came to mean Aboriginal people |
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| kylie |
female
personal name such as Kylie Minogue |
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| lairy |
flashily
dressed, showy |
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| larrikin |
rascal |
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| lollies |
candies |
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| mate |
buddy |
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| mob |
any
group of people, not necessarily a gang |
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| moomba |
the
name of a carnival held annually in Melbourne |
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| nong |
a
fool or simpleton |
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| ocker |
describes
a rough and uncultivated Australian man |
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| on
the wallaby |
a
person who journeys through the country, especially in search
of seasonal work |
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| Oz |
Australia,
the land down under |
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| Queenslander |
a
person who is native to or is a resident of Queensland |
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| ringer |
an
outstanding performer |
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| ripper |
terrific |
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| rogaining |
a
sport where you have to visit many checkpoints going cross-country
in a certain amount of time |
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| screamer |
a
person who has a low tolerance of alcohol |
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| sealed
road |
blacktop
road |
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| shout |
a
round of drinks |
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| smoke-o |
tea
or smoke break |
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| sticky
beak |
a
nosy person |
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| swag |
possessions
carried by a traveler in the bush |
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| true blue |
faithful,
staunch and unwavering in one's faith, principles, etc. and a
person who is extremely loyal |
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| whinge |
to
complain, whine, or gripe |
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| widgie |
a
female bodgie (old fashioned term) |
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| wowser |
officious
moralist, killjoy |
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| yakker |
hard
work |
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