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Aussie words and phrases in common use arvo fridge tele mobile Let's go to the pictures joggers see you later Words meant to be typical Australian but rarely used cobber bonzer g'day mate don't come the raw prawn with me, mate. downunder Words known in Australia but not actually used by Australians sidewalk elevator trainers runners trunk of car fender of car hood of car cell phone write a person (instead of saying write to a person) we are going to the markets Saturday (without the on) gas, gas station, gasoline etc: sorry, it's called petrol here jumbo shrimps aligators beaver hurricane shopping cart flip-flops carousel - Australians usually say merry-go-round I'm going to the mall diapers lorry the interstate home boy underground metro transit system tubes - American word for radio valves, as used in guitar amplifiers ground beef - Australians say mince Old fashioned words gradually going out of use transistor radio radiogram (up to 1958) stereogram (1958-1975) trannie (it used to mean transistor radio) gay (it used to mean happy, light-hearted and cheerful 50 years ago) theatre, flicks or pictures meaning cinema expressway wireless mantel radio record player Walkman cassette tape LP EP VCR brown bombers silent cops soap saver egg slice one armed bandits radio dial trafficators clothes props milko rabbitoh running board milk bar soda fountain pineapple crush lime spider six o'clock swill frenchie frigidity sissy blouse dacks laundromat cafeteria front stalls and back stalls at the pictures your shout - to buy a round of drinks reporter - what a journalist used to be called. New Words and Wacky Acronyms CBD - this shocker has replaced "the shops" or "down town" or "up town" Centrelink - a euphemism used to disguise the dole office metro - a modern-sounding but bogus word for a smaller than average train transit lane - a place where cars move slowly during the peak hour 24/7 - we never close convenience store - corner store, corner shop, general store hoodies emo anorexia nervosa - unheard of 50 years ago heritage - unheard of 50 years ago convict ancestors - utterly taboo until 1988 celebs WAGs - Wives and Girlfriends nimby wi-fi hotspot BYO - Bring your own wine to a restaurant Words not generally known in Australia tube station underground (railway station) overground chav chavette scrubber chavvy pikey tannoy off licence zimmer frame electric fire - wonderful British word for radiator barf beltway streetcar interstate the tri-state area granola cantaloupe subway metro (although the NSW government is desperate to have one) jelly (meaning jam) tractor-trailer - horrible American word for semi-trailer Slang words and phrases in fairly common use see you later there you go stone the crows flat out like a lizard drinking even Blind Freddie could see that you've got Buckley's chance thongs (footwear not undies) chunder dunny loo furphy dead ringer skinny dipping hoons, hooning around mate she'll be right youse (the plural of you) middle of nowhere Old fashioned slang rarely used sheila bodgies and widgies (also mods and rockers) sharpies dilly bag up the duff never never Woop Woop back of beyond a bun in the oven mad as a two bob watch it's had the pork sword Mrs Kafoops housie - alternative Australian word for Bingo Slang, invented by Barry Humphries and others, but in regular use point Percy at the porcelain technicolour yawn Invented Aussie slang but not actually used pavement pizza curbside quiche shake hands with the wife's best friend siphon the python don't come the raw prawn with me, mate Overseas words best not said in Australia fanny pack cheerleaders rooting for their home team brownies it's better to say draughts instead of checkers making jokes about everying being upside down in Australia down under - nobody actually says this in Australia New Zealand slang and especially the accent Zealand pronounced Zillend his pronounced hez fish and chips pronounced fesh and cheps jandals (thongs in Australia) six, as in this story.... Aussie boy on first date: What time shall we go out to eat? Homely NZ girl: After six. chilly bin (an Esky in Australia) tramping (known as bushwalking in Australia) kiwi - word used by australians to describe everything from New Zealand Note: Lots of shortened words like in Australia. Creeping Americanisms Train station instead of railway station saying zee instead of zed for the last letter of the alphabet thinking the emergency number is 911 not 000 licence plate instead of rego number railroad or railroad track instead of train track or railway track convenience store instead of corner shop (what's convenient about being overcharged) numbering floors in buildings where Level 1 is the ground floor. restrooms or bathroom instead of toilet (this one has to be the worst, especially at Westfield) bathroom tissue instead of toilet paper diaper instead of nappy crib instead of cot training bras for little girls shopping mall instead of shopping centre Anything off TV, for example words like mall-rat saying Emergency Room instead or Emergency or Outpatients or Casualty American trends reaching Australia for example saying 24/7 and 9/11 which is actually 11/9 Saying write someone instead of write to someone fire truck instead of fire engine saying checkers instead of draughts for the board game saying college when you mean University or TAFE calling a railway carriage a car saying streetcar or tramcar or light rail instead of tram calling a flat or a home unit an apartment or a condo rush hour instead of peak hour thinking that thongs are a type of underwear instead of footwear cookies instead of biscuits (they don't have Tim tams, so there) jelly instead of jam trash can instead of garbage bin spelling the word centre as center saying stocks when you mean shares saying wildfire when the Australian word is bushfire liquor store instead of bottle shop mom instead of mum hurricane instead of cyclone thinking that school buses should be painted yellow and have flashing lights talking about cattle ranches after watching a western movie. holiday - this frightful new word for Christmas is a worst possible case of political correctness and is occasionally seen in Australia. American spellings unacceptable in Australia fiber, center color neighbor dialed should be dialled, and many more that are similar eg travelled realized instead of realised and many, many more of these z words organized aluminum maneuver British words and slang not often used in Australia lorry articulated lorry cooker rubber johnnie chav chavette pikey scrubber off-licence betting shop council house electric fire ASBO - Anti Social Behaviour Order DOGBO - Same, but for your pit-bull Regional Words in Australia (these are surprisingly few) poloni, devon, salami, windsor sausage, german sausage port, suitcase gibber peanut butter or peanut paste bogan, westie, yobbo - it's usually westie in Sydney and bogan in Melbourne, but the Sydney Morning Herald used the word boganism in March 2010. cossies, togs, bathers, swimmers - slight regional variations. Shortening of Words and Terms of Affection servo bowlo ambo arvo rego garbo tele video I videoed the tele last night he drives a semi I live in a semi sunnies cossies swimmers Tassie - short for Tasmania munchies nibblies rellies rels prezzies drinkies Sydney suburbs: The Cross, Paddo and Darlo. Hotels: The Sando, the Erko Bowlo, the Impy. brekkie wheelie bin garbos firies (a foolish word for firemen used on TV chat shows) tradies (the big new word for skilled workers) bushies he was doing 100 k's ute Acca Dacca Maccas Barnsie Thorpie Angry Hoges Sterlo Gra Gra Our Kylie Kyles Jason Our Nicole Shazza, Dazza and Gazza Mysterious Sightings tee nanegels the woo worse foo fairies at Miranda I'm going to the Erko Bowlo this arvo. I'm off to the Sando to see Chris and Lucy do their stuff. the Meccano Set at Lansvale the blinking light at Frenchs Forest the Number 96 block of flats in Woollahra