Aussie Slang

I returned safely from my Spring Break road trip, which was absolutely awesome, but now I have to face the load of work that comes with the last month of school. So until I have finished the paper I am currently working on, and have time to write a decent blog about the trip, I'll leave you with a taste of some Aussie slang/Aussie words. Some of these I have heard only once or twice, and some only in the country, and others everyday! Enjoy!

sunnies - sunglasses

bathers - swim suit

runners - sneakers

stubby - beer

stubby holder - beer cozy

jug - pitcher of beer

stuff up - mess up

chook - chicken

capsicum - pepper

bottle-o - liquor store

ute - their weird idea of a truck, which looks like a car and truck smooshed together

uni - university

singlet - tank top

thongs - flip flops

arvo - afternoon

avo - avocado

bogan - scrub

roo - kangaroo

roo bar - bar on the front of the car for when you hit roos

budgie smuggler - speedo

cooee - a way of calling to people in the bush

damper - a kind of bread

dunny - pit toilet

esky - cooler

rego - license plate number

tinny - small metal boat

lolly - any kind of candy

road house - these awesome places along the highway in the bush with food, pies, gas, places to camp/caravan/sleep, and other facilities

station - cattle or sheep ranches

flat white - a way of having your coffee

tim tams - chocolate biscuits (for you English folk, they're just like Penguin Bars)

tim tam slam - when you bite off each end of your tim tam and suck hot beverages through the tim tam like a straw so it gets all gooey and melty

There are other words like 'hoover' and such that I didn't include because they're just like England.

Other words that are really commonly used here and not in the US are 'keen' and 'heaps'. For example: "I'm keen to go to the beach today," and "The vegetables at dinner are heaps better than the vegetables last night."

Hopefully I'll have pictures from the trip up soon!