Australian Slang
Aussie - Australian
barbie - barbecue
billabong - a water hole
billy - teapot
bloke - man, guy
bloody - very
brekkie - breakfast
Brizzie - Brisbane, state capital of Queensland
bush tucker - bush food, Australian native food plants
BYO - unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own alcoholic drinks, also at private parties or barbecues
capsicum - bell pepper
coffee: flat white - espresso with milk (Milchkaffee), short black - espresso, long black - espresso diluted with water, similar to an Americano in the U.S.
cozzie - swimming costume
downunder - Australia and New Zealand
eggplant - aubergine
esky - transportable icebox
fair enough - expression, when the other person did a good deal or when you want to agree
G'Day - hello!
goon - cheap box wine, packaged as a "bag-in-a-box"
heaps - a lot of
Hungry Jack’s - Burger King
joey - baby kangaroo
Kiwi - person from New Zealand
mate - good friend or used as a greeting
mozzie - mosquito
No worries! - Expression of forgiveness or reassurance (No problem; forget about it; I can do it; Yes, I'll do)
outback - interior of Australia
petrol - gas
lollies - sweets, candy
Oz - Australia
salty - saltwater crocodile
sheila - a woman
sickie - a day off work due to illness
stubby - small beer bottle
stubby holder - polystyrene insulated holder for a stubby
swag - rolled up bedding etc. for sleeping outside without a tent – best Australian invention
ta - thanks
tomato sauce - ketchup
too easy - expression, when something was quite easy to organize
vedgies - vegetables
you are a star/legend - expression when somebody did a really good job
