Aussie English
Trip Start
Feb 15, 2004
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Trip End
Dec 18, 2004
Randwick,
Australia
Friday, December 17, 2004
AUSTRALIAN - AMERICAN
arvo - afternoon
biscuits/bikkies - cookies
bloke - typical guy
bond - security deposit
bottle shop - liquor store
brekky - breakfast
buck's night - bachelor party
bushwalking - hiking
capsicum - pepper
car park - parking lot
caravan/campervan - RV
champers - champagne
cheers - thanks, you're welcome
Chrissy - Christmas
chunder - throw up after drinking too much
course - major
crook - very sick
cruisy - easy, not serious
cupboard - closet
dob someone in - squeal/tell on someone
dodgy - sketchy
doona - comforter, bedspread
esky - cooler
fair dinkum - real, true
fairy floss - cotton candy
feeling ordinary - hung over
fire brigade - fire department
flat out - busy
flat white - espresso with steamed milk
flatmate - roommate (same apartment)
footy - Rugby League, Rugby Union, or Aussie Rules Football (3 different sports!)
fringe - bangs
full on - hard core, serious
g'day - hello
Gazza - nickname for Gary
good on ya - good job, congratulations
grog - alcohol
hash key - pound key (phone)
have a go - try
heaps - lots, very
hen's night - bachelorette party
hire - rent
hot chips - fries
how ya goin? - how are you?
jug - pitcher
jumper - sweater
keen - enthusiastic
knackered - tired
lecture - uni class
lecturer - professor
Macca's - McDonald's
mate - friend
middie - small glass of beer
mobile - cell phone
mozzies - mosquitos
muesli - granola
partner - boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife (gay or straight)
pash - kiss
pash rash - hickey
paw-paw - papaya
petrol - gas
pissed - drunk
plat - braid
porridge - oatmeal
queue - line
reckon - think
rock melon - canteloupe
ruggers - rugby
same - me too
sacked - fired
skol ("skull") - chug
schmiddie - a glass of beer in between a middie and schooner
schooner - large glass of beer
sharemate - roommate (same room)
Shazza - nickname for Sharon
shout - round (of drinks), pay for a round
singlet - tank top
stubbie - bottle of beer
stuffed - screwed
subject - uni class
sultanas - raisins
sunbaking - sunbathing
swimmers/cozzie - bathing suit
ta - thanks
take-away - take-out
the bush - the country
the lot - the works
thongs - flip flops
till - cash register
timetable - schedule
tinnie - can of beer
toilets - bathroom
tomato sauce - ketchup
torch - flashlight
uni - university
ute - pick-up truck
walking track - hiking trail
