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Student Guides
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Australian culture
Australians and in particular Melbournians come from many different cultural backgrounds. Most Australians speak English, often alongside a second language spoken with their families. Australians use a large number of slang words, which at times for international students may seem like a different language! Below is a list of some terms which might come in handy when arriving in Melbourne.
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Aussie Slang Talk
Aerial pingpong or Aussie Rules : Australian Rules football (AFL)
Amber fluid : beer
Apples, she'll be : It'll be all right
Arvo : afternoon
Aussie : Australian
Back of Bourke : a very long way away
Banga : sausage
Barbie : barbeque
Barrack : to cheer on (football team etc.)
Bathers : swim wear
Bloody oath! : that's certainly true
Bodgy : of inferior quality
Bordies : long shorts worn as swim wear
Bikkie : biscuit/cookie
Blowie : blow fly
Blue : a fight or a mistake
Brekkie : breakfast
Bloke : a man
Bonza : good
Bottle shop : liquor shop
Bring a plate : bring a plate of food - you might see this on a party invite
BYO : bring your own alcohol to a restaurant or party
Captain Cook : look –“let's have a Captain Cook"
Cark it : to die, cease functioning
Chrissie : Christmas
Chook : chicken
Cracked it : to get very upset
Crikey :
Dink : to give someone a ride on your bike
Dinki-di : genuine
Dog's eye : meat pie
Down Under : Australia
Dodgy : awkward, suspicious
Doona : bed quilt usually filled with feathers
Dunny : a toilet
Esky : a portable insulated container for keeping food or drink cool – great for BYO at a Barbie!!!
Fag : cigarette
Fair dinkum : see dinki-di. Also used as an expression of astonishment.
Fair go : to give someone an equal opportunity
Footy : Australian Rules Football
G'day : the universal Australian friendly greeting, as in hello.
Grundies : undies, underwear
Hang on : wait a moment
Hooroo : goodbye
In a jiffy : in a very short time
Kip : short sleep
Knackered : exhausted
Knock back : to refuse something
Lippy : lipstick
Mate : friend
Milk bar : corner shop that sells takeaway food
Mozzie : mosquito
Mystery bag : a sausage
No worries : a very common expression which can mean “Don’t worry about it”, “You’re welcome” etc.
Oldies : parents
Prezzie : present, gift
Pot : 285ml beer glass
Ripper : great, fantastic
Sanger : a sandwich
Schooner : 325ml beer glass
Servo : service station that sells petrol
Shag on a rock, stands out like a : very obvious
She’ll be right, mate : “Don’t worry, it will be all right.”
Shout : buy a drink for another person/s
Sickie : day off sick from work
Slab : 24 x 375ml beer bottles in a box, most decent Aussie eskies will hold a slab!
Snag : a sausage
Spud : potato
Stoked : very pleased
Stickybeak : nosy person
Stubbies : men’s work shorts
Stubby : 375ml beer bottle
Sunnies : sunglasses
Ta : thank you
True blue :. truly Australian
Thongs : flip-flops, cheap rubber backless sandals
To spit the dummie :. to get very upset
Trackie : track suit
Uni : university
Veggies : vegetables
Wuss : coward; nervous person or animal
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