Leading up to our time in Australia, we were already aware that Aussies shorten quite a few of their words and use lots of slang. They love nicknames for people and things! We kept a short list of some of our favorites over the past four weeks traipsing about Australia:
Pluggers/thongs: flip flops
Toastie: grilled sandwich
Fair Dinkum: for real/authentic (and for real?)
Air biscuit: toot
Timbuktu: going a far way away
Esky: cooler (bring your own esky)
Rug Up: cozy up
Have tea: eat dinner
Stubby holder: beer cozy (to keep beer cold)
Mozzie: mosquitos
Avo: avocado (Aussies LOVE their avos!)
Arvo: afternoon (have a good arvo)
Macas: macadamia nuts
Piggly wiggly: on & off (like the weather)
Pines: pineapples
Brekky: breakfast
Bush: countryside
Chook: chicken
Good on ya: good work/good job
Heaps: lots, many
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