Aussie Slang

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