Australian Slang - Words which are part of local English in Australia
Today I got some time free so let us use it for something useful. Australian slang is something very free, people who speak British English they might find it a bit odd but once you mater it, its gold J. I will not get into too many words that gets used here in Australia only as part of local slang but I will try to put together a few which I mostly come across. Few I learnt hard way J First word that comes to my mind is MATE (spoken as mite or might), mostly used with “Gidday mate” (Good day mate) OZ – Australia (Pronounced as Ouztaralia) Ta – Thank you Slab – Box of beer (usually 24 bottles or cans). Bugger – Damn Ciggie – Cigarette Smoko – Cigarette Chook – Chicken Arvo – Afternoon Bludger (or dole bludger) – A very lazy person who do not go for work. Goon bag – Bag of wine (actually bag is inside a box ) Undies – Underwear Buzz – Phone call (I think I heard in other countries too) Tassie – Tasmania (mostly used while referencing people/things from Tasmania) Aggr