What is the most Australian piece of slang you can think of?
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To start the ball rolling “buzzing around like a blue-arsed fly”. “Butter wouldn’t melt in the mouth of that ankle biter”.
mollwollfumble said:
What is the most Australian piece of slang you can think of?https://www.boredpanda.com/confusing-aussie-slang/?cexp_id=16195&cexp_var=5&_f=featured
To start the ball rolling “buzzing around like a blue-arsed fly”. “Butter wouldn’t melt in the mouth of that ankle biter”.
Flat out like a lizard drinking?
roughbarked said:
mollwollfumble said:
What is the most Australian piece of slang you can think of?https://www.boredpanda.com/confusing-aussie-slang/?cexp_id=16195&cexp_var=5&_f=featured
To start the ball rolling “buzzing around like a blue-arsed fly”. “Butter wouldn’t melt in the mouth of that ankle biter”.
Flat out like a lizard drinking?
Stop acting like a galah?
mollwollfumble said:
What is the most Australian piece of slang you can think of?https://www.boredpanda.com/confusing-aussie-slang/?cexp_id=16195&cexp_var=5&_f=featured
To start the ball rolling “buzzing around like a blue-arsed fly”. “Butter wouldn’t melt in the mouth of that ankle biter”.
moll it probably depends on your background. We are pretty multicultural. I’m sure there are Chinese, Greek and Italian Aussie slang terms by now, and probably Vietnamese too. The latest waves will be working on theirs.
Fair suck of the sauce bottle…
buffy said:
mollwollfumble said:
What is the most Australian piece of slang you can think of?https://www.boredpanda.com/confusing-aussie-slang/?cexp_id=16195&cexp_var=5&_f=featured
To start the ball rolling “buzzing around like a blue-arsed fly”. “Butter wouldn’t melt in the mouth of that ankle biter”.
moll it probably depends on your background. We are pretty multicultural. I’m sure there are Chinese, Greek and Italian Aussie slang terms by now, and probably Vietnamese too. The latest waves will be working on theirs.
It is all correct buffy. What we need is a timeline on this.
AwesomeO said:
Fair suck of the sauce bottle…
I’ll let that one go through to the keeper.
Probably something a young person would say that we wouldn’t understand.
Fucked like an antechinus after TAB closes
dv said:
Fucked like an antechinus after TAB closes
you just made that up!
dv said:
Fucked like an antechinus after TAB closes
ChrispenEvan said:
dv said:
Fucked like an antechinus after TAB closes
you just made that up!
Pull the middle one. I’ll probably get that joke.
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:
dv said:
Fucked like an antechinus after TAB closes
you just made that up!
Pull the middle one. I’ll probably get that joke.
I don’t know or have never searched but otherwise, I am the author of pull the middle one, which I extremely doubt.
More front than Myers would have to not only uniquely Australian but a specific location.
AwesomeO said:
More front than Myers would have to not only uniquely Australian but a specific location.
This is the balance I guess. It would have to be Australian as in applicable and understandable to all Australians, without being unique to a particular state or region.
AwesomeO said:
More front than Myers would have to not only uniquely Australian but a specific location.
Right between our eyes.
party_pants said:
AwesomeO said:
More front than Myers would have to not only uniquely Australian but a specific location.
This is the balance I guess. It would have to be Australian as in applicable and understandable to all Australians, without being unique to a particular state or region.
Also needs to be something in current use across the generations.
For example, I don’t know of anyone my age that calls the sea-breeze the Fremantle Doctor, we just call it the sea-breeze. I notice lots of sports commentators who fly in from another state still call it the Fremantle Doctor, even though the name is out of favour locally.
party_pants said:
AwesomeO said:
More front than Myers would have to not only uniquely Australian but a specific location.
This is the balance I guess. It would have to be Australian as in applicable and understandable to all Australians, without being unique to a particular state or region.
The journey to your destination is just after three stubbies you should get to a flat emu.
Turn left here and proceed for two cans. Turn right and do another couple of stubbies before you should see the sign to the gate.
Full as a state school hat rack.
Mad as a cut snake.
Full of piss and importance.
party_pants said:
party_pants said:
AwesomeO said:
More front than Myers would have to not only uniquely Australian but a specific location.
This is the balance I guess. It would have to be Australian as in applicable and understandable to all Australians, without being unique to a particular state or region.
Also needs to be something in current use across the generations.
For example, I don’t know of anyone my age that calls the sea-breeze the Fremantle Doctor, we just call it the sea-breeze. I notice lots of sports commentators who fly in from another state still call it the Fremantle Doctor, even though the name is out of favour locally.
Probably because of the big new stadium, the doctor cant get in?
party_pants said:
party_pants said:
AwesomeO said:
More front than Myers would have to not only uniquely Australian but a specific location.
This is the balance I guess. It would have to be Australian as in applicable and understandable to all Australians, without being unique to a particular state or region.
Also needs to be something in current use across the generations.
For example, I don’t know of anyone my age that calls the sea-breeze the Fremantle Doctor, we just call it the sea-breeze. I notice lots of sports commentators who fly in from another state still call it the Fremantle Doctor, even though the name is out of favour locally.
I had a truckie friend who while stopped on the Nullabor, as usual, dressed in a blue singlet and stubbies. Described it as that “breeze off the southern iceblock”.
AwesomeO said:
Fair suck of the sauce bottle…
Oh, i love that old one.
mollwollfumble said:
AwesomeO said:
Fair suck of the sauce bottle…
Oh, i love that old one.
Fair dinkum?
mollwollfumble said:
AwesomeO said:
Fair suck of the sauce bottle…
Oh, i love that old one.
I had a bloke fire a high speed .22 bullet an inch past my now deaf ear by the fact that the barrel was exactly beside my ear. I do mean which sauce bottle would you prefer?
I should put this here. (Language warning.)
I took a power auger to a fellow to fix. We were using it for soil sampling and it had become damaged. He took a look at it and said:
“Fuck. That fucken fucker’s fucken fucked!”
Pretty sure it had never been heard before Kev from Qld trying to be folksy conflated fair suck of the sav with fair shake of the sauce.
Michael V said:
I should put this here. (Language warning.)I took a power auger to a fellow to fix. We were using it for soil sampling and it had become damaged. He took a look at it and said:
“Fuck. That fucken fucker’s fucken fucked!”
Quite common in the bush is that the word, fucked seems to have preceeded any whiteman made products.
Numbers 1, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13 from the link in the OP are good ones.
I have copies here of some of Nino Culotta’s books.
And a “Let Stalk Strine” by Afferbeck Lauder.
Michael V said:
I should put this here. (Language warning.)I took a power auger to a fellow to fix. We were using it for soil sampling and it had become damaged. He took a look at it and said:
“Fuck. That fucken fucker’s fucken fucked!”
Yep. ‘Fuck! The fucken fuckers fucken fucked me!’ is a sentence well known to customers of most banks.
Michael V said:
That fucken fucker’s fucken fucked!”
I think we have a winner!
Michael V said:
I should put this here. (Language warning.)I took a power auger to a fellow to fix. We were using it for soil sampling and it had become damaged. He took a look at it and said:
“Fuck. That fucken fucker’s fucken fucked!”
I’m saying that about this movie I’m watching.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
That fucken fucker’s fucken fucked!”
I think we have a winner!
In deference to those leggs are so skinny it is a wonder they don’t go straight up your arse?
Dunny budgie.
Hope your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny door down!
sibeen said:
Dunny budgie.
I see that and raise you:
‘I hope your chooks turn into Emus and kick your dunny down.’
Divine Angel said:
Hope your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny door down!
God dammit.
Rule 303 said:
Divine Angel said:
Hope your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny door down!
God dammit.
Bwahahahahahaha
Divine Angel said:
Rule 303 said:
Divine Angel said:
Hope your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny door down!
God dammit.
Bwahahahahahaha
hehe
he has emus in the top paddock.
ChrispenEvan said:
he has emus in the top paddock.
or a few sheep loose?
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:
he has emus in the top paddock.
or a few sheep loose?
A snag short of a barby, stubby short of a six-pack, sandwich short of a picnic.
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:
he has emus in the top paddock.
or a few sheep loose?
Not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:
he has emus in the top paddock.
or a few sheep loose?
Not the sharpest tool in the shed.
As useful as a hip pocket in a singlet.
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:or a few sheep loose?
Not the sharpest tool in the shed.
As useful as a hip pocket in a singlet.
or tits on a bull.
I like not the sharpest tool in the shed
not the brightest crayon in the box
as gentle euphemisms
ChrispenEvan said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said:Not the sharpest tool in the shed.
As useful as a hip pocket in a singlet.
or tits on a bull.
That bloke’s as thick as two short planks; he trod on the woofer eggs.
prawn head.
prawn head?
yeah, shit for brains.
ChrispenEvan said:
prawn head.prawn head?
yeah, shit for brains.
Don’t come the raw prawn with me.
ChrispenEvan said:
prawn head.prawn head?
yeah, shit for brains.
Face like a smashed crab / dropped pie / hatfull of arseholes / south end of a north-bound mule.
I’m not here to fuck spiders!
Spiny Norman said:
I’m not here to fuck spiders!
Hey, I’m just holding the pig.
ChrispenEvan said:
prawn head.prawn head?
yeah, shit for brains.
“My mate Mudguard.”
“Why do you call him that?”
“Because he’s shiny on the top* and full of shit underneath.”
mollwollfumble said:
What is the most Australian piece of slang you can think of?https://www.boredpanda.com/confusing-aussie-slang/?cexp_id=16195&cexp_var=5&_f=featured
To start the ball rolling “buzzing around like a blue-arsed fly”. “Butter wouldn’t melt in the mouth of that ankle biter”.
Eski = Eskimo = Native American from the Far (FROZEN) North
they famously live in houses made of packed snow
…otherwise known as IGLOOS!!!
Arts said:
I like not the sharpest tool in the shednot the brightest crayon in the box
as gentle euphemisms
Crayon Eater
You never hear “Mark Foy” or boy or apprentice anymore
Brett
There were some good work nick names
Singlet … a boss that is never off your back
Ankles … a boss 3ft lower than a C***
Suitcase … you had to carry him all the time
Our latest apprentice has acquired Ruprick (Dirty rotten scoundrels fame) and that nick has stuck like the proverbial shit to a blanket .
Brett
Ruprecht
Grogan – the poo that sticks and you need to shake it off and it was amusing a local real estate agent had that as a surname
Thomo said:
There were some good work nick names
Singlet … a boss that is never off your back
Ankles … a boss 3ft lower than a C***
Suitcase … you had to carry him all the timeOur latest apprentice has acquired Ruprick (Dirty rotten scoundrels fame) and that nick has stuck like the proverbial shit to a blanket .
Brett
Don’t forget Mirrors – I’ll look into it :)
ChrispenEvan said:
dv said:
Fucked like an antechinus after TAB closes
you just made that up!
It’ll catch on
We’re not here to fuck spiders is one of my favourite Australian expressions.
dv said:
We’re not here to fuck spiders is one of my favourite Australian expressions.
From whence is it derived and what does it imply?
dv said:
We’re not here to fuck spiders is one of my favourite Australian expressions.
Not heard it before. Pray tell, what is it supposed to mean?
Apparently Alf Stewart is like a seed bank for Aussie Slang and is going to be kept in a safe location so if something happens to all Australians our language lives on
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
We’re not here to fuck spiders is one of my favourite Australian expressions.
From whence is it derived and what does it imply?
Perhaps its meaning would best be explained by example.
Two blokes are on the edge of a cliff preparing to jump into the water. One says, “So… should we jump?” and the other says “well we’re not here to fuck spiders”.
As to the derivation, IDK. Probably just some random thing someone once said that caught on. Compare it to, “what am I, chopped liver?” Why chopped liver specifically? Why not chopped liver.
Cymek said:
Apparently Alf Stewart is like a seed bank for Aussie Slang and is going to be kept in a safe location so if something happens to all Australians our language lives on
Hopefully that cloning technology kicks in soon.
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
We’re not here to fuck spiders is one of my favourite Australian expressions.
From whence is it derived and what does it imply?
We’re not mucking around. We’re busily doing the job, very busily.
dv said:
Cymek said:
Apparently Alf Stewart is like a seed bank for Aussie Slang and is going to be kept in a safe location so if something happens to all Australians our language lives on
Hopefully that cloning technology kicks in soon.
Yes spread him around the globe to various location to make sure.
I looked him up and its somewhat true
Use of Australian slang
One of the character’s most noted traits is his use of Australian slang and bush expressions, including “flamin galah”, “stone the flamin’ crows”, and “strike me roan”. In 2014, Stephanie Packer of the Herald Sun reported that the use of slang words, like those favoured by Alf, was decreasing in Australia, and television was the one of the only remaining places to hear them.[26
dv said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
We’re not here to fuck spiders is one of my favourite Australian expressions.
From whence is it derived and what does it imply?
Perhaps its meaning would best be explained by example.
Two blokes are on the edge of a cliff preparing to jump into the water. One says, “So… should we jump?” and the other says “well we’re not here to fuck spiders”.
As to the derivation, IDK. Probably just some random thing someone once said that caught on. Compare it to, “what am I, chopped liver?” Why chopped liver specifically? Why not chopped liver.
So it’s like saying: “Well we’re not here to girl when the get drunk.”
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Bubblecar said:From whence is it derived and what does it imply?
Perhaps its meaning would best be explained by example.
Two blokes are on the edge of a cliff preparing to jump into the water. One says, “So… should we jump?” and the other says “well we’re not here to fuck spiders”.
As to the derivation, IDK. Probably just some random thing someone once said that caught on. Compare it to, “what am I, chopped liver?” Why chopped liver specifically? Why not chopped liver.
So it’s like saying: “Well we’re not here to girl when the get drunk.”
Well I’m not sure what that means.
How about, “We’re not here to muck about”. “We didn’t get all dressed up for nothing”.
dv said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:Perhaps its meaning would best be explained by example.
Two blokes are on the edge of a cliff preparing to jump into the water. One says, “So… should we jump?” and the other says “well we’re not here to fuck spiders”.
As to the derivation, IDK. Probably just some random thing someone once said that caught on. Compare it to, “what am I, chopped liver?” Why chopped liver specifically? Why not chopped liver.
So it’s like saying: “Well we’re not here to girl when the get drunk.”
Well I’m not sure what that means.
How about, “We’re not here to muck about”. “We didn’t get all dressed up for nothing”.
Some turnout this is.
party_pants said:
Not heard it before.
A bit of Googling suggests it is quite common.
dv said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:Perhaps its meaning would best be explained by example.
Two blokes are on the edge of a cliff preparing to jump into the water. One says, “So… should we jump?” and the other says “well we’re not here to fuck spiders”.
As to the derivation, IDK. Probably just some random thing someone once said that caught on. Compare it to, “what am I, chopped liver?” Why chopped liver specifically? Why not chopped liver.
So it’s like saying: “Well we’re not here to girl when the get drunk.”
Well I’m not sure what that means.
How about, “We’re not here to muck about”. “We didn’t get all dressed up for nothing”.
It’s a quote from that famous cryptic SSSF thread entitled “what to girl when the get drunk”. Which was also the question being asked. I think the poster was called “scince” or suchlike.
Only ever posted the one thread.
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Bubblecar said:So it’s like saying: “Well we’re not here to girl when the get drunk.”
Well I’m not sure what that means.
How about, “We’re not here to muck about”. “We didn’t get all dressed up for nothing”.
It’s a quote from that famous cryptic SSSF thread entitled “what to girl when the get drunk”. Which was also the question being asked. I think the poster was called “scince” or suchlike.
Only ever posted the one thread.
Yeah I’m familiar
dv said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:Perhaps its meaning would best be explained by example.
Two blokes are on the edge of a cliff preparing to jump into the water. One says, “So… should we jump?” and the other says “well we’re not here to fuck spiders”.
As to the derivation, IDK. Probably just some random thing someone once said that caught on. Compare it to, “what am I, chopped liver?” Why chopped liver specifically? Why not chopped liver.
So it’s like saying: “Well we’re not here to girl when the get drunk.”
Well I’m not sure what that means.
How about, “We’re not here to muck about”. “We didn’t get all dressed up for nothing”.
I wonder if the word fuck is a verb… fuck spiders as n fuck them up… we are not here to fuck up the job on hand?
Bubblecar said:
It’s a quote from that famous cryptic SSSF thread entitled “what to girl when the get drunk”. Which was also the question being asked. I think the poster was called “scince” or suchlike.
Only ever posted the one thread.
Don’t remember that one.
Place I visited called their BBQ area Didjabringabiralong.
Which puts me me in mind of three other common Australianisms.
Didgerie Do
Didgerie Lee Meanit?
Didgerie Dabat it on the web?