Sydney Slang

[skylar]

I was reading this US online article at http://nymag.com/travel/spring/2006/sydney/, that happens to mention some Sydney slang. I've heard of some of the phrases, while others completely mystify me even though I have lived in Sydney (North Shore, St George and the Sutherland Shire) for five years. Do these phrases exist, and if so, which Sydneysiders use them?

Crack a coldie: Open a beer, quite possibly over a barbie.

Dog’s eye: A flaky meat pie.

Fancy a cheeky shampoo?: Want to get a drink?

Good on ya, mate: Thanks a lot.

Pacific peso: A$1; i.e., 70 cents.

Root rat: Sex addict.

Shark biscuit: Surfing novice, a kook.

Spunk: A hottie, especially a male (“what a hunk of spunk”).

[sierra01]

Cockney wannabe's?

[suegha]

An Ozy friend of mine used to say to anyone behaving badly, "don't be such a 'dill' mate"

He wasn't talking about the herb!

[hopeless]

Sounds like a load of pony and trap to me

[Tolley]

Lived in Sydney for 40 years and yes they are all used cept I don't know

this one, Fancy a cheeky shampoo?: Want to get a drink

Anyone heard of it?

[lampard10]

Ask most Aussies what an Illywhacker is and they won't know. Title of a brilliant book by someone Carey.

btw; An ' Illywhacker' is a philandering, good time con-man.

[Tolley]

Never heard of Illywhacker.....suppose that must be a Peter Carey novel.

Slang is very dependent on who you hang out with and of course your age etc....

[jackr]

Lived in Sydney for 40 years and yes they are all used cept I don't know

this one, Fancy a cheeky shampoo?: Want to get a drink

Anyone heard of it?

Could it be something along the lines of tit wank?

[Mighty Mouse]

Have a gawk at The Aussie Slang Dictionary:

http://www.aussieslang.com/slang/australian-slang-a.asp

[English Noodles]

Have a gawk at The Aussie Slang Dictionary:

http://www.aussieslang.com/slang/australian-slang-a.asp

How is this Aussie Slang? It is just a normal word and meaning.

abattoir

noun:- a place where animals are slaughtered and prepared for sale

Am i missing something here? (maybe a few kangaroos from the top paddock?)

Edited April 11, 2006 by English Noodles

[suegha]

Sounds like a load of pony and trap to me

This is one of my favorites. However, it is particularly UK/Irish. Is it also Ozzy?

[lampard10]

So according to the Aussie slang book;

'

The icing on the cake' is a load of white stuff that is smeared on freshly cooked bakery items.

I always thought it was an added bonus after everything had gone well.

Still in oz slang ' Apples and pears' is pobably a fruit bowl you give yer grannie.

[lampard10]

Never heard of Illywhacker.....suppose that must be a Peter Carey novel.

Slang is very dependent on who you hang out with and of course your age etc....

That's right Peter Carey. I was pesented it by a bar owner in Linkoping in Sweden, because he thought it reminded him of me.

[Donz]

I use

Bottleo

pom

westie

good on ya mate

[lampard10]

Actually Ozzie slang books rate among the smallest books in the world.

G'day

Gimme a Crownie

Gimme another ( said over and over again)

C'mere shelia.

G'nite

[skylar]

shits me up the wall

you're a dag

pov

are some of the ones I learnt at school.

'you've got buckleys' is something I heard from some old accountant.

[meadish_sweetball]

I was reading this US online article at http://nymag.com/travel/spring/2006/sydney/, that happens to mention some Sydney slang. I've heard of some of the phrases, while others completely mystify me even though I have lived in Sydney (North Shore, St George and the Sutherland Shire) for five years. Do these phrases exist, and if so, which Sydneysiders use them?

Crack a coldie: Open a beer, quite possibly over a barbie. Check.

Dog’s eye: A flaky meat pie.

Fancy a cheeky shampoo?: Want to get a drink?

Good on ya, mate: Thanks a lot. Check.

Pacific peso: A$1; i.e., 70 cents.

Root rat: Sex addict. Check.

Shark biscuit: Surfing novice, a kook.

Spunk: A hottie, especially a male (“what a hunk of spunk”). Check.

4 months in Sydney in 1995.

[Eman]

Lived in Sydney for 40 years and yes they are all used cept I don't know

this one, Fancy a cheeky shampoo?: Want to get a drink

Anyone heard of it?

Apply a foamy preparation to the (insides) of your (facial) cheeks ?