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”).

Cockney wannabe's?

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!

Sounds like a load of pony and trap to me

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?

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.

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....

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?

Have a gawk at The Aussie Slang Dictionary:

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

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, 200620 yr by English Noodles

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?

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.

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.

I use

Bottleo

pom

westie

good on ya mate

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

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.

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.

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 ?