Australian vocabulary

Fair dinkum

Tall poppy

creek (stream)

docket

chook

give sb the shits

to have the shits

billabong = oxbow lake (UK)

ankle biter

heaps

you’re not wrong

goss

galah

you little ripper

bonza

damper

go walkabout

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thingo

muso

chocka

amo (amunition)

ambo (ambulance driver)

journo

chemo

Czecho

typo

weirdo

lingo

sluggo

blotto

metho

barbie

bevvies

bikies

brickie

ciggie

dinkie die

ekkie

eskie

joey

lippie

lollies

mozzie

nightie

nuddie

offie

ozzie

pally

postie

pressies

reckie

rellies

shirty

sickie

surfie

telly

tinnie

undies

vollie

wellies

wettie (wetsuits)

willy-nilly

barbie: noun barbecue

bluey: noun Nickname for a redhead (!)

nuddy, nuddie: noun nude; (in the) nick

nightie: nightdress

brickie: noun a bricklayer

lollies: noun sweets; confectionery

chippie: noun a carpenter

sparkie: noun an electrician

rellies: noun relatives

tinnies: noun cans (tins) of beer

undies: noun pl. underwear

Wellies: noun Wellington boots;

goloshes; overshoes

yabbies: noun small freshwater crayfish (lobster)