Read the Aussie Slang definitions from this expression episode, and then complete the quiz below!
Complete the quiz as many times as you like and try to beat your score!
A barbie – a barbecue
- I’m going to a barbie with a few chicks today.
A chick – a woman
- My wife’s a really great chick!
A classic – a thing which is memorable and a very good example of its kind.
- That dad joke is silly, but it’s a total classic!
A dunny diver – a plumber
- I know a few sheilas who work as dunny divers.
A loo – a toilet
- One sec (second). I have to go to the loo!
A sheila – a woman
- Are you talking about a sheila or a bloke?
A wuss – a coward
- He hates swimming when it’s cold, because he’s a total wuss!
Bloody – informal swear word used as emphasis; politer version of “fucking”
- The water’s bloody cold today, mate!
Dodgy – for ST to be unsafe or not functioning properly; for SO to be untrustworthy Dunny – a toilet
- That guy that’s been hanging around our place seems a little dodgy.
Hard Yakka – hard work
- He’s always staying late at work and putting in the hard Yakka.
Lippy – lipstick
- The sheila put on some lippy before going out with her girlfriends.
In the sticks – in the bush or outback; away from civilisation
- He’s got a nice farm, but it’s out in the sticks nowhere near the city.
Make/earn a crust – make/earn a living
- What does that bloke do to earn a crust? Is he a dunny diver?
Take the Mickey out of SO – kid with ST; tease SO
- Is that chick being serious or is she just taking the Mickey out of us?
Take the piss out of SO – kid with ST; tease SO
- Don’t worry, mate. He‘s just taking the piss out of you.
The bush – wild or uncultivated country
- Let’s go for a hike this weekend in the bush!
The Outback – the remove and usually uninhabited inland parts of Australia
- The Outback‘s a dangerous place if you don’t know what you’re doing.
