Life in the Fast Lane

Z is for

Posted in Ausenclature, dictionary, education on Nov 22nd, 2008

• Zilch
Nothing really springs to mind

Y is for

Posted in Ausenclature, dictionary, education on Nov 22nd, 2008

• yakka
Work, strenuous labour. Also verb - to work
* hard yakka - hard work
Origin: yaga meaning ‘work’ in the Yagara indigenous language of the Brisbane region.
• yowie

Mythical creature [Himalayan - Yeti] or [American - Bigfoot]
Large, ape-like creature, purportedly an inhabitant of the eastern Australia.
Origin: Aboriginal Yuwaalaraay language of northern New South Wales

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X is for

Posted in Ausenclature, dictionary, education on Nov 22nd, 2008

• XXXX [Four-Ex]
Queensland beer

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W is for

Posted in Ausenclature, dictionary, education on Nov 21st, 2008

• wog
A minor illness - usually viral
Origin: ‘a nasty insect or bug’, then became - minor illness
Note: also used as an offensive term for ‘migrant from southern Europe’

• woop woop
Non-existing place used to describe very remote town
Also Australian comedy film from 1997

• Warney
Shane Warne - King of Spin

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V is for

Posted in Ausenclature, dictionary, education on Nov 20th, 2008

• Verandah [over the toy shop]
A man’s beer belly
‘Toy shop’ is a joking term for the male genitals

• Victoria Bitter (VB)
For a hard earned thirst

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U is for

Posted in Ausenclature, dictionary, education on Nov 18th, 2008

• ute
Abbreviation of utility truck
Vehicle with a two-door cab that looks like a sedan, and a tray area (with permanent sides) that is part of the body.
Many towns have an annual gathering of utes for competitive display, called a ute muster, with prizes awarded in categories such as ‘best street ute’ and ‘best feral ute’.
Ute [...]

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T is for

Posted in Ausenclature, dictionary, education on Nov 17th, 2008

• tickets
*to have tickets on oneself.
Be conceited, have a high opinion of oneself
‘Check out that dude he’s got tickets on himself’
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• thong
Rubber sandals [flip-flop] [jandals {NZ}]
• true blue
Faithful, staunch and unwavering in one’s faith, principles
• troppo
Behave strangely, lose your mind
Origin: Used by Aussie troops in the Pacific during the Second World War, and arose from the idea [...]

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S is for

Posted in Ausenclature, dictionary, education on Nov 14th, 2008

• sickie
Abbreviation: ‘a day’s sick leave’
‘I’m not going to work tomorrow, I’m going to chuck a sickie’
• stubbie
375mL bottle of beer.
*few stubbies short of a six-pack [mentally slow]
Also [Darwin stubbie]
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• sandgroper
Resident of Western Australia
Origin: Sand-burrowing desert insect
• Sheila
A girl or girlfriend, a woman.
Origin: Shelah as anglicised spelling of the Irish Gaelic Sile, and it was probably the large [...]

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R is for

Posted in Ausenclature, dictionary, education on Nov 13th, 2008

• Rack off
Push off! Get out of here!
• Ripper
Great, fantastic
* You little ripper [Exclamation of delight or as a reaction to good news]
‘We’ve finally cleared the waiting room - you little ripper!’
• right
* you right? [Do you need my help?]
* she’ll be right [everything will be OK]
• roo
Kangaroo
• ridgie didge
Genuine article - the real thing
• ropable

Extremely angry

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