Help me out

[txpapa]

What is a bloke ? &

what does cracker mean? in the states it is something you eat w/ a bowl of soup or a slang word for a white person

[Antarcher]

A bloke is a guy or man and a cracker is refering to a nice looking animal or a large antlered one, as in a cracker of a stag or that is a cracking goat. Cracker's are also eaten here too, as you say in the states. You will get used to us eventually.

[XTfreak]

A bloke is a guy or man and a cracker is refering to a nice looking animal or a large antlered one, as in a cracker of a stag or that is a cracking goat. Cracker's are also eaten here too, as you say in the states. You will get used to us eventually.
Ya its only taken me 5 years of living here, but Iam finally getting used to ya's:P
Bill

[txpapa]

Thx for the help
I hope I don't get used to yall to fast It's to much fun.

[yall] = you all

[howie]

When I arrived in South Africa for my hunt, we were loaded in a dual cab ute, there was a Yanky in the front seat and I lent forward and said, I need a fag, can we stop at the shops. He spun round real quick with this shocked look on his face and asked me what I had just said, I said, fags, smokes you know.
He said, God damm boy, back home we call fags - queers.
He settled somewhat after the explanation.
Howie

[Bazza]

Cracka is my mates nick name.

Cracker is either a biscuit, something thats good, or a bunger (fireworks)

Bloke - male person

[Clemo]

"Fudge Packers ":o

[bowhunting4eva]

are you serious glenn you cannot tolerate buddy. geez i better stop saying it then. all these people probably think i am gay now lol

[wayoutwest]

As the guys said blokes=men but cracker isnt just a term for animals its more or less another word for good or great ( from where come from at least ) eg.." I got me self a cracker of a sheila last night" or "ive got a cracker hunting block"

or what ill be sayin in the mornin "ive got a cracker Hangover":D

[bear beau]

"Fudge Packers ":o

HAHA!!!
Have'nt heard that one for years mate!!!
I think our foreign members need some aussie slang education,
So come on everyone, tell them your best one liners, sayings, references etc!
I'll get the ball rolling...
Face like a smashed crab,
Smells like a ****house door on a prawn trawler,
Fair suck of the sav,

[---Damo---]

i love Aussie slang .ive got a few mates form the states who are always hounding me for it,they think its bloody hilarious.Some of their favourites have been...
Bum Nuts = Eggs
Swamp Donkey = Not so attractive female
Suck down a Brittany Spears = Drink a beer
crusty old slapper = unsavoury mature female
moo Juice = Milk
go for a chew = have something to eat
budgie Smugglers = tight fitting speedo style swimmers
A smile like a mouth full of gravel = bad teeth
snot bombs = Oysters
There are heaps more but alot of them arent suitable for this forum,will try to think of a few more postable ones.... Damo

[Paliadon]

My two bobs worth here cobber:

The really basic basics.

G’day is hullo, pronounced Gidday which is a shortened form of Good Day, and used mostly in informal situations. More formally we would say Hullo, Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or the likes.

Goodbye is, um, er, Goodbye. Although some people say Hooroo, pronounced ‘ooroo.

Bloke is an Aussie male who generally is a hard worker and does the right thing. Eg., "Bill’s a Good Bloke".

Mate is Friend, mainly for males. Everyone in Australia is mate, so we would often say "G’day mate" or "Thanks mate".

Onya means Well Done, a shortened form of Good On You. The best "Aussieism" in my opinion.Abbreviations

For some reason Australians shorten words wherever possible, particularly peoples names. They are generally shortened to one syllable if possible, and then have a suffix added to the end. Here are a few examples:-
"a" A Cup of Tea or Coffee becomes a Cuppa.

"ie" Angela becomes Angie.
Australian becomes Aussie
Barbecue become Barbie
Elizabeth becomes Lizzie
Football becomes Footy, pronounced with a soft "T" somewhere between T & D.

"o" Burgess becomes Burgo
Johnathon becomes Johnno
Smoko means a break from work for a smoke, which now means a tea break even if you don’t smoke.

"zza" or just "z’Marion become Mazza or Maz
Sharon become Shazza or Shaz

And a Few more:

Mouth full of busted crockery
Stone the crows
Bloomin' Hell


etc....


Lol

[cutthroat]

or the old favourite I hope your chooks turn into emus and kick your sh&thouse down

[wayoutwest]

cutthroat that is a absolute corker i love it.

[Garden Gnome!]

I hope this gets on hear

What do you think this is bushweek or forrest fortnight:P!

What about Bunggie, Jugga and the likes!

[Clemo]

STRUTH,
Fair dinkum I aint heard this mutch Aussie Lingo in donkies ages!

[bear beau]

loose as a goose (my ex girlfriend)!!! haha!
chest as flat as an ironing board (my ex again)!
silly as a wheel
plays up like a second hand whipper snipper
queer as a lemonade sandwich

[hugearm]

off like a bucket of prawns in the sun

[Jeremy87]

It is widely accepted that the phrase "no worries mate" or "no worries" for short is suitable as a reply to anything in australia.

The town of Wannakickamoocow cannot be found on any map but if you want to know where it is its always a long way away, but if you distination is also a long way away then Wannakickamoocow is always just before it (the same can be applied for the towns of Black Stump, didyabringabeeralong and digareedoo).

Going walk about is based on the idea of going out to an undisclosed location for an undisclosed amount of time. It could be going fishing or hunting for a couple of days, or just going to the shops. But if your serious about it you'll need to take a cut lunch to get to where ever your going.

In Australia, the more drunk you are the more socially acceptable it is to swear and dance badly, but if you start spilling drinks then your a tossa.

If you've just crossed an unknown creek in the middle of woopwoop you can bet its called "six mile creek" eccept when its a particularly long creek and then it's probably called "12 mile creek". I'm sure when the country was explored there was intentions of going back and giving them more creative names but nobody could be bothered and probably when someone brought it up the due reply was either "buggerit" or "shiby mate".

[barebow]

Couple of stubbies short of a six pack.
Not a full tin of biccies.
Silly as a wheel.
Put a cork in it.
Happy as a pig in mud.

[cutthroat]

a couple of roos loose in the top paddock

[will]

got a,
face like a deep sea racing prawn

""like a dropped pie
""like a robbers dog
smashed pumpkin

[Glenn]

Sorry everyone but it has been pointed out that some of the content of this thread was not suitable because we do have Juniors on this web site, so the offending language and referances have been deleted, and fair enough too...Glenn...

[troy]

Goin' on like a 2 bob watch- All over the place, making no sense.
Fair dinkum- For real, no exageratation.
A Sort- Good looking person you find attractive.
Banga- A sausage
Dead Dogs Eye- Meat Pie which if it had sauce on it would be a "Dead Dogs Eye with Horse"
Stubby- a 350-400ml bottle of beer, not to be confused with a Largie or Longy 700-800ml botle of beer or a Throw down anything smaller than a Stubby.
Durrie or Fag -as Howie mentioned, a cigarette
Sloshed, Smashed or Hammered- Very intoxicated
Drilled- Hurt very badly, can also relate to the hurt felt after being Sloshed, Smashed or Hammered
Blimey- Used to express shock, instead of "Oh my" you'd say "Blimey" or "Struth"
Frog & Toad- Road
Also a lot of travel time [mainly in remote areas] is expressed in how many drinks one could expect to consume whilst getting there for example "Its a 6 can trip" meaning it would take about the time it takes to drink 6 beers
There are far too many to list or even begin to remember.
I love meeting peopel from other coutries for this reason so I can see the confused look on their face when I begin talking and knowing they are totally lost, as to what I mean.

[Hefty]

A lot of these Aussie slang phrase come from rhyming slang and it's something you need to take a butcher's hook (look) at if you want to understand what we Aussies are sayin.

Some examples:
Joe blake = snake
charlie ark = shark
dog's eye = meat pie
dead horse = tomato sauce (these last two were mentioned earlier)

I know there are heaps more. Who else has got some?

Jono.

[wazza_X force]

face like a spanked arse...
few sanga's (sandwich's) short of a picnic...
fair go...
camp as a row o' tents... love that one... lol
flat out like a lizard drinkin'...
drain the dragon...
built like a brick ****house...
pissin' in your pocket...
as usefull as tits on a bull...
scarce as hens teeth or rocking horse poo...

how come there all so goddam crude.. us aussies are the epitamy of gentleman like behaviour... lol

wazza

[spiderbait24]

heard this one the other day from my uncle.

"head like a shot fox" lol i love that one.

cheers.

[LeighS]

Box of fluffy ducks............... All s**t and feathers!

[Thwack!]

got a,
face like a deep sea racing prawn

""like a dropped pie
""like a robbers dog
smashed pumpkin

or
.... the busy end of a welders bench
.... a bulldog chewing a wasp
.... mallee root
.... a box-full of blowflies

etc.

[belegstrongbow]

Great thread txpapa, I bet you didn't expect all these posts!

Here's a comprehensive list of Australian rhyming slang I found on the net.

Slang
Translation
Usage

apple sauce
horse
She's a great little apple sauce.

steak and kidney
Sydney
We are off to steak and kidney!


dead horse
tomato sauce
What this needs is a bit of dead horse.

brave and bold
cold
It's really brave and bold today.


Dalai Lamas
dramas
Hey, no Dalai Lamas

bag of fruit
suit
All dressed up in your best bag of fruit.

blood blister
sister
How's your little blood blister?

Captain Cook
look
Well, take a Captain Cook.


curry and rice
price
What's the curry and rice?

dodge and shirk
work
I'm off to dodge and shirk.

dog and bone
phone
Can you get that dog and bone?

forgive and forget
cigarette
What I wouldn't give for a forgive and forget.

Fred Astair
lair (a show off)
He's a real Fred Astair.

frog and toad
road
Goodbye, must hit the frog and toad.

Germain Greer
beer
A Germain Greer would really hit the spot.

grim and gory
story
What a great grim and gory.

honky tonk
plonk (cheap wine)
Get a couple of bottles of honky tonk.

Jimmy Dancer
cancer
Did you hear that Harry's got the Jimmy Dancer?

Joe Blake
snake
Watch out for the Joe Blakes.

kitchen sink
drink
I could really do with a kitchen sink.

laughs and smiles
piles
It's not funny. I've got the laughs and smiles.

lemon squash
wash
I'd better give the car a bit of a lemon squash.

mud pies
eyes
She has beautiful mud pies.

Mutt and Jeff
deaf
What's wrong with you? Are you Mutt and Jeff?

nails and screws
news
Got any nails and screws?

near and far
bar
Meet you at the near and far at 6.


Pat Malone
alone
I'm all on my Pat Malone.

Noah's ark
shark
Look out for the Noah's arks if you're going swimming.

plates of meat
feet
Oh, my aching plates of meat!

tit for tat (titfer)
hat
I think you should wear your titfer.


billy lids
kids
How many billy lids you got?

septic tank
yank
That Bill Clinton, he's a septic tank. (Sorry txpapa)

smash and grab
cab
Would you call for a smash and grab?

tea leaf
thief
You bl**** tea leaf!

trouble and strife
wife
How's the trouble and strife these days?

young and frisky
whisky
I'll have a young and frisky.

Werris Creek
leak
I need to go for a Werris Creek

Bruce Reed
feed
I think I'll have a bit of a Bruce Reed

dog's eye
meat pie
That was a great dog's eye!

Zane Grey
pay
Can't buy much with the old Zane Grey these days.

Gregory Peck
cheque
I sent you the Gregory Peck!

butcher's hook
look
Take a butcher's!

Oxford scholar
dollar
It's just an Oxford scholar

Al Capone
phone
Will you get that Al capone for me?

dog's eye and dead horse
pie and sauce
I'll have a dog's eye and dead horse.

Peter Mertens
curtains
How are the Poms looking Shirl? It's Peter Mertens for em luv! (we are talking cricket!)

John Dory
story
What's the John Dory?

china plate
mate
How's me old china?

trick cyclist
psychiatrist
Have to go. Got an appointment with the trick cyclist.

rubbidy dub
pub
I'm meeting them down at the rubbidy.

cherry plum
mum
I love my cherry plum

cheese and kisses
missus
How's the cheese and kisses

Malcolm Blight
light
I really need a Malcolm Blight for my ciggy

on the beak
reek (stink)
You're on the beak a bit mate

Mars bar
car
I think I'll get a new Mars bar

Bugs Bunny
money
Got any Bugs Bunny?

wooden pegs
legs
She had a great pair of wooden pegs

canoes
shoes
New canoes?

hollow log
dog
Is the hollow log back from the vet yet?


Phew, there you go.
By the way most of these have sadly fallen out of common usage. I think we should make an effort to revive them.

I better go, I am supposed to be at dodge and shirk.

[mickus]

Someone a but slow on the uptake! = "He`s only got one oar in the water"
Testicals = "Jatz Crackers"
Trying to meet a girl = "Tuning" or "Tracking"

[Viking]

Or this beaut one from the movie 'Kenny';

"As busy as a one-armed bricklayer in Bagdad"

Steve

[hugearm]

your as good as a man is short= not very good lol

[Thwack!]

I couldn't help myself and thought I'd put a few or my favourites into a fictional conversation between two hunters arranging a last minute hunt on any given Saturday morning:

Johnno: Gidday Wazza, its Johnno 'ere, hows it hangin mate?

Wazza: Awh hi Wazza, not bad, what's appenin'?

Johnno: Howdidya go down the pub last night - pull any shielas?

Wazza: Nah, scarce as hens teeth, but ya shooda seen Bazza - he got as full as a goog an ripped 'is kit off - sent everyone packin, cept for this mutt he ended up takin' home - Dead-set mate, this shiela would scare the buzzards off a meat wagon, she had a head like a dropped pie, (huge rack though) - that Bazzas as mad as a cut snake, fair-dinkum!
Houd you go?

Johnno: Stayed home with the cheese and kisses and the billy lids - hit the sack pretty early in the peace.
Wattaya up to s'arvo mate? Was thinkin bout going ovata Kev's ta see if I can bust a feral or three, wattaya reckon? Worth a Captain Cook?

Wazza: Since ya got me up at sparra-fart mate, I'm feelin a bit crook but by s'arvo she'll be apples. Last time I was ova at Kev's ya hadta look out for the Joe Blakes, but no worries, sounds good, as long as we don't havetahavea beer with Kev - he's a couple of roos loose in the top paddock I reckon.

Johnno: Yeah, he carries on like a two-bob-watch sometimes. Anyway mate, gotta hit the frog and toad, missus is whingeing bout a house fulla dunny budgies cause I left the screen door open - She's up me like a rat up a rafter.
Pick ya up at 3 s'arvo, see ya round like a rissole.

Wazza: Hooroo Mate.

[Hefty]

A friend of mine has some great descriptive metaphors. My Favourite from his collection:
She had a faced that'd make a freight train take a dirt road!

Jono.

[Trophy Bowhunts]

""""Got a head on it like a afgan loby digger bird""

One of my favorites.

Mick

[hugearm]

digger or digs= good mate

[txpapa]

You Aussies are great
Hear are some from the US/Texas

Hoe/ Hoes = a general insult, usually applied to females.
Hug the throne = to vomit
Back asswards = done or performed incorrectly, strangely, opposite from the correct way,
Balloon knot = the rectum. Take it up the old balloon knot!
Finer than frog hair = extremely attractive
Five-oh = the police
fixin' to = shortened form of "fixing to"Are you fixin' to go to the store?
Float an air biscuit = fart
Blow mud = fart
OJ = to stab
shut (one's) pie-hole = to stop talking; SHUT UP.
slack-jaw = a moron or lazy person
Did you eat a turd sandwich = your breath stinks
Rack = breasts. Check out the rack on that woman!
Redneck = a person from a rural area. / Texas


Dixie chicks = Hoes :P

[bobzila]

Dixie chicks = Hoes :P

dude lay off the hippie chicks

[Puk]

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[howie]

Did the Harry Holt. is a favourite of mine. Former Prime Minister disappeared whilst swimming - never seen again. So if your gotta go somewhere quick/disappear, you do the Harry Holt.
Head on ya like a beaten favourite, (horse racing) someone not blessed with good looks. Howie

[Waldganger]

doin the harold holt (bolt) is one that I quite like but often needs explaining.

I think that strewth and bloody oath/hell are great ones.

to tell you the truth I cannot think of a great deal that is slang but I had this norwegian fellow work with me (no not Hagar) and I had to explain every second thing.

Good fun that was.

[johnnail]

Fellas, the word "Cracker" has several meanings here. Obviously it is a dry toast eaten with soup. Also a cracker was a wrangler who "cracked" a whip in the old West. Now a More modern term used to describe a hillbilly.