Australian Slang

[Guest012]

apologies if this has been done ... too lazy to check..lol

 

" may your chooks turn into emu's and kick your dunny door down"

[Australian family]

Loser

 

Mug - fool

 

Idiot box - tv

[Australian family]

apologies if this has been done ... too lazy to check..lol

 

" may your chooks turn into emu's and kick your dunny door down"

 

That is a great one, heard may your chickens turn into turkeys and kick your dunny door down.

 

Or worse than a cat trying to bury s*** on a tin roof.

[Guest012]

It's been great revisiting all the old sayings we used or heard......couple more we used in our teens often...........

 

"spewin" not the "upchuck" variety ....lol....

"tuff titties"

"technicolour yawn"

"lying like a blue arsed fly"

 

and i love this one which i heard a friend say recently....."chateau de cardboard"

[RD MULLET]

Like someone we know =

Wouldn't pi** on him if he was on fire.

[Aus Traveller]

Like someone we know =

Wouldn't pi** on him if he was on fire.

I can think of someone like that. :D

[Debsta]

budgie smuggler :D

cark it

bickie

[cjm66]

A wigwam for a goose's bridle

Mutton dressed as lamb

Up before sparrows fart

 

Colleen

[Bella cruiser]

Wow thanks Colleen, my Mum used to say 'Wigwam for a goose's bridle' to us when we were kids when we asked her what present she had for us for Christmas or Birthdays. I had forgotten all about that.

 

Here are a couple more, I hope they are not repeats:)

 

Mad as a cut snake.

 

 

If his brains were dynamite, he wouldn't have enough to blow his hat off.

[Australian family]

Stone the crows

[cjm66]

Wow thanks Colleen, my Mum used to say 'Wigwam for a goose's bridle' to us when we were kids when we asked her what present she had for us for Christmes or Birthdays. I had forgotten al about that.

 

Here are a couple more, I hope they are not repeats:)

 

Mad as a cut snake.

 

 

If his brains were dynamite, he wouldn't have enough to blow his hat off.

 

Hi Jenny - I confess I consulted my reference book on the Slang of Australian Women and Families to check that those that were not Morgan family inventions. Look out for a book by Nancy Keesing called Lily on the Dustbin. (with drawing by Victoria Roberts) It is funny and an excellent source for remembering sheilaspeak.

 

Did members of your family suffer from mollycatevis?

 

Colleen

[Sandielle]

Wow thanks Colleen, my Mum used to say 'Wigwam for a goose's bridle' to us when we were kids when we asked her what present she had for us for Christmas or Birthdays. QUOTE]

 

Oh yes, so did my Mum! :D

[Australian family]

One my mum would say if we asked what was for dinner:

 

Duck and bread under the table.

 

Runs on the smell of an oily rag

 

Use some elbow grease

 

Stiff cheddar

 

As useless as tits on a bull

[Sandielle]

When we asked what was for lunch Mum would say, "Bread and Grab it."

[Australian family]

When we asked what was for lunch Mum would say, "Bread and Grab it."

 

The common word being "bread"

[Aus Traveller]

In the same vein -

If we asked my Mum what was for dinner she would say "Cold shoulder and duck under the table". :)

[joejoe 59]

With a little consultation with the other half his suggestions in referring to previous post were,

 

Dropkick

 

Dipstick

 

D..khead

 

Geez he has a great vocabulary lol :p:rolleyes::D I think they are self explanatory, if you need help ask someone with a slang dictionary.

[Debsta]

Hah (memories!!!) just thought of one my Dad used to say (aimed at my brother obviously, not me :p)

 

The stork that delivered you should have been arrested for peddling dope :D

[rugbypopsie]

I am really enjoying this but my all time favourite so far has to be....drum roll....

"mad as a cut snake"...so totally appropriate.

 

Sue

[joejoe 59]

I am really enjoying this but my all time favourite so far has to be....drum roll....

"mad as a cut snake"...so totally appropriate.

 

Sue

 

Haha love that one, & oh soooo true:D

[rugbypopsie]

Thought of another one...

"useless as a hip pocket in a singlet".

 

Sue

[Australian family]

Thought of another one...

"useless as a hip pocket in a singlet".

 

Sue

 

or "as useless as a back pocket in a pair of jocks"

[poppetts]

Happy little Vegemites.

 

 

MMMMM Vegemite!!! Gotta love it . Dont we get looks when we take our jar of vegemite to breakfast!!

[cjm66]

mollycatevis - anything from feeling a bit off to being at death's door - sometimes suggests putting it on (in our fanily anyway)

 

spiflicate - usually a threat to inflict unmentionable punishment on a child who is getting on your wick.

 

Colleen

[Sandielle]

Ohhh yesssssssss! Mum was ALWAYS threatening to 'spiflicate' us. :D

 

Haven't heard the other word, Colleen. :confused: Must be a NSW saying!