28 AUSTRALIAN SLANG Words/Phrases (That You Need to Know!) 

I get the feeling in a hundred years they are going to have their own distinct language

I thought the girl on the thumbnail is Kristen Stewart. Hahaha

"Go for your life" is another Aussie expression , it does not mean run away in case you get hurt , it means help yourself , e.g. person 1 asks "can I grab a drink of water please mate ? " Person 2 , "Yeah , no worries mate , go for your life"

The girl who was asked if she was actually Australian: “yea I’ve got shrimp in my bag”… as if that’s like a form of ID for Australians

"are you australian" "yeah naah, yeah....... nah" 5:25

according to wikipedia "shrimp on the barbie" was used by Paul Hogan in an American advertisement because Americans say shrimp instead of prawn

I would pay to watch a drama if the Aussie of all aussie was trying to converse with the Scottish of Scots. That would be a hoot

In California, we also use the phrases "Yeah, no" and "No, yeah." I always assumed everyone in the English speaking world used them until I heard someone complain about it.

15 yo looking kid with an IGA hat talking about alcohol , classic

0:49 legend is wearing a Clementine hat from TWD, that's awesome

I love to hear Australian English😂😂😂, it's hard but it's exciting to learn😂

This is fascinating. I am from Kensington, Melbourne, and we have a completely different dialect, totally different accent too. A lot of these words sound a bit feminine and even childish at times, I've never heard of "duzza" or "bevvie" before. Here are some Kensington slang words. Black Mariah - A police van. In other parts of Australia these are called divvy vans or booze buses. "Don't let the Black Mariah catch you." Tuppence - Nothing, not much, always used to refer to a value, often money. "I got tuppence for that ebay listing." Madra - A mutt. In other parts of Australia you may hear the word "bitzer" instead. "I got a new dog, it's a madra though." Aught - Anything. "I haven't done aught, I swear." Chimpy - Cheap. "I got this car chimpy mate, don't worry." Chips - Thin, lean, often used to refer to a skinny person. "He's a bit chips, hey?" Innit - Abbreviation for "isn't it." Dunnit - Abbreviation for "doesn't it." Wannit - Abbreviation for "wasn't it." Ant or Ain't - Abbreviation for "have not". This is different to the other uses of "ain't", such as in US English. Half-Cut - Half drunk. "I'm half-cut mate!" Pissed - Drunk. "Oh, he's pissed." Paralytic - Very drunk. "He's bloody paralytic!" Abbas/Abbers - Abbreviation for abattoirs. Slaught - A slaughterman. Dill - A simpleton Till - A cash register. Docket - A receipt. Stone - A unit of weight. This is the only place in Australia I have heard stone be used more often than kilograms to refer to someone's weight. Cut - Drunk. "I'm cut." Grog - Alcohol. "I'll get the grog." Alow - Underneath, below. "Just get alow it and have a look." Aye - Yes. It might sound like pirate-talk but I have heard many people use this seriously in conversation, mostly older men. "Aye, I agree." Bedlam - Insanity, craziness. "This house is utter bedlam!" Beld - An old lady, often a bit of a ratty one. "That old beld down the street's driving me up the wall." Luce - Pronounced "loose", this means a match or sometimes a sparkler. "Get a luce, would you?" Peeler - A policeman. "Bloody peelers are on us." Shrifty - Forgiving, merciful. "He's acting a bit shrifty today, I think we'll be alright." Bird - A woman or older girl. Tapster - A person who serves at the bar and is not the publican. Jenker/Jenka - A cart hauled by horses, also used to refer to billy carts. Wain - A wagon hauled by horses, sometimes used to refer to something very heavy. Husbandman - A farmer. Iron horse - A train, almost always a very old train such as a steam engine, but it is still used to refer to freight trains. Olk/Olc - Bad, no good, rotten. Loggerhead - A thick-headed person, someone unintelligent and brash. Conta/Conter - Someone descended from convicts. Pom/Pommy - Englishman. Pissant - Someone descended from English immigrants rather than convicts or Irish immigrants. Piss In - Do something easily. Pisspot - An alcoholic or someone who doesn't wash often enough. Donahue - A wildman, someone who lives in the hinterland. Empty/Emptyhead - Someone foolish and stupid, or sometimes someone with a mental disability. Granna/Granner - An ugly person. Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

Chris and Felix made me search for this video...

Australians are really nice I love their accent it's really cool 😭😂💗

Very useful! Thank you !

As a English learner and one who loves Ausi, I should visit there have nice holidays before they change whole language.

I love their “naur” it sounds pretty cool

One of the best Australian youtube travel if not the best.

My coworkers from Perth, here in the States loved our Halloween. Talked excitedly about buying lollies. Told them candy is good, doesn’t have to be a lollipop. They explained it to me. Plus they often told each other to get stuffed. Thought they were wishing death followed by taxidermy for a nanosecond.

Boganism is the culture from Bogania located between Australia and Newzealand. The people from there are called Bogans.

Can confirm that "yoo-ee" (u-turn) and "no worries" are used a lot in the US

We say "no worries " on the west coast of Canada.

Sook is a good one I've had to explain that to way too many Americans

Thank to U for a Greatful Video.... Thanks for a Great Way Explaining how Their Slang Words were... And I wish GooD Luck 4 Yor Future!! 😀😍❤👍

Omg this is so funny hearing this playing Midnight Club 2 and racing Australian Ian and using some of the 2000s Aussie slang

LMAO THE KID WITH THE IGA HAT WHAT A LEDGE

To chuck a sickie (to take a day off work) My girlfriend is from Melbourne but I already knew some slang. Also "heaps", "fair dinkum, mate " and many more.

sorry im laughing in the first seconds 0:28 "A bogan is like someone who doesn't care about what others think and does what they want with their life-" *a bogan proceeds to photobomb the frame*

No worries is super popular here in Canada! And yeah, we say 'how's it going' AND 'how you doing' frequently :)

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3:01 Oh my lanta! now I'll can understand my aussie mate

We Aussies shorten everything! You can tell what State ppl come from by the word they use for what they wear when swimming. These include cozzie [shrunk from swimming costume}, trunks [sort from swimming trunks [and NOT a car boot in the USA] -- trunks usually have longer legs, like boxer shorts. Budgie smuggler [ummm, what a man appears to be hiding after emerging from cold surf!]. Speedos [a popular brand], bikini, bathers, boardies [from board shorts, also boxer-shape], swimmers, togs. Wiki says togs is the most popular term at 38% [see Lily & Lime].

Taking a holiday in south Florida in the US is a bit interesting as Orlando can get pretty packed with Australians pouring in. It's fun seeing the tourists getting Melbourne, Florida confused with the OTHER Melbourne (In VIC).

In Texas, we also use: “how ya doin” and U-ie. People use “no, yeah” and “yeah, no” too, but that might be more of a midwestern or Cali thing. “no worries” is also super common but mainly just for younger people.

"We don't do shrimp" yeah nah mate you gotta try it some time. Chef friend came over and grilled some up. Bloody good.

I love this 'arvo'!

2:45 I wonder if the first term "bogan" is related the the brand of beer he mentioned, Boag's draught?

i love this channel makes me powerful .

You know you're Australian when you can understand/translate this, "I had to chuck a f**kin lefty at the roundie before I had an arvo bevi at the R-ie. I then ate Maccas with Shazza, Dazza and Kazza, and then we saw Acca Dacca".

My wife and I live in Portugal, our family just came to visit. Here is some slang my 5 year old and 8 year old grandsons used. One suggested to other Portuguese kids, when it was difficult, his words “I’ll have a crack at that!” The other grandson, was saying good afternoon in Portuguese to a couple of older gentleman with “Boa Tarde” which is spot one correct, then he threw “mate” on the end of it. So it’s Boa Tarde Mate! We laughed our Guts Out, that’s, we laughed a lot!

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I can't believe no one said "stubby" for a bottle of beer!!

Thanks, mate!

1:12 cozzies is regional. In Vic they're togs

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aussie slang also has variations depending on what state you live in - can be completely different words that mean the same thing.

0:29 a wild Bogan appeared in the back as she was giving the explanation lmao

I didn't know "no worries" isnt said anywhere else since I'm Canadian and I say that sometimes

Face the day and cheer up is my favorite one I'm from Melbourne

Watching ❤

good video

3:50 josiah -> jazza now it all makes sense

"Pash" (old aussie slang): meaning- kiss "Hillbilly aka bogon" *americans would call these names/use them on "rednecks"* these words just mean rough and tough people regardless if their old fools 😅 Arvo (afternoon, past 1pm) G'day (hello) mate (any friend or person) *form of greetings. Yeah nah (no thanks, or not really) Soft drink/cold one (drinks and beer) *Americans call 'soft drink' either pop or soda* Cheers (a form of thank you or a goodbye till later take off from mates, also used in gatherings when partaking in beer (cold ones) Lass (female, girl, a formal polite old slang to recognize a woman) Aye (an agreement tone or overjoyed rise of tone for something awesome that's just happened) Nioce *nice* (exactly as nice but with an 'O' making the word drag out in a powerful slang enhancement) Root (meaning 'sex'. We don't say we had sex unless they aren't as aussie as they could be. Example: "damn the Sheila was a good root") Sheila/shela *spelling differs* (woman aka lass aka female, another term but less formal than "lass") Rooted *no not sex; sort of depends on context* (To be tired and exhausted, examples: " I got root this arvo by him bad, I'm hella rooted" or " damn I'm rooted" Maccas (Macdonalds- fast food) Ambo *abbreviated word* ( meaning ambulance, health emergency) Barbie *no not the doll* ( meaning a 'barbecue' aka food cooked on a massive hot plate)

Awesome mate. I'wz fn to watch

“yeah, nah” is one of my favourites. it’s “no shit” but amazing.

No Worries is super common in Canada...

2:22 How can you go "arvo drinks" *tonight* ?

Lots of Aussies her in British Columbia Canada at our Whistler Resort.

getting there bro

A lot of these terms are used in NZ too

When I had studied in Brisbane. I'd lived with Aussie host family with Mum dad and two teenage. They did teach me alot and of course if your English not strong enough don't speak something Aussie or slang then you would use dictionary to understand.

I used to wanna move there

why are they so cute lol love from the states!

As an American I use the no worries term 97% of the time I can’t say that about my fellow Americans but I can say I’ve adopted that it just is more casual. “Oh I’m sorry.” “Oh no worries.”/“no worries bro/man/sir” that is a lot more chill and it’s likes hey it’s not a big deal no need for an apology

The vast majority of the Ausise slang on here is the same as in the UK. There are one or two that are specific to Oz but most are interchangeable with English.

the "yeah nah/nah yeah" is also common in Canada.

I say No worries all the time - i'm from the UK.

where did cariba heine played carbie barbie on the beach? saw her on the thumbnail of somewhere

drongo…😆😆😆there’s a word I haven’t heard in a while! ha ha

Good on ya mate

The last German boy was super cool.

We used to use a lot of these Slang words in the 90's in South Wales the ye no thing was done using your head you would nod yes when saying no or vice/versa

As an American, we definitely say "No worries" all the time. A little bit if a misnomer, but.

I'm Australian and much of this lingo is stuff i've never heard

I immediately knew you were in surfers paradise in the first frame of the video.

im from australia and 60 yes we do prawns

No worries. No dramas. Arvo. Ambo. Brekkie G'day Mozzie Chippy Sparky Sunnies Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi

I have never heard of these phrases, but well, it is 60 years since I lived in Australia. And it is obvios, the language chances ...

Most important is how the word 'cunt' is most often used as a term of endearment.

Yes no - No yes is in florida too. That's prolly why aussies dont get confused when we give them directions. 😂😂😎🙏

yes we do prawns on bbq

I am American myself and I even do know the word bogan as well that in the U.S. that we have are types in the south call rednecks and also they did not mention about Donnie where it's actually potty in Australian English.

When i listen to Aussie i feel like i 'll have to study a brand new dictionary =))

0:57 Budget Kristen Stewart or Mad TV cartoon?

Yeah nah some of this slang definitely depends what part of Australia you're from, i've never heard a cigarrete called a duzza more like a dart, durry or ciggy

Could you please tell me in which variant of Aussie accent they sound more British specially when they pronounce words like "dance" "chance" "ask" "answer" with the long "AH" sound?

ive noticed theres quite a bit of overlap between slang they say in australia to slang we use in boston. Like, half of this stuff we use too, no worries, nah yeah, how you doin? sorta thing

some of the words we say here in Canada. We shorten stuff as well the famous "a Boot" comes from us dropping the T we say abou. never say the T. We say prezzies, we say smashed, mackers, We say how are you doin, or hows it goin, Fkn eh bud and throw Eh on everything we can.

2:40... the girl who said it’s not cigarette it’s “duzza”... I’m Australian and never smoked but I heard durry not duzza

too funny, in Canada, at least Ontario, we do the ya no thing, and the no ya thing too

Dag or daggy is another one I learned during a visit

HAHSHAH how I get here?? I love this 😻😻

There is very little regional variation in the Aussie accent - South Australians say 'darnse' like Kiwis but that's about it. Every generation of kids has its own jargon but the accent is the same - we didn't have centuries of living in the same village or county as our Brit and European ancestors. I guess that whole regional dialect thing goes double for Asians but a few years in an Aussie school and they sound as dinkum as Bluey ;)

Great video ❤ btw who's that girl with the cap and red and black t shirt on the cover! Man she's really good looking

All of these videos seem to be made on the east coast. Many of these words/ phrases are specific to that region.

Lozza defo doesn't have "shrimp" in her bag.

1:00 maybe ive been living in a box, but Im born in australia and have never heard anyone around me say trackie dacks, I have heard some people say trackies though (which makes sense since alot of us like to "shorten words")

The guy at the back 0:30

Yeah I love Austria! G'day mate!

Shrimp and prawns are two different things and who hasnt grilled both?