American Reacts to 100 Aussie Slang WORDS Australia says Different than America 

I'm sorry but I'm pretty sure no one in Australia calls it a "Plum Bum" just saying lol

Saying " your mate " to a friend while pointing to someone they absolutely hate.

Aussies don’t say “chilly bin”. He probably heard that from a New Zealander. Not “maggot” for drunk. It’s maggoted.

I am Australian, married an American. Our children are American but my husband passed away and we all decided to move back to Australia. My sons wife, who is American has tried so hard to become Australian, trying so hard to pick up our traits/language that I don't have the heart to tell her that it's cutlery... not cut/err/ree, bless her heart 😂

This guy has done well with the Aussie words. Not all are correct but he's pretty close on over 90%. I like this one.

The “bed” part of a Ute (wich is short for utility vehicle btw) We call that part the “tray”

Best one is 'it's just down the road' this could mean as close as 500 metres (about 3/8 of a mile) or 200kms up the track (125 miles up an unmade road)

In Australia we have a few terms for "Swimsuit" depending on where you're from. Swimmers, bathers, togs, and cozzies. Personally, growing up in Sydney I heard "swimmers" and "cozzies" more than anything else.

"no wukkas" isn't really a direct replacement for "no worries", its a shortened version of "no wucking furries" which itself is a kind of rhyming slang for "no fucking worries"

Recently found out that "scoff" is an Aussie slang for hastily eat, ie: I scoffed my toast down before the meeting

I am from Australia and when "The Nanny" tv show was on tv. I remember thinking it was quite shocking that they would allow the line "she was out on her fanny" to be in the theme song. It did not take to long to realize that that was the U.S word for 'bottom', However I never quite got used to it. .

5:04 Sandals are a different thing to thongs. Sandals are generally buckled up. 6:20 a jumper is not a hoodie, it's a woolen garment with no hood. 7:44 Chilly Bin is a Kiwi term. I believe Esky is slang for the Eskimo brand cooler. 8:33 Goon was originally slang for flagon, a large bottle of wine. That wine is now sold in inflatable cask, in a box. 9:06 We have silverware too, but generally that's reserved for the 'good' silverware. 12:14 Ute is short for Utility. A ute is basically a sedan with the back cut out into a tray with sides. There was a similar thing in the US in late 70s (I think), but it was a 1 off. 13:38 You wouldn't refer to someone as AN old mate, it's just 'old mate', meaning that person, someone you might be referring to. 13:59 Aluminium and aluminum are both correct. Aluminium is the original term, but later on an American tweaked the formula/method, and patented it as Aluminum. 14:11 No, we don't. The correct pronunciation is aich. Sure, people use a hard H, but that's how they were taught. Not all words have a silent H, though. 14:36 We usually just shorten the sound, Mondee, Tuesdee, Wensdee, thursdee, fridee, satdee, sundee. 16:03 Neat is also used for something that is 'cool', or good, nice, etc. "Oh, that's neat" 17:07 It's No Wuckers, with a U, because it's actually short for No Wucking Furries, which is, of course, no fucking worries. 18:55 The tourism ad, with Paul Hogan, showd him putting a king prawn on the 'barby', he called it a shrimp because shrimp, in Aussie, means small. It was having a little dig at Americans, who think everything is bigger in the US, and also making use of the way Aussies call things opposites, such as calling a red head, Blue, or Bluey. 21:21 I've never heard anyone use the term dibba dobber, but dobber is something used in primary school. I've never heard an adult use it.

"Fizzy drink - soda/pop" In Vic (not sure about other states) we call it "soft drink"

‘Pissed’ is drunk and ‘pissed off’ is angry.

Here in New Zealand, Bottle-O is a brand of liquor store. We say "candy floss" for cotton candy and popping candy for pop rocks. Other than that, we say lolly (plural lollies) Sweat pants are referred to as trackpants. This would be where trackies comes from. We say "chilly bin", never cooler. We use serviette, though napkin is not unheard of, however the emphasis is on the first and third syllables. We use cutlery as well, as a matter of fact, I didn't realise that silverware meant the same thing in the US. We use everything in the speed round, except for the drunk replacements. Footy is not unheard of, but we tend to call it soccer. US football, however, is referred to as rugby. We use sunnies as slang. We use flat, but apartment is not unheard of. We say trolley, never shopping cart. What you see in San Francisco, we would call a tram. We use carpark. We use jetti or wharf. We say Adidas the German way, *ah* -dee -dahs, or *a* -dee -das Aluminium 🇦🇺 Oregano 🇦🇺 Nissan 🇦🇺 H 🇺🇸 Z 🇦🇺 Days of the week 🇺🇸 TV, air con, unused to my knowledge. Cheeky here could be defined as mischievous. Not sure about AU. No worries is used to mean it's okay or you're welcome to either an apology or thanks, however it's not very common. Lemonade is used in its Australian sense and less commonly its American sense. We use as like that as well. We use op shop or Sally Army (Salvation Army), never thrift shop. We use Bob's your uncle. We say bum bag. We say shrimp. We use entre for appetizer. We use mozzie.

Context is very important for the understanding of Australian language. "Good on ya" can mean well done, whereas if you make a mistake or stuff up...some one could say "oh good on ya" which is being sarcastic.

Old mate is like “check out old mate over there” it just means some guy.

In Australia "Jetti" isn't spelt with the i it is spelt "Jetty"

Now you've learnt the basic 'tourist' slang, I feel your about ready to dive into the rabbit hole that is 'aussie rhyming slang', that's where things get interesting !

Some are interchangeable - and you’ll also find some of our words/sayings have some British/Irish roots. :)

Esky is actually a brand name - just like english call all vacuums a hoover - also as an aussie ive never heard anyone say sweeper instead of broom - we say broom lol

"She'll be right" is how was say "Don't stress about it."

The easiest way to boil down what Cheeky means in Aus/UK English is that it basically means mischievous.

12:10 On the Ute - Ford Australia was the first company to produce an Australian Coupe ute, which was released in 1934. This was the result of a 1932 letter from the unnamed wife of a farmer in Australia asking for "a vehicle to go to church in on a Sunday and which can carry our pigs to market on Mondays". Short for Utility (or useful) vehicle.

"Maggoted" is when you are fully drunk like "Para" paralytic drunk , just refers to different levels of intoxication.

Another way to say No Worries is, "She'll be right" which means "it will be ok"

I'm an Aussie and there were some I've never heard before in any conversation ever hahaha

Esky is short for Eskimo. Esky is a brand of portable cooler which became very popular and ubiquitous throughout Australia and a huge part of Australian summer time culture.

"Cheeky" is another word for "Mischievous" There are a lot of these that aren't across the board, and differ depending on area, demographic, education level, social status, etc.

We also call “fries” hot chips (fries are skinny, but chips / hot chips are thicker.

Actually, slang in the UK can be extremely interesting and even more extensive than Australian slang. You should look up Cockney rhyming slang, it's incredible.

Ok, as an Aussie, I jokingly challenged myself to guess the words along with him, but I keep losing it when I see the slang word and go "oh! it's __" only to realise I answered with another slang word 🤣

"Chilly Bin" as an alternative for Esky or Cooler is derived from New Zealand slang. NZ also refer to Thongs as "Jandals" - originally a marketing name as they were derived from Japanese Sandles (zōri), and Kiwis refer to a thong as a type of skimpy underwear. There are a lot of slang terms here that are derived or common to UK slang, UK English and NZ slang.

In Australia we have been using the word “thongs” for what people in the US call flip flops for more than 80 years. Our underwear is usually called just that, underwear or undies.

Lots of older Australian slang is lost to our younger generations. I'm 57 and remember a lot more genuine Aussie words and phrases than i hear now. You little ripper! Beauty Bonza! etc

Chips are also crisps, we use the same word for both. Plumbers are often called Dunny Divers. Sparkies are also electric train drivers ie not diesel. Never, ever heard Plum Bum maybe plumber's bum but usually a plumber's crack here too. Jumpers are normally knitted from wool that stops at the neck, so not Hoodie. Esky is a brand name of a cooler, used generically now. Being mad is "pissed off", "pissed" without the "off" is drunk. So "on the piss" is drinking. The letter H can be said either way, I was brought up to not pronounce the h sound. Jetty is a boat dock, not jetti. Neat can mean "not untidy" or "it makes me happy", clean is slightly different. Shrimps are mini prawns. Entre is after the appetizer. We use cantaloupe too. Cactus = dead, often used figuratively. When he said donutting I thought of 360 degree spins in a car, leaving rubber all over the road in the shape of a donut. Lollipop ladies only if they're female, we have lollipop men too! Equal opportunity ya know.

'Cactus' generally means a little more than being tired. eg: If a car part is broken and unrepairable it is 'cactus' or 'f----d'

mun-dee Chews-dee Whens-dee Thurs-dee Fry-dee Sat-dee Sun-dee The Aussie days of the week 😂😂

Difference between flats and apartments is the size and quality. Flats are small usually one or two bed rooms off a central compact lounge, kitchen dining area, a flat is no frills budget housing. An apartment is the same quality as a house but its built in a big apartment lot high rise building. Then we have studios which is smaller than a flat, can be either top quality or budget, but a studio has the main bedroom as part of the living space rather than a separate room. We then have units, like a flat but only single story, and usually joined in a row/block. Then there is the town house, which is a house with upstairs bedrooms and downstairs living.

Dude has such a good vibe. Love ya content good on ya.🤙🤙🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Ute = utility. Family up the front business out the back. Basically the mullet of the car world.

Ute is short for utility vehicle. And I've not heard the truck bed called a ute itself, but the tray, or bed. Have a good 1 ❤🇦🇺

The structure of Aussie slang came to being with the British convicts who were most often low income and had cockney style rhyming slang in their speech that the aussies adopted. My dad was born in 1914. He used to call tomato sauce - dead horse, answer the telephone - pick up the dog and bone, etc and for some reason sugar was sand …the texture I. Suppose Lol. To be totally exhausted -knackered originates from the term ‘knackery’ being where a farmer took old worn out horses to be turned into dog food. Some aussies even use ‘I’m bloody dog food mate!’ Instead of saying I’m tired 🤣

Haha, love this 💜 As an Aussie, some of them made me laugh as they are 'very Australian' and we definitely don't use them all (some of us anyway). Days of the week... Most people pronounce them correctly... Others will say Mondee, Tuesdee, Wensdee etc 'eee'. Maybe this guy was staying somewhere super rural, out bush. Love your vids 😊

We would say “I’m maggoted” not just the word maggot, which basically means shit faced lol just drunk or high off your rocker 😂

Cheeky; Larrikin: showing a lack of respect or politeness in a way that is amusing or appealing. Fun loving naughtiness. Up to mischief but in a good way.

And I just thought of some more for you. As the guy said, sweat pants are called trackies here. They started out as track pants (bottom half of a track suit. Think Rocky Balboa) Then got the Aussie treatment and became trackie dacks. Dacks are pants, and a mate might ‘dack’ a mate, meaning pull his dacks down!

As an Australian, I have to say he got 25% of these wrong. 🤷‍♀️

most of the time we call fries "hot chips" so we distinguish between the 2 types

Old mate usually refers to someone you dont really know, have forgotten their name or not important to you. "Who'd you sell your ute to again?" Old mate who works at the servo

Hey Ian, I reckon you could have a ton of fun doing a "day in the life" type video where you ONLY use Ozzie terms. Even just a few of them. Don't wear thongs tho', hard to run away from offended!! :)

With old mate, here is a good example, “Old mate over there is pissed.”

With utes.. the “bed” in Australia.. isn’t ute.. it’s a tray. The ute is the vehicle.. it has a tray instead of a boot, or “trunk” in sedans

One of my favourites is " flat out like a lizard drinking " which means you're really busy.

I say 'Buggered' when I'm tired, literally every day after work I'll say 'I'm buggered' haha instead of Nakered. And a funny one that I learned from my mum and not a lot of younger people my age knowis 'Gasbag' - which means your talking/chatting with someone. Love it haha

My family came to Oz from England as 10 quid tourists in the mid 60's. My first job here was as a jackaroo up near Carnarvon in WA. It was there that for the first time, I came across an Australian word I absolutely couldn't figure out. At work I did something the wrong way and the boss called me a galah. (pronounced "gal-aah"). I didn't ask what he meant as he was obviously pissed with me. Years later I was driving with a mate in the country. I drove over a crest in the road and immediately in front of me, walking all over the road was a flock of these pink and grey parrots. They just looked at the car, bearing down on them at 110 kph, then carried on feeding (or whatever). Being too close to safely stop, I plowed into them and killed half a dozen of them. I was a bit upset but my Aussie mate said something to the effect of, "those galahs do that all the time". Then it twigged. If you're called a galah in Oz, it means you're stupid! I thought that word had died a natural death until the other day. I was driving in Adelaide and someone ran into the road causing the bloke in front of me to brake hard. He immediately wound down his window and yelled at the top of his voice "yer stupid bloody galah". The slang lives on!!

Speedos or “bathers” are usually called budgie smugglers

Glad to see you react to Tristan. I loved watching his video when he was in Aus. Kind of miss him actually. He got most things right and was very balanced. He did a couple things that he took a risk on like things he hated about Australia, and he got slammed for it. But he manned up, took on the chin, and came our roses. He was very cool. Aussies love people that can take the heat. Anyway a couple of back stories for you that he may not have known. The first is why we saying something is "sweet as" or "hot as" or "cool as" It is a very Australian reason. We have a whole bunch of bush sayings that are comparisons, you have them in the US, too. For example we will say "I'm as flat out as a lizard drinking," which just means "busy" but rather than say the whole thing we would just say "flat out as...," so rather than do the whole comparison thing we just figure everyone knows what the comparison is, so we would say "ugly as", instead of "as ugly as the southern end of north bound camel train." The story of the ute is a cool one. It was in the 20's, 30's, or 40's (not sure which probably the latter) last century when a farmers' wife wrote to the Ford car company in Australia asking why there was not a car that she could drive to church on Sunday and her husband could use to work on the farm through out the week. They went to work and designed a "utility vehicle" by simply cutting out the bask section of a family car and adding in a tray. Utility vehicle of course get shortened to ute.

In Aus Jumper is a generic term for anything you'd call a sweater in the US, Hoodies are usually just called hoodies, fleecy jumpers like you'd call a sweat shirt(I think), basically same type of fabric as a hoodie but without the hood is called a Sloppy Joe.

The employee's who collect and push around the trolleys (shopping carts) at the supermarkets. I have always known them or called them trolliologist because we like to give these people professional names, so they feel more important in their work.

"Plugga" is another term for thong (flip flop). It is particularly used when the strap that goes between your toes breaks, then it's a "busted plugga" 🤣

Prawns and shrimps are actually different animals so when we go to the fish market we ask for prawns. Prawns are bigger and have a different body shape

flats are generally one or two bedroom apartments joined together in some way. most are on story what you might call a duplex, some are multi story but generally only 3 or 4 at most. the word apartment we do use but tends to refer to a high rise building with more than 4 floors

Flats tend to be either smaller apartment buildings or just a rented room your staying in, so some people say I'm going back to the flat, they mean their apartment room.

Chilly bin is New Zealand slang, and if you look up the dictionary meaning of thong it's originally a narrow strip of leather or other material, which is the connection between the footwear and the underwear

trousers are call "Dacks", sweat pants or track suit pants are called trackie dacks. Esky is actually a brand name that also became the description no matter who made it. Some of the items that you are calling Australian slang are actually old English names for those particular things, cutlery for example. Potato Gems is a brand name.

Sandals are a different shoe type to thongs/flip flops over here in Australia. I don't know who this guy's been hanging out with, but I've never heard of a fellow Aussie calling a plumber's crack a 'Plum Bum'. Maybe they were pranking him. A sparkie is another one we don't use (maybe in the outback/country). Flat consist of one or two levels of apartments, usually consisting of one apartment each, with a select few flats in the complex. A grocery store is called a supermarket and does not include Target - that's a department store (American Target serves groceries, I think, whereas Australian Targets don't - other than lollies and chocolate), big truck Utes aren't uncommon in Australia - there's a mix of the ones that hang close to the ground and those that are higher off the ground. As for a female spouse, we call them 'Mrs' not misses. Neat is not just for clean, but cool - "that's neat!" Cheeky has two meanings: it can mean that you're either being silly or a smart-arse/know-it-all. Groose? It's hard to phonetically make that out, but it's not pronounced 'groose'. Ah, I just saw his edit down the bottom. I've never heard a fellow Aussie referring to being tire or broken as cactus; a cactus/cacti is a plant. Pop off/Pop a stinker/Porkie = fart. Though, to tell a porkie is to tell a lie. Never heard the last one!

In australia we call what Americans call sheet rock , gyprock as it’s made from gypsum the gyp part refers to what material it’s made from

As a fair dinkum bogan, I can tell you that most of what old mate says in this vid is close. Some of his spelling is a bit shabby, but generally he’s on the money. The only time we ever have ‘fries’ is when we go to Maccas, whereas we buy a bag of chips (crisps), but we also order fish and chips. Sandals here are generally leather, but open shoes that cover the whole foot. It’s a ‘soft drink’, not a fizzy drink. I’ve never heard ‘plum bum’, we call it a plumbers’ crack. Chilly-bin is a NZ thing. We say ‘unit’, and rarely flat or apartment. You may say ‘hey dude’ here, but generally not ‘hey bloke’. It’s just ‘he’s not a bad bloke’. ‘Cheeky’ is difficult to define. I have never referred to a broom as a ‘sweeper’. I’ve never heard someone call a fart a ‘crack off’. I hope this helps you on our vernacular. I love your work mate, please keep them coming :)

He was very good. Over 95% were correct. Few spelling errors like entree (French),jetty. Coles and Woolworths (Woolies) are Australia’s 2 grocery and merchandise chains. No alcohol sold in store but seperate shop owned by the same company (Dan Murphy’s and BWS (Beer,Wine,Spirits). Pissed off means cheesed off or annoyed whereas it’s pissed for you. Pissed here means drunk. Chips is very much from British heritage. Fish and chips wrapped in white waxy paper. Thong and sandal are different here. Sandal is halfway to a shoe. Fully enclosed shell with gaps for ventilation. Summer use. Hoodie is hoodie here. Jumper is a sweater. College is a private school. Primary and secondary. Maggot is derogatory. Scumbag. Flat is an older smaller unit or apartment. Apartments are generally newer and larger. An old term used for an enclosed Ute is called a F truck. We pronounce herb with a short h. Cheeky is used in many ways. Stirring up a friend. Flirting. Done for a laugh or being friendly. Another 1 not mentioned here is root for your team. Called support here. Here root means something else. Happy time! Yes rabbiting.. We pronounce route as root but your pronunciation is right. Route. Dibber Dobber or just dobber. Donuting is doing wheelies or braking circles in a car.

A jumper has a closed front no zipper/ a pull over, a sloppy joe is a zip up design , a hoodie is either of them 2 with a hood on it

We do say 'Fuel' as well as petrol. Shelia (woman) Cheeky means you are playing a joke or subtly making fun of someone or being a bit disrespectful in a fun sort of way. (eg your child gives you a cheeky grin when they have raided the chocolate stash) Cactus can also be applied to an appliance or anything that is broken beyond repair. One of my favourite Aussie sayings is "Up shit creek in a barbed wire canoe without a paddle" (just means you are in a terrible situation) 'Ron is another one (short for 'later on')

reason we call it a servo(service station was because back in the 70's and '80's we had service stations that did everything including fixing your car if it was cactus), we still have some of those servos about but mainly they are family run so they are usually smaller.

SOME OF OUR AUSSIE SLANG FOR MATE... A Cold One = Beer Arvo = Afternoon Aussie Salute = Wave to scare the flies Avo = Avocado Bail = To cancel plans Barbie = Barbecue Bathers = Swimsuit Beauty = Great! Billabong = A pond in a dry riverbed Billy = Teapot (in the outback on the fire) Bloody oath = Yes! Or “That’s very true” Bludger = Someone who’s lazy Bogan = Someone who’s not very sophisticated Booze Bus = Police vehicle used to catch or test for drunk drivers Bottle-O = Liquor shop: a place to buy alcohol Brekky = Breakfast Brolly = Umbrella Budgie Smugglers = Speedos Bush = “Out in the bush” or away from civilisation Choc A Bloc = Full Biccy = Biscuit Chook = Chicken Chrissie = Christmas Cobber = Very good friend Coldie = Beer Cop = Police Officer Crikey = an expression of surprise Crook = Being ill (I’m crook); a criminal (he’s a crook) Dag = Someone who’s a bit of a nerd or geek Daks = Trousers Deadset = That’s true, or true! Defo = Definitely Devo = Devastated Drongo a Fool, ‘Don’t be a drongo mate’ Dunny = Toilet Durry = Cigarette Esky = An insulated container that keeps things cold Facey = Facebook Fair Dinkum = Honestly? Or, Yes honestly! Flannie / Flanno = flannelette shirt Flat out = Really busy Footy = Football (AFL / Aussie Rules) G’day = Hello Galah = Not being bright, also a stupid person Gnarly = Awesome Going off = Busy, lots of people Good On Ya = Good work Goon = Wine in a box Hard yakka = Hard work Heaps = Loads, lots, many Hoon = Hooligan or a very bad driver Iffy = Bit risky or unreasonable Knickers = Female underwear Lappy = Laptop Larrikin = Someone who’s always up for a laugh Lollies = Sweets Maccas = McDonalds Manchester = Sheets / Linen etc Mate = Friend Mozzie = Mosquito No Drama = No problem / it’s ok No Worries = No problem / it’s ok No Wucka’s = A truly Aussie way to say ‘no worries’ Outback = The interior of Australia. Even more remote than “the bush” Pash = To kiss Pissed Off = An offensive/vulgar way of saying you are very annoyed Piss Up = A party, a get together and in Australia Pissed = Intoxicated, Drunk Piss Off = An offensive way to tell someone to go away or get lost. Rack Off = The less offensive way to tell someone to go away or get lost. Reckon = For sure Rellie / Rello = Relatives Ripper = 'You little ripper’ = That’s fantastic! Rooted = Tired or Broken Runners = Trainers or Sneakers Sanger = Sandwich Servo = Service Station / Gas Station Sheila = A woman Sick = Awesome; ‘that’s really sick mate’ / Great Sickie = A sick day off work Slab = A carton of beers Snag = Sausage Stoked = Happy, Pleased Straya = Australia Stubby = A bottle of beer Stuffed = Tired Sunnies = Sunglasses Swag = Single bed you can roll up, a bit like a sleeping bag Tea = Dinner Tinny = Can of beer or small boat Thongs = Flip Flops True Blue = Genuinely Australian Tucker = Food Two Up = A gambling game played on Anzac day U-IE = To take a U-Turn when driving Up yourself = Stuck up Woop Woop = The middle of nowhere “he lives out woop woop” Ya = You Yous = Plural of you

Fries are hot chips or chips and crisps are just chips lol.. On the note of maggot being drunk, we also use piss wreck to say that someone drinks too much grog (alcohol), that could also be an alcoholic. The designated driver one is usually sober bob. This come about from Ads about not drink driving and to get home safely, someone had to stay sober. Cactus is also dead. We usually only use dobber. One we use constantly in our house is YEAH NAH (means NO) and NAH YEAH (means YES). There are so many more that he didn't cover that we use and don't realise we use everyday lol

About the ute situation. Cars like raptors and F trucks are called utes in Australia and 4x4 utes are extremely common, almost every second car is a bit ute with off road style tires.

Don't know where "sweeper" comes from, I've always said broom here in Victoria.

Watched quite a few Americans reacting to Aussie stuff, you do it very well. Your interested in the videos you review, you don't talk inanely over the vids and your knowledgable.

we don't call Soda's "Fizzy Drink" .... they're known as Soft Drinks here in Aus.

Another good one is "Yonks". I haven't seen you for yonks meaning I haven't seen you for a long time. Donkey ears is rhyming slang for years and we turned it into yonks. My favourite is Seppo which is rhyming slang for an American. Comes from septic tank = yank and shortened to Seppo.

Correction to his spelling of the nackered most here would spell it knackered, otherwise pretty accurate.

literally never heard it called a plum bum hahaha also "avo" for avocado was an ad campaign they tried to kick off but no-one really calls it that, chilly bin is from New Zealand, Maggot isnt just drunk its like blind-cant walk drunk, big prawns are lobsters but yeah we dont use shrimp unless its those little ones i think they were called ghost shrimp, no-one really says crack off for fart its usually "dropped me guts", I'm in Queensland and whats commonly used kinda changes depending where you go. Hope this helped :)

The word pissed has a couple of meanings to it, like being mad, very drunk, or I guess maybe grumpy

The difference between avo (avocado) and arvo (afternoon) is in the first vowel. "avo" is pronounced like "avocado", with the short \æ\ as in "cat" or "hat". Arvo, afternoon, is pronounced with the long open-central \a\ as in after, hard or fast.

Every time a hear an American say “Maccers” instead of “Maccas” I find it endlessly amusing. It’s so funny how accent shapes how we pronounce thing

We use AirCon as opposed to ConAir and AC because AC is an electrical term as in AC/DC. China Plate or 5/8=Mate/ Top Off or Dog=Dobber/ Trouble and Strife=Wife. Tin Lid=Kid. Laurel and Hardy=Party/ Dad and Dave=Shave

In Australia there's only 2 things a plumber has to know: shit runs downhill and pay day is Friday 👍🏼😉

Tradie showing their crack is "coin slots showing mate"

Ok, last one. He also mentioned donutting for tubing, which I've never heard, so maybe that's a northern Australia thing, but pretty much everywhere here "doing donuts" is the term we use for drifting in circles or doing circle work or skids in your car. And if you're a person who does that a lot, you'd get called a hoon.

this whole video was me doubting my own sanity finding out all the aussie slang i grew up with was slang and not regular speech

When I was young (many moons ago) chips were similar to french fries just thicker and the ones you buy from Lays/Smiths were often called crisps (Smiths crisps was their ad at one stage.) Nowadays there are wedges and chips and fries but crisps seems to have gone out of fashion. i thought it made sense as they are crispier than a french fry

Love your enthusiasm... I'm gunna personally write to ScoMo and tell him he needs to make you an honorary Australian.

Keen also has a reference to a brand of mustard called Keens. To use it in context you'd say 'Shit, he's as keen as mustard to get going'

Old mate can be used to describe someone you don’t know doing something unusual like, “old mate over there...”

What I find funny is that a lot of Americans I know both here & in the States are using Aussie slang as a lot of our younger Aussies are starting to forgo it. It's a shame really. I always use words like Fair Dinkum (which usually means to be honest but can be used in some other contexts). G'day (Means hello). Struth (What was that). Crickey (That could be a problem). Woop Woop (Way out back), Bloody Oath (Absolutely right), Drongo (Idiot) etc. But there are so many other expressions such as A Few Roos Loose In The Top Paddock, (a little crazy). Take A Long Walk Off A Short Pier, (Go Away). A Dogs Breakfast (What a mess). Going Walkabout (Gone Bush). Hitting The Frog & Toad (Going home). You're A Mug Mate (I don't like you). These are just a few.

The brand Adidas is a German brand, and if you look up how to pronounce it, it’s pronounced how we say it (the Aussie way) lol

for a stubby holder and all the slang, it depends on the state/territory and region. where i am from, it’s a stubbie

Hot chips mean fried chips. In some Aussie states it's called potato scallops and other states call them potato cakes....the flat sliced potato battered and deep fried, which you buy at Fish and Chip shops. Other Aussie state differences are with kebab/yaros, devon/palomy. Budgie Smugglers is Speedo. Swamp Donkey and Bush Pig are also Bogans. Soft Drink is Soda. Pissed can be mad here too. Found American food is sweeter on taste, like bread. Jetty, Missus . We say Hyundai differently, too. AC/DC is Acca Dacca. Tracksuit is Trackies. Underpants is underdaks. My fave Aussie slang word, that only Aussie accent can say right, is Donger. He's stiffer than a dead dingo's donger.

As an Australian who has never left the country" i speak more like an american" but i think its because of the video games or movies or even youtube growing up has taught me to speak that way . also not many people say aircon hear most say AC like all our cars have a button that just says AC or our aircon remotes say AC

G'Day Ian, you're getting it, I'm impressed that you call it "STRAYA" instead of Australia. Well done Champ (Champion).