AUSSIE SLANG | 100 Words AUSTRALIANS Say Different than AMERICANS 

Plumber = dunny diver Phonetically: Mundee Tewsdee or more like Chewsdee Wensdee Thursdee Fridee Saturdee or Sat'dee (we like reducing words to two syllables) Sundee "No wukkas" is a shortening of "no wucking furries", which is obviously a jokey way of avoiding saying "no f----ing worries" by swapping the W and F. Simples. Heh.

The difference between a flat and an apartment is about 100 grand.

"Old Mate" is one of my favourite Australianisms just because of how hilariously contrary it is. It's not even as broad as just meaning 'somebody'; it's explicitly used to refer to a specific person who you _don't_ know well - usually as a substitute for not even knowing the person's name. Commonly used in the context "Check out Old Mate over there!" to refer to a completely random stranger doing something unusual.

I love watching this as an Aussie and laughing when he mispronounces a a word or uses it in the wrong context

"trackies" can also be called "trackie daks"

4:10 chilly bin is more of a New Zealand thing

The bathers thing is different depending on what state you're in. Victoria typically calls them bathers, NSW calls them cozzies and QLD calls them togs.

Tired = Cactus = Buggered EG: "How are you today mate?" "I'm absolutely buggered."

If someone tells you to "get stuffed," they aren't telling you to get exhausted.....

We typically use soft drink more than fizzy drink, although both are used. Soft drink is just way more common.

Few spelling corrections: Jetty not jetti Missus not misses Telly not teli Entree not entre Knackered not nackered And I'm not sure if it's dibba dobber or dibber dobber, but I'm pretty sure it's actually the latter. Great list, though. One of the most accurate ones I've seen.

I’m an Aussie and this is the best video like this I’ve ever seen. Great list and great energy mate!! I hope you’re still enjoying Australia. :)

The bed of a ute is called the “tray” Also the term ute itself is just the shortened word of saying utility vehicle

Dunno if this is already covered, but it really bugged me. "ute" is what Americans call a pickup truck. "Ute" is short for "Utility Vehicle".

We do say, plumbers crack. What we call a jumper, you call a sweater. A hoodie is a... hoodie. Chiily bin is a New Zealand term. Flat is used more for single storey buildings. Jetti is spelt jetty. Cheeky means, smart ass. We do say broom. Entre is spelt entree. We have rockmelon and cantaloupe (different but similar).

We also call a "plummers crack" a "coin slot" 🤣

Hey, I gotta congratulate you as you really ‘hit the nail on the head’ for all you mentioned. You did great. As an Aussie, my three favourites which you may or may not have heard are as follows: ‘Toey’ - when a person appears to be ‘Toey’ - like the person just wants to run away from what they just said; or the person feels like that they want to break out from the situation they are in & feel trapped. So the Aussie Slang phrase for this: ‘Toey? He or she is as ‘Toey’ as a Roman sandal’ ...in other words, like a Toe on a foot, so full in a Roman sandal, there is nowhere else to go and/or run.... Busy...How busy are you? ‘I’m as busy as a lizard drinkin’ ...(if you happen to see a thirsty lizard drinking, they don’t look around for predators). They just drink water & that is busy man)! I’m off - meaning ‘I’m going to something or somewhere’ ..’I’m off like a bucket of prawns in the hot sun’ - meaning - ‘I’m so outta here - cos if you think about it, a bucket of prawns (known as shrimp in American), left out in the sun, is Hot, sweaty, and stinks & one needs to remove themselves from the area. Get it? I hope you liked these & I enjoyed your video 😊

Din din = dinner Prezzie = present Budgie smuggler = speedo Povo = poor Dero = run down, derelict Rego = car registration There are sooo many :D

Cheeky means mischievous 🙂 “they’re up to something cheeky” / “they’re up to something mischievous”

I actually cringe if one of my friends say “flip-flop”.

dude we never use the word sweeper its always been broom!!!!

Chewie relates more specifically to chewing gum than bubble gum.

Apart from Budgie Smugglers, there's another very Aussie slang word that I love telling my US friends - Donger. eg...as dry as a dead dingo's donger. And I believe only an Aussie can pronounce the word 'Donger' correctly.

Also forgot sook! We dont have that word in the US

carked it - dead

I'm Australian and some of these I have never heard of... But a lot are actual Aussie words, so well done on that!

Just found your video from another channel. I've lived in Austalia and America. And this is the first time someone actually nailed it...new sub for sure but I would love for you to do native slang cause I grew up using aboriginal words and I feel their language is dying so would be good fun to educate other Aussies.

I kind of love how a some of these are misspelled, it's very endearing 😊. On a serious note, it was really eye-opening for me to hear how weird some of these phrases sound when they're not said in an australian accent 😂

"Flat" basically used to be the non-US exact equivalent of "apartment". "Block of flats" in Australian, British, or New Zealand English was exactly the same as "apartment building" in US English until the Seventies when we started watching more American TV. Then developers and promoters started selling their residential units as "apartments" to sound more sophisticated and modern. So to some extent there is a shade of meaning in which apartments are the newer ones in larger blocks that were purpose-built, whereas "flats" are pre-1980, in smaller buildings without lifts, or are conversions of old large homes. But there is no real consistent difference, and they will all be "apartments" when everyone who learned Aussie English before 1980 is dead or mumbling.

actually we do call it a plumbers crack here in australia but it also depends on which state you come from.

I remember when the penny dropped for two Irish blokes I was with in South America.. One of them was explaining to his mate, "if you know the guy he's your mate.. but if you have no idea who the F it is.. He's your Old Mate" lol

This is the most accurate Australian-based video I've seen. Still not perfect, but damn close.

You could do an entire video on words that Australians use to say someone is drunk

I'm an Aussie and this video makes me smile.

Love the video Mate. 🥰 Hilarious to see you comparing how we say stuff. Might also be good to note in different states we call things different things. Oh and on another note 110km is our top speed legally 😉 Love the video :D

3:15 never heard of Plum Bum, phonetically that means lead if spoken where I am in Melbourne. Don't think I've seen it typed before.

Oh, and "you little ripper" .... a compliment meaning you are wonderful.

Also chips and French fries are two different sizes

Never heard plum bum, it's always been plumber's crack in OZ. You got most of them right.

"chuck a ewey' means to take a U turn when driving.

As for the "lemonade" thing, it's because of Schweppes "lemonade", which was a bottled, carbonated, lemon-lime drink introduced by a British firm in 1835, and marketed continuously ever since. In the US local firms produced imitations under various brand names, so it was never sold as "lemonade" there. But in places that Schweppes distributed to in the Victorian era Schweppes "lemonade" sort of dislodged real lemonade made of lemon juice, sugar syrup, and water.

The other day - a day in the past could be yesterday, last week, a month ago. Who knows

Never heard anyone call a broom a sweeper

Marketing advertisement: 'Throw a sHrImP on the barbie.' Australia: *TRIGGERED*

You forgot a huge one, "TA"! Took me a few years. Means thanks or thank you lol

Fair dinkum mate, you forgot 'fair dinkum'. Are you fair dinkum or what?

Very correct you must’ve been here for a while Ask em to say Aluminium 😂😂

Chilly bin is from New Zealand btw

To go box confused me. We got 'em. Ask for a "Doggie Bag"

"old mate" is what u call ur drug dealer LMAO

Chockers usually means somewhere is busy. 'Stuffed' can mean lots of things: I'm stuffed; I'm full, He's stuffed; He's in trouble. Get stuffed; Get Lost. Esky is Aussie, Chilli bin is Kiwi. We do use the word 'chips' interchangeably to mean fries or (packet) chips but we do use the word fries as well or might say 'hot chips'. I never really thought much about it but we say: 'a burger n' fries' but also ' fish n' chips'. Beer cans used to be the norm and would be sold in a flat pack of 24, hence slab. Now they are mostly sold in boutles so we usually just call them a carton. If you are 'drinking piss' its (hopefully) alcohol, if you are 'taking a piss' you are weeing/peeing/urinating, if someone is 'taking THE piss' it means not treating something seriously of taking advantage of a situation. Its not 'Maggot' its 'Magged'. We use gutter and curb but they are usually at the same place. A 'ute' is a pickup truck, with a 'tray/bed' on the back very common here. We use tele and tv. 'Neat' is being organized, clean is being sanitary' Cheeky is like funny mischievous you might describe a kid as a 'cheeky monkey'. Sprite is lemonade, Solo which basically just has more lemon juice is 'squash'. A brolley is an umbrella with a telescopic collapsable shaft. Lollipop ladies/man used to carry a sign to stop traffic for kids before/after school but they all use square flags now. We would also call a grass feild an oval because they were typically oval shapped for cricket or AFL but we would also call a soccer pitch (and use the word soccer) an oval.

Cheeky is like naughty/funny, the little boy was being cheeky

One you've skipped out entirely is the verb 'to root'....in the US, it means to support an endeavour, usually vocally...in Australia, it means to have sexual congress with...and in the past participle, it means 'broken'. A trap for young American players in Australia...do not saying you're rooting for something...it might get taken as consent (jk). The Australian term, in Victoria at least, is 'to barrack for'. Without the 'for', it might mean to heckle.

Days of the week: Mundie Tuesdie Wensdie Thursdie Fridie Satdie Sundie

Another nickname for Macca's is McChucks. Cocky/ie is an old slang word for Farmer, Chalkie is Teacher, Trackies has a longer version, Trackie Dacks, Soft Drink is more common for Soda (at least here in Vic), Pissed can also mean you're angry or annoyed. We do use TV about as much as we do Telly, Cheeky means mischievous or naughty... We like to use Shrimp to describe someone's short stature... probably why only the tiny prawns get called shrimp round here lol. We call rock melons cantaloupe too, but more often just rock melons. Love your vids, mate, you've got yourself a new subscriber!

You and all the comments are hilarious, all in good fun and not a troll in sight! Great stuff and good onya mate :-)

Cheeky is kind of like a benign mischievous person/action.

Chuck a you-ee * Do a u-turn

Chilly bin is a New Zealand term not an Aussie term

I'm South Australian and can't remember any time I've heard someone use "Old Mate" to refer to a stranger an "Old Mate" to me is just as it sounds a friend I've known for ages or a friend I haven't seen in ages.

Knackered not Nackered. The "k" is silent, like know or knee.

We do use the word "shrimp" it's an affectionate term for a short person

13:04 wait what is the notification doing in the video 😂 Cool video!

6:17 A flat in Australia is multiple houses on the same property while an apartment is all those houses in one building pretty much

Great vid! The differences trip me up a few times when I went to the US. I got a blank stare at disneyland as I asked the dude at the counter for 'fruit salad', US= fruit parfait lol In Salt lake City I asked old mate for a 'coke... coca cola' and got a blank stare.. I still don't know what I did wrong there I thought the US invented 'coca cola' lol Also, I did this few times.. When someone apologised for walking in front of me, I said 'youre right' which is what we say in Australia for 'it's alright don't worry'. I realised after that they prob had no idea wtf I meant.

Actually we have lays and Smith's chips in Australia. You've done well though

Well done. As an Aussie, I really enjoyed this. The correction/additions are great to.

A flat is a single storey building with multiple rooms, like an apartment however, spread out giving larger rooms. Hope this helps mate.

Knackered is from knackery, which is where you send old horses to be made into glue

U said Adidas wrong but a good try:)

I'M Australian AND I'm CONFUSED. Those words were new to me.

I hadn't heard of some of those 'crack off' ? 'did you drop your guts? ' I've heard of. Well done that was hilarious.

And we have round- abouts on our roads not circles

crack off up here in Brisbane is not heard of - we say "drop ya guts"

Out of all what really crack me up was Cop Shop,lol which is police station

"Smiths" (Lays) - same brand, just different name?? I'd say, same brand, different name, shape, flavours and taste :(

Never heard 'sweeper' (broom)...Might be a 'State' thing?

I always say “nurries” which is short for no worries. Also it sounds so wrong hearing an American say these Australian words hahaha.

11:30 If it’s alive - it’s shrimp (eg we say mantis shrimp and not mantis prawn) If it’s dead and/or your going to eat it - it’s prawns

In Upper Michigan we have a city named Escanaba which we call Esky. I have never heard that word in any other context. Very cool.

The layout was so easy to follow and compare, really nice video man!

Cantaloupe v's Rockmelon...depends which State you're in.

I have a lollie pop man at my school also know as Barry! And all the younger kids love him and when they are crossing the road they will give him a high five.

3:28 'Stuffed' means a few things in Oz! It can mainly mean something that is Broken, like ''my car is stuffed' )not working. Or a lawn mower is stuffed....not working. 3:38 'chockers' can also be meant for ''her bag was chokers'' or his bag etc. 5:20 also we say 'dunnie' for the toilet in fact maybe more than even toilet...5:27 we also say rubber for condom but not a lot. 5:32 also if we are pissed is meant 2 ways...drunk or angry! 6:02 also we call them 'units'. 9:17 'cheeky' can be used like 'the kid was cheeky' meaning giving lip...or 'that girl is cheeky, can also mean she was trying to wink at you or a guy trying to do a little smooth talking...So it can mean it both ways.

"Hooroo" = good bye

Also "tea" referring to a meal.

You forgot to mention that in Australia, toilets are not in bathrooms, but are instead separate. Hence an American asking where the bathroom is will be shown a room with a bath and/or shower in it.

Serviette is made from paper and used at takeaways .. napkin is linen & used at restaurants

Tà = thank you, common in rural areas

It’s called entree because it’s a French word for enter as in into the courses of the meal

It's a stubby cooler because standard beer bottles are called stubby's. Hence stubby cooler. A ute is an abbreviation for utility vehicle. The "bed" is called a tray. Neat is usually used to say cool as in "thats neat".

I love your videos

We pronounce the names of the days the same as you HAHA. Maaaan what is "sweeper"? We say broom.

“Bathers” is more of a Melbourne thing - in most other parts of Australia we call swimsuits “swimmers”.

I think "flat" is an older word being replaced more and more by "apartment" - "flat", I think, came from "flat rate rental" which meant you paid a fixed weekly or monthly fee to rent it .... "apartment" (which I think was used previously but more for an apartment you owned and lived in - but not always) started to be used a lot more in the 90s with the construction of what I think Americans call condos in the inner city areas of Sydney (at least where I live) because they were selling apartments for owners to live in, not just rental... so I think apartment is far more common now...

We do have yellow lemonade, it’s call squash or pub squash. It was my favourite part of eating out as a kid :)))

I guess that "dibber dobber" is an ablaut reduplication of "dobber", which is a lot more common. A dobber is a person who dobs, which is to say reports others to authority for wrongdoing.

some great words here mate love it !

Flats are no more than 2 levels high (counting ground level) with stars on the outside of the building, while Apartments are more than 2 levels and have stairs/Elevator/Lift inside.

I have never heard (I live in Brisbane) anyone pronounce the days of the week anything but Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday