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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

A is for Arvo O is for Oz

I have lived in Australia for four years and been married to an Aussie for almost 8 years and my kids are Aussies (and Brits). In the last few days I keep hearing people using arvo for afternoon. I hadn't noticed it before and all of a sudden it is everywhere. If it happens to you, this is all you need.

Ace! :Excellent! Very good!
Arvo :afternoon
Amber fluid :beer
Aussie :Australian
Beaut, beauty :great, fantastic
Big Mobs :loads, a lot of
Bloody :very
Bloody oath! :that's certainly true
Blue :argument/mistake
Bodgy :poor quality
Bonzer :great, ripper
Bottler :something excellent
his blood's worth:he's an excellent, helpful bloke
Buckley's chance :(you've got)no chance
Bull dust :rubbish
Cactus :dead, broken
Cark it :to die, stop working
Chocka :full up
Click :kilometre - "it's 20 clicks away"
Come a gutser :a bad mistake or have an accident
Come good :turn out ok
Cooee, not within :figuratively a long way away
Cost big bikkies :expensive
Crack a fat :get an erection
Cream, to :defeat by a large margin
Cut snake :(mad as a)very angry
Dead dingo's donger :(as dry as a)dry
Deadset :true / the truth
Dingo's breakfast :no breakfast
Dinkum / fair dinkum :true, real, genuine
Dinky-di :the real thing, genuine
Docket :a bill, receipt
Doco :documentary
Drink with the flies :to drink alone
Dunny rat :(cunning as a)very cunning
Exy :expensive
Fair dinkum :true, genuine
Fair go :a chance / break
Fair suck of the sav! :exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief
Furphy :rumour
G'Day :hello!
Give it a burl :try it, have a go
Give it away :give up
Going off :good fun
Good oil :useful information, a good idea, the truth
Good onya :well done
Grouse :great, terrific
Heaps :a lot
Iffy :dodgy
It's gone walkabout :it's lost, can't be found
Kangaroos loose in the top paddock :Intellectually inadequate
Kick the bucket :to die
Knock back :refuse
London to a brick :absolute certainty
Lunch :(who opened their?)OK, who farted?
Mate's rate :cheaper than usual for a friend
Mate's discount :cheaper than usual for a friend
No worries! :no problem / its okay
Nun's nasty :(as dry as a)very dry
Piece of piss :easy task
Pig's arse! :I don't agree
Plate, bring a :Instruction to bring a plate of food to a party
Pozzy :position
Quid, make a : earn a living
Rack off :get lost! get out of here!
Reckon! :for sure
Ridgy-didge :original, genuine
Right :okay
Ripper :Great
Rooted :ruined, broken, engage in sex
She'll be apples :It'll be alright
She'll be right :it'll be okay
Sparrows fart :dawn
Strewth :exclamation
Stoked :very pleased
Stuffed, I'll be :expression of surprise
Too right :definitely
Turps, hit the :go on a drinking binge

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