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01-06-2011, 12:22 AM
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  |  English slang from around the world!
Share slang from your homeland! Australia Arvo: afternoon Barbie: bbq Bloke: man Brekky: breakfast Bushwalking: hiking Chook: chicken Crack the shits: lose one's temper Crook: ill Dag: socially inept person Dunny: bathroom Flat out: very busy Good on ya: well done Knackered: tired Little ripper: extremely good thing Lollies: candies Map of Tassie: woman's pubic hair Mobile phone: cell Mozzies: mosquitoes No hoper: hopeless case No worries: no problems Occa: Australian Pom: English Rapt: delighted Root: intercourse Sanger: sandwich She'll be right: no problems Snag: sausage Sparrow's fart: dawn Stubby: 375ml bottle of beer Sunbake: sunbathe Take the piss: make fun of Thongs: flip-flops Too right: absolutely Ute: pick up truck Whinge: complain |
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01-06-2011, 03:06 AM
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South Carolina: Fixin to: about to Cut: turn off (as in, something electronic) Pocketbook: purse/wallet y'all: second person plural pronoun Fixins: condiments Coke: All carbonated soft drinks Last edited by secrets0stolen; 01-06-2011 at 03:11 AM. |
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01-06-2011, 03:16 AM
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@Weena, some australian english words are funny. Chook for chicken.  Some from india: Patel shot n. :a candid photograph with a person in the foreground and a place or object of interest (such as a tourist destination or landmark) in the background. pen down strike n. a labor protest in which workers are present at their jobs but do no work. potel : a hotel owned by a South Asian, especially one from India. rowdy-sheeter n. a person with a criminal record; a hardened criminal. son stroke n. nepotism or favoritism benefiting one’s male child. thulp v.: to overcome in a contest, sport, or fight; to beat, drub, or subdue; to finish off or exhaust. vernac adj. : provincial; culturally backwards, unfashionable, or unrefined. |
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01-06-2011, 05:08 AM
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I've got some from different areas I've lived in. From California: (btw, we never say or write Cali in California  )Dude: Anyone, boy or girl Socal: Southern California Norcal: Northern Calfornia Bay Area: Around San Francisco, despite the fact that other places i.e. San Diego have bays Bitchin: Really really good Gnarly: Often means difficult or big, as in gnarly waves, dude! Zonies: People from Arizona Sigalert: Traffic reports. See sigalert.com Hell-ayy: aka Los Angeles Chip: Ca Highway Patrol Ozarks: Holler: aka Hollow, that low place between hills You'uns: alternate for y'all Chat: The ground up rock from mines Pop: Any soft drink. Soda: Any soft drink. People argue over these two... Okies: People from Oklahoma Hillbilly: Pretty much everyone in the Ozarks Hick: See Hillbilly Flatlanders: People who can't drive on hilly roads Waffle Stompers: Those hiking boots that leave a footprint that looks like a waffle Razorback: legendary feral pigs Haint: archaic, a ghost The Sticks: Way out in the country The Toolies: The sticks Over Yonder: Over there Anywhere: Mickey D's: McDonalds fast food joint BK: Burger King Yo: Hey you! See Rocky movies Tree Huggers: Environmental Activists Bible Thumpers: Religious zealots, often Baptist boink, bumping the nasties, doage, gettin' some, playing hide the salami, poking junior, doin' it, humping, getting laid, etc.: sex |
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01-06-2011, 05:11 AM
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Of course not all Australians use all those terms but some are used so much in common speech that we can't even understand it when someone from another English speaking country doesn't get it! It's sort of like, "Oh don't you say that??!" lol.Like "chook"... I thought everyone knew a chicken was a chook... Until I read someone saying chook and they had to explain it! Oh, and I say "Dude" all the time too... I call all my kids dude... even the girl Another I can think of is "Maccas" for McDonald's. |
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01-06-2011, 05:11 AM
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Michigan has about the most standard (boring, normative) dialect in America. | |
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01-06-2011, 05:18 AM
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Although sometimes we'll refer to a random no-name cola drink as coke.
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01-06-2011, 05:21 AM
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01-06-2011, 05:43 AM
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Is there a heartwarming movie about a boy and his lost pussycat called "Map of Tassie Come Home"? | |
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01-06-2011, 04:23 PM
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The midwest (US) Leave it be: leave it alone, stop playing with that. I heard that a lot from my Grandmother. Up Mike's down Jakes: None of your business. An answer to where are you going or where have you been. I think it originated in England and was, "Up Mike's and down Jake's to see the pancakes grow." Six of one, half a dozen of the other. or Same difference. All I can think of at the moment. I'd definitely buy a book that listed stuff like this and explained the origin of phrases like these. . |
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01-06-2011, 06:34 PM
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More Australian stuff: To see a man about a wallaby: goint to the bathroom It's none of your bee's wax: none of your business MYOB: mind your own business RTFM: when you don't want to give someone an answer ("read the f*cking manual) She'll be apples: all will be well Get a big black dog up ya: drinking term Fair suck of the sav: give us a fair go/taking more than a fair share (i heard this one but had to google the meaning) There are different expressions depending on the States you live in, I heard a Queenslander friend use an expression along the lines of "this woman knows the in and outs of a cow's ass" (or something. Was a weird expression ).
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01-06-2011, 06:48 PM
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 This stuff reminds me of hearing five years old kids tell the same jokes I heard. How do they get passed down? And five year olds will tell the same jokes in different parts of the country. They definitely didn't hear them on TV or radio. . | ||
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01-06-2011, 06:56 PM
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Oh, eheh, i guess it's not exclusively Australian then. I was not born here, I have been here for over six years though, and just about to become a citizen. What drinks? Any drinks that contain alcohol How do jokes get passed down? I don't know. I have a friend who says she should get copyright money for a joke she made in the nineties and went all over the place afterwards. I beleive her. |
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01-06-2011, 07:15 PM
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some florida slang for ya'll: browardize v. Browardize—a verb used to describe the turning of a section of paradise into an undesirable place to live because of poor planning and excessive development, leading to overcrowded roads and other municipal ills. double-f school n. Schools in “certain” neighborhoods still have fewer advanced classes, more broken equipment, older facilities and less community involvement. suitcase city = student ghetto = n. poorly maintained neighborhoods near universities and colleges populated by transient students. concretable n. a modular, portable building made of concrete. monkeyfishing n. catching fish by first charging water with an electric current, then netting the stunned or panicked fish turkey n. a pet project funded via pork barrel politics. |
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01-06-2011, 09:40 PM
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| In a comic bit about the Outback Steakhouse, I hear a word that sounds something like "beatrid"?  What is that?
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01-06-2011, 10:50 PM
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First of all Waxy, I LOVE Loooove the Chasers. Second of all, all they said in the restaurant was true (lol @ no beetroot on the hamburgers). For the beatrid word, could you tell me at what point they said it in the video, ploise? |
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01-06-2011, 10:50 PM
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When I was in Australia I asked for an iced tea with my meal. They nearly lynched me.... | |
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01-06-2011, 10:54 PM
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 *Yeah, I know, I'm the one with the accent | |
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01-06-2011, 10:56 PM
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01-06-2011, 10:56 PM
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[Edit: I can safely say I'm not a poofter when it comes to beer! ]
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01-07-2011, 02:38 AM
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Check this out: Menu - Outback Steakhouse WTF? Since when do Australians top their fries (by the way, in Australia they're called "chips") with cheese????? Sounds nothing like Australian food. |
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01-07-2011, 05:04 AM
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relaxman, I bought a slang dictionary when I first dated my husband. But I still learn new words all the time. I just love the English language (proper AND slang). New-Zealand Tramping: hiking Kiora: hi! (Maori) Gutted: extremely annoyed (I've never been to NZ but one of my close dear friends is from Auckland). |
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