What’s up? What’s happening? What’s going on?

pull someone’s leg

to tease

put someone on

to tease or try to fool

take a raincheck

postpone; accept the same invitation but for a later date

raunchy

vulgar, crude

relationship

a close affiliation with someone, usually romantic

right-hand

an important and reliable assistant

rip off

1) steal 2) anything too expensive and not worth the price

rowdy

noisy, loud, obnoxious

scoop

gossip, recent news

see eye-to-eye

having the same opinion

show

television program, movie, film, or theater performance

shush!

Be quiet, don’t make so much noise

slam

insult a person

slob

1) a lazy, fat person 2) a person who is not dressed neatly 3) an untidy person

spaced out

unable to concentrate

split

to leave

stood up

to be left waiting for someone who never arrives

tacky

in poor taste

Take a hike!

Go away and leave me alone

to be crazy about

to like someone or something very much

to be into something

to be very interested in or concerned with something

touch base

verify information with someone

tough luck

it’s too bad that happened to you

turn over a new leaf

adopt a better course of conduct

unreal

unbelievable

uptight

worried, tense

Way to go!

That’s very good! Sometimes used sarcastically

What’s up? What’s happening? What’s going on?

What event is taking place? What are you doing?

wimp

weakling

zero in on

to focus or concentrate on

zonked or zonkered

completely exhausted

 

SLANG WORD OR PHRASE

MEANING

airhead

stupid person

ace

excellent, great

Adam and Eve

Rhyming Slang for 'believe'

aggro

short for aggravation or violence

amber fluid

beer

anorak

geek, nerd

apples and pears

Rhyming Slang for 'stairs'

armpit

dirty, unappealing place

arse / ass [неприлично] (1)

backside

arse / ass (2)

an unworthy person

arse about / arsing about

to fool around

arse-about-face

something that is in a mess or crooked

arseholed

very drunk

arvo

afternoon

Aussie

Australian

awesome

great and impressive

backhander (1)

a payment given, normally in a secretive fashion

backhander (2)

hit someone

ball (1)

a fun time

ball [неприлично] (2)

a testicle

ballistic

to go mad with rage

bang [неприлично] (1)

to make love

bang (2)

a powerful effect

banged up

to be put in prison

bangers

another name for sausages

barbie

barbecue, grill

barf (1)

vomit

barmy

a foolish person, mad

barney

row, violent argument

beans

money

beast [оскорбительно]

an ugly woman

beat

tired

beemer

a BMW

bent (1)

a 'gay man'

bent (2)

'stolen'

biggie

something important

biker

a motorcycle rider

bikkie

biscuit

bimbo

a young woman considered sexually attractive but of limited intelligence

bird

woman/girl/girlfriend

bitch [оскорбительно] (1)

a very unpleasant woman

bitch [оскорбительно] (2)

complain

bitchy [неприлично]

moody

bitzer

bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that)

bladdered

very drunk

blag

a robbery

bloke

man

blotto

'very drunk'

blue (1)

XXX; dirty, hot, steamy, pornographic

blue (2)

domestic fight or row

bluey

pornographic film

boat race

Rhyming Slang for 'face'

bod

body

bonkers; go bonkers

crazy

bonzer

great

booboo

a mistake

bovver

trouble, usually fighting

booze

alcohol

boozer (1)

a pub

boozer (2)

someone who likes alcohol

Brahms and Liszt

Rhyming Slang for 'pissed' (drunk)

brass monkeys

cold weather

bread

money

brew (1)

tea or coffee

brew (2)

beer

brill

short for 'brilliant'

bull

bullshit; lie

bullshit [оскорбительно]

lie; dishonesty

bugger

a mild form of abuse or an exclamation

bunk-off

to be absent without permission

bunk-up

to make love

bushed

extremely tired

butt

the buttocks, bottom

cabbage

someone who is a bit slow or stupid

cakehole

mouth

catch some rays

get some sunshine

char / cha

tea

cheesy

cheap; lacking in good taste

chicken

coward

chook

a chicken

chuck up

vomit

chuck a sickie

take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy

ciggy

slang for cigarette

cock and bull story

a rubbish story, nonsense

(to) cop it

to die, to get into trouble

cool

excellent; superb

cooler, the

gaol; jail; prison

couch potato

a person who watches too much television

cozzie

swimming costume

cranky

in a bad mood, angry

crap [неприлично] (1)

something worthless

crap [оскорбительно] (2)

excrement

crap [неприлично] (3)

falsehoods and lies

crikey

an expression of astonishment

crust

money / wage

cushy

easy

dead cert

something that is definite

deck

to hit someone

dicey

unpredictable; risky

dickhead [неприлично]

an idiot, fool

dill

an idiot

ding-dong

argument or fight

dipstick

idiot, fool

dirt

extremely bad person

dirty

оскорбительно; pornographic

div/divvy

stupid or slow person

doodle

something thats easy / no problem

dodgy

dubious person or thing

dog [оскорбительно]

an ugly girl

done over

beaten up

dope

a slow or stupid person

doobry

a nonsensical word used when you forget the name of something

dorky

strange; peculiar

dosh

money

dosser

down-and-out, tramp

down under

Australia and New Zealand

Drongo

a dope, stupid person

dude

a male

dump [неприлично]

to defecate

dyke [оскорбительно]

lesbian

dynamite

powerful; excellent

dinosaur

something out of date or old fashioned

earbashing

nagging, non-stop chatter

evil

great; excellent

eyeball

to stare long and hard at someone or something

eyepopper

something or someone visibly astounding

fab

fabulous

face-off

confrontation

fag [оскорбительно] (1)

homosexual

fag (2)

cigarette

family jewels

Rhyming Slang for testicles

far out

splendid

fart [оскорбительно] (1)

an escape of gas from the bowels

fart [неприлично] (2)

an unpleasant person

fat head

an idiot or dull person

fender-bender

small accident

filth [оскорбительно]

the police

fit

sexually attractive

five finger discount

shoplifting

flaky

unpredictable

flashback

sudden memory

flick (1)

film; movie

flick (2)

to give something or somebody the flick is to get rid of it or him/her

floating

intoxicated

floozie

a mistress or girlfriend

flommox

confuse

flutter

a bet (on horse racing or football)

footie

Abbreviated form for football

for crying out loud!

a expression of frustration or anger

forty winks

a short sleep or nap

fox

attractive, alluring person

freebie

something that does not cost money

French kiss

kissing with the tongue

full monty

'the whole lot', everything

full-on

powerful, with maximum effort

funny farm

mental hospital or institution

funny money

counterfeit money

gaff

house or flat

gander

to look at

geek

an unattractive person who works too hard

get it

to understand something

glitch

flaw

gobshite [оскорбительно]

someone who talks rubbish all the time

go bananas

go slightly mad

good onya

good for you, well done

goof (1)

make a mistake

goof (2)

a silly and foolish person

goof off

waste time

goof up

make a mistake

goofy

silly

Gordon Bennet

an exclamation

grand

one thousand dollars

grass

marijuana

greaser

slang name for a 1950's style man

grog

alcohol, beer

grub

food

grubby

not clean

grungy

unclean and stinky

gut

a person's stomach; belly

guts

courage

gyno

gynaecologist

hacked off

fed up, annoyed

hairy

difficult; dangerous

ham-fisted

clumsy

hammered

drunk

handcuffs

an engagement ring or wedding ring

hang a left

make a left turn

hang a right

make a right turn

headcase

mad

hep

sensible; informed

her ('er) indoors

wife, girlfriend

hickey

a love bite on the skin

hip

sensible; informed

hole in the wall

a cashpoint machine or bankomat

hoo-ha

trouble; commotion

hooker

prostitute

horny

in the mood for sex, sexually stimulated;

hot (1)

sexy

hot (2)

popular

hottie

hot water bottle

huff

bad mood

humungous

really big

hump (1)

to have sex

hump (2)

bad mood

hyper

overly excited

icky

unpleasant

ID

identification

iffy

dubious, doubtful

I'm outta here

I'm leaving; I'm departing

in

fashionable

ivories

teeth

jack around

waste time

jam (1)

trouble

jam (2)

improvise (musically)

jamming, to be

going well

jammy

lucky

jerk

stupid or annoying person

jock

someone good at sports

K

a thousand

keep your hair on

"keep calm"

kick back

relax and enjoy

kick the bucket

die

kip

sleep

knackered

exhausted

knees up

party

knock

condemn, criticise

knockout

beautiful woman; handsome man

knock back

refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb)

kook

peculiar person

kraut [неприлично]

German

laid back

relaxed; calm

lairy

loud, brash

lame

incompetent

legless

very drunk

limp wristed

a gay man

lip

cheeky talk

loaded

someone with a lot of money

loo

toilet

loser

a bungling and worthless person

lost the plot

crazy/mad

love handles

excess fat around the waist

luvverly jubberly

wonderful, great, all is well

make waves

cause problems

malarkey

nonsense

mate

friend

max, to the

maximum

mega

big

megabucks

a large amount of money

mellow

relaxed

mickey-mouse

unimportant; time-wasting

minger [оскорбительно]

an unattractive person (usually female)

mongrel

despicable person

moonie [оскорбительно!]

to show one's bottom (arse) to unsuspecting onlookers

moose [оскорбительно]

an ugly girl

mozzie

mosquito

mug

a gullible person

naff

something which is cheap and nasty

naff off

a milder version off fu*k off

nancy (nancy boy)

a homosexual

nark

a police informer

narked

to be annoyed

neat

cool; great

nick

to steal

nipper

a small child

no-hoper

somebody who'll never do well

nosh

food

not cricket

not normal or correct

not all there

someone who is stupid, not bright intellectually

not half!

cetainly, for sure

not the full quid

someone who is stupid, not bright intellectually

nuke (1)

nuclear weapon

nuke (2)

destroy; delete

nuke (3)

cook something in the microwave oven

nut (1)

odd or crazy person

nut (2)

someone passionate about something

nutter

crazy person

nuts [неприлично]

testicles

nutty

eccentric

off your face

to be very drunk

out of your tree

crazy, drunk or stoned

pad

someone's home

pants (1)

an exclamation of frustration

pants (2)

bad or rubbish

party

celebrate

party animal

someone that loves parties

paws

hands

peanuts

very little money

pee

to urinate

pickled

drunk

pig out

eat too much

pigs ear

to make a mistake with something

piss [неприлично]

to urinate

pissed

drunk

pissed (off)

angry; upset

piss-head

a habitual drinker or alcoholic

piss-up

a big drinking session

plank

an idiot

plastered

drunk

plonker

an idiot

pad

someone's home

plonk (1)

cheap wine

plonk (2)

sit down, as in "plonk your arse down there"

poop [оскорбительно]

defecation; shit

poop out

get tired and quit

postie

postman

pot

marijuana

prezzy

present, gift

pro

someone who's good at something; professional

psycho

crazy person

puke

vomit

pumped (up)

excited

queer [неприлично]

a homosexual

rabbit

talk

racket (1)

noise

racket (2)

an occupation

racket (3)

something that's dishonest or deceptive

rat

a despicable person

rat-arsed

drunk

rear (end)

buttocks

(a) riot

something or someone very funny

rip off (1)

stealing

rip off (2)

fraud

ripper

great, fantastic

rocking

great; excellent

roll up

a hand rolled cigarette

rosie lee

tea

rubbish

nonsense; not true

ruck

a fight

rug

wig, toupee

rug rat

a child

rum

odd, strange

runs, the

diarrhoea

scoff

to eat

screw up

to make a mistake

screw-up

a person who makes a mistake

scum (оскорбительно]

a despicable individual

shades

sunglasses

shag [неприлично]

to make love

shagged-out

to feel tired

shed-load

a huge amount

shite

milder variation of the word shit

shitfaced [неприлично]

very drunk

shithead [неприлично]

a stupid, impolite person

skint

to have no money

skosh

a little bit

slapper [оскорбительно]

a loose or easy woman

smeghead

an idiot

snog

to kiss

snookered

cheated, stuck

solid (1)

really good; cool

solid (2)

consecutive

specs

eyeglasses

split

to leave

spunk [оскорбительно] (1)

semen

spunk (2)

spirit

spunk (3)

an attractive man

stoned

drunk from drugs or alcohol

stunner

a very good looking woman

street smart

knowledgeable about city life

strewth

exclamation

(I'll be) stuffed

expression of surprise

suck

to be bad and unacceptable

sunnies

sunglasses

swagman

tramp

sweet

excellent, cool

ta

thanks

tacky

something of poor taste or style

tanked (up)

to get very drunk

tea leaf

Rhyming Slang for thief

telly

television

thick as shit [оскорбительно]

very stupid

thick as two short planks [оскорбительно]

very stupid

thingo

Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsit, something you don't know the name of!

thou

thousand

threads

clothing

ticker (1)

the heart

ticker (2)

a watch

tiddly

slightly drunk

toss-pot [неприлично]

idiot

totally

really; completely

to the max

maximum

troll

an ugly girl

(the) trots

diarrhoea

trouble and strife

Rhyming Slang for 'wife'

trout [оскорбительно]

unattractive woman

turkey (1)

failure; flop

turkey (2)

dumb person

turn-off

something that repulses a person

umpteen

many; countless

up for it

to be willing to have a good time

up the duff

to be pregnant

Uncle Tom Cobley and all

a phrase meaning 'everyone'

uptight

nervous; anxious

veg out

relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable)

wad

a lot of money

wanker

an idiot or an unpleasant person

wasted

killed

weed (1)

marijuana

weed (2)

someone who is weak

wheels

car; motorcycle

whiz

someone who shows a special talent for something

wicked

excellent, cool

wimp

weak; feeble

wimpy

weak

wind up

to tease

winks

sleep

wuss

coward

x-rated

pornographic

yabber

talk (a lot)

Yank

an American

yob

a horrible or uncouth young man

zeds

sleep

zero

an unimportant person

zilch

nothing

zip (1)

nothing

zip (2)

energy; vigor

zip it

shut up

zit

pimple; acne