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Guide to understanding ozzies on irc
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Officially, Oz is an english speaking country. Many non-ozzies
may dispute this. As well as a distinctive accent, ozzies have a
unique slang which caan be almost incomprehensible to those that havnt
heard it before.
Abbreviation is very common in Australian speech. Many colloqual
terms are abbreviated or diminutive forms of more common words. The
most common way to do it is by adding "ie" or "y" or "o" to the end of
word (if the word has more than one syllable, then some should be
dropped). Thus a can of beer is a "tinnie", mosquitoes are "mozzies",
a barbecue is "barbie" and (this is extreme but not uncommon) christmas
presents are "chrissie prezzies". Afternoon is "arvo". Professional
interest groups of peopl are often abbreviated: Motorcycle riders are
bikies, surfers are surfies, dock workers are wharfies, truck drivers
are truckies, enviromentalists are greenies.
A persons name can also be abbreviated by close assoctiates. As with
other words trailing syllables are dropped in favor of "y" or more
often an "o". David will become Davo, Jack will become Jacko, rather than
Davy and Jacky. This habit is not limited amongst friends, often
prominent people like politiciands are refered to like this by
newspaper headlines.
Small Slang Dictionery
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Barrack - 1. To cheer someone on, especially a supporting team.
A common question (especially in Melbourne - footy
capital of the entire universe) is "Who do you barrak
for"
Bastard - 1. Probably has more shades of meaning than any other word
in the english language. Depending on the tone of voice
it can be a term of endearment "G'day ya old bastard",
awe or admiration "You bastard! Whered ya get that smart
.308 calibre rifle?" of disgust "Bastard cops took me
knife" insult "bloody bastard" general pronoun "Give the
money to that bastard over there".
Tone of voice is very important. If an Australian calls
you a bastard, it might be hes forgotten your name, if he
calls you a bloody bastard, shoot back.
Bloody - 1. More commonly used than bastard, 'bloody' is the great
Australian qualifier. Its used as all purpose "bloody great",
"bloody good beer", "bloody useeless bastard".
Can be inserted just about bloody anywhere.
Bludger - 1. Lazy person
Buck - 1. Dollars. "Gimme 5 bucks ya stingey mongrel"
Bush \ Up the bush - 1. Anywhere outside the city limits, does not
mean its forrested.
2. To leave the city for the country.
Chuck \ Chunder - 1. To throw up, often as a result of too much piss.
Crook - 1. Sick
2. Substandard
3. Criminal
Dinkium \ Fair Dinkum - 1. Honest
2. Genuine
Dag - 1. Feces stuck to the backside of a sheeps bum
2. Nerd
Dob \ Dob in - 1. Report to the police
2. Tattletale
Dunny - 1. Toilet
Fair go! - 1. Give me a break
Footy - 1. Australian Rules Football. Other football codes are known
by there specific names, Soccer, Rugby
G'day - 1. Good day. Standard greeting
Grouse - 1. Very good
Jeff - 1. (Victorian Only) To really screw something up - especially
by the government "I've been jeffed"
Kiwi - 1. New Zealander
Knock - 1. Criticise, Put down, often unfairly.
Knocker - 1. Somone who criticises alot. "Piss off ya bloody knocker"
2. Breasts "Check out her knockers!"
Mate - 1. Fried, pal, buddy.
Mostly used among males and often a form of address for
someone whos name you dont know. "Scuse me mate, can ya
spare a buck for a cup of coffee?"
Piss - 1. Beer
2. Urine
Saves time to have one word for both.
You take *a* piss in the dunny, you drink *some* piss,
Pissed - 1. Legless, drunk, plastered, sloshed, smashed, tanked.
Pom\Pommy - 1. Someone from england, frequently extended to "Whinging
Pom", "Bloody no-good whinging pommy bastard"
Put the boot in - 1. To kick someone when there down.
2. Used metaphoricly to mean adding insult to
injury or to make something unesecarily severe.
Ratshit - 1. Bad "I feel ratshit"
Ripper - 1. Good, great. "She's ripper mate"
Ropable - 1. Very angry
Shag - 1. sex
Shagged - 1. To have sex
2. tired, "I'm shagged"
Shout - 1. To buy a round of drinks
Stubby - 1. Short necked 375ml bottle of beer. A "dawinian stubby" is
a 2 litre bottle of beer from darwin. Tourists think
darwinian stubbys funny, Darwinians dont intend them as a
joke.
Tinnie - 1. Can of beer. Tinnies are packed in boxes of 24 cans, called
a slab.
Whinge - 1. whine, complain annoyingly.
Whop whop - 1. Outback, middle of nowhere "Where you been, up whop whop?"
2. VERY far away
3. Gone bush
-df
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