Friday, October 5, 2007

Aussie Sayings

The below are some Aussie sayings I learned from JL:

"brekky" - breakfast
"chuff" - very proud (i.e., he was "chuffed" with himself)
"how you going" -- how are you today?
"swish" - fancy
"upmarket" - uppity
"cuppa" - drink of some sort but most usually a cup of tea
"piss" - alcohol (yuck)
"champers" - champagne
"roadie" - take one (of anything) for the road
"the dog's breakfast" - crap (not literally, but more like, this section of your article is the dog's breakfast (crappy))
"puffed" - out of breath
"tracky decks" -- sweatpants
"DTs" -- speedo type bathing suits
"slapper" -- slutty woman
"tosser" -- jerk (man)
"hand on it" -- wanker
"wanker" - jerk/idiot (man)
"ping" - email (as in "ping him")
"arvo" - afternoon
she'll be "apples" - everything will be alright
"daggy" -- looks bad (but usually addressed to someone you like)
a "dill" -- someone who's not too smart
"garbo" - garbage collector
"good-on-ya" - congratulatory or sarcastic remark (depending on the tone of the voice)
"prezzie" - present

Yeah... I know its confusing. That's why I'm giving you this handy little list. Because you know you'll need it someday!

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