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Post by Netsuke on Aug 4, 2022 1:30:03 GMT 2
After writing , “You little ripper!” in a post and explaining it was Australian slang, I was asked what was more Australian slang. So….it became a bit cumbersome adding bits and pieces in post(s), I thought I would give slang its very own thread. And not just Australian slang, I would so like to learn some slang from your part of the world. It can’t just be English speaking countries there must be slang words and expressions from all over.
I have to take a break now, but will come back later and finish writing this post.
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Post by Baz Faz on Aug 4, 2022 10:16:53 GMT 2
A Kiwi friend used to say (he is now deceased): The grog's cut. Meaning the bottle is empty.
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Post by Voy on Aug 4, 2022 13:48:03 GMT 2
I think it's a Maine-ism, but the use of "wicked" as meaning "the best" or "very good" --"that's wicked good !" or just "wicked!", One of my favorite pieces of clothing is the huge and ironic tshirt I wear over my bathing suit, it says " Maine/it's wicked/decent"
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Post by Netsuke on Aug 11, 2022 15:01:21 GMT 2
1. We had one of those but the wheels fell off - said when someone has been rabbiting on and you don’t understand what they’re saying.
2. Have you got a broken leg? Said to someone who is being lazy ie they ask others to get my xxx My father said this to me very often.
3. It was way out in woop woop - a place very far away. If you had to pick something up and it was a long drive, you’d say, “Oh gee, it was way out in woop woop.” Woop woop doesn’t actually exist, but everybody knows where it is. Australians that is, we all know where it is.
4. The other side of the black stump - Within the local community or a general area familiar to the speaker and/or audience, where "black stump" is used colloquially as an imaginary marker of the edge of civilisation. e.g. You won't find a better deal this side of the black stump.
5. Fair crack of the whip - if someone’s being unfair you say fair crack of the whip meaning they have to be fair and equal, everybody has to have an equal chance etc.
6. A stubby short of a six-pack.
Not quite the full shilling.
He’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
A sandwich short of a picnic.
He’s a real dill.
The lights are on but nobody’s home.
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Post by slowcoach on Aug 11, 2022 15:12:57 GMT 2
I think it's a Maine-ism, but the use of "wicked" as meaning "the best" or "very good" --"that's wicked good !" or just "wicked!", One of my favorite pieces of clothing is the huge and ironic tshirt I wear over my bathing suit, it says " Maine/it's wicked/decent" Probably is but negatives are used in London slang/argot, certainly bad means good as does wicked. Happened since my time and it seems to be most common in youth slang which is pretty multicultural so could have come from anywhere. |
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Post by Voy on Aug 11, 2022 16:42:08 GMT 2
Well - it's been in use in Maine for at least 70 years, because I first heard it when at summer camp here as a kid...
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Post by tzarine on Aug 11, 2022 18:00:43 GMT 2
practices in luke nguyen accent
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Post by Baz Faz on Aug 11, 2022 20:49:25 GMT 2
When my daughter was a kid she used to say wicked.
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Post by Netsuke on Aug 12, 2022 1:59:01 GMT 2
Yes, wicked was in use here too.
Voy, do you remember, “You bewdy!”?
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Post by Voy on Aug 12, 2022 3:09:39 GMT 2
absolutely ! right up there with " goodonyamate"
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Post by Netsuke on Aug 12, 2022 8:28:43 GMT 2
Don’t forget avagoodweegend and on Monday morning it’s dijaavagoodweegend!
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Post by auntieannie on Aug 12, 2022 8:40:18 GMT 2
The French equivalent to the lights are on but nobody’s home is il n’y a pas la lumière à tous les étages. Literal translation is the light is not on on each floor/level
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Post by Netsuke on Nov 23, 2022 14:20:41 GMT 2
A fight with a lawnmower. Australian slang for had a haircut.
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Post by Netsuke on Nov 24, 2022 13:15:46 GMT 2
Do a uey. Or chuck a uey. A uey is a U-turn. So do a uey or chuck a uey means to carry out a U-turn.
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Post by Voy on Nov 24, 2022 15:13:36 GMT 2
that one ^ is the same here.
but we don't call red-heads Ginger or Blue
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 24, 2022 18:17:31 GMT 2
In Pommie land we also do a Uey.
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Post by Netsuke on Nov 25, 2022 1:14:39 GMT 2
Do a uey. Or chuck a uey. A uey is a U-turn. So do a uey or chuck a uey means to carry out a U-turn. that one ^ is the same here. but we don't call red-heads Ginger or Blue In Pommie land we also do a Uey. It’s a small world folks - all God’s chillun do ueys! The amazing thing is from Australia to Britain to America, we all say uey! |
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 25, 2022 8:24:45 GMT 2
When I was in Aussieland, many moons ago, a guy went to get his Ute... is that not in use anymore?
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Post by rikita on Nov 27, 2022 2:34:28 GMT 2
i like "flitzpiepe". flitzen = to run very fast, piepe = apparently comes from "pfeife" which means whistle or pipe. a flitzpiepe is a person who is kind of acting silly, or being a bit stupid ...
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Post by Netsuke on Nov 27, 2022 3:43:12 GMT 2
When I was in Aussieland, many moons ago, a guy went to get his Ute... is that not in use anymore? Utes are always in use although it’s mainly tradies who have them. |
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Post by Netsuke on Nov 27, 2022 3:47:20 GMT 2
i like "flitzpiepe". flitzen = to run very fast, piepe = apparently comes from "pfeife" which means whistle or pipe. a flitzpiepe is a person who is kind of acting silly, or being a bit stupid ... This is interesting, Rikita. The word flitzen = to run very fast, we say someone did a moonlight flit. This is what someone who has been up to no good does - they nick off before they get caught. And “pfeife” there is pipe and also fife. |
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Post by lumi on Nov 27, 2022 8:41:36 GMT 2
When I was in Aussieland, many moons ago, a guy went to get his Ute... is that not in use anymore? A Ute is a specific type of vehicle. No slang that I am aware of. |
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Post by lumi on Nov 27, 2022 8:43:47 GMT 2
In Singapore, if someone says you are 'blur like sotong' it means you are a bit docile. Sotong means squid, I think in Bahasa (I should look that up but being lazy). I swear I found the exact person this saying refers to in a meeting this year - I was like, yes! This is what the local saying means to a tee!
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 27, 2022 13:08:52 GMT 2
A ute must be a utility vehicle.
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Post by rikita on Nov 28, 2022 0:45:48 GMT 2
Ute is a woman's name here. I know someone named Ute.
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Post by Voy on Nov 28, 2022 1:11:20 GMT 2
I think of a Ute as a weird kind of kinda-pickup - the front looks like a car and the back is open like a truck bed...
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 29, 2022 7:43:23 GMT 2
I know a Ute as well, riki.
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 29, 2022 12:03:08 GMT 2
That’s it, Voy
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Post by Netsuke on Mar 25, 2023 14:35:09 GMT 2
Wanna hear some more “Aussie” slang? How about…. wait for it……. kanga, shoddy, dobber and nuddy. There’s also shonky. I shall let you have a guess at their meanings.
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Post by Voy on Mar 25, 2023 14:37:50 GMT 2
it's been 50 years... I have no clue
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