Aussie Jargon: Meanings and Terms

I have to start this with a slang I have heard in the Melbourne-area. Slang throughout Australia is not constant, so I ‘am putting a limitation on what I will share here to what I perceived. When speaking in the social, people uses slang because it’s casual English. There are particular communities that are slang is their individual language. The example for this:

·         Aussie slang

·         African-American slang

·         Teenagers slang

There is some Aussie slang that is familiar around the world but mainly, uses only in Australia. While you are living and need to socialize in Australia you will find this useful to know some of the Aussie slang. Usually, Aussie slang finds it interesting to learn for the student because it sounds funny. The word “Aussie” itself is a slang word, maybe you already know that it is a casual word for “Australian”. Aussies are a fan of taking long words, then making it short and add “ie”. Can you guess the meaning of the words below that is in bold form by only reading it? These are all frequent in Australian spoken English:

Paolo: Good day Nicole! Do you have any plans this weekend?

Nicole: Not much. I’m just seeing a friend for brekkie on Saturday morning, then some uni-work to do on an afternoon, at night I’m town apart between going to the bar have a couple of beer or maybe stay at home and watch telly.

Paolo: Well, I’m having a barbie on Saturday. I was hoping you to meet my friend, Rob. He is coming from Brizzie.

Nicole: Ow! That sounds great. I can move uni-work on Sunday.

Paolo: Great! Please be reminded to bring your sunnies and cozzoes because it is going to be hot and we can go for a swim. It will be a nice idea to bring also an insect repellent to; the mozzies comes out here in summer.

Nicole: What food should I bring?

Paolo: Nothing, really. We already have everything we are going to need for lunch.

Nicole: In that case, I might just bring some chockie and bikkies for our snack later in the afternoon.

Paolo: Fantastic! Come at any time after 11 am.

Keywords

Brekkie             = breakfast

Uni                   = university

Pokies               = poker machines

Telly                 = television

Barbie               = barbeque

Brizzie              = Brisbane

Sunnies             = sunglasses

Cozzies             = swimming attire

Mozzies            = mosquitoes

Chockie            = chocolate

Bikkies             = biscuits

How was it? Above are only a few of the thousand slangs of an Australian. The next time you are going to talk with Aussie’s, try to use some of the Aussie slangs. They will surely love it. You can find online dictionaries for Aussie slang, such as the “Australian Slang Dictionary” but there will be a word or a phrase that is not listed in the dictionaries. Remember this, some words are formal English words, but they are not the rendition that would say in American English.