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Browsing terms categorised by: Aussie Drinking Slang
A Green One
Victoria Bitter (VB), a beer brand.
Adam’s Ale
Water.
Amber Fluid
Beer.
Bevvy
Drink (beverage), usually beer, must be cold.
Blow in the Bag
Blow in the breathalyser at a drink drive checkpoint.
Booze Bus
Police RV vehicle used for processing drunk drivers.
Boozer
Pub.
Bottle-O
Bottle shop, liquor store; off licence. Also, the trademarked name for a chain of liquor shops.
Bundy
A place (Bundaberg); a rum.
Butcher
A small, six-ounce glass of beer in South Australia.
BYO
Unlicensed restaurant. You have to Bring Your Own grog.
Cab Sav
Cabernet Savignon.
Chateau Cardboard
Cheap cask wine.
Clayton’s
Something that is largely illusory or exists in name only; a poor substitute or imitation. A term that was born out of a tv ad for a non-alcoholic drink.
Cold Ones
Cold beers.
Dapto Briefcase
Cheap cask wine.
Drain the Lizard
To urinate (men).
Dry as a Dead Dingo’s Donger
Thirsty.
Esky
Insulated plastic cooler box for food and drinks. Esky is short for Eskimo Box, a genericised trademark.
Grog
Alcohol, booze.
Hammered
Drunk.
Licked
Drunk.
Loose, a bit
Quite drunk.
Maggot
Hammered drunk.
Off Guts
Very drunk, high; wasted. A variation of 'off your face'. Often expressed as 'off me guts'.
Piss
Beer. Alcohol more generally.
Piss, On the
To be on the piss is to have a big drinking session.
Pissed
Drunk.
Pisser
The pub.
Red Handbag
Cheap cask wine.
Sherbet
A beer. Inspired by the frothy head of a just-poured glass of beer.
Smashed
Drunk.
Tinny
Can of beer.
Tonguing For a Beer
Thirsting and ready for a cold beer. Also 'tonguing for' can be used in other ways to also mean wanting, desiring. e.g. 'I'm tonguing for the new Bond movie'.
Two-pot Screamer
Someone who gets drunk without imbibing much, a lightweight.
Vom
To vomit.
Wowser
A professional kill-joy. Someone who thinks themselves morally superior, and passes judgement on others, particularly with regards to abstinence from alcohol.