Aussie Slang Dictionary

Cozzie: A swimming costume. Also, cossie.
Crack a Fat: Achieve an erection.
Crack Onto: Make sexual advances on someone.
Crikey: An expression of surprise.
Crook: Sick (feeling crook). Also, injured (crook back), bad (crook attitude), difficult (crook footy season).
Crook as Rookwood: Very ill (from the cemetery of that name)
Cross-country Wrestling: A derogatory name for Rugby League. To fans of other codes, primarily Australian Rules Football, a game of Rugby League looks far too much like sweaty grappling.
Cunt full of boiled snow, useful as a: Completely useless.
Cunt full of cold water, useful as a: Completely useless.

Cup of tea, a Bex and a good lie down: A panacea, a cure for any problem.
Curly Bells: A grandstand (QLD).
Cut Lunch: To cut a man's lunch is to take 'his' woman. Also, sandwiches.
Dag: A funny person, an unfashionable person, or term of endearment.
Dak, to: To dak someone is to pull down their trousers. Ideally, in front of chicks they are trying to impress.
Daks: Trousers. A genericised trademark.
Damper: Tasteless bread made from flour and water and cooked over a campfire, often by unfortunate boy scouts.
Dapto Briefcase: Cheap cask wine.
Date: Arsehole. The puckering of the anus gives it a date-like appearance. Broadly, date refers to the bum as a whole.
Date Roll: Roll of toilet paper.
Dead Dingo’s Donger, Useful as a: Completely useless.
Dead Horse: Tomato Sauce.
Dead Set: Truly. Absolutely.
Deadset: Absolutely; definitely; no doubt about it; 100% a sure thing.
Dekko: Look.
Derro: A homeless person. Derived from 'derelict'. Also used more broadly to non-homeless people exhibiting classic homeless markers: shabbily dressed, very poor, smelly.
Devo: Devastated; utterly disappointed.
Dick Daks: Swim briefs. Speedo-style swimwear for men.
Did the Dirty: To do the wrong thing to someone.
Didgeridoo: A long, wooden, Aboriginal Australian wind instrument.
Digger: Soldier.
Dill: Idiot. Back-formation from either 'dilly' or 'dillypot' (both now obsolete).
Dinger: Condom.
Dingo’s Breakfast: No breakfast at all.
Dink: To carry an additional person on a bike.
Dinkum: True, genuine, authentic.
Dinky Di: Dinkum. The real thing. Truly Aussie.
Dinner, Done Like a: Comprehensively beaten.
Dirty On: To be annoyed with someone.
Dob: Inform on someone.
Dobber: A person who informs on someone.
Dog’s Eye: Pie (rhyming slang)
Donger: Penis.
Double-Dink: To carry an additional person on a bike.
Drain the Lizard: To urinate (men).
Drongo: Idiot, fool.
Drop Bear: A ferocious, man-hunting bear that drops from the forest canopy onto their victims.
Drop off the Perch: To die.
Drop off the Perch, The day I: The day I die.
Drover’s Dog, Like a: An unflattering comparison. As in 'he has all the intelligence and charm of a drover's dog'.
Dry as a Dead Dingo’s Donger: Thirsty.
Dry thunderstorm, Useful as a: Completely useless.
Ducks on the Pond: Oi fellas, a ladies coming into our domain!
Dunny: Toilet. Water Closet (WC! has there ever been a more pathetic euphemism for the shitter?).
Dunny Brush: Toilet brush.
Durry: Cigarette.
Ear Bashing: To receive an ear bashing is to be the victim of a tireless bore talking endless drivel.
Esky: Insulated plastic cooler box for food and drinks. Esky is short for Eskimo Box, a genericised trademark.
Everywhere, Like a Mad Lady’s Washing: Messy, all over the place.
Face Like a Festered Pickle: Having facial acne.
Fair Dinkum: True, genuine, authentic.
Fair Go: Fair treatment, a reasonable chance.
Fair Suck of the Sauce Bottle: Come on, be fair, be reasonable.
Fair Suck of the Sav: It's the equivalent of saying 'come on, be fair, be reasonable'.
Fairy Bread: Buttered white bread sprinkled with 'hundreds and thousands' and served at children's parties. Always induces feelings of nostalgia in adults.
Fairy Floss: Candy floss, cotton candy.
Female Factory: Woman's prison in convict times.
Feral: A wild person, a homeless person, a smelly hippy type.
Filth: Great, Awesome.
Firie: Fire fighter.
Flash as a Rat With a Gold Tooth: Too flash, too showy. Something's not right about them.
Flat Chat: To go very fast, as fast as possible.
Flat Out Like a Lizard Drinking: Very busy. Embellished form of 'flat out'.
Flat Tack: As fast as possible, top speed.
Fluke, a: A stroke of luck.
Foilie: A small amount of cannabis wrapped in tin-foil.
Football: Football. This can mean Australian Rules Football, Rugby League, Rugby Union, or Soccer. Many soccer fans feel that the term 'football' should be reserved exclusively for their game, and resent that it is used predominantly to refer to the other codes.
Footy: Football. This can mean Australian Rules Football, Rugby League, Rugby Union, or Soccer. Context is everything. For example, someone with very few teeth, living in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, will almost certainly mean Aussie Rules Football when referring to the 'footy'. 'The footy' can also mean 'the ball'.
Fossick: Search, rummage around for something. Goldfields origin.
Franger: Condom.
Franger: Frankston, a suburb of Melbourne.
Freckle: Playful word for the arsehole/anus.
Fremantle Doctor: A cool sea breeze bringing respite from the heat.
Frog Cake: A frog-shaped cake with green icing (SA).
Fruiterer: Fruit and vege seller.
Fuck spiders, we’re not here to: We're not here to muck around and waste time. We've got a job to do.
Gabba: The Brisbane Cricket Ground. Named after Wooloongabba, the suburb it's in.
Galah: Idiot. 'Galah' is often used as a reproach by avuncular male soap-opera characters to demonstrate their superior old-timey Aussieness. Expressions such as 'flamin galah' and 'stone the crows' constitute the language of a post-sex life.
Galah, Flamin’: An idiot.
Gander: Have a look.
Garbo: Rubbish collector.
Garn: Go on, going, or go on then.
Geek, a: A look.
Get a Wriggle On: Hurry up, get a move on.
Glass door on a dunny, useful as a: Completely useless.
Gobsmacked: Surprised, astonished, bewildered.
Good Oil: Good useful information. The truth.
Goolwa Cockle: A pipi, an edible clam (SA).
Grog: Alcohol, booze.
Grommet: Annoying kid, young surfer.
Grouse: Great, excellent (a bit '80s' these days)
Gutser, come a: To fall flat on one's arse; to fail utterly; to make a huge mistake.
Ham and Eggs: Legs (rhyming slang).
Hammered: Drunk.
Hang Shit: To hang shit on someone is to hassle; mock; tease; give someone a hard time.
Happy as a Bastard on Father’s Day: Unhappy.
Hydro Pole: A power pole (Tas).
I Could Eat a Horse and Chase the Jockey: Extreme hunger. An expansion on the standard 'I could eat a horse' expression.
Jarrah Jerker: A timber-getter or bush worker (WA).
Jatz Crackers: Testicles. Rhyming slang for 'knackers', another slang word for testicles.
Journo: Journalist.
Kangaroos loose in the top paddock: Not very clever.
Knackers: Testicles.
Larrikin: A cheeky prankster. Carefree, rowdy, mischievous.
Licked: Drunk.
Little Tackers: Small children.
Lollipop Lady: Parent who supervises safe crossing of the zebra crossing near school.
Lollipop Man: Parent who supervises safe crossing of the zebra crossing near school.
Looker, a: A very attractive person.
Loose, a bit: Quite drunk.
Mad as a cut snake: Furious.
Maggot: An umpire in Australian Rules Football. 'Maggot' is shortened from 'white maggot' which was used of umpires when their standard outfits were white (lime green from 2013).
Maggot: Hammered drunk.
Maggot Bag: Meat pie.
Mainlander: A person from the mainland of Australia, from a Tasmanian point of view.
Map of Tassie: A women's pubic region. Tasmania is triangular with one corner pointing straight down.
Marron: A crayfish (WA).
Mate: Friend. A go-to term of address for friends and strangers.
Matilda: A rolled-up camping bed roll or blanket. A swag used by swagmen. Made famous by the song, 'Waltzing Matilda'.
Mean as Bird Shit: Miserly, stingy with money.
Mick: An Irish person. Old fashioned, from an era of anti-Irish Catholic immigrant sentiment.
Milko: Milkman. The bloke shaggin' your missus and fathering your children.
Moll: Slut, whore.
Mollydooker: A left-handed person.
Morning Glory: Early morning erection.
Mozzie: Mosquito.
Mozzie: Maori Aussie.
Muffin Top: Fat that overhangs the pant or skirt waistline.
Mullygrubber: A low ball in cricket. One that doesn't bounce.
Mushies: Mushrooms
Muso: Musician.
Naughty, Have a: Have sexual intercourse.
Never Never: Distant outback. Too far out. You don't want to go there. It is described in Barcroft Boake's poem "Where the Dead Men Lie", and in Archibald William Stirling's 'The Never Never Land: a Ride in North Queensland' (1884).
Nick: Steal.
Nick, in the: Naked.
Ning Nong: Idiot.
No Dramas: No worries, it's no problem at all.
No Worries: Not a problem, don't even think about it. Don't sweat it.
Noah’s Ark: Shark. (Rhyming slang)
Nonce: Child molester. Kiddy fiddler. Pedo.
Nuddy, in the: In the nude.
Nuggets: Testicles.
Ocker: An Australian who looks and acts rough, with an accent so strong as to need subtitling for non-Australians. The word people used before bogan (although there are differences between the two).
Off Guts: Very drunk, high; wasted. A variation of 'off your face'. Often expressed as 'off me guts'.
Old Fella: Penis.
Old Mate: A substitute term in a sentence for any person about whom you speak.
Othersider: Someone living on the other side of the Nullarbor Plain (WA).
Packing Death: Very scared; anxious.
Parma: Chicken parmagiana. Australia's national pub staple.
Pash: A long juicy kiss with lots of tongue.
Pav: Pavlova. A meringue-based dessert named after Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova. Ideally, soft and fluffy on the inside with a crispy outer crust. Many would argue it's just an oversized, overhyped meringue, the invention of which isn't worth the 'we invented it' argument between the Australians and the Kiwis. Sliced fruit and cream is placed on top to make it worth committing to the necessary pudding bowl space.
Perve: A sneaky look at a hot guy or girl; a regular look at anything.
Pill: The ball, in Australian Rules Football, Rugby League, and Rugby Union.
Pinged: Penalised for an infringment. Used in the footy codes, Australian Rules Football, Rugby League, and Rugby Union.
Piss: Beer. Alcohol more generally.
Piss Fat: Early morning erection.
Piss on, Wouldn’t: If you hold someone in contempt, you 'wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire'.
Piss-funny: Very funny. In the sense of 'it was so funny I pissed myself laughing'.
Piss, On the: To be on the piss is to have a big drinking session.
Piss, Take the piss out of: To take the piss out of someone is to make fun of them.
Piss, to: Urinate.
Pissed: Drunk.
Pissed: Annoyed, angry. In a bad mood.
Pissed Off: Annoyed, angry.
Pisser: The pub.
Pisser: Men's urinal.
Pisser, A: Something that is very funny, hilarious.
Plugger: Thong; flip flop.
Pocket on a singlet, useful as a: Completely useless.
Pollie: Politician. Power-hungry parasite.
Pom: British person. Easily identified by a persistant whinging and sense of entitlement.
Poofter: Homosexual.
Postie: Postman.
Prune: Ball used in Australian Rules Football.
Pubbie: Lunch at the pub.
Punch On: Fight.
Punt, a: A kick.
Purler: A great, excellent one.
Rack off: Piss off; get lost; go away. 'Rack off hairy legs' is also a popular variation.
Rah-Rah: Rugby Union.
Rain Maker: In Australian Rules football, a kick in which the ball goes very high vertically, and not far horizontally.
Raw prawn with me, don’t come the: Don't try to put one over me; don't try to deceive me or misrepresent a situation.
Red Handbag: Cheap cask wine.
Reffo: A refugee. Some poor bastard who soon realises, after risking death on a creaky old bit of plywood, that the shit has only just started. Feared and hated by soulless, entitled racists who listen to talkback radio.
Rellies: Relatives.
Relo: Relative.
Reno: Renovation. Said 'wren-oh'
Rice Pudding, Couldn’t knock the skin off a: Runt, weed, wimp, an unimpressive physical specimen.
Ridgy Didge: Genuine, authentic, honest, true, the real thing. Also the name of a popular children's television programme.
Rip Snorter: Great; excellent.
Ripper: Great; fantastic.