Browsing terms categorised by: Words ending with ‘O’
- Abo
- Aborigine (racial slur). The shortform for Aboriginal Australians with racist historical usage.
- Aggro
- Aggressive; aggravated; annoyed; bad tempered.
- Ambo
- Ambulance officer.
- Arvo
- Afternoon.
- Avo
- Avocado.
- Bizzo
- Business.
- Bottle-O
- Bottle shop, liquor store; off licence. Also, the trademarked name for a chain of liquor shops.
- 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.
- Garbo
- Rubbish collector.
- Journo
- Journalist.
- Milko
- Milkman. The bloke shaggin' your missus and fathering your children.
- Muso
- Musician.
- 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.
- Relo
- Relative.
- Reno
- Renovation. Said 'wren-oh'
- Salvos
- Salvation Army, a Christian social welfare organisation. Literally, do-gooders.
- Sando
- A sandwich. Predominantly QLD usage over Sanger elsewhere.
- Sarvo
- This afternoon.
- Seppo
- An American. Shortened form of 'septic tank', which is rhyming slang for 'Yank' (an American).
- Servo
- Service station (petrol/gas station).
- Troppo
- Crazy. To have been driven mad by the unending Australian heat.
- Yobbo
- Lout. Twat with bad manners.