Simple. Aussie slang is full of alternative words for our trousers and underwear. Reginalds or Reg Grundies are rhyming slang for undies, while bloomers are known as bum shorts in Queensland, and scungies in New South Wales and the ACT.
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What do Aussies call trunks?
Boot: the trunk of a car.
What do Australian people call pants?
Daks: Australians call their trousers ‘daks’. If someone mentions ‘tracky daks’, they’re talking about sweatpants.
What is a stubby in Australia?
(A stubby is the Australian slang term for a 375ml bottle of beer; a singlet is a cut-off vest).
What are jocks in Australia?
Jocks, male briefs, AKA “jockey shorts” and (in Australia) most other styles.
What is a thong in Australia?
One of the most infamous Australian idiosyncrasies is the word for flip flop: the ‘thong’. Not to be confused with the buttock-cleaving variety, the Aussie version comprises a rubber sole held to the foot by two straps that meet between the first and second toes.
What is the most Australian word?
The 25 most common Australian slang words
- See ya this arvo – See you this afternoon.
- Being dacked – When someone pulls your pants down.
- Give a wedgie – When someone pulls your pants up your bum.
- Dunny – toilet, bathroom – D’ya know where the dunny is, mate?
What do you call a guy in Australia?
Fella. Bloke. Dude. Guy.
What is Australian slang for girl?
sheila – woman or female.
What do Aussies call their friends?
Mate. “Mate” is a popular word for friend. And while it’s used in other English-speaking countries around the world, it has a special connection to Australia. In the past, mate has been used to address men, but it can be gender-neutral.
What does spunk mean in Australia?
A sexually attractive person
spunk. A sexually attractive person. Australians also use the meanings for this term that exist in standard English: 1 courage and determination. 2 semen. But in Australia spunk is most commonly used to refer to a person of either sex who is regarded as sexually attractive.
Is Bloody a swear word in Australia?
Also in Australia, the word bloody is frequently used as a verbal hyphen, or infix, correctly called tmesis as in “fanbloodytastic”. In the 1940s an Australian divorce court judge held that “the word bloody is so common in modern parlance that it is not regarded as swearing“.
What are Bogans in Australia?
Bogan is the most significant word to be created in Australian English in the past 40 years. It is defined as “an uncultured and unsophisticated person; a boorish and uncouth person” in the 2016 edition of the Australian National Dictionary.
What is a Jack in Australia?
“Jacks” as slang for “police” is indeed common in the UK as well as in Australia, but virtually unknown in the US, although “Jacks” may have a close relative in US slang.
What do they call shrimp in Australia?
prawn
Australians, however, invariably use the word prawn rather than shrimp.
What is the C word in Australia?
In Australia, “cunt” (pronounced “cunt”, as in “bunt”) has many connotations – most of which are actually positive. For example: If a friend of mine were to be exceptional at motorsports or a nice person in genera,l he would henceforth be referred to as a “sick-cunt”.
Why do Aussies say ta?
‘Ta’ means ‘thank you‘.
How do you say drunk in Australian?
Munted (mun-ted) / Drunk
A colourful adjective used to describe a state of inebriation when someone has indulged in one too many frothies, also known as being pissed, legless, blind, or as full as the back of a plumber’s ute.
What is a rude Australian slang?
“Bugger” is common in both Aussie and British slang, and vaguely refers to someone or something that is annoying. Calling someone a bugger can be used affectionately or derogatorily. The general expletive can be used in any situation, and roughly means,“F*** off/me” or “Well, I’ll be damned!”
Do Aussies say innit?
Innit definition
That’s what I said, innit? (UK, Australia slang) Used as a replacement for any negative tag question, irrespective of person, number, and verb.
What do they call a sandwich in Australia?
sanga
The word ‘sanga‘ is Aussie slang for a sandwich; not sure when or how the letter ‘g’ became involved, although one can assume it was adopted from the common mispronunciation of sandwich as ‘sangwich.