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Old 21-09-2006, 05:29 AM
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Pushing up daisies - dead and buried

Quack - Medical doctor
Rack off - go away (angry), piss off
Rark up - telling somebody off
Rattle your dags - hurry up, get moving
Rellies - relatives, family
Root - have sex, get sex
Ropeable - very angry
Ring - to telephone somebody, as in "I'll give you a ring"
Rust bucket - decrepit motor car

Scarce as hens teeth - very scarce, rare
Scarfie - university student
Scull - consume, drink quickly
Scroggin - trampers high energy food including dried fruits, chocolate
Shark and taties - fish and chips
Sheila - slang for woman/female
She'll be right - not a problem, it'll be O.K.
Shippie - prostitute "working" the ships docked at our international ports
Shit a brick - exclamation of surprise or annoyance
Shoot through - to leave suddenly
Shout - to treat, to buy something for someone, as in "lunch is my shout"
Sickie - to take a day off work or school because you are sick
Skite - to boast, boasting, bragging
Smoko - break, rest period
snarky - mixture of sarcastic and nasty
Snarler - sausage
Snotty - snooty, ill-humoured, packing a sad
Sook - cry baby, wimp
Sparkie - electrician
Sparrow fart - very early in the morning, sunrise
Spinner - usually used to describe a female who is a little flakey/stupid (an air-head), as in "she's a real spinner!".
Spit the dummy - to throw a tantrum or get mad.
Sprog - child
Spud - potato
Squiz - take a quick look
Steinie - bottle of Steinlager, brand lager
Strapped for cash - low on cash, no money
Stubby - small glass bottle of beer
Stupid as a two bob watch - used to describe a person who behaves irrationally
Suck the kumara - to die or otherwise cease
Sunnies - sunglasses

Ta - thanks
Take a hike - expression of anger, as in; "Go away!" "Get lost!"
Tea - evening meal, dinner
Tiki tour - scenic tour, take the long route
Togs - swimsuit, bathing costume
Tramping - hiking
Trots - horse racing with a buggy
Trots - diaorrhoea as in "having a dose of the trots"
Trundler - shopping trolley
Twink - white-out
Two sammies short of a picnic - used to describe a person who is a "bit thick".
Up the duff - pregnant
Ute - small pickup truck
Veges - vegetables
Walkshorts - dressy shorts for men
Wally - clown, silly person
What are ya! - "Are you mad?" or "You're taking the piss!"
Whinge - complain, moan
Wobbly - to have a tantrum
Wop-wops - situated off the beaten track, out of the way location
Yack - to have a conversation with a friend, to talk
Yonks - forever, a long time ago, ages; as in "I haven't seen them in yonks".
You ain't wrong - that's right, yes
You can't help bad luck - contrary to the wording, the phrase quite often means congratulations!, also a dismissive phrase for "too bad" or "who cares"
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