What is your favourite/least favourite Australian phrase?

I think "dead horse" is rhyming slang that is spoken in parts of England. I have never heard the other one but it definately sounds Australian. :-D

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by Theby on January 4th, 2009

+6

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by Theby on January 3rd, 2009

Wow, You've really hurt me now. I'm going to cry. And the only points you got were from me. Hahaha

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by Theby on January 3rd, 2009

Jealousy, jealousy!!

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by Theby on December 8th, 2008

LOL!

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by scttfssll on December 9th, 2008

Hahahaha

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by Theby on December 9th, 2008

He does too. Thanks, mt. Salaam

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by Theby on January 4th, 2009

Oh yes, they are very popular slang. :-D

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by Theby on January 4th, 2009

Hahaha!! It's 'bloody oath'. Thanks for your answer.

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by Theby on December 9th, 2008

Nope - blood oath - not bloody oath...or just bloody.

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by Empress of Everything Ever on December 9th, 2008

If it's Australian it's 'bloody oath'.

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by Theby on December 9th, 2008

With all due respect, Empress, I have lived in Australia for over 30 years and know the slang well. Maybe it is different down in Victoria.

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by Theby on December 9th, 2008

Stone the bloody crows! Was gonna say...maybe different - I have lived here all my life *sigh* longer than 30 years by a long shot. Always been blood oath where I come from. I take you are north of Vic...donking and scallops up there and dinking and potato cakes down here...always been a regional variation...

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by Empress of Everything Ever on December 10th, 2008

I'm from Sydney. What's donking and dinking? Do you live in Melbourne or out in the country? You sound a bit down. Are you okay?

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by Theby on December 10th, 2008

Aha! Dinking is the act of giving a friend a ride on your bike, generally over the front handlebars...it is called dinking in Melbourne (I grew up in inner city and have spend my adult life moving further and further out! Love the country), friends from Sydney tell me dinking in Melbourne was donking in Sydney...I'm fine - thanks for asking.

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by Empress of Everything Ever on December 10th, 2008

Thanks for the explanation, Empress. I remember dinking when I was a kid.

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by Theby on December 11th, 2008

your from NZ I thought?

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by Nrthn1 on January 3rd, 2009

I do not care what you think.

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by Theby on January 4th, 2009

No, It's Australians who call people 'wankers'. As in, 'you're a bunch of bloody wankers'. Thanks for your answer.

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by Theby on December 9th, 2008

I like that expression also...

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by Smart2 is back! Did you miss me? on December 10th, 2008

How about, 'You're as useless as an ashtray on a motorbike'. Thanks, Smart.

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by Theby on December 10th, 2008

when we talk about useless, we usually use the tried-and-true "useless as tits on a boar hog".

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by Smart2 is back! Did you miss me? on December 11th, 2008

Hahaha - that's great! I love how Americans say, 'ya'll' instead of you all.

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by Theby on December 11th, 2008

that's a distinctly Southern thing - you would never find any self-respecting Yankee saying Ya'll...

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by Smart2 is back! Did you miss me? on December 12th, 2008

Actually, you will never find any self-respecting Aussie using slang. Salaam

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by Theby on December 12th, 2008

'couldn't find a grand piano in a one-roomed house'
'couldn't blow the froth off a glass of beer'
'a chop short of a barbie'
'useless as an ashtray on a motorbike'
'don't come the raw prawn with me'

MS, a few 'cultural' sayings.
The last one means: Don't lie to me.

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by Theby on December 9th, 2008

MS, and 'Sheilas' is not nice. That is usually used 'out the back of Bourke': translation: 'In the countryside.' Thanks, MS.

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by Theby on December 9th, 2008

Thanks for an insight into some of the more colourful phrases. :-)

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by MagicSquares on December 9th, 2008

One last one. If someone has 'egg on their face' it means they are jealous. Goodnight, MS.

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by Theby on December 10th, 2008

That last one is different in England, as there, it means that somebody has been embarrassed or made to look foolish.

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by MagicSquares on December 10th, 2008

MS, I was wrong. You are correct. Sorry, my brain doesn't seem to be working as well these days. Maybe I was thinking of, 'tall poppy syndrome'. I can not remember. My apologies.

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by Theby on December 10th, 2008

No problem - I'm at the age (already) where I sometimes go to a room in the house and then forget why I went there. :-)

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by MagicSquares on December 10th, 2008

Yes, I experience that all of the time now. Horrible, isn't it? My short-term memory has gone somewhere. I can't even remember what I had for dinner last night.

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by Theby on December 10th, 2008

I'm Australian and I've never heard that!

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by Theby on December 9th, 2008

Oh, well, it's from that sham...poo....uh...commercial....-walks away awkwardly- sorry. XD

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by Waffleness on December 9th, 2008

>quizzical look on face< Hahahaha.

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by Theby on December 9th, 2008

Actually we put roo in our poo. Kangaroo is very popular meat over here. I don't eat it though.

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by Theby on December 9th, 2008

oh really? Kangaroo? Mmm sounds delish. Haha does is taste like chicken?

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by Waffleness on December 9th, 2008

It tastes really gamey and delicious and it is so lean, no fat anywhere. It is also very cheap. But I think a lot of people are like me and just can't bear to eat the cute little kangas.

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by Theby on December 9th, 2008

Ooh yeah I could never eat a kangaroo! I've actually never seen a Kangaroo face to face before...but they are still cute :]

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by Waffleness on December 10th, 2008

Especially when their little joeys are sticking their heads out of the pouch!!

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by Theby on December 11th, 2008

Aww yeah, little baby kangaroos! I wonder what it's like to ride in one of those...haha

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by Waffleness on December 14th, 2008

Those kangaroos can rip your stomach open with their hind legs! Salaam :-(

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by Theby on January 4th, 2009