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The Language Down Under - Dictionary and Translations

Australian male = Bloke
Australian Wild Dog (which doesn't bark, but rather howels) = Dingo
Barbeque = Barbie (not to be confused with "Ken and Barbie")
Bottle Shop or Liquor Store = Bottlo (pronounced "bottle-oh")
Breakfast = Brekkie
Bum, Butt = Arse
Conversation = Chinwag
Cookie = Biscuit
Drunk = Pissed
Drop Bear = a fictional Australian Marsupial said to be related to the koala (Click here for a more detailed description)
Electrician = Sparky
Fireman = Firey
Flip Flops = Thongs

Frills = birds (e.g. "No Birds" is our car rental agency. - see definition for "rent" below.)
Gum = Chewy
How are you? = How ya going?
If you fancy meeting up just give me a bell. = If you like me and want to hang out... Call Me!
Impertinently bold; impudent and saucy = Cheeky
Lots of = Heaps (Aussie's LOVE this word)
Pharmacy = Chemist
Registration = Rego (pronounced "rej - oh")

Rent = Hire (e.g I hired a car last week from Hertz. Even though the car hire place we use here is called "No Birds".)
Schedule = pronounced "Shheh-dual"
Shady = Dodgy
Shopping Carts = Trollies
Sunglasses = Sunnies
Sweets/Candies = Lollies
Well Done = Onya
Z = "zed" - Aussie's infrequently use "z's" in their language - it is replaced with an "s"