If you’re from England, finding a department within a shop called Manchester could seriously confuse you. Larrikin – Someone who’s always up for a laugh, bit of a harmless prankster.Hoon – Hooligan (normally driving badly!).Goon is a cheap, boxed wine that will inevitably become an integral part of your Australian backpacking experience. Goon – the best invention ever produced by mankind.Going off – busy, lots of people / angry person “he’s going off”.Gnarly – awesome – often used by surfers.Galah – an Australian cockatoo with a reputation for not being bright, hence a galah is also a stupid person.Furphy – rumours or stories that are improbable or absurd.F*ck Me Dead – that’s unfortunate, that surprises me.Flat out – Really busy – “Flat out like a lizard drinking” – As busy as a bee.Fair Dinkum – ‘Fair Dinkum?’ … ‘Fair Dinkum!’ = Honestly? … Yeah honestly!.Esky – An insulated container that keeps things cold (usually beers).Drongo – a Fool, ‘Don’t be a drongo mate’.Dardy – meaning “cool”, is used amongst South West Australian Aboriginal peoples and has also been adopted by non-indigenous teens.‘Tracky daks’ = sweatpants (tracksuit pants) Dag – Someone who’s a bit of a nerd or geek.If someone calls you the “C” word in Australia (and you haven’t done anything to make them angry), then breathe a sigh of relief… it means you have entered the mate zone. C*nt, the “C” word – Used when exchanging pleasantries between close friends or family member.Crook – Being ill or angry ‘Don’t go crook on me for getting crook’.
#Mate translate for mac crack
Crack the shits – Getting angry at someone or something.Bush – “Out in the bush” – “he’s gone bush” In the countryside away from civilisation.Buckleys Chance – little chance ( Buckley’s Chance Wiktionary).Bottle-O – Bottle Shop, basically a place to buy alcohol.
#Mate translate for mac drivers
Booze Bus – Police vehicle used to catch drunk drivers.Or, if you like, just call your friends a bogan when they are acting weird. Bogan – This word is used for people who are, well let’s say, rednecks.Bludger – Someone who’s lazy, generally also who relies on others (when it’s someone who relies on the state they’re often called a ‘dole bludger’).Billy – Teapot (In the Outback on the fire).Beauty! – Great! Most often exclaimed as “You Beauty”.‘Bruce bailed’ = Bruce isn’t going to turn up. Aussie Salute – Wave to scare the flies.Arvo – Afternoon ( S’Arvo – this afternoon!).Accadacca – How Aussies refer to Australian band ACDC.
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