Australian Slang

Continuing on that theme:

Onya

as in goodonya -> Good on you ie 'well done you' - which can have a diametrically opposed meaning when said in a sarcastic tone.

Dodgy.

Of questionable legality, like a scam, or questionable moral or structural integrity. Originally British.

"Ehhh, I dunno, that piece is pretty dodgy. It's all rusty, hasn't been used in a few decades, it might fall apart."
The old ute is a bit dodgy

"Smuggling ganja out of Mendocino could get some tall dollars, but it's a dodgy scam, the cops proly bust people for that all the time."

British counterpart of the U.S. slang shady

I find it a wee-bit dodgy

Dill - Idiot/Scatterbrain etc (roughly equivalent to the nowadays less used 'drongo'.


'You dill - open the door, then come in.'

'He's a bit of dill.'

Galah




Flamin' Galah
fool, silly person. Named after the bird of the same name because of its antics and the noise it makes.

Dadpad! I was just reading your last posting here and it suddenly hit me what your signature line was! Very clever!

May I respectfully suggest you live up to yours Lezzles.

Does anyone still say 'Nong' ?

Letter in this quarter's Australian geographic from an expat who claims to use the term Nong.

Dropkick = stupid person.

Hey, Dad, what's a budgie? I ferget.....

RH

(studyin' my inverted cousins)

I know it's not exactly the right thread to put this in, but Dadpad's platypus xing sign reminds me of one I saw in outback NZ

"Traffic signs are not for target practice"

Of course, it was shot to pieces

(It's on the way from Queenstown to Christchurch, if you take the hilly inland route)

A budgie is a "Budgerigar".

The Budgerigar is a native of the drier parts of Australia and is found in the wild in great numbers and now adopted world-wide as the most popular pet bird.

Budgie
N. small bird. excellent cage bird/pet. comes in a variety of colours. Below is the most common




Budgie- other

Budgie Smugglers: brief male swimming costume.

Singing budgie: Kylie Minogue

I was thinkin' this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBpAjXIqmv8&feature=related

Patriots lose.................

RH

Shannon It's Payback Time Cobber!

In the outback of Australia.
where the cattle dogs run free.
Is a vermin of a bloke that,
annoys the hell right out of me..

Now don't get me wrong
he's a sweetheart I can tell.
But I'm itching now ta toss him.
right down the ruddy well!

Just last night we fetched him
from the barn house none so clean.
He was a kissing in the hayloft
with that hussy name of Jean..


He's always into mischief.
Yet he acts so innocent.
Sometimes I wonder now.
If his brain is slightly bent!

Now sorry cobber darlin,
but it really is so true.
Payback is a buggar
when it comes on back to you!!

Well it's time ta tell some tales
About what YOU get up to TOO..
Can I tell about that raunchy bull.
That was so in love with you??

What about the time
ya sat on that bull ants ruddy nest??
gawd ya danced so wonderfully.
It was talent of the best!


Or what about the time.
Ya stole John Williamsons old ute?
He kicked your backside so darn hard.
Ya couldn't tooty toot!!

And I hear Steve Erwin's
not at all happy
with the like of you..
Ya stole his ruddy crocodiles.
Did ya have ta knick em too??

Now ya"re a fair dinkum aussie.
Oh yes I think ya are..
But sometimes me cobber mate..
Ya go too ruddy far!

Return me ruddy cattle dog.
Return me bull as well.
I'm telling ya Skippy, mate,
You'll go ta ruddy hell.

Some years ago, in France, we stayed at a B&B. The owner had couple of budgies in a cage in the breakfast/dining room. I spent ages trying to teach the stupid things to day "G'day Mate"!

I told the owner that budgies were Australian, be he assured me they came from Limoges. Didn't think Limoges was in Oz - but you never know!.

Tye didn't do Vegemite their either!

Limoges is a city in France, and the administrative capital of the Limousin région. Limoges is known for its medieval enamels on copper, for its 19th century porcelain and for its oak barrels which are used for Cognac production. No mention of budgies.

Zackly!

I have a photo somewhere of a sign near Tantanoola (I think) in SA of a Koala Bear that has had the following items artfully added to its silhouette:

Batwings
Vampire teeth dripping blood

- will try and find it....

Budgie Smugglers



There's even a rather coy site at Budgy Smuggler

http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
Stumbled onto this link ... wasn't looking for a dictionary of Australian slang.
Might help us decipher our Australian neighbors.