American, British, & Australian Expressions/Differences

We call it the hood, and we call cars . . . cars . . .

So if a hood in the 'hood sits on your hood, is it good?

Just a word to say, Phoenix, that when I first started to college, there was a drive in that one could access by simply walking across the street. The restrooms were labeled with a picture above each one. The dogs were "setters and pointers". Of course, I didn't get it.

My mom always said face fomost meaning face foremost. My oldest sister still says "cawner" for corner.

oh heck no, garter belts and stockings can be had almost anywhere.

Walk into any victoria's secret or lingerie shop.

That's what yanks call hose that only come up to mid thigh and are held up with garters...Stockings.

I'm not sure, but I think what you call stockings, we call socks. the items that both men and womens where that come up to ankle, mid calf or knees.

Yeah, tights....to me they are either what ballet dancers wear, or when you go exercise....although today women more wear shorts, sweat pants, yoga pants to the gyms.

Also, tights are what little girls wear in the winter, they are heavier and keep the legs warm.

I keep hearing ladies underwear referred to as "knickers" to me, that sound really cute and quaint, like bloomers, only slightly naughty.

Women here general refer to the undergarments that cover their bums as just "underwear" or "underpants" or "Panties" of course, now we have thongs, I won't even begin to address that.

Isn't there something about you calling diapers napkins and napkins serviettes?

Whatever happened to Lola?

I've always rather appreciated "piss" - such a versatile word:

Pissed in Oz means having consumed an excessive amount of alcohol (as a newt!)

A piss up is a gathering at which one becomes pissed

On the piss - means indulging in adult (alcoholic) beverages (probably to excess)
Off the piss means the opposite.

Pissed on is being treated in an unpleasant fashion (to increasing degrees)

Pissed off means angry, disgruntled.

Piss off, on the other hand, means to depart, not necessarily in anger, but may be.

PISS OFF is what you tell people you want to go further away, and now!

Piss-weak (can also be piss-poor) - means not very strong, and/or bloody well useless, and may relate to beverages, people, excuses, etc.

Piss in - achieving something with very little effort, e.g., results, elections, other conquests.

Pisser, or piss-ant - a person not worth much (tosser)

There may be others that don't immediately come to mind.


And then there's the favourite for today: POETS DAY

Piss off early, tomorrow's Saturday!

okay (now that was American, but everyone else seems to have appropriated it--it's pretty strange hearing it in Latin American Spanish),
we've got some of the same "piss" ones, piss on and pissed off, piss off meaning get the hell out of here right now or else. "pissed" can mean either drunk or irate, or if you're a mean drunk, I suppose "he's pissed" could mean both at once.

This may be just a New England one, I'm not sure, but "pisser", pronounced "pissah" in Boston, means, uh, well, it means "wicked awesome", great, superb, "she's real pissah".

underwear for us means panties/knickers/petticoats/slips/vests/camisoles - whatever undergarments you wear under your outer clothes - even Lord
e's long johns

Barbie - barbeque
To wag - to skip school
Mate - friend (you all know that anyways)
To nick something - to steal something
Ta ta - byebye

Bloke - A man
Bench - A counter
Cutlery - Silverware
Serviette - Napkin
Barrack - Means to cheer for...(yea, you can't say 'root' here because it means something COMPLETELY different!)
Dodgy/shoddy/shonky - of doubtful quality
Chewy - gum

crook - sick ('my aunty's a bit crook today')
brekky - breakfast
smoko - morning tea
arvo - afternoon
servo - service station

lollies - candy
lift - elevator

beanie - knitted cap used to keep the head warm in winter.
togs/swimmers/bathers - bathing suits
budgie smugglers - Speedos, mens swimming costume
boardies - board shorts

Grog - alcohol
goon - cask wine, usually cheap and nasty
A tinnie - a can of beer. A small aluminium boat as well.
A stubbie - a small bottle, usually beer.
Stubby holder - the felt type thing that you use to hold your can/bottle in, so it stays cold, and your fingers don't freeze. Usually decorated with favourite football teams, or company logos.
Softdrink - Pop/soda

Queenslander= Banana bender because of the number of bananananas grown in Qld.
Victorian= Mexican (ie from south of the boarder)
South Australian = Crow Eater (dont know why)
Western Australia = SandGroper because of the large amount of sandy and desert country
Northern Territory = Territorian (unimaginative i know)
New South Wales= the only one i can come up with is "Blues" any other offers? cockroach
A.C.T. (australian capitol territory) = Parlimentarians

port- a garage (like, an open one - no door etc), or a bag, like a school bag, luggage bag etc
woop-woop- to say "out in woop-woop" is like saying "in the middle of nowhere". Other ways to say this in 'Australian' are "out the back of burke" or "beyond the black stump". lol.
a blue - a fight e.g. "they had a bit of a blue"
bonza - if something's 'bonza' it's really really good
fair dinkum -If something is 'fair dinkum', it's true or is used to show amazement, for example: "I bought this car for only $8000" "Fair dinkum?"
yakka- really hard work.

Phrases
Have a go
How are you going?
Yeah I reckon - I agree
Have heaps of something - To have a lot of something (or 'thanks heaps' - thanks a lot).
Flat out like a lizard drinking - To be really busy
She'll be right/sweet/apples - It'll all be ok ... used on practically anything
Chuck a wobbly - to throw a tantrum
Too right - said in agreement with someone/thing ("it's hot today" "too right it is")
Bloody ripper! - Awesome

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that list is great!

I'll have to look over more carefully later on.

how did "Love bite" [uk] get to be Hickey {usa]

Here's some (mostly West) Texas slang to compare it to:

Flatter than a flitter: exhausted
Longneck: beer with a long, er, neck
Jicky: dodgy
Over yonder: over there
Nawse naught: nice night
Smoker: low-heat oven used to smoke meats. Texas BBQ is mostly smoked. "Old South" BBQ is usually glazed.
Pit: smoker. It used to be literally a pit covered with a tarp and dirt, containing smoldering wood, meat, and stew.