{"id":7654,"date":"2019-09-20T00:08:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T14:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mojosurf.com\/?p=7654"},"modified":"2023-05-17T00:05:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T14:05:25","slug":"understanding-aussie-slang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mojosurf.com\/understanding-aussie-slang\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Aussie Slang"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you just arrived in Australia and need help getting down with the lingo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Australia is an English speaking country, but you\u2019re forgiven if from time to time think your in another country because there are sounds coming from the Aussie\u2019s mouth that simply don\u2019t make sense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We love to shorten our words and invent phrases that to some sound just plain weird.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1.Goon\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve travelled Australia for some time you\u2019ll be well acquainted with the term goon, for freshies, it means wine that comes in a box and gives you the best bang for your buck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo credit: inst<\/span>agram @stantoni<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Bang for your buck\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Simply means value for money. So, buying bulk wine in a box gives you the best value for your cash.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Wax Head<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wax is someone who surfs. You\u2019ll find this term in any Aussie Slang dictionary, and at Mojosurf we turn all our guests into <\/span>legit Wax Heads!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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4. Bottlo\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the common term A<\/span>ussies use to describe the bottle shop that sells alcohol.<\/p>\n

5. Barbie<\/strong><\/p>\n

In case you haven\u2019t seen the famous Crocodile Dundee \u201cthrow another shrimp on the Barbie\u201d\u00a0 tourism ad from decades ago, it means a social get together, normally outside similar to the American cook up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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6. \u201cThat\u2019s so un-Australian”<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a cultural thing in Australia to be given a \u2018fair go,\u2019 even the Prime Minister is known for saying \u201cif you have a go, you\u2019ll get a go.\u201d So when someone says \u201cthat\u2019s so un-Australian\u201d something has happened that is TOTALLY unfair, it’s very serious, Aussie value mateship and if they get ripped off or the mateship code is crossed, well you maybe ran out of the country, even if you are Aussie! Note: Peter Foster, an Aussie who established a career con artist escaped overseas before being caught and imprisoned. We hear he\u2019s out now getting a \u201csecond chance\u201d in true Aussie style.<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Duh-ree<\/strong><\/p>\n

Probably my favourite! A duh-ree is an Aussie way of saying ciggerette<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Sticky Beak\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A stickybeak is getting into someone\u2019s business where you\u2019re simply not welcome. It\u2019s another term for being nosey.<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Avo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aussie\u2019s have a thing for avo, known as the avocado. Smashed Avo has defined a generation of millennials when economy experts suggest millennials buy too much smashed avo rather than saving for a house. There is even an entire book called <\/span>Smashed Avocado<\/span><\/a>!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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10. Taking the piss<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Taking the piss is a term Aussies use to make fun of someone in a really friendly way.<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Wheely Bin<\/strong><\/p>\n

A wheely bin is the large rubbish bins that line the streets once a week for collection. Empty wheely bins + drunken behaviour = a whole lotta fun!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Out Woop Woop<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A remote town or place out by Tim Buck Two, another Aussie slang term meaning a long way from the coast (normally inland).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you just arrived in Australia and need help getting down with the lingo.\u00a0 Australia is an English speaking country, but you\u2019re forgiven if from time to time think your in another country because there are sounds coming from the Aussie\u2019s mouth that simply don\u2019t make sense.\u00a0 We love to shorten our words and invent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":68886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"header_color":"","header_type":"","dark_header":""},"categories":[153,154],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mojosurf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mojosurf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mojosurf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mojosurf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mojosurf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7654"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mojosurf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68888,"href":"https:\/\/mojosurf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7654\/revisions\/68888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mojosurf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mojosurf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mojosurf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mojosurf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}