Well, over on the
Words that should be outlawed or restricted thread,
montsnmags posted the following list of siome commonly used Australian terms:
Quote:
Ahhh...
Sunnies, boardies, toasty, brickie, sparky, pollie, bluey, barbie, brekkie, Brizzie, bushie, telly, chewie, choccie, Chrissie, cockie, coldie, cozzie, divvy van, dunny, durry, exy, footy, grundies, undies, lippie, middy, oldies, pokies, postie, pozzy, prezzie, rellie, rollie, scratchy, sickie, sticky, surfie, tallie, tinny, tinny, trackies, uggies, uni, Vinnie's, yewy
Then there's the stuff we end in '-o'...
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Now, as a New Zealander, I happen to (unfortunately) know what many of these terms mean.
poohbear_nc suggested that maybe a new thread should be created (I dunno how SERIOUS he actually was
), so here it is...
This is the thread where our friends(?) from the Northern Hemisphere can try and guess what these AU terms actually mean.
Fellow Australians and New Zealanders: Please DO NOT help our friends(?) overseas, at least not to start with. I want to find out just how wrong and hilarious their answers can get (ie. I want ENTERTAINMENT!!). By all means though, feel free to supply even more unique terms/slang for them to get their poor heads around
And to our friends(?) overseas... Googling the terms, or finding some other way of getting a definition, is considered CHEATING. I want to see what YOU think they mean.