Unutterably Silly Aussie terms: What do you think they mean?

[sherman]

Well, over on the Words that should be outlawed or restricted thread, montsnmags posted the following list of siome commonly used Australian terms:

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'...

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.

[HarryT]

I'm rooting for you, sherman!

[sherman]

Thanks

Lets see what happens...

[Laine]

When I first came to Australia I was amazed at how many words ended in the e sound.

There are many interesting phrases too - like "on the nose".

And don't get me started on pronunciation - "snay-yull" for instance.

[happy_terd]

Foster's is Australian for beer.

[poohbear_nc]

Yes - this is what I had in mind! So, I'll begin:

exy: your ex-spouse?
chewie: gum? chewing tobacco? a Wookie?
cockie: a cocker spaniel? a braggart? a soccer player?

[zelda_pinwheel]

ok, i'm game. prepare to snicker mercilessly, sherman.

Sunnies, sunglasses
boardies, those silly shorts you wear on surfboards ?
toasty, ah... toast ?
brickie, no idea. unless it actually means "brick".
sparky, cigarette lighter ? or sparkplugs.
pollie, a parrot.
bluey, next to the fishy.
barbie, barbecue ! thank you, crocodile dundee.
brekkie, breakfast.
Brizzie, ... ?
bushie, probably not "the bush", right ? that would be too easy.
telly, television.
chewie, chewing gum ?
choccie, chocolate ! (it's international).
Chrissie, christmas
cockie, cockatoo. i'm positive.
coldie, a beer. i should probably put "beer" for any word i don't know, actually.
cozzie, a beer ?
divvy van, a beer... van ?
dunny, duvet
durry, damned, i'm pretty sure i knew this one. but i forget. ah, a parka ? pff. no, that can't be it, what use would an australian have for a parka ?
exy, ex-boyfriend. right ?
footy, football
grundies, now you're just making stuff up.
undies, underpants (to be worn on head).
lippie, lip balm
middy, beer ?
oldies, ...but goodies ?
pokies, ...beer ?
postie, postman
pozzy, seriously, you are making these up right ?
prezzie, present
rellie, umbrella. (pff ! like you know what *that* is. parasol is more like it.)
rollie, beer ?
scratchy, is this a trick ?
sickie, um, yuck.
sticky, it is a trick, isn't it ?
surfie, surf board ?
tallie, beer, right ? in a bottle ?
tinny, a tin of conserves ?
tinny, ...another tin of conserves ?
trackies, track suit ?
uggies, those silly boots you wear when the temperature drops below 25° (), as if you even know what "cold weather" is.
uni, university
Vinnie's, that restaurant down the street from your house ?
yewy seriously, quit making this stuff up !

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

brickie, no idea. unless it actually means "brick".

A brick-layer.

cozzie, a beer ?

A swimming costume.

dunny, duvet

A toilet.

lippie, lip balm

lipstick.

pokies, ...beer ?

slot machine.

sickie, um, yuck.

A day off work, with a (normally fake) illness.

tinny, a tin of conserves ?

A can of beer

[Laine]

Please, please , pretty please keep this up - it's so funny.

I'm rolling around hysterically at the thought of a dunny on the bed.

Mind you there are one or two words I don't know and I 've lived here since 1972.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by HarryT

A brick-layer.
A swimming costume.
A toilet.
lipstick.
slot machine.
A day off work, with a (normally fake) illness.
A can of beer

harry, i'm pretty sure you're disqualified, being british and all. you're not supposed to give the answers.

also, lip balm / lip stick, close enough. i say that one counts, particularly as the line between the two products is frequently very fine.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

harry, i'm pretty sure you're disqualified, being british and all. you're not supposed to give the answers.

Nope. None of those words is used in British English except "brickie". I have a lot of Australian friends, though, so I've learned the meaning of these mysterious words.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Nope. None of those words is used in British English except "brickie". I have a lot of Australian friends, though, so I've learned the meaning of these mysterious words.

There's two tinnies, Harry. Bonus points (my shout) if you get the second.

Cheers,
Marc

[montsnmags]

Also, Zelda, I won't go into details about all of them, but, just to undermine your confidence in one, you might be right about "cockies", but you're also wrong.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

There's two tinnies, Harry. Bonus points (my shout) if you get the second.

Cheers,
Marc

The other one I think Zelda got right - it's the "coldie", isn't it?

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by HarryT

The other one I think Zelda got right - it's the "coldie", isn't it?

No...umm, that is, yes, Zelda is right there, but, no, what I mean is that "tinny" has two different meanings.

Cheers,
Marc