Words/things I learned watching BBAU from the US

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pash
bogan
brekkie
chook
mince (as a noun)
rissole
footy
whinge
sook
chockie
sanger

Feel free to add your own
 
Zoooper doopers!
*or zooper doopers. My O's got a little excited*
 
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So strange to think they're the first time you've heard those words. Things like sook and whinge I pretty much thought as a part of the English language, and not exclusive to Australia.

Pash, bogan, footy are also quite common in Australia but I can see how they may not be known elsewhere.
 
You left out POM! We had a full on discussion about it one day in LF :-)

Oh, and lollies.. sort of... I didn't realize that it reffered to pretty much any candy there, I thought they were just short for lolipop
 
Poona said:
So strange to think they're the first time you've heard those words. Things like sook and whinge I pretty much thought as a part of the English language, and not exclusive to Australia.

Pash, bogan, footy are also quite common in Australia but I can see how they may not be known elsewhere.
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I've heard sook a few times before, but whinge was definitely new. We use whine. Australian English seems more similar to UK English.

nonieu said:
Yes it also funny cause we use Grub for food as well for example grubs ready and we know it means dinner , it sounds pretty normal to us until some one asks what we are talking about ;)
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I use grubby if something/someone is messy, but not just grub. Is that the same thing?

Another one is the term for 'popsicle' is an icy pole.
 
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What a great thread. It's fascinating to learn which words we commonly speak, are NOT universally known.

Keep it up!
 
D&M - deep and meaningful
Thong- not meaning underwear
Trainers- meaning sneakers
Ice block-means Popsicle
 
Most interesting or entertaining things:

Kookaburra in the flesh
Compulsory voting
School year starts in January
Bert Newton- who would have known about him otherwise?
Boys fantasies about girls in school uniforms
Slut strands
How smart Australian cattle dogs can be

Most important thing:
Australians are awesome!! Though I strongly suspected that before.
 
Have no idea what any of the aussie slang mean in the OP, but I did pick up on the
Rose711 said:
Most interesting or entertaining things:

Kookaburra in the flesh
Compulsory voting
School year starts in January
Bert Newton- who would have known about him otherwise? True ;-/
Boys fantasies about girls in school uniforms
Slut strands Apparently I need to change my look because this whole time I thought I had these romantic, little tendrils, but it seems they are slut strands?? Have I been giving out the wrong signals this whole time!!!
How smart Australian cattle dogs can be

Most important thing:
Australians are awesome!! Though I strongly suspected that before.
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