arse kisser, arselicker, bumkisser,bumsniffer and brown-noser – refers to people who "suck up" to authority figures, which is fundamentally opposed to Australian hostility for authority figures.

bastard – general purpose designation for a person or persons, may be either a term of endearment or an expression of hostility or resentment. It has sometimes been called "the great Australian endearment", but can also be an insultinterpreted according to context. Calling someone "a silly bastard" is affectionate: calling them "a stupid bastard" is a serious insult. According to a cricketing anecdote, during the "Bodyline" series of 1932–33, the England captain complained to the Australian captain, Bill Woodfull, that an Australian player had called one of his players a bastard. Woodfull supposedly turned to his team and said: "Which one of you bastards called this bastard's bowler a bastard?"

battler – a socially–respected, hard–working Australian who is struggling to "make ends meet", because their income is only just enough to survive onsomeone working hard and only just making a living

billy lid – a childfrom rhyming slang (rhyming with kid)

bird – a female, (being driven out by the American word chick)

bloke – generic term for a man (also common in British English)compare sheila

Example with a negative connotation. he's such a bloke (he is insensitive, he is interested in masculine pastimes, such as drinking and sport)

Example with a positive connotation. he's a good bloke (you can rely on him / he's a good person).

blobhead

an idiotic person

an arrogant person

a person with a large head

bludger – originally, one who lives off the earnings of prostitution: in Australian usage, a lazy person, a layabout, somebody who always relies on other people to do things or lend him thingssee also dole bludger

Blue – traditional Australian name of anyone with red hair – particularly common in the Army, but also used in wider society. Richard Branson's airline operation in Australia is therefore officially named Virgin Blue in reference to its red planes. Can also refer to someone's blue cattle dog.

blue – a fight or argument.

bogan – a term used for a lower class white Australian, similar in meaning to the US term trailer trash or the British chav. Seems to have originated in Melbourne before spreading throughout the country after being used in Melbourne–produced television programmes. Other alternatives include bevan (in Queensland) , booner in Canberra and chigger in the northern suburbs of Hobart. The stereotypical bogan is a low–income earning male who spends his days slacking. He takes little pride in his appearance. He is generally unshaven, has a mullet and dresses in singlets, flannelette shirts and thongs. He also passionately drives a ute or an older car modelyounger bogans can be a type of hoon. Bogans tend to be associated with alcohol, particularly cheap beer. Ocker is a similar term, but bogan is more derogatory.

bomb thrower – one's wifeAussie women have a knack of "hurling a bomb" into a delicate situation and really blasting a bloke, especially if the bloke is on the back foot with them

boofhead – idiot, can also refer to someone with big hair

bounce – a bully

bub – baby

bushie – someone who lives in the Bush

bush pig – an unnattractive or redneck woman from the country

Cadbury (sometimes Cadbury's, Cadbury Kid) – someone who gets drunk very quickly. From a series of commercials (the most famous starring Julius Sumner Miller) for Cadbury milk chocolate claiming each block contains "a glass and a half of full–cream dairy milk", the implication being the "Cadbury" can't hold more than a glass and a half of beer.

chook – chicken (bird, not meat). To "have a few chooks" means to own some chickens, generally either in a semi–urban area where one literally has just a few chooks, or on a property where "a few chooks" is a gross underexaggeration for having many chickens. Can also be a reference to an older person eg. Silly old chook.

chap - see bloke

cobber – early 20th century term for a friend. This term is seldom used now in Australia, although it is still often used by the British when impersonating Australians.

coconut – a person with dark skin who has forsaken his ethnic cultural values or people in favour of white cultural values and society. Brown on the outside, white inside. Derogatory. (Analgous to the American slang term "Oreo".) Also refers to persons of Pacific Islander origin. Can also be used for as an counter–blonde term – coconut refers to someone who is blonde on the inside but brunette on the outside.

conch – a conscientious person, somebody who would rather work or study than go out and enjoy him/herselfhence conchy (adj.)

cook – one's wife

crook – a person of unsound character, or criminalThat crook Kezza's ripped me off!. Can also refer to being sick (crook) "Crook in the guts" (nausea or stomach ache).

cunt - A word which takes on many meanings in Australia, often depends on the tone of the delivery and whether you are friends with the person. Very rarely used as an insult towards a woman as in American English. However, it is still considered offensive in public or polite company. In Australia cunt is frequently used between young males, and used in the following ways:

A term of endearment between friends, comparable to mate e.g. "Hey cunt, whats going on?" or "Come round to my place cunt" Also as a term of approbation, 'Mad cunt!

Someone you dislike, for this meaning the word is usually delivered in an agressive tone e.g. "Get fucked you cunt"

An object e.g. "The cunt won't start" in reference to a car or "Pick the cunt up!" in reference to a football.

Can be used plurally to describe a group of people e.g. "Those cunts over there" or "What are you cunts doing?"

Referring to a male/s e.g. "In the car there were two cunts and one chick"

A slang word for a vagina as it is used in other English-speaking countries e.g. "I licked her cunt." Sometimes 'cunnihole'.

dag – mild term for a foolish, clumsy, likably–goofy, unsophisticated, unfashionable or shabbily–dressed person. Originally a lump of wool encrusted fæces and mud dangling from a sheep's posterior. Can also mean a silly, funny, or goofy person when used affectionately. Daggy is a commonly used adjective that might also describe uncool or unfashionable clobber or other things

dickhead – an idiot, somebody who talks drivel, somebody with whom you have little patience

dill – an idiot

dipstick – a loser, an idiot

der brain – an idiot, a fool

dero or 'derro – a pejorative term for a vagrant, especially an alcoholic one (abbreviation of derelict)

dobber or dibber dobber – informantfrom dob meaning to inform on. The saying "(Dibber) dobbers wear nappies." is commonly used by children.

dog – 1. a cowardly or treacherous person2. an unattractive female.

dole bludger – someone who is lazy and spends their life living on government unemployment or disability benefits (the latter if the recipient has no disability to speak of).

drongo – an idiot, a fool, a dope, someone who thinks they might be good stuff but is actually an idiot

dropkick – someone who is not successful, lazy or not fulfilling their full potential

Eastie – a term used for an upper class white Australian, a term favoured in Sydney for people who live in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.

feral – a hippie, often seen at outdoor raves. "Look at all those ferals doing fire-dancing. I hope their dreadlocks don't get singed."

figjam – a person with a high opinion of themselves, supposedly an abbreviation of "fuck, I'm good, just ask me"

fruit loop – similar to crazy person. To "carry on like a fruit loop" means to behave stupid and crazy.

galah – a stupid person, a fool, a silly personfrom the bird of the same name because of its antics and the noise it makesoften intensified as flamin' galah!

greenie – an environmentalist.

gumby – ticket inspectors on Melbourne's public transport system. Employees of the old Public Transport Corporation wore dark green overcoats of a similar colour (being the colour generally used by the PTC) to the cartoon character of the same name. Also known as a 'grey ghost', as the coat colours have changed in recent years.

happy little Vegemite – person in a good mood

hemmie- someone who gets hemorrhoids very easilyoffensive

hoon – a thug, a hooligan, a lout, especially one in command of a hotted–up motor vehiclesomeone who drives a car in a recklessly fast or dangerous manner, similar in meaning to boy racer, but less specific in age or gender

knocker – a critical person

lair – a flashily dressed young man of brash and vulgar behaviour, to dress up in flashy clothes, to renovate or dress up something in bad tastehence lair it up meaning to behave in a brash and vulgar manner. Rare, almost obsolete.

larrikin – a person who is rebellious, non conformist and/or anti–authoritariana person who is always enjoying himselfa harmless prankster

leso – (pronounced IPA: /'lez.əʉ/) a lesbian

maggot

a drunk, really drunk"maggeted"

a reprehensible or despicable person

an AFL umpire (white maggot)

mate – a friend. A term that is used affectionately to address friends and acquaintances ("How's it going, mate?"), to address strangers or people whose names are not known ("Excuse me, mate..."), and extravagant pleasure at seeing someone (Mate! It's beaut to see yer again!"). Also used as a noun ("He's a good mate"). Sometimes deliberately used as an expression of aggression or threat (hostile overfamiliarity) directed towards a hostile or indifferent stranger (the tone of voice and context will make this usage very clearthere is no danger of confusion). The term is also common in British English in all these respects.

mob – group of people, not necessarily troublesome

Mong - basically short for 'mongoloid' referring to a retarded person, not a person of Mongolian lineage.

mongrel – a despicable person, a scroundrel

mug – friendly insult, gullible personfor example, "Garn, have a go, y' mug."

Neville or Neville no Mates (alternatively "Nigel" or "Nigel no friends") – someone with no friends. "Nig'in it" means to be alone, more often deliberately so.

nipper – young surf lifesaver

– a child (as in, How many nippers you got these days?)

no–hoper – somebody who will never do well

nong or ning–nong – an idiot, a moron (used famously on one occasion by Wilson Tuckey, at that time a member of the opposition, to address Prime Minister Paul Keating)

ocker – an unsophisticated male blue–collar who drinks and is sports–mad, especially into footy

oldies – parents. "Old Man" and "Old Girl" refer to Father and Mother respectively.

Petrol Head - term used for a Hoon. (see Hoon)

piker – someone who doesn't want to fit in with others socially, leaves parties early

piss off – get lost

pissed – drunk, but can be used in the American sense to mean irritated. "Sloshed" is another drunk equivalent.

poofter, pooftah or poof – homosexual man (also common in British English)

ratbag – mild insult or term of affection "you ratbag"

reffo – refugee

rellie or relo – a family relative

Rodeo-Goers, Rednecks, Hillbillies - Derogatory phrases used by city people mocking people who live in the country.

root rat – a sexually active and promiscuous persona person always on the lookout for a sexual liaison

scab

– a union worker who goes to work when the company is on strike.

– a non–union worker that breaks picket lines to work when the normal workers are on strike.

– One who is tight with money or possessions. (S/he's a bit scabby)

scrag – an unattractive womanrough or unkempt woman. Often refers to sexually promiscuous, lower class women, or can be used as an insult synonymous to "slut" or "tart".

screamer – a party loversee two pot screamer or one pot screamer. Also a term once used to describe a spectacular mark in Australian Rules Football.

servo – service station, sometimes referred to as a petty or petty station (petrol station)

shark biscuit – somebody new to surfingalso a name for a boogie board rider as they look like a little piece of meat on top of a biscuit (bite size for a shark)

sheila – generic term for (young) female in the same sense as a bloke is a male: also used in New Zealand Englishnot as common as in former years being driven out by the American word chick

show pony – someone who tries hard, by his dress or behaviour, to impress those around him

sickie – a sick day off work. To "chuck a sickie" means to take a day off work sick, not necessary to actually be sick, but just use it as an excuse for a day off.

skanga, skangga, skangger - Term used in rural Victoria to describe 'city-people' who have been released from prison and sought a new start in a country town. Generally same meaning as 'trailor trash' or 'white trash'. Many 'skangas' are alcoholics and drug addicts.

slapper – same as the British English term – means a slut.

sook – (rhymes with "book") (n) someone who acts in a timid crybaby mannera petulant, soft or tame person(v) to be petulant, She's sooking againhence sooky (adj.)inoffensivecan also be applied to animals

soft – someone with low alcohol tolerance levels

space cadet used by teachers to describe an unusually dull (usually male) student

spanner – a derogatory remark similar to toolfor example, "That bloke's an absolute spanner."from spanner, a tool used for adjusting bolts (as in British English, equivalent to the North American wrench)

spunk – a sexually attractive female or male. This usage can inadvertently cause outrage among British people to whom "spunk" is slang for semen.

sprogs – children. "They've got a coupla sprogs". Can also be slang for semen.

stickybeak – a snoop, a nosy person, cf. British English "noseyparker". Also used as a verb "to stickybeak"

surfie – member of a subculture dedicated to surfing

tacker – a child

tall poppy – someone who (through hard work, natural ability, or simply luck) rises above the average, and if he/ she has the bad manners to flaunt his/ her success or talent rather than employing the socially acceptable self–deprecation or modesty (real or false), attracts the disapprobation of others

tightarse - a spendthrift/scrooge

toe cutter - a usually intimidating person who deals with those who have "stepped over the line"

tool – an idiot or imbecile

true blue – patriotic Australian

two–can Sam – somone who get drunk very quickly. Reference to the mascot of Fruit Loops breakfast cereal Toucan Sam.

two pot screamer – someone who gets drunk very quickly. "Pot" is the term used in Victorian and Queensland pubs for a 285 ml (10 ounce) beer glass. See also Cadbury

vego – (pron. vejo) vegetarian

wanker – a term used to insultto "have a wank" means to masturbate.

– a person with an inflated sense of importance, value or ability, particularly one who takes much pleasure from their inflated sense of worth

westie – a peron who lives in the Western Suburbs of Sydney (a Sydney term)

whacker or whacka – an idiotsomebody who talks drivelsomebody with whom you have little patiencea dickhead

wog – person of Mediterranean origin. A milder insult than the same word in the UK and perhaps elsewhere.

– Sometimes used in a similar way as mate, but this is generally only acceptable between people of Mediterranean origin.

wombat – somebody who eats, roots (has sex) and leaves

wowser – straight–laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport

wuss – cowardnervous person or animal

yobbo or yob – an uncouth and/or unkempt male, possibly participating in the commission of petty crimesalso used in British English

[edit] Work related termswharfie – wharf labourer or stevedore

ambo – ambulance driver

AJ – short for Army Jerk. Used to refer to a soldier, usually derogatory. "The pub was full of AJs."

beak – a magistrate or judge, now becoming obsolete.

bricky or brickie – short for bricklayer, c.f. "blocky" (blocklayer)

Brown Bomber – a parking inspector in Sydney characterised by their brown uniforms.

bushranger – a highwayman (colonial–era word now only used to describe historical figures)

cockie – a farmer

chalkie – a school teacher, bookmakers clerk

check out chick – a female cashier in a supermarket, term has become more gender neutral in recent times.

chippie – a carpenter

cockie – the spotter in a permit situationconstruction termfor example, in a confined space where people are working the cockie waits outside the entry point and maintains communication with the people inside, if they get into trouble, then the cocky (skwarks) raises the alarm so others know

cockie/cocky – a farmer, eg. cattle cocky (small scale farmer)

copper- a policeman/policewoman

cut lunch commando – an army reservist, normally referred to as a choco by regular army soldiers

digger – an Australian soldier

dole bludger – a person living on social security who does so by choice, that is who actively chooses to be unemployed

firie – a firefighter

fisho – a fishmonger

forkie – a forklift driver

fossicker – a prospector, e.g. for gold

garbo or garbologist – a garbage collector. More specifically, the men who ran behind the garbage truck, picking up the garbage bins from the kerbside and emptying them into the truck. Now made obsolete by machines which do the same thing with a pronged implement.

jackaroo – a male trainee station manager or station hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property)

jillaroo – a female trainee station manager or station hand

Joe the Cameraman any near–anonymous cameraman who films an event for a media organisation.

journo – journalist

milko – milkman. Also known as the milky in some states.

offsider – an assistant, helper

party room – group of members of parliament belonging to the same party, equivalent to parliamentary party (in British English). Caucus is used only to refer to the parliamentary members of the Australian Labor Party.

pig – a police officer, usually derogatory.

pollie – a politician

postie – postman, mailman

public servant – government employee, or (in British English) a civil servant. Originally a euphemism for British convicts transported to Australia in the 18th and 19th centuries.[1]

salvo – a Salvation Army officer

Salvos, the – Salvation Army

sparky – an electrician

spruiker – man who stands outside a nightclub or restaurant trying to persuade people to enter

standover man – a large man, usually gang–related, who threatens people with physical violence in order to have his wishes carried out

swagman or swaggie – a tramp, a hobo

towie – a tow–truck operator or ski–lift operator

truckie – a truck driver

weekend warrior – army reservist