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DIRECTORY OF SAUCY SLANG
Where Did That Expression Really Come From?
Know Your Onions! A Jumble of Random Slang
THE QUEEN’S ENGLISH
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A cheeky collection of all slang, insults, curses and idioms available from all categories
Where Did That Expression Really Come From?
Know Your Onions! A Jumble of Random Slang
THE QUEEN’S ENGLISH
- The British Greatest Hits List
- The British Love their Bits N’ Bobs
- Chockablock of Quirky British Slang
- The Cockney Bits About Rhyming Slang
- Raggabrash Runaway to the Middle Ages
- The Victorian Play of Bricky Old Bags
- The Victorian Replay of Bags of Mystery
- Is That Victorian Gibberish or Slang?
- V is for Vulgar Victorian Vagabonds
- Insulted by a Clanging Church Bell
- Two Whoops & A Cowboy Holler
- Penny for Your Thoughts - l Money Talks
- Making a Portmanteau Love Connection
- The Name of the Game in Sports Idioms
- Stealing the Cliff Notes for Millennials
- Pirates Plundering With Curses and Slang
- Walkabout of Aussie Slang - (Home)
- Stirring the Possum - (People)
- Happy Little Vegemite - (Feelings)
- True Blue Values - (Country & Government)
- Sozzled Didgeridoo Solo - (Entertainment)
- Scratching Your Arse - (Curses & Insults)
- Short the Stack - (Abbreviations)
- Froth and Bubbles - (Rhyming Slang)
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SCRATCHIN YOUR ARSE
With a Bowl Full of Spaghetti
Curses and Insults
Warning: language presented may contain profanity or other offensive words.
Australians’ love of slang may be unrivaled anywhere else in the world. They don’t seem to mind the expletives or even vulgarity so be forewarned this list may contain offensive language. And it is good to note that their version of the same American word may be different. For example, the C-word (no it's not cookie) is just as common as “mate” and can range in connotations from insulting someone (“you useless c***”), to calling a friend cool (“he’s a sick c***”).
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ABOUT AS USEFUL AS AN ARSEHOLE ON YOUR ELBOW - Useless person
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A HEAD LIKE A DROPPED PIE - Describing someone who is unattractive
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ARSE LICKER – Someone who tries to befriend you but is not really genuine about it
ARSE WIPE – An idiot
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BIBLE BASHER – A very religious person
BIG UNIT – A large person
BLOODY BASTARD - Usually used to show displeasure with an action or dislike of a person
BLUDGER – A lazy person who doesn’t like to work
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BOGAN - Someone who is unsophisticated, unintelligent, or a bit “rough around the edges" It is the Down Under equivalent of a redneck.
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BONKERS - CRAZY OR NUTS
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BRASS RAZOO – You have no money
BUGGER OFF - “Bugger” is common in both Aussie and British slang, and vaguely refers to someone or something that is annoying. Calling someone a bugger can be used affectionately or derogatorily. The general expletive can be used in any situation, and roughly means,“Fuck off/me” or “Well, I’ll be damned!”
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BUGGER THAT! - No Way
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CAMEL - a promiscuous person. Someone who has lots of “humps.”
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CHEESED OFF – Annoyed or pissed off
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CHUNDEROUS - Vomit inducing
DAG - Someone who doesn’t dress well
DAGGY - Totally uncool
DADS - Abbreviated way of saying someone is as "dumb as dog shit.”
DINGALING – A very silly person
DODGEY – Not quite right, or a shady character
AS FULL AS A BOAT - Drunkard
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FESTY - Filthy and disgusting
FIGJAM – Fuck I’m Good, Just Ask Me. Someone who is up themselves or has a very high opinion of them self which is not warranted or substantiated by others. You might know this person at work
GIVE HIM THE FLICK - Piss him off
GIVE YOURSELF AN OCTOPUS – Give yourself a wank (masturbate)
GUTLESS WONDER – A coward
HANG SHIT – To mock, sully, denigrate, slander; to "pay out". "Nah, you're just hanging shit on him, now." or "Don't hang shit, it's a great book."
Have a go you mug – you’re not trying
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OXYGEN THIEF – Someone you don’t like who really doesn’t deserve to be using up all of the earth’s resources
PIG’S ARSE – Means “I don’t agree with a single thing that you’re saying!”
POLYWAFFLE - A turd
RATBAG – A rogue; an eccentric person
SHOWBAG - Full of shit (coming from the showbags sold at the Sydney & Melbourne Easter Shows, the Brisbane RNA Show, and other agricultural shows throughout the country.)
SHOW PONY - Someone who likes showing off a lot, such as man dressing up to try and impress everyone by behaving like a peacock
SLEDGE - To insult members of the opposing team in a sports match, usually cricket
SPEW BAG - A friend who is always angry and upset
STICKYBEAK – Nosy person
TAKING A PISS - To make fun of someone or something in a light-hearted way
WANKER - Like “bugger”, wanker is a pretty commonly heard British and Aussie derogatory name for someone who masturbates. But also like bugger, it can be used universally as a lighthearted dig at a friend, or to scream while you’re flipping off that idiot who cut you off.
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WOWSER - Someone who doesn’t like other people having fun
YABBER – Someone who talks a lot
YOBBO – A loud or uncultivated person
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EXCLAMATIONS
BLOODY OATH - Code for “Fuck yeah!” or “Isn’t that the truth?” This phrase is often used to affirm something (often an understatement) or show intense support for something.
CRIKEY - Bugger me
FAIR SUCK OF THE SAV - The word "sav" is short for saveloy, or a red, seasoned sausage -- this is a metaphor in literary circles. Aussies typically use this phrase when they think someone is being unfair, roughly meaning "Give me a fair shot”. Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd famously gained attention for muddling the phrase as “fair shake of the sauce bottle, mate.” Idioms are fun.
FANNY - Leave your fanny pack at home when you visit Australia, or at least don’t refer to it as one without expecting giggles. The waist purse is called a bum bag in Oz, and that’s because fanny is another word for a woman’s reproductive organs.
FUCK ME DEAD -Basically, this means, “Didn’t see that one coming!” or “Oh my!” As you may have realized, profanity is pretty universal which is why this phrase is a common way of conveying surprise.
FUCK TRUCK - A panel van fitted out with mattress in the back for amorous liaisons (also shaggin' wagon, sin bin)
GOONA - Shit
MAD CUNT / SICK CUNT - A wild fun person. Not appropriate in most situations but may be heard at bars or parties.
ROOT - This crass word is code for sex. “Cop a root” is a common phrase for having sex. Similar to the British word 'Shag'.
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SHIRTY - Polite version of shitty or pissed off, commonly when the person is getting angry or upset over something trivial
SHITS - Can be used in several expressions including: shits me (or more strongly shits me to tears) and gives me the shits all meaning a combination of "annoys me" and "makes me angry."
STONE THE CROWS - Means “fuck me dead!”
STREWTH - The term is used to convey surprise, and is said to be a contraction of “God’s truth". It roughly translates to "Holy shit!” You might use it to express your inebriated state last night at the bar or how exhausted you are after a long day at work.
ZONKED - Fucked!
WUCKING-FURRIES - Means “fucking worries.”
Australians’ love of slang may be unrivaled anywhere else in the world. They don’t seem to mind the expletives or even vulgarity so be forewarned this list may contain offensive language. And it is good to note that their version of the same American word may be different. For example, the C-word (no it's not cookie) is just as common as “mate” and can range in connotations from insulting someone (“you useless c***”), to calling a friend cool (“he’s a sick c***”).
BRING ON THE DEROGATORY INSULTS!
ABOUT AS USEFUL AS AN ARSEHOLE ON YOUR ELBOW - Useless person
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- As useful as a third armpit
- As good as a hat full of arseholes
- As useless as tits on a bull
- As useful as a one legged man in an arse kicking competition – once again, useless!
- As useful as an ash tray on a motorbike
- MEATAXE
A HEAD LIKE A DROPPED PIE - Describing someone who is unattractive
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- A face like a bucket of smashed crabs
- A face like a busted arsehole
- A face like a dropped pie!
- A face like a kicked-in can
- A face like fifty miles of bad road
- A face like a sucked mango
- BUSH PIG (female)
- FUGLY (fucking ugly)
- G’day cock features!
- He fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down
- POLECAT (female)
ARSE LICKER – Someone who tries to befriend you but is not really genuine about it
ARSE WIPE – An idiot
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- A few sangas short of a picnic
- An egg short of a dozen
- A penny short of a pound
- A snag (sausage) short of a barbie
- A can short of a slab
- A grape short of a bunch
- A sandwich short of a picnic
- A stubby short of a six pack
- A few stubbies short of a six pack
- As dumb as a box full of rocks
- As dumb as a doorknob
- BOOFHEAD
- DICKHEAD
- DIPSTICK
- DRONGO - refers to a dumb person, fool, or loser. Coined for the 1920s Australian racehorse Drongo, who never won a race in his two-and-a-half year career.
- DROPKICK
- FUCK KNUCKLE
- FUCK WIT/FUCK STICK
- GALAH (bloody idiot)
- HOON (a stupid or uncultivated person)
- WALLY
BIBLE BASHER – A very religious person
BIG UNIT – A large person
BLOODY BASTARD - Usually used to show displeasure with an action or dislike of a person
BLUDGER – A lazy person who doesn’t like to work
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- WOMBAT - A reference to the native, short-legged marsupial, wombat often refers to an overweight, lazy, or slow idiot.
BOGAN - Someone who is unsophisticated, unintelligent, or a bit “rough around the edges" It is the Down Under equivalent of a redneck.
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- DERRO (an abbreviation for the word "derelict". Traditionally used to refer to bums or hobos, derro is also used to refer to someone who just can’t get their shit together.
- FERAL (poor/scummy/dirt bag)
- NO HOPER (someone who will never ever do well in life – a loser)
BONKERS - CRAZY OR NUTS
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- FRUIT LOOP
- Mad as a cut snake – crazy
- Scratching your arse with a bowl full of spaghetti
- Ya bluming bafoon!
- Ya dopey bastard!
BRASS RAZOO – You have no money
BUGGER OFF - “Bugger” is common in both Aussie and British slang, and vaguely refers to someone or something that is annoying. Calling someone a bugger can be used affectionately or derogatorily. The general expletive can be used in any situation, and roughly means,“Fuck off/me” or “Well, I’ll be damned!”
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- BITE YOUR ARSE!
- PULL YOUR HEAD IN - Shut up, or mind your own business
- GET ON YOUR GOAT - (you’re annoying me!)
- GET STUFFED - (piss off)
- GET YOUR HAND OFF IT! (Stop talking crap!)
- GFY - (Go fuck yourself acronym)
- PUT A SOCK IN IT
BUGGER THAT! - No Way
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- I don’t give a rat’s arse
- I’d rather drag my balls through broken glass than...
- Pig’s arse!
- You can suck a fart out of my arse
- I need that like I need a hole in the head (nope don’t need it at all)
- Wouldn’t piss on them even if they were on fire (you don’t care about someone)
CAMEL - a promiscuous person. Someone who has lots of “humps.”
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- Bangs like a dunny door
- Bangs like a dunny door in a force 9 gale
- Bangs like a dunny door on a prawn trawler
- BONK BUDDIES (casual sex partners)
- Knob jockie (female)
- ROOTRAT (always looking for sex)
- SCRUBBER (female)
- SLAG/SLAGGER -A promiscuous man or woman. Both men and women can be easy.
- SLURRY - a promiscuous young woman, similar to slut or skank.
- You would root the hair onnthe barbershop floor
CHEESED OFF – Annoyed or pissed off
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- CHUCK A SPAZ (really mad)
- DIRTY
- DO YOUR BLOCK (lose your mind, temper)
- HANGRY (hungry and angry at the same time)
- HOT UNDER THE COLLAR
- LOOSE CANNON (out of control)
- STROPPY - someone who is in an irritable mood.
CHUNDEROUS - Vomit inducing
DAG - Someone who doesn’t dress well
DAGGY - Totally uncool
DADS - Abbreviated way of saying someone is as "dumb as dog shit.”
DINGALING – A very silly person
DODGEY – Not quite right, or a shady character
AS FULL AS A BOAT - Drunkard
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- GOOG
- Gutful of piss
- LEGLESS (someone extremely drunk)
- LIQUID LUNCH (beer for lunch)
- MUNTED – really drunk
- OFF MY FACE
- ON THE PISS
- PARALYTIC
- PICKLED
- PUB CRAWL (lots of bars in 1 night)
- Put on a wobbly boot
- RAT ARSED
- SCREAMER (one who gets drunk on a little alcohol)
- STONKERED
- TANKED
- TROLLEYED
FESTY - Filthy and disgusting
FIGJAM – Fuck I’m Good, Just Ask Me. Someone who is up themselves or has a very high opinion of them self which is not warranted or substantiated by others. You might know this person at work
GIVE HIM THE FLICK - Piss him off
GIVE YOURSELF AN OCTOPUS – Give yourself a wank (masturbate)
GUTLESS WONDER – A coward
HANG SHIT – To mock, sully, denigrate, slander; to "pay out". "Nah, you're just hanging shit on him, now." or "Don't hang shit, it's a great book."
Have a go you mug – you’re not trying
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- Have a lash at it – to have a try at something
OXYGEN THIEF – Someone you don’t like who really doesn’t deserve to be using up all of the earth’s resources
PIG’S ARSE – Means “I don’t agree with a single thing that you’re saying!”
POLYWAFFLE - A turd
RATBAG – A rogue; an eccentric person
SHOWBAG - Full of shit (coming from the showbags sold at the Sydney & Melbourne Easter Shows, the Brisbane RNA Show, and other agricultural shows throughout the country.)
SHOW PONY - Someone who likes showing off a lot, such as man dressing up to try and impress everyone by behaving like a peacock
SLEDGE - To insult members of the opposing team in a sports match, usually cricket
SPEW BAG - A friend who is always angry and upset
STICKYBEAK – Nosy person
TAKING A PISS - To make fun of someone or something in a light-hearted way
WANKER - Like “bugger”, wanker is a pretty commonly heard British and Aussie derogatory name for someone who masturbates. But also like bugger, it can be used universally as a lighthearted dig at a friend, or to scream while you’re flipping off that idiot who cut you off.
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- MALAKA - Greek for “wanker.”
- TOSSER - variation on "wanker"
WOWSER - Someone who doesn’t like other people having fun
YABBER – Someone who talks a lot
YOBBO – A loud or uncultivated person
OTHER EXPRESSIONS
EXCLAMATIONS
- Blow me down (astonishment)
- Busier than a one armed brick layer in Baghdad (busy)
- Come a guster (made mistake)
- Flat out like a lizard drinking (very busy)
- Fork on a hot day (getting nowhere fast)
- Fuck a duck! (surprise)
- Fuck me running (exhausted)
- Fuck me sideways (oh shit!)
- Freeze the balls off a brass monkey (cold)
- I’m going down like a lead balloon (failure)
- I’m going off like a frog in a sock (going crazy)
- I’m as happy as a dog with two tails (extremely happy)
- I could eat the arse end of a low flying duck (hungry)
- I’m buggered! (tired)
- I’m drier than a dead dingo’s donger (thirsty)
- May your chooks turn into emus and kick ypur shithouse down
- Not here to fuck spiders (in a hurry)
- Pushing shit uphill with a rubber
- Shitting like a big black dog (panicking)
- This gives me the shits (annoyed)
- Toeier than a roman sandal (horny)
BLOODY OATH - Code for “Fuck yeah!” or “Isn’t that the truth?” This phrase is often used to affirm something (often an understatement) or show intense support for something.
CRIKEY - Bugger me
FAIR SUCK OF THE SAV - The word "sav" is short for saveloy, or a red, seasoned sausage -- this is a metaphor in literary circles. Aussies typically use this phrase when they think someone is being unfair, roughly meaning "Give me a fair shot”. Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd famously gained attention for muddling the phrase as “fair shake of the sauce bottle, mate.” Idioms are fun.
FANNY - Leave your fanny pack at home when you visit Australia, or at least don’t refer to it as one without expecting giggles. The waist purse is called a bum bag in Oz, and that’s because fanny is another word for a woman’s reproductive organs.
FUCK ME DEAD -Basically, this means, “Didn’t see that one coming!” or “Oh my!” As you may have realized, profanity is pretty universal which is why this phrase is a common way of conveying surprise.
FUCK TRUCK - A panel van fitted out with mattress in the back for amorous liaisons (also shaggin' wagon, sin bin)
GOONA - Shit
MAD CUNT / SICK CUNT - A wild fun person. Not appropriate in most situations but may be heard at bars or parties.
ROOT - This crass word is code for sex. “Cop a root” is a common phrase for having sex. Similar to the British word 'Shag'.
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- BONK
- Bury the bishop
- GOBBIE (blowjob)
- How about a root?
- Put the dick on the barbie
- Root the bitch
- Roots like watt on holidays
- Wristy (handjob)
SHIRTY - Polite version of shitty or pissed off, commonly when the person is getting angry or upset over something trivial
SHITS - Can be used in several expressions including: shits me (or more strongly shits me to tears) and gives me the shits all meaning a combination of "annoys me" and "makes me angry."
STONE THE CROWS - Means “fuck me dead!”
STREWTH - The term is used to convey surprise, and is said to be a contraction of “God’s truth". It roughly translates to "Holy shit!” You might use it to express your inebriated state last night at the bar or how exhausted you are after a long day at work.
ZONKED - Fucked!
WUCKING-FURRIES - Means “fucking worries.”
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Collection of Vocabulary Books, Sites and Resources
Series Homepage | View Sites | Download Books
Words are also posted on twitter under the hashtags #beautifulwords and shared on pinterest boards
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Content by Kairos ~ @kairosoflife
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Never underestimate the strength and power of a beautiful vocabulary
Original content © 2021 Copyright, Kairos
