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    The Essential Aussie Dictionary

    As I got off the plane, I paused to take in the feeling of stepping back on home soil. I looked around and listened—Australian accents all around me. I beamed enthusiastically at passersby. They probably thought I was weird, but I didn’t care. Nothing felt better than being back home, especially during the summer.

    Before leaving New York, fellow Shen Yun dancer Rebecca Jiang instructed me to have fun in the motherland. I knew I would, but what about the non-Australians in our company? Would they be able to comprehend the laidback Aussie language?

    Thus, I have prepared an Aussie-English dictionary to assist new visitors to my homeland:

    • Arvo: the afternoon
    • “Aussie Aussie Aussie!”: the start of a battle cry usually used at sporting events. (The traditional reply is “Oi Oi Oi!”)
    • Barbie: barbecue
    • Bathers/Cossie/Togs: swim wear, swim suit
    • Beauty: great; fantastic
    • Billabong: a watering hole
    • Billy: teapot; a container for boiling water
    • Bloke: man; guy
    • Brekkie: breakfast
    • Brizzie: Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland
    • Bunyip: a mythical aboriginal bush spirit animal that lives in swamps and billabongs
    • Bush: the Outback, or anywhere that isn’t in town
    • Cheers: thanks
    • Chrissie: Christmas
    • Didgeridoo: an Australian Aboriginal musical instrument made from a hollow log
    • Dingo: the Australian wild dog that howls but does not bark
    • Docket: a bill, receipt
    • Esky: a large insulated food and drink container usually used for picnics and barbecues
    • Fair Dinkum: true, right
    • Fairy Floss: cotton candy
    • G’day/Gidday: the universal Australian friendly greeting or hello
    • Gobsmacked: surprised, astounded
    • Gumtree: Australian eucalyptus tree
    • Jumbuck: sheep
    • Lamington: an Australian delicacy, made from spongecake that is cut into squares and covered in chocolate and coconut
    • Lollies: candy, sweets
    • Maccas: McDonald’s
    • Mate: friend, buddy
    • Mozzie: mosquito
    • No worries: expression of forgiveness or reassurance.
    • Rapt: pleased, delighted
    • Reckon!: You bet! Absolutely!
    • Rellie/Relo: family relative
    • Shout: turn to buy—a round of drinks usually
    • Singlet: a sleeveless cotton undershirt
    • Stoked: very pleased
    • Sunnies: sunglasses
    • Ta: thank you
    • Telly: television
    • Thongs: rubber backless sandals, flip flops
    • Tomato sauce: ketchup
    • Trackies: track suit
    • True blue: patriotic, Australian person or thing
    • Vegemite: a savory spread made from an extract of brewers yeast, eaten on toast
    • Yabby: inland freshwater crayfish or lobster found in Australia
    • Yewy: U-turn
    • Yonks: a long time, ages
    • Zinc: sunscreen

     

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