Australian slang
Down Under dialect
Australian slang refers to informal vocabulary and expressions distinctive to Australian English.
It often features clipped words with diminutive endings: arvo (afternoon), servo (service station), smoko (smoke break).
Rhyming slang, irreverent humor, and deliberate understatement characterize the tradition: no worries, she'll be right, fair dinkum.
Much Australian slang reflects a cultural preference for casualness and mateship.
- arvoAfternoon, Down Under
- brekkieInformal term for breakfast
- flat outTotally, without reservation
- matePartner or companion
- no worriesCasual dismissal of concern
she'll be right · too easy · bloke · sheila · drongo · bogan · strewth · crikey · dunny · servo · chook · snag · thongs · ute · stubbie · fair dinkum · true blue · ripper
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