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hi friends... or as we say down under, g'day mates! in this thread i'm going to introduce BYOB to the weird and wonderful world of australian slang, expressions and idioms there's a twist though, just for fun not all of these will be real, it's up to you to guess which ones are the real, true blue australianisms! e: per manifistos excellent suggestion after the first one, a new twist! I'll give you the expression and y'all get to guess what it means! Stoner Sloth fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Sep 19, 2021 |
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Sep 19, 2021 03:03
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our first one is an old favourite 'going off like a frog in a sock' - this means to be excited or for something to be wild, like how one can be said to be 'bouncing off the walls' or 'having ants in ones pants'. it can be used like 'yeah, he was going off like a frog in a sock last night' for someone who was full of undirected energy and maybe slightly unstable or it can be used as a signifying wildness in a good way 'this party is going off like a frog in a sock mate' |
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Sep 19, 2021 03:07
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sounds as real as a dingo's gizzard to me |
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Sep 19, 2021 03:14
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ok here's one to guess friends 'to take a squiz' |
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Sep 19, 2021 03:42
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Sep 19, 2021 03:44
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Stoner Sloth posted:ok here's one to guess friends aw I know this one great expression tho
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Sep 19, 2021 04:18
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sounds biological, am i close
https://giant.gfycat.com/ThoseAcrobaticCapybara.webm |
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Sep 19, 2021 12:27
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Use a spencil |
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Sep 19, 2021 12:38
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i bet takin' a squiz is when you do a "number two"
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Sep 19, 2021 14:04
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like tying a 'wazzer to a coospizer, guv |
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Sep 19, 2021 14:19
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the tadspooler's gone all sorts of barmy, blimey! |
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Sep 19, 2021 14:21
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to 'take a squiz' is to have a close look at something, 'give us a squiz' means give me a look at that! i'll be back with more weird australian language tomozz (tomorrow) |
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Sep 19, 2021 16:41
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does squiz come from an aussization of squint?
https://giant.gfycat.com/ThoseAcrobaticCapybara.webm |
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Sep 19, 2021 17:00
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Lock posted:does squiz come from an aussization of squint? probably! was thinking about that earlier and that's what makes sense to me lol |
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Sep 19, 2021 17:05
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*true australia fact* harold holt was our prime minister (think president but no one takes it that seriously mate) from 1966-1967, until he 'mysteriously' disappeared while swimming at cheviot beach. wild speculation reigned free - did he drown? get eaten by the local fauna? kidnapped by the japanese/soviets in a miniature submarine? anyway he is mourned to this day in the form of the harold holt memorial swimming pool |
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Sep 19, 2021 18:19
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Stoner Sloth posted:*true australia fact* harold holt was our prime minister (think president but no one takes it that seriously mate) from 1966-1967, until he 'mysteriously' disappeared while swimming at cheviot beach. wild speculation reigned free - did he drown? get eaten by the local fauna? kidnapped by the japanese/soviets in a miniature submarine? This is the most Australian poo poo I've ever heard lmao |
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Sep 19, 2021 18:23
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I want to swim in the Harold Holt memorial swimming pool but I legitimately cannot swim in fresh water so I too shall drown like Harold Holt, allowing him to return to this plane of existence. |
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Sep 19, 2021 18:46
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Mormon Nailer posted:I want to swim in the Harold Holt memorial swimming pool but I legitimately cannot swim in fresh water so I too shall drown like Harold Holt, allowing him to return to this plane of existence. please do not return harold holt to this plane of existence friend, his views are frankly outdated... oh uh im recieving word that he'd find a place with the bloody Nats if he can ever dislodge the fetid turd that is barnaby joyce *true australian fact* |
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Sep 19, 2021 18:55
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finally i've been dying to ask this for years. what the gently caress is a fair dinkum. am i a fair dinkum, or should i get mad? please help my family has been in crisis for so long.
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Sep 19, 2021 18:59
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Heather Papps posted:finally i've been dying to ask this for years. too bloody right mate! i blame the clowns in canberra! 'fair dinkum' means something is legit, honest to god, real, 'dinky di', true blue, fair suck of the sauce bottle mate it's also used kinda ironically to some extent because it's a bit outdated but in a beloved way |
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Sep 19, 2021 19:07
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also it can sorta overlap with the term 'fair go' in some cases but there is important differences too |
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Sep 19, 2021 19:10
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Do y'all say "taking the piss" like Brits or nah?
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Sep 19, 2021 20:32
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rear end-penny posted:Do y'all say "taking the piss" like Brits or nah? nah, yeah - we say that |
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Sep 19, 2021 20:56
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Stoner Sloth posted:nah, yeah - we say that nah, yeah; yeah, nah
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Sep 19, 2021 21:18
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Nah yeah means yes Yeah nah means no Nah yeah nah means oh gently caress no |
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Sep 19, 2021 21:29
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One of the best things about having lived in the UK, Australia and the US is that the various slangs and phrases overlap in comical ways. For example, "BOGOF" in Australia is the same as "BOGO" in the US (but better because it describes what it actually means, where the US version really just describes an ordinary transaction). But in some areas of the UK, "bog off" is essentially a variant of "piss off", so it's fun to see it on shop signs. |
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Sep 20, 2021 02:13
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Stoner Sloth posted:nah, yeah - we say that taking the piss has always bothered me. what's it short for 
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Sep 20, 2021 02:19
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by the way op, I've always thought of u as being cute as a June bug and knee high 2 a grasshopper |
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Sep 20, 2021 02:21
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is it true that "no wuckers" is short for "no wucking furries"? cause if so that's pretty funny |
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Sep 20, 2021 02:34
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In Australia it is illegal to wuck furries; a shameful crime, punishable by Sydney rent and your bogan cousin Donny is your roommate for the next five years. |
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Sep 20, 2021 02:36
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I’ve watched a lot of Kath and Kim and I’m pretty sure I’m gonna be ace at this Do y’all really say ‘budgie smuggler’ for speedo? And call those little crackers with a thing of peanut butter and plastic spreader thing ‘dippity bics’?
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Sep 20, 2021 03:16
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It turns out that I will believe almost anything is Australian slang |
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Sep 20, 2021 07:05
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Areola Grande posted:taking the piss has always bothered me. what's it short for short answer is that we don't really know longer is that it's short for 'taking the piss out of someone' - it's parallel seemingly to the cockney slang 'taking the mickey' (short for mickey bliss) but aussies seem to prefer obvious crudity possibly? either way there are various theories about its origins - one is that the old urine trade used to be a big thing, ships would often carry piss instead of water for ballast because it could be sold - supposedly sailors would say that someone who was lying about their cargo was 'taking the piss' we don't really know though lol |
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Sep 20, 2021 07:55
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:I’ve watched a lot of Kath and Kim and I’m pretty sure I’m gonna be ace at this we honestly do say 'budgie smuggler' unironically dippity bix i think mostly became famous with Kath and Kim and tbh i've never heard anyone say it but it may be more of an eastern states thing - a lot of slang is regional and given australians mostly live clumped together in cities on the coast there is big geographical distances even if we can mostly understand each other |
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Sep 20, 2021 07:58
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okay got a few terms for today 1. bodgie 2. carrying on like a pork chop 3. to get the rough end of the pineapple 4. on the wallaby 5. to come the raw prawn tell me whether you think any of these are real and what you think they might mean! |
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Sep 20, 2021 08:05
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5. Real I've usually heard this one used in the negative: Don't come the raw prawn with me! Don't try to deceive me. |
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Sep 20, 2021 09:06
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why do australians love philosophy so much? they refernce kant in nearly every sentence. 'oi, kant' this and 'oi, kant' that. read another book, guys!
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Sep 20, 2021 12:55
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empty whippet box posted:why do australians love philosophy so much? they refernce kant in nearly every sentence. 'oi, kant' this and 'oi, kant' that. read another book, guys! 
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Sep 20, 2021 14:50
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Stoner Sloth posted:okay got a few terms for today these are all fake imo number 3 especially, all the ends of the pineapple are rough
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Sep 20, 2021 15:12
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pinneapples are smooth in every direction
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