Australian Slangs

G’day Mate! Welcome to Aw-stray-lee-uh (Australia).

We have tried to compile some of the Australian slang, words and phrases here for making easy to understand the language and culture. The idea is to make you feel a lot at home on your first day Down Under.

Greeting:

• Hey / G’day – Hello (Often combined with How ya doin’ / goin’)
• How ya goin’/ How’s it going? – How are you?
• How ya doin’ – How are you?
• How’s it hangin’? – How are you feeling?
• Not bad mate – Not bad mate (friend)
• Cheers mate – Thanks
• No worries / No drama / No Problem – That’s okay
• No wuckers – No problem
• Oi! – Hey! (Rude way to get attention)
• You’re right – No thank you. (also:What you are doing is okay)
• She’ll be apples / It’ll be right – Everything will be ok / go to plan
• See ya later – See you later
• Hoo roo/Oooroo – Goodbye
• Take it easy – Goodbye & be careful
• Have a good one – Have a good day / night / weekend / etc
• Root – synonym for f*ck in nearly all its senses, “I feel rooted”; “this washing machine is rooted”; “(s)he’s a good root”. A very useful word in fairly polite company.
• Another related word Root rat : somebody who is constantly looking for sex.
• Ta – Thanks
• Sweet – Great
• Ace! : Excellent! Very good! 

Time:

• Arvo – afternoon, eg “Let’s meet for a schooner this arvo”.
• Yonks – Years, commonly used to convey an exaggerated view of time, eg “I haven’t seen you in yonks”.
• Ron – Shorter for later on, eg “I’ll save it for ron”.
• Tick – Short amount of time, 5 minutes up to an hour.
• Smoko – Any short break from work

Keep a watch more posts coming for Australian Slangs.