Australiska engelska slangtermer

Här hittar du slang från australisk engelska, inklusive unika uttryck, accent och kulturella termer som vanligtvis används i Australien.

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tinnie [Substantiv]

en liten ölburk

Ex: He grabbed a tinnie from the fridge.

ripper [Substantiv]

toppen

Ex: That goal was a real ripper .

chockers [adjektiv]

proppfull

Ex: The train was chockers this morning.

fair dinkum [adjektiv]

äkta

Ex: He's a fair dinkum bloke.

larrikin [Substantiv]

en buse

Ex: He's a real larrikin, always up to something fun.

snag [Substantiv]

korv

Ex: I grabbed a snag from the barbecue .

sunnies [Substantiv]

solglasögon

Ex: Don't forget your sunnies for the beach.

roo [Substantiv]

känguru

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to blue [Verb]

slåss

Ex: The two lads blued outside the pub .

to bog in [Verb]

kasta sig över maten

Ex: He bogged in as soon as the food arrived.

to cack [Verb]

skratta högt

Ex: I had to cack when he slipped on the wet floor.

cactused [adjektiv]

trasig

Ex: My computer is cactused.

to [chuck] a wobbly [Fras]

(Australian) to have a sudden outburst of anger

Ex: He chucked a wobbly when he lost the game.

devo [adjektiv]

förkrossad

Ex: She was devo after hearing the news.

dinky-di [adjektiv]

ärlig

Ex: That story is dinky-di; I swear it's true.

dunny budgie [Substantiv]

toalettfluga

Ex: A dunny budgie landed on the picnic food.

to [fang] it [Fras]

(Australian) to drive quickly or accelerate to full speed

Ex: He fanged it down the highway.

filthy [adjektiv]

rasande

Ex: He was filthy when he missed the train .

furphy [Substantiv]

falskt rykte

Ex: That's just a furphy; don't believe it.

galah [Substantiv]

en dåre

Ex: That galah nearly drove me off the road .

heaps [Substantiv]

en massa

Ex: There were heaps of people at the beach.

maggoted [adjektiv]

helt full

Ex: He was completely maggoted after the party.

to mozz [Verb]

bringa otur

Ex: He mozzed me right before I took the shot.

to nick off [Verb]

sticka

Ex: I'm gonna nick off before the traffic gets bad.

ocker [Substantiv]

en grov australiensare

Ex: He's a real ocker from the outback.

onya [interjektion]

Bra jobbat!

Ex: You finished the race? Onya!

prawn [Substantiv]

dumhuvud

Ex: Do n't be a prawn , think before you act .

rootable [adjektiv]

sexuellt attraktiv

Ex: She's pretty rootable, don't you think?

wombat [Substantiv]

en dumbom

Ex: That wombat forgot his keys again .

stonker [adjektiv]

utmattad

Ex: I'm stonkered after that long hike.

to [do] {one's} block [Fras]

(Australian) to become enraged or extremely angry

Ex: He does his block whenever someone touches his stuff.

Geografisk och kulturell engelska
Östkusten och Nordöstra USA Engelska	Sydamerikansk engelska	Engelska från Mellanvästern i USA	Västamerikansk engelska
Afroamerikansk vardaglig engelska	Kanadensisk Engelska	Cockney Rimad Engelska	London och Sydöstra England
Midlands-engelska	Nordengelskt engelska	Skotsk engelska	Irländsk Engelska
Australisk engelska	Sydafrikansk engelska	Nigeriansk engelska