[Blog Post] Learn the Lingo – A Potpourri Mix of Slang Terms

Let’s just have a bunch of different slang today to mix it up in this Learn the Lingo post.

  • Amber fluid – beer
  • Big-note oneself – boast or brag
  • Clayton’s – fake or substitute
  • Deadset – true, the truth
  • Earbashing – nagging, non-stop chatter
  • Hooroo – goodbye
  • Lob, lob in – drop in to see someone (“the rellies (family) have lobbed”)
  • Mickey Mouse – excellent, very good
  • Never Never – the Outback, centre of Australia
  • Ocker – an unsophisticated person
  • Piker – Someone who leaves parties early or doesn’t want to socialise
  • Ridgy-didge – original, genuine
  • Shoot through – to leave
  • Tee-up – to set up an appointment
  • Whinge – complain
  • Click – kilometre
  • Compo – Workers Compensation Insurance
  • Knocker – somebody who criticises
  • Oz – Australia!
  • Quack, or off to the quack – the doctor, or off to the doctor
  • Scratchy – instant lottery ticket
  • Strides – trousers
  • Thingo – Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsit
  • Togs – swim suit
  • Wobbly – excitable behaviour (“I complained about the food and the waiter threw a wobbly”)
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