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Wear Your Aussie Spirit!
Dive into our latest blog celebrating Aussie Pride T-Shirts, where humour, slang, and national pride come together in style. From cheeky sayings to iconic wildlife designs, these tees are a must-have for anyone who loves all things Australia.

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Get to Know Your Aussie Slang – And Wear It with Pride!

Ever wondered what it means to be “fair dinkum” or why Aussies are “flat out like a lizard drinking”? Aussie slang is as vibrant and unique as the land down under, and it’s something worth celebrating! At Australian Native T-Shirts, we’re bringing this colourful language to life with our range of funny Australian slang t-shirts. Perfect for adding a bit of cheeky Aussie spirit to your wardrobe, these tees are available for fast shipping within a day. Dive into the world of Aussie slang and wear your favourite phrases with pride!

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Log On…… Make the barbie hotter
Log Off…… Don’t add any more wood
Monitor…… Keeping an eye on the barbie
Download…… Get the firewood off the ute
Floppy Disc…… What you get lifting too much firewood at once
Window…… What you shut when it’s cold
Screen…… What you shut in the mozzie season
Byte…… What mozzies do
Bit…… What mozzies did
Mega Byte…… What Townsville mozzies do
Chip…… A bar snack
Micro Chip…… What’s left in the bag after you have eaten the chips
Modem…… What you did to the lawns
Dot Matrix…… Old Dan Matrix’s wife
Laptop…… Where the cat sleeps
Software…… Plastic knives and forks you get at Big Rooster
Hardware…… Real stainless steel knives and forks from K Mart
Mouse…… What eats the grain in the shed
Mainframe…… What holds the shed up
Web…… What spiders make
Web Site…… The shed or under the verandah
Cursor…… The old bloke that swears a lot
Search Engine…… What you do when the ute won’t go
Upgrade…… A steep hill
Server…… The person at the pub that brings out the counter lunch
Mail Server…… The bloke at the pub that brings out the counter lunch
User…… The neighbour who keeps borrowing things
Network…… When you have to repair your fishing net
Internet…… Complicated fish net repair method
Netscape…… When fish manoeuvres out of reach of net
Online…… When you get the laundry hung out
Off Line…… When the pegs don’t hold the washing up

A couple of funny Australian jokes we found floating around the email! One is about beer (no shock on that topic!) and the other about Aussie slang – with a difference!

Beer Makes Wonderful Fuel

A 2007 study found that the average Australian walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Australians drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year.  That means, on average, Australians get about 41 miles per gallon.

Not bad eh!

From the Editor – I think their estimation on beer consumption is a little low!

Australian Slang with a Twist!

The following are results from an OZ-words Competition where entrants were asked to take an Australian word, alter it by one letter only, and supply a witty definition.

You may need to be an Australian to understand!

• Billabonk: to make passionate love beside a waterhole.
• Bludgie: a partner who doesn’t work, but is kept as a pet.
• Dodgeridoo: a fake indigenous artefact.
• Fair drinkum: good-quality Aussie wine.
• Flatypus: a cat that has been run over by a vehicle.
• Mateshit: all your flat mate’s belongings, lying strewn around the floor.
• Shagman: an unemployed male, roaming the Australian bush in search of sexual activity.
• Yabble: the unintelligible language of Australian freshwater crustaceans.
• Bushwanker: a pretentious drongo, who reckons he’s above average when it comes to handling himself in the scrub.
• Crackie-daks: ‘hipster’ tracksuit pants.

And for the Kiwi’s amongst us:

• Shornbag: a particularly attractive naked sheep.

Like most countries, we have some funny place names. I would imagine when they were named they weren’t too funny but as language develops as does slang it makes for some funny signs.

Below is a list of some of the funny ones in Australia:

• Bald Knob (QLD)
• Blackbutt (QLD)
• Bobbin Head (NSW)
• Bogan Gate (NSW)
• Boinka (VIC)
• Bong Bong (NSW)
• Boobyalla (TAS)
• Broke (NSW)
• Burpengary (QLD)
• Burrumbuttock (NSW)
• Coffin Bay (SA)
• Come by chance (NSW)
• Dark Corner (NSW)
• Dicky Beach (QLD)
• Dismal Swamp (TAS)
• Dum Dum (NSW)
• Eggs and Bacon Bay (TAS)
• Gingin (WA)
• Grass Patch (WA)
• Humpty Doo (NT)
• Humpybong (Qld)
• Iron Knob (SA)
• Mooball (NSW)
• Nowhere Else (Tas)
• Pimpinbudgie (QLD)
• Poowong (VIC)
• Rooty Hill (NSW)
• Tittybong (VIC)
• Useless Loop (WA)
• Wee Waa (NSW)
• Wonglepong (Qld)
• Yorkeys Knob (Qld)

This is our unofficial Australian Citizenship Test, see how well you understand the questions below, are you a True Blue Aussie?

1. Do you understand the meaning, but are unable to explain the origin of, the term ‘died in the arse’?

2. What is a “bloody little beauty”?

3. Are these terms related: chuck a sickie; chuck a spaz; chuck a U-ey?

4. Explain the following passage: ‘In the arvo last Chrissy the relos rocked up for a barbie, some bevvies and a few snags. After a bit of a Bex and a lie down we opened the pressies, scoffed all the chockies, bickies and lollies. Then we drained a few tinnies and Mum did her block after Dad and Steve had a barney and a bit of biffo.’

5. Macca, Chooka and Wanger are driving to Surfers in their Torana. If they are travelling at 100 km/h while listening to Barnsey, Farnsey and Acca Dacca, how many slabs will each person on average consume between flashing a brown eye and having a slash?

6. Complete the following sentences:
a) ‘If the van’s rockin’ don’t bother ?
b) You’re going home in the back of a ?
c) Fair crack of the ?

7. I’ve had a gutful and I can’t be fagged. Discuss

8. Have you ever been on the giving or receiving end of a wedgie?

9. Do you have a friend or relative who has a car in their front yard ‘up on blocks’? Is his name Bruce and does he have a wife called Cheryl?

10. Does your family regularly eat a dish involving mincemeat, cabbage, curry powder and a packet of chicken noodle soup called either chow mein, chop suey or kai see ming?

11. What are the ingredients in a rissole?

12. Demonstrate the correct procedure for eating a Tim Tam.

13. Do you have an Aunty Irene who smokes 30 cigarettes a day and sounds like a bloke?

14. In any two-hour period have you ever eaten three-bean salad, a chop and two serves of pav washed down with someone else’s beer that has been flogged from a bath full of ice?

15. When you go to a bring- your-own-meat barbie can you eat other people’s meat or are you only allowed to eat your own?

16. What purple root vegetable beginning with the letter ‘b’ is required by law to be included in a hamburger with the lot?

17. Do you own or have you ever owned a lawn mower, a pair of thongs, an Esky or Ugg boots?
18. Is it possible to ‘prang a car’ while doing ‘circle work’?

19. Who would you like to crack on to?

20. Who is the most Australian: Kevin ‘Bloody’ Wilson, John ‘True Blue’ Williamson, Kylie Minogue or Warnie?

21. Is there someone you are only mates with because they own a trailer or have a pool?

22. What does “sinkin piss at a mates joint” and “getten para” mean?

23. How far would you wear your mockies?
Inside only?
Back yard only?
To the letter box?
To the milk bar for a packed of winni blues?
To the movies?
To shoppo? (large shopping centre)
To the pub?

The sun was hot already – it was only 8 o’clock
The cocky took off in his Ute, to go and check his stock.
He drove around the paddocks checking wethers, ewes and lambs,
The float valves in the water troughs, the windmills on the dams.

He stopped and turned a windmill on to fill a water tank
And saw a ewe down in the dam, a few yards from the bank.
“Typical bloody sheep,” he thought, “they’ve got no common sense,
“They won’t go through a gateway but they’ll jump a bloody fence.”

The ewe was stuck down in the mud, he knew without a doubt
She’d stay there ’til she carked it if he didn’t get her out.
But when he reached the water’s edge, the startled ewe broke free
And in her haste to get away, began a swimming spree.

He reckoned once her fleece was wet, the weight would drag her down
If he didn’t rescue her, the stupid sod would drown.
Her style was unimpressive, her survival chances slim
He saw no other option, he would have to take a swim.

He peeled his shirt and singlet off, his trousers, boots and socks
And as he couldn’t stand wet clothes, he also shed his jocks.
He jumped into the water and away that cocky swam
He caught up with her, somewhere near the middle of the dam.

The ewe was quite evasive, she kept giving him the slip
He tried to grab her sodden fleece but couldn’t get a grip.
At last he got her to the bank and stopped to catch his breath
She showed him little gratitude for saving her from death.

She took off like a Bondi tram around the other side
He swore next time he caught that ewe he’d hang her bloody hide.
Then round and round the dam they ran, although he felt quite puffed
He still thought he could run her down, she must be nearly stuffed.

The local stock rep came along, to pay a call that day.
He knew this bloke was on his own, his wife had gone away
He didn’t really think he’d get fresh scones for morning tea
But nor was he prepared for what he was about to see.

He rubbed his eyes in disbelief at what came into view
For running down the catchment came this frantic-looking ewe.
And on her heels in hot pursuit and wearing not a stitch
The farmer yelling wildly “Come back here, you lousy bitch!”

The stock rep didn’t hang around, he took off in his car
The cocky’s reputation has been damaged near and far
So bear in mind the Work Safe rule when next you check your flocks
Spot the hazard, assess the risk, and always wear your jocks!

Received via email – Author unknown.

We posted 10 ways to tell if you’re Australian earlier in the blog and here are another 10 – how many apply to you? We have also added brief explanations to the end for our visitors from across the sea!

You know you’re Australian when:

1. You know the difference between thongs and a G-banger (thongs go on your feet, a G-banger is what others may call thong underwear!).
2. You know that while we call our friends ‘Mates’, we don’t use terms like ‘Sheila’ and ‘Shrimp on the Barbie’, contrary to popular belief (it’s true, we really don’t say that – advertising has a lot to answer for!).
3. You’re familiar with Neighbours, Home and Away, Playschool, A Country Practice, Norman Gunston, Barry Humphries, Blue Heelers, Ray Martin, Bert Newton, Lisa McCune, Jon Burgess, Number 96, Molly Meldrum, Kerry O’Brien etc (TV shows, characters and well known Australians – a bit of an institution really!).
4. You drive on the left-hand side of the road (and sit in the right hand side of the car to drive!).
5. You know that you can’t eat Fantales alone… Otherwise who will you play the “Who am I…” game with when you’re reading the wrapper? (Fantales are a yummy confection with celebrity bios and trivia written all over the wrappers).
6. You feel obliged to spread salty black stuff that looks like congealed motor oil on bread… and actually grow to like it. You’ve also squeezed Vegemite through Vita Wheats to make little Vegemite worms (think of two thin wheat crisps with little holes, spread your margarine and vegemite on top, put two together and squeeze – little wormy shapes of spread come out all the holes – done it!).
7. You have the ability to compress several words into one – ie ‘g’day’ and ‘d’reckn?’ (why use a whole bunch of words when one word will get the message across?).
8. You know what fairy bread tastes like, and you can’t imagine your childhood without it (fairy bread is buttered bread covered in 100s of little coloured sprinkles – in Australia they are known as hundreds and thousands).
9. Sausage rolls and meat pies. End of story (a must have snack food at all childrens parties, school lunch, pub lunch, pretty much anytime actually!).
10. The private lives of footy and cricket players become more important than local and national news stories (Australians really love their sport and sporting heroes – what else can we say?).