Some more Aussie Slang G-Z. Tip of the iceberg only!
G
G'day......hello, hi
bloody Galah....obnoxious, noisy, often stupid person ( from a noisy parrot like bird )
have a Gander.....have a look
Garbo......garbage collector
the good oil....the truth
good-on-ya Mate!.....congratulatory or sarcastic remark, depending on tone of voice
googie....egg (full as a goog- very full, like an egg is)
grazier.....owner of a large sheep or cattle property
green around the gills....feeling sick, crook
grog....alcohol
grommet / grommie...young surfer. Small child aka chilblains/children.
grouse......great, wonderful
he is a gun at something.......he is the best at something , ie gun shearer
to come a gutzer / gutza....to get hurt, have an accident
H
Happy as Larry.....very happy
Happy as a pig in shit....very happy
humpy / humpie....rough bush shelter
J
Jackeroo.....junior hand on a cattle station
Jillaroo......female jackeroo
to be jack of something...to be fed up with something
jaffle...a toasted sandwich
jaffle iron...cast alloy holder to make jaffles on a camp fire
jocks...men's underwear
Joe Bloggs......the average man in the street
Joe Blake......a snake
jumbuck.......a sheep
"just down the road"...beware, in the bush , this could be a long way
K
Kiwi...a New Zealander
a few Kangaroos loose in the top paddock......mentally deficient
to Knock something...criticise something
knockers......people who criticise regularly, (or breasts)
L
Lamingtons...small sponge cakes, dipped in chocolate then coconut
Lamington Drive....fund raising effort, by selling cakes
long neck.....a large bottle of beer
the Long paddock....taking cattle out onto roadside and stock routes looking for feed during droughts
M
Mate...general greeting term.....how's it going mate ?
Matilda.....old term for a swag, bedroll ( as in "waltzing your Matilda" )
Mexican....a southerner ( ie a Victorian is a Mexican to somebody from New south Wales ) In Tassie we call people from Hobart Southerners or Mexicans.
middie.....a beer glass(in NSW?)
Mozzies....mosquitos
Mulga......the bush, the scrub
things are crook in Muswellbrook(or Tallarook).....something is wrong
mystery bags.....sausages ( you don't know what went into them ! )
N
the Never Never.....remote outback
Nulla Nulla.....heavy wooden club
O
Ocker....stereotyped uncultured Aussie, with a liking for beer, sport and women
Outback.....remote inland Australia
outhouse.....toilet, dunny, from when it was in the backyard before modern sewage. We had one when I was young before flushing toilets! A night-cartman used to come around once a week & carry the fullone to his cart & empty it. OMG.I will never forget the night I heard him drop it!
Oz......Australia
P
Pat Malone.....on your own. "You're on ya Pat Malone"
pavlova ( pav ).....dessert made from meringue, cream and fruit
pie floater....meat pie served on a pea puree, with tomato sauce
Poddy......young unbranded cattle
poddy duffer...cattle thief
Pommie or pom....English born person
pot....a beer glass
pub....a bar, hotel
R
rat bag....obnoxious person (?-more gets up to trouble, sometimes serious trouble)
ridgie didge....really, honestly, fair dinkum
ring-in.....an imposter
road train.....large truck seen in outback, with 3 trailers, nearly 50 metres long
root.....to have sex
rooted....to have had sex with someone, or tired
rug rat...young child, crawling age
S
sanga......a sandwich
schooner....large beer glass
a sheila.....old fashioned slang for a woman
your shout....your turn to buy the drinks when in a group at the pub
a slab....a carton of beer ( 24 stubbies)
snags....sausages ( what Aussies really put on BBQs, only Paul Hogan would throw a shrimp on the barbie for foreign tourists )
snag short of a barbie.....short of commonsense ( also sanga short of a picnic, a stubbie short of a sixpack, etc. )
Strine.....Australian slang
stubbies.... small bottles (375ml) of beer, or a pair of shorts.
swag.....bedroll, made from canvas and thin matress
swaggie./ swagman..someone who travelled the countryside looking for casual work and handouts, owning only a billy, clothes and his swag, ( as in the traditional song "Waltzing Matilda".....once a jolly swagman, camped by the billabong..) They used to come by my grandparents' grocery store looking for work. One stayed with my grandparents for about 30 years, on & off and lived in a room out the back. Another who had only one arm lived there for about 20 until he died. They would come & go but know they would always get a bed & a feed in exchange for some simple chores, like cutting wood. I have great memories of the 2 of them- Dan & Jack. They were kind-hearted but down on their luck until they met my grandmother!
T
thunderbox.....toilet
Taswegian....somebody from state of Tasmania
thongs.....rubber sandals, flip flops (& only now also a g-string)
a tinnie.....a can of beer, or a small aluminium boat
to crack a tinnie.....open a can of beer
True Blue......really or proudly Australian
two up...traditional Australian gambling game, based on calling heads or tails on two coins tossed in the air
tucker......food
tuckshop.....school canteen or cafeteria
tuckerbox...container for holding food, usually an icebox or esky nowadays
U
Ute....utility, a type of motor vehicle (a pick up truck in USA )Unlike other 4 wheel drives that you see in cities that hardly go off the road a ute in the country is usually quite battered & well used. I now call our ute the wheelbarrow as it is no longer licenced & we useit to cart wood on our block.
V
Vegemite....traditional australian food ( a type of spread, similar to Marmite)
to be a happy little Vegemite.....happy and contented person ( from old advertising slogan)
W
to go Walkabout....to go away, travel
to go walkabout.....aboriginals would go away to seek spiritual enlightenment
on the Wallaby track....to travel looking for work
the Wet ....the rainy summer period in tropical Australia
wowser.....old fashioned killjoy, spoilsport
Y
hard Yakka.....hard work
yabbie......freshwater crayfish
yowie....mythical creature, like yeti or bigfoot
Z
zak....was sixpence ( 5 cents) , as in "didn't have a zak to his name" ( flat broke )
There is so much more & I won't spend any more time than that on it!
There are some things that I say but most are not often used except as a joke at ourselves. I have, however always said "Crikey" long before Steve Irwin was on tv! I still do. I try not to swear much so sometimes the old ocker slang comes out of the memory bank. Struth Ruth!
There are so many web-sites with explanations of Oz Slang that I have just reached overload.
Cactus, Dodgy, Bingle, Bloody Oath, Chuck a sickie, ankle-biter, bludger, cark it, take a Captain Cook, Drongo, Dag, bit of a dill, bogan, bitzer, Crikey.....I'm buggered!
Normal Cate will return to this diary later today, xoxo
PS. I have been for a good, hard 40 minute walk already so I'm not being a total lazy bones!
I`m living here in Australia almost for 3 years, but still wondering sometimes what people are talking about.
OMW CATE you are like a walking dictionary! LOL! 
