Your FUGLY® American-Australian dictionary ...

(Help me out here, Reiz)

For all you Yank fuglyites, here's an organic (i.e. I'll keep adding to it as I think of things) list of Aussie words and their American equivalents.

Print it out if you ever come "down under" and you'll fit right in.

 

Septic = Rhyming slang for an American. "Septic tank" - Yank.

Lollies = What you guys call "candy"

Petrol = What you guys call "gas"

Gas = What gets piped to your house to power your stove, hot water, etc. What the fuck do you call it, if your cars run on "gas"?

Beaut, ripper, tops = All varying levels of "good"

No worries = Not a problem

... will post more as I think of them.

 

I know the Brits term for Grilling=Broiling. I have a brit at work so I'm learning most of these anyway right now.

 

I think Australian grilling is the same as American. Stick the meat under a heat source to cook it, fat drips down and away, right?

I think "broiling" is something different ... don't you do it on the stove top somehow?

 

In a oven, See the other day we where talking and I told him I prefered Broiling to grilling. He went off about its the same thing and I was like no its not.

Grilling=broiling which is done in oven here, You are right about it being done on the stove top there as there broilers are up high.

Grilling here which is done outside is BBQ to them.

A few others I will have to think about it.

 

I know we're not getting to you, Grimy. But gee, it really sounds like we're getting to you.

Anyways, back on topic:

Piss (as in "on the piss") = booze

Get that into you = eat/drink this

Pineapple = $50 note (it's yellow)

Lobster = $20 note (it's orange)

Blue drinking voucher = $10 note

Shits (as in "I've got the shits") = I'm very angry OR I have diahorrea

 

No see it does not bother me in the least. Its just the goddamn internet for fuck sakes. Dig for dig chester thats what its about.

At the end of the day if anyone walks away from a PC mad over what someone said on the net they should shoot themselfs.

 

Now hang on. Outside IS a barbecue. Grilling is done inside, in the thin section between your oven and your hotplates (if you have an upright stove). Is your "broiling" the same as our "roasting"?

 

yes

 

Prawn = Shrimp
Cactus = Broken
Rooted = Broken
Root = Sexual Intercourse
Tight as a nun's cunt on a Sunday = Very tight
Town Bike = A very easy girl (everyone gets a ride)

I'll find more. I have millions. My grandfather taught me a lot.

 

Town Bike is one we use in the states, Prawn here is like a type of white fish nugget I do belive I do not care for them. Shrimp are shrimp.

 

This has to be my favorite thus far. I will use this phrase every day for the rest of my life. Thanks!

 

What word do they use in Australia to refer to someone who plays too much World of Warcraft?

 

Gas or Bungle.
Works here at least.

 

Make up your mind.

 

Or Ferine!

I haven't played an accumilated in a week. I have a baby to take care of.

 

It's perfect for when you've just "shouted a round" = bought your friend(s) a beer. You walk up with the beers and say, "Here y'are, get that into you."

Here are some more:

Grouse = really, really good
No wukkas = a contraction of "no fuckin' worries"; i.e. "not a problem"
Hurl = throw up
Chuck = throw up

I should also point out some "Australianisms" that are actually complete bullshit and only for tourists (like drinking Fosters). These include "fair dinkum", "bonza", "you little ripper" and "strewth".

 

Nipper = baby. So you might say "Leave it out, Ferine. I've got a nipper to look after."

Not to be confused with ...

Nip = Japanese person.

 

"Throw another shrimp on the BARBIE"

*pronounced bah-bee

Learned this from wathching a cheech marin movie.

 

That's another tourist one. We say "barbie", but we'd say "chuck" instead of "throw" and "prawn" instead of "shrimp". And we'd rather eat steak anyway.