#aussie lingo

Gaz: So do you actually like Vegemite or is that just a stereotype?

ASF: Nah, yeah.

Gaz: … what?

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Ghost: Do you have an extra MRE?

ASF: Yeah, nah.

Ghost: … what does that even mean?

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Soap: So you like camping right?

ASF: Yeah, nah.

Soap: YES OR NO!! JUST SAY YES OR NO!

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Price: You ever gonna explain what ‘yeah, nah’ and ‘nah, yeah’ is? We can’t tell which is which?!

Me: *sweats nervously* *says mate, G'day and other lingo*

candi tip → how to not piss off australians and speak in stereotypical ways when rping them

I am an Australian and i often got told by fellow RP'ers that some things i say are so 'Australian' or 'strange'. I never noticed them before but now i know how confusing they can seem to some people.

I've been in an enough rp's to see Australian characters played beyond wrong and say the worst, most awfully stereotypical stuff which greatly insults me. So here it is, everything you'd need to know. For now:

Derro: slang used by teenager used for a dirty person. Taken from the word 'derelict'

Junkie: slang used by teenagers to describe somebody who is far too into drugs or drinking

Have a go: yelling at someone, arguing with them

Festy: slang for someone who's gross

FOB: offensive term for people with dark skin tones. Stands for Fresh Off the Boat

Wog/ Lebo: offensive term for somebody who is from a mediterranean descent

Gobs: blow job

Bogan: slang, offensive word for somebody who is 'true blue aussie'

Mong/ Minga/ grot: Offensive term people use to call their friends over jokingly. Somebody who's stupid

Keen: e.g. keen as to go shopping! Means excited.

Top bloke: cool guy

Dag/ daggy: slang used by teenagers to say that somebody is lame or dresses in a dorky way

Arvo: afternoon

Oath!: Used for when you agree with something somebody else has said

Booze: alcohol

Bottles: alcohol

Brekkie: breakfast

Bundy: run, get out

Crook: poorly done or made

track dakkies: tracksuit pants

On the spit: giving a bunch of guys blowjobs at the same time

Off his/ your/ her face: Drunk

Feral: Lingo used to say the word 'gross'

Woop woop: middle of nowhere

Grog: alcohol

Hoon: offensive term, means hooligan

Tune: flirting

Lollies: same as candy

Maccas: McDonalds

Pash: making out with tongue. French kissing

Bastard: Strangely enough used for endearment

Rack off: f*** off

Poon slayer: gets all the girls

Rock up/ rocked up: arrive at a destination

Root: sex

She'll be right: it'll be fine

shit house: terrible, not worth the wait

Sickie: e.g. chuck a sickie! pretending to be sick when you're not

Skull: Another word for chugging when drinking

Sook: Cry baby

Stuffed: full. Screwed over

Wuss; weak, cry baby

Whinging: complain

Yabber: Blabbering on

What we DON'T say:

Shrimp, we call it prawns like everyone else

G'day. Hardly anybody actually says this

Mate. Guys use it, girls don't use it unless they want to be considered dumb

Fair dinkum. This is the most stereotypical and silliest thing you can say.

We're looking at this Aussie play (He Died With a Falafel in His Hand, go look it up, it's great) and there's this one conversation that really epitomises Aussie lingo in all its terrible and wonderful crassness. I thought I would copy it out and decipher it for you all. Here goes.

Guy: G'day (Hey)

Dude: G'day (Hello)

Guy: How's tricks? (How are you?)

Dude: Wouldn't be dead for quids. Yourself? (Wonderful. And you?)

Guy: Better than James Brown (Great)

Dude: Keepin' out of trouble then? (Haven't got any problems then?)

Guy: Flat out like a lizard drinking. Yourself? (I've been kept very busy, so I'm a little rushed. You?)

Dude: Mate, haven't had time to scratch meself. How's the better half? (Friend, I have been so busy I haven't been able to scratch my balls. How is your girlfriend?)

Guy: Not exactly happy as Larry (Not great)

Dude: What's the John Dory? (What's going on?)

Guy: Few skeletons in the closet... (She is dealing with personal issues from her past)

Dude: You gonna do the Harold Holt? (Are you going to leave her?)

Guy: First things first. Don't wanna be like a bull at a gate. (We'll see how it goes. I would hate to do anything hasty.)

Dude: Well mate, it's better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all. And that's straight from the horses mouth. (At least you're having sexual relations. That's better than nothing. I would know.)

Guy: Bit of a drought on at the moment is there mate? (Not having much sex are you friend?)

Dude: Mate, drier then a dead dingo's donger. (Absolutely none)

Guy: You know what they say, it's the early bird that catches the worm. (You need to get out there more, stop hindering yourself with planning and just do it)

Dude: Yeah, forewarned is forearmed... (Yes, if I take too long I will have to resort to masturbating)

Guy: All you need to do is get your poo in the one sock. (You just have to get your shit together i.e. sort yourself out)

Dude: Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black. (You are just the same)

Guy: Chill, dude. (I apologise if I offended. Calm down)

Dude: Get my shit together? Mate, I bet you couldn't organise a pissup in a brewery. (I have to sort myself out? Aquaintance, I bet you wouldn't be able to have a party in a brewery)

Guy: You couldn't run a fucking chook raffle! (You could not organise a fundraising event of very cheap quality)

Dude: You couldn't organise a root in a brothel! (You could not organise for someone to have sex in a place that houses prostitutes)

Guy: Let he who is without sin cast the first stone (...Yeah I dunno about this one)

Dude: An eye for an eye... (Something about being even)

Guy: And a tooth for a tooth... (see above)

Dude: Poofter (You are a gay man, but in the derogatory sense)

Guy: Dickhead (You are not that great a guy)

Dude: Poo-jabber (Dergogatory word for gay)

Guy: Red-haired, rat rooting, mother fucking, fornicating, poo-jabbing, fudge packing, pillow biting, carpet munching dancer of the chocolate cha-cha. (You are a witch who enjoys beastiality with rats, having sexual relations with your own mother, you are always sinfully having sex, gay, gay, reveiving end of anal sex, cunnilingus giving person who enjoys anal sex)

They then go on to find out they are flatmates and become friends.

Any questions?