the nothing thread

[sekuchi]

Congrats!!!

[kcurrin]

Those silkworms look mighty appetizing!

[Swedish Chef]

Just about all the ancient cultures dined on insects/bugs and many were and still are considered a delicacy - they're still on the menu in a lot of countries today.


That may be. But I sure bet they don't serve 'em in cans of goo...

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[Caitlyn]

That may be. But I sure bet they don't serve 'em in cans of goo...

http://www.thesneeze.com/art/pupapix/opencan300.jpg


I've never noticed anything but Nutria (swamp rat) on the menus around here so I'm not sure about the goo.... but since those cans come from Korea, I'd hazard a guess you might be able to order them, goo and all over there.... :p ... personally, if I ever have to eat an insect/bug, I hope I have a bottle of Louisiana Ketchup (hot sauce) handy... :D

[r3port3r66]

I once at a Volkswagon Beetle!

[nebbit]

don't be grossed out.
:eek:

[7thson]

Yeah that "goo" looks worse than the bugs, A cup of that would be good for fear factor.

[Caitlyn]

Yeah that "goo" looks worse than the bugs, A cup of that would be good for fear factor.


:yup: ... I hope no one ever comes at me with a can of that stuff ... I just might have to add it to my list of things worth shooting someone over... ;) :D

[kcurrin]

Haha! What else is on that list Caitlyn?

[Ash_Lee]

Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus! :D
(Happy Saint Davids Day!)
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[Caitlyn]

Haha! What else is on that list Caitlyn?


Things you probably really don't want to know about... ;)


Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus! :D
(Happy Saint Davids Day!)



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Happy Saint Davids Day to you too Ash... :)

[gummo]

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[Caitlyn]

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[mark f]

The Duke's got better legs and moves than I would have imagined. It must be his leprechaun side.

[7thson]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/06/229_wayne.jpg

[mark f]

That looks like his Swedish side (The Long Voyage Home).

[gummo]

Caity, that's hot!

[7thson]

I told her that once when she emailed me a picture of her in uniform. ;)

[nebbit]

I told her that once when she emailed me a picture of her in uniform. ;)
You wish :laugh:

[7thson]

Speaking of which: how did you get her to agree to let you use her picture as your avatar Nebs? :p

[Caitlyn]

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/Caitgee/catgrey.gif


;)

[7thson]

OK, ok, claws back in , I will stop. :)

[nebbit]

You know that is how I imagine...................Psst Caity :yup:

[mc-yui]

i tried so hard...and got so far but in the end it doesn't matter..:(
i had to fall to loose it all..

[witts]

Corporate Fables

Fable One
A crow was sitting in a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him: "Can I sit and do nothing like you?"
The crow answered: "Sure, why not."
So, the rabbit sat on the ground, below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit & ate it.
Moral
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high.


Fable Two
A turkey was chatting to a bull.
"I'd love to be able to get to the top of that tree over there", said the turkey. "But I haven't got the energy."
"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" said the bull. "They're packed with nutrition. And they'll give you the energy you need to get to the top of the tree."
So, the turkey started eating away at a lump of dung. And he found that he could get to the first branch. So, after a fortnight of the same diet, he made it to the top of the tree, where he was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him.
Moral
Bulls__t might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.


Fable Three
When the body was first made, all the parts wanted to be boss.
The brain said: "I should be boss, because I control all the body's functions.
The feet said: "We should be boss, because we take the body where it wants to go."
The hands said: "We should be boss, because we do all the work and earn all the money."
And on and on it went, with the heart, the lungs, the eyes, and finally the arsehole weighing in their opinions. All the parts laughed at the idea of the arsehole being the boss. So the arsehole went on strike, blocked itself up & refused to work.
Within a short time, the eyes became crossed, the hands clenched, the feet twitched, the heart & lungs began to panic & the brain fevered.
Eventually, all the other body parts decided that the arsehole should be the boss, so the motion (so to speak) was passed.
All the other parts did the work while the boss just sat around & passed out the s__t.
Moral
You don't need brains to be a boss, any old arsehole will do.

[nebbit]

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[witts]

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Thanks, Grandma.
I like you too :D

[7thson]

Quick joke:

A man walks into a psychiatrist's office wearing only underwear made of Saran Wrap.
The psychiatrist says," well I can clearly see your nuts."

or

A skeleton walks up to a bar, and orders a beer and a mop.

[witts]

A skeleton walks up to a bar, and orders a beer and a mop.

AHA! AHAHAHA! That is pure gold.
Now, let's see if I can outdo you.

Keeping in mind, this is no way designed to be offensive to the Irish group of Mofos - I know some Irish people, and they're great.

Two Paddys, Two Pigs
Paddy & Paddy, two Irishmen, went out one day and each bought a pig. When they got home, Paddy turned to Paddy and said: "Paddy, me ol' mate. How we gonna tell who owns which feckin' pig?"
Paddy said: "Well, Paddy, I'll cut one a ta ears off my feckin' pig and ten we can tell them apart."
"Ah, tat'd be grand," said Paddy.

This worked fine, for a couple weeks, until Paddy stormed into the house.
"Paddy," he said, "your feckin' pig has chewed the ear off a my feckin' pig! Now we got two feckin' pigs with one ear! How are we t' tell who owns what feckin' pig?!"
"Well Paddy," said Paddy, "I'll cut ta other ear off my feckin' pig. Ten we'll have two feckin' pigs and only one of them will have an ear."

"Ah, tat'd be grand," said Paddy.
Again, this worked fine for a couple weeks for, until Paddy stormed into the house again. "Paddy!", he said, "your feckin' pig has chewed ta other ear off a my feckin' pig! Now, we got two feckin' pigs with no feckin' ears! How are we t' tell who owns what feckin' pig?!"
"Ah, tis is serious, Paddy." said Paddy. "I'll tell y' what I'll do. I'll cut ta tail off a my feckin' pig. Then we'll have two feckin' pigs with no feckin' ears, and one feckin' pig with a tail!"
"Ah, tat'd be grand," said Paddy.

Another couple of weeks, and you guessed it..
"PADDY!", shouted Paddy, "YOUR FECKIN' PIG HAS CHEWED THE FECKIN' TAIL OFF A MY FECKIN' PIG! SO NOW WE GOT TWO FECKIN' PIGS WITH NO FECKIN' EARS AND NO FECKIN' TAILS! HOW THE FECK ARE WE GOING TER FECKIN' TELL THEM APART?!"

"Ah, feck it," said Paddy. "How about you have the black one, and I'll have the white one?

[anakin316]

awesome stuff witts......

[7thson]

Bored?

Re-read this line.

[nebbit]

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[witts]

Maybe he should've started at the top.

[witts]

THE COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED AUSTRALIAN SLANG DICTIONARY

Lately I've noticed in posts people referencing movies with the line, "Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!"

No. Just no.
I have never been to a barbeque where this has been said. So, to end all confusion, I've decided to post what I believe to be the most definitive slang dictionary (of Australian slang) that there is - via Koalanet.com.


A
Ace! : Excellent! Very good!
Aerial ping-pong : Australian Rules Football (AFL, see youtube thread.)
Amber fluid : Beer
Ambo : ambulance, ambulance driver
Ankle biter : small child
Apples, she'll be : It'll be all right
Arvo : afternoon
Aussie (pron. Ozzie) : Australian
Aussie salute : brushing away flies with the hand
Avos : avocados


B
B & S : Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball - a very enjoyable party usually held in rural areas
Back of Bourke : a very long way away
Bail (somebody) up : to corner somebody physically
Bail out : depart, usually angrily
Banana bender : a person from Queensland
Barbie : barbecue (noun)
Barrack : to cheer on (football team etc.)
Bastard : term of endearment
Bathers : swimming costume
Battler : someone working hard and only just making a living
Beaut, beauty : great, fantastic
Big-note oneself : brag, boast
Bikkie : biscuit (also "it cost big bikkies" - it was expensive)
Billabong : an ox-bow river or watering hole
Billy : teapot. Container for boiling water.
Bingle : motor vehicle accident
Bities : biting insects
Bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that)
Bizzo : business ("mind your own bizzo")
Black Stump, beyond the : a long way away, the back of nowhere
Bloke : man, guy
Bloody : very (bloody hard yakka)
Bloody oath! : that's certainly true
Blow in the bag : have a breathalyser test
Blowie : blow fly
Bludger : lazy person, layabout, somebody who always relies on other people to do things or lend him things
Blue : fight ("he was having a blue with his wife")
Blue, make a : make a mistake
Bluey : pack, equipment, traffic ticket, redhead
Bluey : blue cattle dog (named after its subtle markings) which is an excellent working dog. Everyone's favourite all-Aussie dog.
Bluey : heavy wool or felt jacket worn by mining and construction workers.
Bluey : bluebottle jellyfish
Bodgy : of inferior quality
Bog in : commence eating, to attack food with enthusiasm
Bog standard : basic, unadorned, without accessories (a bog standard car, telephone etc.)
Bogan : person who takes little pride in his appearance, spends his days slacking and drinking beer
Bogged : Stuck in mud, deep sand (a vehicle).
Bondi cigar : see "brown-eyed mullet"
Bonzer : great, ripper
Boogie board : a hybrid, half-sized surf board
Boomer : a large male kangaroo
Booze bus : police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers
Boozer : a pub
Bored shitless : very bored
Bottle shop : liquor shop
Bottle-o : liquor shop (originally a man with hessian bags going around picking up beer bottles in the 50's and 60's)
Bottler : something excellent
Bottling, his blood's worth : he's an excellent, helpful bloke.
Bounce : a bully
Bourke Street, he doesn't know Christmas from : he's a bit slow in the head. (Bourke Street is a brightly lit Melbourne street)
Bowl of rice, not my : not my cup of tea; I don't like it
Brass razoo, he hasn't got a : he's very poor
Brekkie : breakfast
Brick **** house, built like a : big strong bloke
Brickie : bricklayer
Brisvegas : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland
Brizzie : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland
Brown-eyed mullet : a turd in the sea (where you're swimming!)
Brumby : a wild horse
Buck's night : stag party, male gathering the night before the wedding
Buckley's, Buckley's chance : no chance ("New Zealand stands Buckley's of beating Australia at football")
Budgie smugglers : men's bathing costume
Bull bar : stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos (also roo bar)
Bundy : short for Bundaberg, Queensland, and the brand of rum that's made there
Bunyip : mythical outback creature
Bush : the hinterland, the Outback, anywhere that isn't in town
Bush bash : long competitive running or motorcar race through the bush
Bush oyster : nasal mucus
Bush telly : campfire
Bushie : someone who lives in the Bush
Bushman's hanky : Emitting nasal mucus by placing one index finger on the outside of the nose (thus blocking one nostril) and blowing.
Bushranger : highwayman, outlaw
Butcher : small glass of beer in South Australia - From the theory that a butcher could take a quick break from his job, have a drink and be back at work
BYO : unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog, also similar party or barbecue


C
Cab Sav : Cabernet Sauvignon (a variety of wine grape)
Cactus : dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus")
Cane toad : a person from Queensland
Captain Cook : look (noun) ("let's have a Captain Cook")
Cark it : to die, cease functioning
Cat burying ****, as busy as a : busy
Cat's piss, as mean as : mean, stingy, uncharitable
Chewie : chewing gum
Chokkie : chocolate
Chook : a chicken
Chrissie : Christmas
Christmas : see Bourke Street
Chuck a sickie : take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy
Chunder : vomit
Clacker : anus (from Latin cloaca = sewer). Also the single orifice of monotremes (platypus and echidna) used both for reproduction and for the elimination of body wastes.
Clayton's : fake, substitute
Cleanskin : Bottle of wine without a label. Usually bought in bulk by companies who then add their own personalised label and use the wine as e.g. gifts to clients
Cleanskin : cattle that have not been branded, earmarked or castrated.
Click : kilometre - "it's 10 clicks away"
Clucky : feeling broody or maternal
Coathanger : Sydney Harbour bridge
Cobber : friend
Cockie : farmer
Cockie : cockatoo
Cockie : cockroach
Cockroach : a person from New South Wales
Coldie : a beer
Come a gutser : make a bad mistake, have an accident
Compo : Workers' Compensation pay
Conch (adj. conchy) : a conscientious person. Somebody who would rather work or study than go out and enjoy him/herself.
Cooee, not within : figuratively a long way away, far off - England weren't within cooee of beating Australia at cricket
Cooee, within : nearby - I was within cooee of landing a big fish when the line broke. He lives within cooee of Sydney.
Cook (noun) : One's wife
Corker : something excellent. A good stroke in cricket might be described as a 'corker of a shot'
Corroboree : an aboriginal dance festival
Counter lunch/Countery : pub lunch
Cozzie : swimming costume
Crack a fat : get an erection
Crack onto (someone) : to hit on someone, pursue someone romantically
Cranky : in a bad mood, angry
Cream (verb) : defeat by a large margin
Crook : sick, or badly made
Crow eater : a person from South Australia
Cubby house : Small, usually timber, house in the garden used as a children's plaything.
Cut lunch : sandwiches
Cut lunch commando : army reservist
Cut snake, mad as a : very angry


D
Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof
Daks : trousers
Damper : bread made from flour and water
Date : arse[hole] ("get off your fat date")
Dead dingo's donger, as dry as a : dry
Dead horse : Tomato sauce
Deadset : true, the truth
Dero : tramp, hobo, homeless person (from "derelict")
******** : see "whacker"
Digger : a soldier
Dill : an idiot
Dingo's breakfast : a yawn, a leak and a good look round (i.e. no breakfast)
Dinkum, fair dinkum : true, real, genuine ("I'm a dinkum Aussie"; "is he fair dinkum?")
Dinky-di : the real thing, genuine
Dipstick : a loser, idiot
Divvy van : Police vehicle used for transporting criminals. Named after the protective 'division' between the driver and the villains.
Dob (somebody) in : inform on somebody. Hence dobber, a tell-tale
Docket : a bill, receipt
Doco : documentary
Dog : unattractive woman
Dog's balls, stands out like : obvious
Dog's eye : meat pie
Dole bludger : somebody on social assistance when unjustified
Donger : penis
Doodle : penis
Down Under : Australia and New Zealand
Drink with the flies : to drink alone
Drongo : a dope, stupid person
Dropkick : see 'dipstick'
Drum : information, tip-off ("I'll give you the drum")
Duchess : sideboard
Duffer, cattle : rustler
Dummy, spit the : get very upset at something
Dunny : outside lavatory
Dunny budgie : blowfly
Dunny rat, cunning as a : very cunning
Durry : tobacco, cigarette
Dux : top of the class (n.); to be top of the class (v.) - "She duxed four of her subjects".


E
Earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter
Ekka : the Brisbane Exhibition, an annual show
Esky : large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc.
Exy : expensive


F
Face, off one's : drunk ("He was off his face by 9pm")
Fair dinkum : true, genuine
Fair go : a chance ("give a bloke a fair go")
Fair suck of the sav! : exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief (see also "sav")
Fairy floss : candy floss, cotton candy
Feral : V8 ute (q.v.) sporting large heavy bullbar, numerous aerials, large truck mudflaps and stickers almost all over the rear window and tailgate. Sometimes seen with a Mack emblem on the bonnet and always with large (multiple) driving lights
Feral (n.) : a hippie
Figjam : "F*ck I'm good; just ask me". Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves.
Fisho : fishmonger
Flake : shark's flesh (sold in fish & chips shops)
Flat out like a lizard drinking : flat out, busy
Flick : to give something or somebody the flick is to get rid of it or him/her
Flick it on : to sell something, usually for a quick profit, soon after buying it.
Fly wire : gauze flyscreen covering a window or doorway.
Footy : Australian Rules football
Fossick : search, rummage ("fossicking through the kitchen drawers")
Fossick : to prospect, e.g. for gold
Fossicker : prospector, e.g. for gold
Franger : condom
Freckle : anus
Fremantle Doctor : the cooling afternoon breeze that arrives in Perth from the direction of Freeo
Freo : Fremantle in Western Australia
Frog in a sock, as cross as a : sounding angry - a person or your hard drive!
Fruit loop : fool
Full : drunk
Furphy : false or unreliable rumour


G
G'Day : hello!
Gabba : Wooloongabba - the Brisbane cricket ground
GAFA (pron. gaffa) : the big nothingness of the Australian Outback. Great Australian F**k All.
Galah : fool, silly person. Named after the bird of the same name because of its antics and the noise it makes.
Garbo, garbologist : municipal garbage collector
Give it a burl : try it, have a go
Gobful, give a : to abuse, usually justifiably ("The neighbours were having a noisy party so I went and gave them a gobful")
Gobsmacked : surprised, astounded
Going off : used of a night spot or party that is a lot of fun - "the place was really going off"
Good oil : useful information, a good idea, the truth
Good onya : good for you, well done
Goog, as full as a : drunk. "Goog" is a variation of the northern English slangword "goggie" meaning an egg.
Greenie : environmentalist
Grinning like a shot fox : very happy, smugly satisfied
Grog : liquor, beer ("bring your own grog, you bludger")
Grouse (adj.) : great, terrific, very good
Grundies : undies, underwear (from Reg Grundy, a television person)
Gutful of piss : drunk, "he's got a gutful of piss"
Gyno : gynaecologist

[witts]

AUSSIE SLANG DICTIONARY

H
Handle : beer glass with a handle
Harold Holt, to do the : To bolt. (Also "to do the Harold")
Heaps : a lot, e.g. "thanks heaps", "(s)he earned heaps of money" etc.
Holy dooley! : an exclamation of surprise = "Good heavens!", "My goodness!" "Good grief!" or similar
Hoon : hooligan
Hooroo : goodbye
Hotel : often just a pub
Hottie : hot water bottle


I
Icy pole, ice block : popsicle, lollypop

J
Jackaroo : a male trainee station manager or station hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property)
Jillaroo : a female trainee station manager or station hand
Joey : baby kangaroo
Journo : journalist
Jug : electric kettle
Jumbuck : sheep


K
Kangaroos loose in the top paddock : Intellectually inadequate ("he's got kangaroos loose in the top paddock")
Kelpie : Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie
Kero : kerosene
Kindie : kindergarten
Knock : to criticise
Knock back : refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb)
Knocker : somebody who criticises


L
Lair : a flashily dressed young man of brash and vulgar behaviour, to dress up in flashy clothes, to renovate or dress up something in bad taste
Lair it up : to behave in a brash and vulgar manner
Larrikin : a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless prankster
Lend of, to have a : to take advantage of somebody's gullibility, to have someone on ("he's having a lend of you")
Lippy : lipstick
Liquid laugh : vomit
Lizard drinking, flat out like a : flat out, busy
Lob, lob in : drop in to see someone ("the rellies have lobbed")
Lollies : sweets, candy
London to a brick : absolute certainty ("it's London to a brick that taxes won't go down")
Long paddock : the side of the road where livestock is grazed during droughts
Longneck : 750ml bottle of beer in South Australia
Lucky Country, The : Australia, where else?
Lunch, who opened their? : OK, who farted?
Lurk : illegal or underhanded racket


M
Maccas (pron. "mackers") : McDonald's (the hamburger place)
Mallee bull, as fit as a : very fit and strong. The Mallee is very arid beef country in Victoria/South Australia.
Manchester : Household linen, eg sheets etc.
Mappa Tassie : map of Tasmania - a woman's pubic area
Mate : buddy, friend
Mate's rate, mate's discount : cheaper than usual for a "friend"
Matilda : swagman's bedding, sleeping roll
Metho : methylated spirits
Mexican : a person from south of the Queensland or New South Wales border
Mickey Mouse : excellent, very good. Beware though - in some parts of Australia it means inconsequential, frivolous or not very good!
Middy : 285 ml beer glass in New South Wales
Milk bar : corner shop that sells takeaway food
Milko : milkman
Mob : group of people, not necessarily troublesome
Mob : family or herd (?) of kangaroos
Mongrel : despicable person
Moolah : money
Mozzie : mosquito
Muddy : mud crab (a great delicacy)
Mug : friendly insult ("have a go, yer mug"), gullible person
Mull : grass (the kind you smoke)
Muster : round up sheep or cattle
Mystery bag : a sausage


N
Nasho : National Service (compulsory military service)
Naughty, have a : have sex
Never Never : the Outback, centre of Australia
Nipper : young surf lifesaver
No drama : same as 'no worries'
No worries! : Expression of forgiveness or reassurance (No problem; forget about it; I can do it; Yes, I'll do it)
No-hoper : somebody who'll never do well
Not the full quid : not bright intellectually
Nuddy, in the : naked
Nun's nasty, as dry as a : dry
Nut out : hammer out or work out (an agreement, say)


O
O.S. : overseas ("he's gone O.S.")
Ocker : an unsophisticated person
Offsider : an assistant, helper
Old fella : penis
Oldies : parents - "I'll have to ask my oldies"
Op shop : opportunity shop, thrift store, place where second hand goods are sold.
Outback : interior of Australia
Oz : Australia!


P
Paddock : see 'long paddock'
Pash : a long passionate kiss; hence "pashing on"
Pav : Pavlova - a rich, creamy Australian dessert
Perve (noun & verb) : looking lustfully at the opposite sex
Piece of piss : easy task
Pig's arse! : I don't agree with you
Piker : Someone who doesn't want to fit in with others socially, leaves parties early
Pink slip, get the : get the sack (from the colour of the termination form)
Pint : large glass of beer (esp. in South Australia)
Piss : beer. Hence "hit the piss", "sink some piss"
Plate, bring a : Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to bring your own food. It doesn't mean they're short of crockery!
Plonk : cheap wine
Pokies : poker machines, fruit machines, gambling slot machines
Polly : politician
Pom, pommy : an Englishman
Pommy bastard : an Englishman
Pommy shower : using deodorant instead of taking a shower
Pommy's towel, as dry as a : very dry - based on the canard that Poms bathe about once a month
Porky : Lie, untruth (pork pie = lie)
Port : suitcase (portmanteau)
Postie : postman, mailman
Pot : 285 ml beer glass in Queensland and Victoria
Pozzy : position - get a good pozzy at the football stadium
Prezzy : present, gift


Q
Quid, make a : earn a living - "are you making a quid?"
Quid, not the full : of low IQ. [Historical note: 'quid' is slang for a pound. £1 became $2 when Australia converted to decimal currency


R
Rack off : push off! get lost! get out of here! also "rack off hairy legs!".
Rage : party
Rage on : to continue partying - "we raged on until 3am"
Rapt : pleased, delighted
Ratbag : mild insult
Raw prawn, to come the : to ********, to be generally disagreeable
Reckon! : you bet! Absolutely!
Reffo : refugee
Rego : vehicle registration
Rellie or relo : family relative
Ridgy-didge : original, genuine
Right, she : it'll be all right
Right, that'd be : Accepting bad news as inevitable. ("I went fishing but caught nothing." "Yeah, that'd be right.")
Rip snorter : great, fantastic - "it was a rip snorter of a party"
Ripper : great, fantastic - "it was a ripper party"
Ripper, you little! : Exclamation of delight or as a reaction to good news
Road train : big truck with many trailers
Rock up : to turn up, to arrive - "we rocked up at their house at 8pm"
Rollie : a cigarette that you roll yourself
Roo : kangaroo
Roo bar : stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos (also bull bar)
Root (verb and noun) : synonym for f*ck in nearly all its senses: "I feel rooted"; "this washing machine is rooted"; "(s)he's a good root". A very useful word in fairly polite company.
Root rat : somebody who is constantly looking for sex.
Ropeable : very angry
Rort (verb or noun) : Cheating, fiddling, defrauding (expenses, the system etc.). Usually used of politicians
Rotten : drunk - "I went out last night and got rotten"
Rubbish (verb) : to criticize


S
Salute, Aussie : brushing flies away
Salvos, the : Salvation Army, bless them
Sandgroper : a person from Western Australia
Sanger : a sandwich
Sav : saveloy (see also "fair suck of the sav!")
Schooner : large beer glass in Queensland; medium beer glass in South Australia
Scratchy : instant lottery ticket
Screamer : party lover; "two pot screamer" - somebody who gets drunk on very little alcohol
Seppo : an American
Servo : petrol station
Shag on a rock, stands out like a : very obvious
Shark biscuit : somebody new to surfing
She'll be right : it'll turn out okay
Sheila : a woman
**** house (adj.) : of poor quality, unenjoyable ("this car is **** house", "the movie was **** house")
**** house (noun) : toilet, lavatory
Shonky : dubious, underhanded. E.g. a shonky practice, shonky business etc.
Shoot through : to leave
Shout : turn to buy - a round of drinks usually ("it's your shout")
Show pony : someone who tries hard, by his dress or behaviour, to impress those around him.
Sickie : day off sick from work (chuck a sickie = take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy!)
Skite : boast, brag
Skull/Skol (a beer) : to drink a beer in a single draught without taking a breath
Slab : a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer
Sleepout : house verandah converted to a bedroom
Smoko : smoke or coffee break
Snag : a sausage
Sook : person or animal who is soft, tame, inoffensive. Hence sooky (adj.)
Spag bol : spaghetti bolognese
Spewin' : very angry
Spiffy, pretty spiffy : great, excellent
Spit the dummy : get very upset at something
Spruiker : man who stands outside a nightclub or restaurant trying to persuade people to enter
Sprung : caught doing something wrong
Spunk : a good looking person (of either sex)
Squizz (noun) : look - "take a squizz at this"
Standover man : a large man, usually gang-related, who threatens people with physical violence in order to have his wishes carried out.
Station : a big farm/grazing property
Stickybeak : nosy person
Stoked : very pleased
Stonkered : drunk
Strewth : exclamation, mild oath ("Strewth, that Chris is a bonzer bloke")
Strides : trousers
Strine : Australian slang and pronunciation
Stubby : a 375ml. beer bottle
Stubby holder : polystyrene insulated holder for a stubby
Stuffed, I feel : I'm tired
Stuffed, I'll be : expression of surprise
Sunbake : sunbathe
Sunnies : sunglasses
Surfies : people who go surfing - usually more often than they go to work!
Swag : rolled up bedding etc. carried by a swagman
Swaggie : swagman
Swagman : tramp, hobo


T
Tall poppies : successful people
Tall poppy syndrome : the tendency to criticize successful people
Tallie : 750ml bottle of beer
Taswegian : derogatory term for a person from Tasmania
Technicolor yawn : vomit
Tee-up : to set up (an appointment)
Thingo : Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsit
Thongs : cheap rubber backless sandals
Throw-down : small bottle of beer which you can throw down quickly.
Tickets, to have on oneself : to have a high opinion of oneself
Tinny : can of beer
Tinny : small aluminium boat
Tinny, tin-arsed : lucky
Togs : swim suit
Too right! : definitely!
Top End : far north of Australia
Trackie daks/dacks : tracksuit pants
Trackies : track suit
Troppo, gone : to have escaped to a state of tropical madness; to have lost the veneer of civilisation after spending too long in the tropics.
Trough lolly : the solid piece of perfumed disinfectant in a men's urinal
Truckie : truck driver
True blue : patriotic
Tucker : food
Tucker-bag : food bag
Turps : turpentine, alcoholic drink
Turps, hit the : go on a drinking binge
Two up : gambling game played by spinning two coins simultaneously

[witts]

AUSSIE SLANG DICTIONARY

U
Uni : university
Unit : flat, apartment
Up oneself : have a high opinion of oneself - "he's really up himself"
Up somebody, get : to rebuke somebody - "the boss got up me for being late"
Useful as an ashtray on a motorbike / **** on a bull : unhelpful or incompetent person or thing - "he, she or it is about as useful as **** on a bull" etc. etc.
Ute : utility vehicle, pickup truck


V
Vedgies : vegetables
Vee dub : Volkswagen
Veg out : relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable)
Vejjo : vegetarian
Vinnie's : St. Vincent De Paul's (charity thrift stores and hostels)


W
WACA (pron. whacker) : Western Australian Cricket Association and the Perth cricket ground
Waggin' school : playing truant
Walkabout : a walk in the Outback by Aborigines that lasts for an indefinite amount of time
Walkabout, it's gone : it's lost, can't be found
Weekend warrior : army reservist
Whacker, whacka : Idiot; somebody who talks drivel; somebody with whom you have little patience; a ********
Whinge : complain
White pointers : topless (female) sunbathers
Whiteant (verb) : to criticise something to deter somebody from buying it. A car dealer might whiteant another dealer's cars or a real estate salesman might whiteant another agent's property
Wobbly : excitable behaviour ("I complained about the food and the waiter threw a wobbly")
Wobbly boot on, he's got the : drunk
Wog : flu or trivial illness
Wog : person of Mediterranean origin. A milder insult than the same word in the UK and perhaps elsewhere.
Wombat : somebody who eats, roots and leaves (see also root)
Woop Woop : invented name for any small unimportant town - "he lives in Woop Woop"
Wowser : straight-laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport
Wuss : coward; nervous person or animal


X
XXXX : pronounced Four X, brand of beer made in Queensland


Y
Yabber : talk (a lot)
Yabby : inland freshwater crayfish found in Australia (Cherax destructor)
Yakka : work (noun)
Yewy : u-turn in traffic ("chuck a yewy at the next traffic lights")
Yobbo : an uncouth person


Z
Zack : sixpence (5 cents) - "it isn't worth a zack", "he hasn't got a zack"

[Iroquois]

Now it's only a question of whether anyone would read through all of that. Besides, how often do any Aus users throw around slang like that? I know I don't.

[witts]

I don't necessarily.. well, care is such a strong word, but I'm not fussed if anyone does or anyone doesn't read through the entire post.
But, it'd help in the case of if someone registers to use the forums and his or her first post is:

"I reckons you bunch of yobbos is troppo & youse need a good hard boot up the Khyber, and then piss orf up the back of Woop Woop. Now before you start havin' a whinge, me last hubby was a wombat and I was on the jam roll for dog's years. So don't youse have a go at me when I'm a fair dinkum Aussie sheila!"

[7thson]

or:

Lets put another scag and shrimp on the barbie!!!

[nebbit]

"I reckons you bunch of yobbos is troppo & youse need a good hard boot up the Khyber, and then piss orf up the back of Woop Woop. Now before you start havin' a whinge, me last hubby was a wombat and I was on the jam roll for dog's years. So don't youse have a go at me when I'm a fair dinkum Aussie sheila!"
:laugh:







I do use some of those words :yup: Loved it twitt :yup:

[7thson]

[quote=wittsI don't necessarily.. well, care is such a strong word, but I'm not fussed [/quote]


That has to be the best quote ever. Sry I like simplicity.


but hey ..I am not fussed.:D

[Mrs. Darcy]

The husband and I went to a private screening of Neil Burger's new film, The Lucky Ones last night. They kept us after to ask questions about the movie.
I wonder how many audiences they show the movie to and question before they start making changes?
Anyway, we enjoyed the movie, and the chance to talk about it with people we didn't know.

[Mrs. Darcy]

Does anyone else sing out loud while they're driving? My daughter has forbidden me from singing when she and her friends are riding with me so she doesn't die from embarrassment.



I just put the windows down and sing louder...:devil:

[Caitlyn]

Does anyone else sing out loud while they're driving? My daughter has forbidden me from singing when she and her friends are riding with me so she doesn't die from embarrassment.



I just put the windows down and sing louder...:devil:


I do once in a while... and am teaching my niece how much fun it can be... especially when her Dad is in the car... :devil: :D

[Iroquois]

Posting here because the Shoutbox doesn't work for me on this particular computer...so I'm reading the paper yesterday and they have this article about cult films and the fandom they inspire.

Anyway, the entire article was pretty much about The Big Lebowski fandom (like LebowskiFest). Yet the article got a large Napoleon Dynamite picture the size of an A4 sheet taking up a lot of space with a tiny pic of the Dude and Walter. The only reason a Napoleon Dynamite picture was used was because one person mentioned it briefly. That's enough to use a giant picture.

What the hell.

[mark f]

The most appropriate White Boy Soul I could post here. (It's not their fault it's not synced!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwnqqj5Q1BU

[nebbit]

This is for you Mark :yup: i also have a cloud obsession :rolleyes: I took these close to where i live http://bestsmileys.com/camera/2.gif

This is the beach I walk my dog
http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p362/nebbit_2008/greatclouds.jpg?t=1216377065

This is one also :)
http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p362/nebbit_2008/dogbeach.jpg?t=1216377559

This is the beach at the end of my street :)
http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p362/nebbit_2008/greatclouds2.jpg?t=1216377638

This one I took one afternoon on my way home. :)
http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p362/nebbit_2008/greatclouds3.jpg?t=1216377710

[These Filthy Hands]

Does anyone else sing out loud while they're driving? My daughter has forbidden me from singing when she and her friends are riding with me so she doesn't die from embarrassment.



I just put the windows down and sing louder...:devil:

I would do the same thing if I had kids. But I don't, so I just sing with my dog or anyone who happens to be there. Good times, good times.

[Ash_Lee]

I have to wait until next Thursday at the earliest to see The Dark Knight. If a simultaneous worldwide release is good enough for a spotty pubescent boy wizard who likes to play with his wand in public, then it's good enough for a man who dresses as a bat.

[Mrs. Darcy]

When the kids and I were watching the trailers for coming movies at The Dark Knight, the guys were cheering and clapping for the comic book previews and the new Terminator series. I was the only one that clapped and cheered for the Mamma Mia trailer. I'm going to see it today, and yes, I'll be singing along:

My my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender
Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny in quite a similar way
The history book on the shelf
Is always repeating itself

Waterloo - I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo - promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo - couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo - knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo - finally facing my waterloo

Sweet!

[The Spirit]

This is for you Mark :yup: i also have a cloud obsession :rolleyes: I took these close to where i live http://bestsmileys.com/camera/2.gif

This is the beach I walk my dog
http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p362/nebbit_2008/greatclouds.jpg?t=1216377065

This is one also :)
http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p362/nebbit_2008/dogbeach.jpg?t=1216377559

This is the beach at the end of my street :)
http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p362/nebbit_2008/greatclouds2.jpg?t=1216377638

This one I took one afternoon on my way home. :)
http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p362/nebbit_2008/greatclouds3.jpg?t=1216377710

Holy Crow! thats beautiful! lucky duck! :)

[7thson]

Nice pics Nebby

[nebbit]

Thanks guys, I am just learning how to use my camera :yup: I take it with me all the time. :goof:

[mark f]

http://www.auspacmedia.com.au/images/features/defaults/226.gif

[The Spirit]

I love scotch. Scotchy scotch scotch. There it goes down, down into my belly. mmm mmm mmm

[Mrs. Darcy]

Our stove caught fire when I wasn't even cooking/burning anything! I had to use the fire extinguisher and it made a God awful mess.

[Iroquois]

It is uncharacteristically cold for Brisbane these days.

[n3wt]

It is sooo hot here at the mo im sat in ball soup! whats the weather where you are?

[The Spirit]

"Love letter love letter.....go get her gooo get her!"
-Love Letter by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

[nebbit]

http://bestsmileys.com/eating1/22.gif

[Tatanka]

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg85/rpglennj/2004051418_largehail1.jpg

[Iroquois]

Five observations I made after doing a rough draft of my next Top 100 (which actually has 101 entries on it, but I can't really think of one I want to prune...maybe I'll keep it at 101, we'll see)

1. Fifty-six of the movies on my 2005 list are still on it.

2. Out of all 101 entries, I legally own 87 of them. (however, out of the other 14, most of them are films I don't really need to buy because I can easily borrow them from other people e.g. family)

3. The oldest movie on the list is Seven Samurai, which was released in 1954.

4. The newest movie is There Will Be Blood, released in 2007.

5. Trying to work out any halfway serious order for all of them is going to be a bitch.

[n3wt]

http://www.the-wild-flower-trilogy.com/images/angeli1.jpg

[nebbit]

http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/peanuts/linus.gif (http://www.thesmilies.com)

[Sawman3]

http://im.edirectory.co.uk/p/3243/r/edashclose.jpg

[king_of_movies_316]

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk176/SassySherae/wrong-turn-2-dead-end-hillbilly-pa1.jpg

WOOT WOOT WRONG TURN 2

[nebbit]

http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/symbolic/yo-yo.gif (http://www.thesmilies.com)

[n3wt]

http://www.gonomad.com/readuponit/uploaded_images/cop-car-hanging-from-parking-lot-715353.jpg

The mind boggles!?!

[fomasudoi]

What is this thread indicating about?

[nebbit]

http://bestsmileys.com/signs2/14.gif

[n3wt]

http://www.pixelsurgeon.com/admin/shared/images/hostel_big.jpg1143299209

http://irishgothichorrorjournal.homestead.com/hostel2.jpg

[Mrs. Darcy]

http://images.zwani.com/graphics/funny_pictures/images/56funny-pictures187.gif

[mark f]

Um, just because sometimes life can be good. My vote for the hottest and most-romantic scene ever. (Yeah, I'm old, but I'm still right!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhynlS1-o_c

[martian leader]

Oh Markf were you on the Tim Burton collective forum site?


ACK ACK ACK ACK!!


Don't run we are your friends!


We come in peace!


martian leader

[mark f]

I haven't been to that site. Do they love that supreme kiss from Rear Window too?

[Iroquois]

I haven't seen Rear Window.

[7thson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGOH-eUe-2E

[n3wt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-3qncy5Qfk&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jRawW_4Aoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMdPYya3IoA

Enjoy these videos I have lol

[eMilee]

http://7thspace.com/funny_pictures/7thSpace_com_funny_picture-744.jpg

[n3wt]

Im loving my coffee I just made as it's hot, sweet and in a mug mmmmmmmJust the way I like it. It would be awsome to have a coffee cup that refilled itself every half an hour. Then I would not have to get up and make the dam thing.

[eMilee]

you should marry a waitress who is used to pouring tons of coffee!!!!

[Mrs. Darcy]

Everytime I see Destiny's name, I read Density instead. Dyslexia? Old age and bad eyes? Who knows...

[Mrs. Darcy]

How are you Em? Holding up okay?

[nebbit]

Mrs Darcy your avatar is :cool:

[eMilee]

How are you Em? Holding up okay?


thanks for asking, dear!! i guess i am ok but i am still in colorado for another day and then i head back to tn. it feels wierd hanging out with his-now mine-friends doing what he loves to do. be around the car guys and cruising!!! i work tuesday nite so i guess i will have to answer this question and many more! i have gotten 2 phone calls since he has been gone and 3 convos on yahoo. kevin sounds good but just ready to get this done and come home. i just hope he keeps his atitude up.. but to be really honest, i feel so numb and blah.... this is why i love this place!!!

[nebbit]

but to be really honest, i feel so numb and blah.... this is why i love this place!!!
We are all here for you sweetie :kiss:

[Mrs. Darcy]

So, I'm catching up on Ugly Betty reruns last night and Gio says the most romantic thing to Betty. Here's the set up:

Walking home together after the Jr. High dance, Betty asks Gio if he would like to go on a date with her. Gio declines, saying that he doesn't think it would be a good idea. Betty confronts him, asking why he then kissed her, and danced with her. Gio responds, "I don't want to be the rebound guy; I want to be the guy." :love:

Man, I love that stuff. I hope she picks him over Henry.

[Mrs. Darcy]

I've just returned from orientation for the AFI Film Fest. I'm on their mailing list and they're looking for volunteers for the event. It sounds like fun. I'll spend one day greeting film makers at the hotel, and then a couple of days taking tickets at the screenings. The bonus is that if there's room left at the screenings, we can sit in and watch the films, and for every four hours of volunteering, we earn two tickets to a screening. Awesome.

[nebbit]

I've just returned from orientation for the AFI Film Fest. I'm on their mailing list and they're looking for volunteers for the event. It sounds like fun. I'll spend one day greeting film makers at the hotel, and then a couple of days taking tickets at the screenings. The bonus is that if there's room left at the screenings, we can sit in and watch the films, and for every four hours of volunteering, we earn two tickets to a screening. Awesome.
That sounds Great Mrs Slug :yup:

[Caitlyn]

I've just returned from orientation for the AFI Film Fest. I'm on their mailing list and they're looking for volunteers for the event. It sounds like fun. I'll spend one day greeting film makers at the hotel, and then a couple of days taking tickets at the screenings. The bonus is that if there's room left at the screenings, we can sit in and watch the films, and for every four hours of volunteering, we earn two tickets to a screening. Awesome.

:cool:

[Mrs. Darcy]

OOOh

http://swiftdreams.lbbhost.com/Halloween/twilitecemetery.jpg

[7thson]

Just watched The Visitor; it was a very thought provoking movie.

[7thson]

"nothing" is going right.