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今天你学了吗?——澳洲俚语单词篇(2)

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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")

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

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

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

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 : 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 (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)

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

Fossicking : searching, rummaging ("fossicking through the kitchen drawers")

Franger : condom

Freckle : anus

Freeo : Fremantle in Western Australia

Fremantle Doctor : the cooling afternoon breeze that arrives in Perth from the direction of Freeo

Frog in a sock, as cross as a : sounding angry - a person or your hard drive!

Fruit loop : fool

Full : drunk

 

G

G'Day : hello!

Galah : fool, named after the bird of the same name which flies south in the winter - a bloody silly thing to do in the Southern Hemisphere

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")

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 [***] : drunk, "he's got a gutful of [***]"

Gyno : gynaecologist

 

H

Handle : beer glass with a handle

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 station hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property)

Jillaroo : a female station hand

Joey : baby kangaroo

Journo : journalist

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

 

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