Here you will find words which have different meanings or are spelled differently in British and Australian English. This list is not complete. |
| British English - Australian English | ||||
| Australian English - British English |
| British English | Australian English |
|---|---|
| A | |
| a good job | a good lurk |
| Absolutely! | Reckon! |
| accident | prang |
| afternoon | arvo |
| aggressive | aggro |
| alcohol | grog |
| alcohol | booze |
| American | Yank |
| angry | berko |
| Australian | Aussie, Strine |
| B | |
| banana | nana |
| beer | amber (fluid) |
| beer glass (285 ml) | middy, pot |
| biscuit | Bickie |
| C | |
| Car paint | Duco |
| cheap wine | plonk |
| chicken | chook |
| chocolate | chokkie |
| Christmas | Chrissie |
| criminal | bushranger |
| D | |
| dockworker | wharfie |
| drunk | pissed |
| E | |
| engine (car or boat) | donk |
| English person | pom |
| Eucalyptus tree | gum tree |
| evening meal | tea |
| exact information | good oil |
| excellent | ace |
| F | |
| far away in the outback | back of beyond |
| farm | station |
| fast sheep shearer | ringer (in the country) |
| field | paddock |
| food | tucker |
| G | |
| game | brave |
| Go away. | Shove off. |
| H | |
| Have you eaten yet? | Did you eat yet? |
| Hi. | G'day mate. |
| hooligan | larrikin |
| horses | neddies |
| How are you? | How are you going? |
| I | |
| idiot | dill, drongo |
| information | oil |
| it | she |
| it's fine | she's apples |
| K | |
| kangaroo | Roo |
| L | |
| lavatory | Loo |
| lavatory (outdoor) | dunny |
| Liquor Shop | Bottle Shop |
| M | |
| Middle of nowhere | back of bourke |
| Milk bar (South Wales) | deli |
| milkman | milko |
| money | lolly (in the country) |
| mosquito | mozzie |
| N | |
| New Zealander | kiwi, enzedder |
| nonsense | piffle |
| non-stop talk | earbush (old) |
| P | |
| postman | postie |
| pub meal | counter meal |
| R | |
| remote desert country | never-never |
| road for trucking cattle by road trains | beef road |
| S | |
| sandwiches | cut lunch |
| sausage | snag |
| shark meat | flake |
| sheep | jumbuck (mainly in songs) |
| a sheep which has lost all its teeth | gummy |
| sheepdog | kelpie |
| sheepfarmer | woolgrower |
| Shut up. | Belt up. |
| soldier | digger |
| sponge cake | Lamington |
| stony desert | gibber (used in the west) |
| stupid person | Alf |
| swiming costume | bathers |
| T | |
| tasty food | num-nums (parent to kid talk ) |
| tea kettle | Billie |
| teacher | chalkie |
| to complain | to grizzle |
| to give up | to give it away |
| to have a look | to gander |
| to hunt for gemstones | to fossick |
| toilet | comfort station |
| tomato sauce | dead horse (old) |
| trainee on a cattle farm | Jackaroo |
| trousers | daks, strides |
| U | |
| underlay | carpet pad |
| underpants (men) | jocks |
| undertaker | mortician |
| V | |
| vegetable extract (used for sandwiches) | vegemite |
| vegetables | vegies |
| W | |
| waterhole | billabong |
| Well done! | Good on ya! |
| worthless person | dongo |
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