Here you will find words which have different meanings or are spelled differently in British and Australian English. This list is not complete. Some words might be rarely used, some are old, others are used only in specific areas. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| underpants (men) | jocks |
| undertaker | mortician |
| V | |
| vegetable extract (used for sandwiches) | vegemite |
| vegetables | vegies |
| W | |
| waterhole | billabong |
| Well done! | Good on ya! |
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