Fiona&malc

a bit more choke and you would have started
misc:- a statement said to somebody who has just passed wind in public rather loudly.

abso-bloody-lutely
absolutely and beyond any doubt

fair go mate!
a plea for an equal opportunity or equitable treatment.

servo
a service station, where you buy petrol

Smoko .. the famous aussie t break !! .

Timber Floor Au

hhahahaah

Servo = where you buy fuel
Garage = where you get car serviced
Shed = where you park your car

Pollyana

A Mexican is generally someone from south of the border - so in Qld it usually applies to Victorians or NSW-men.
Tasmanians are often referred to as Taswegains, or as "having-two-heads"

lesleys

Sook - wimp/softie
Vanity - Hand basin
Go feral - get very upset
Lounge - soft chair or sofa
Lounge room - the room

Fiona&malc

Flamin Hoon !!!!

thats what all the young kids around here get called

Badge

Oh don't give me any credit, its bloody obvious. I always laugh at the people that complain that they get a hard time - if this is the case you either have a bypass somwhere or you deserve it.

My mate once had a good old jibe then told me in absolute serious how liked I was. I was pretty much - "oh sod off you goon".

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gogdownunder

you are right, of course. I can find 15 mistakes so far, which is sad really....the blind leading the blind

Elaine M

The one that will take me a while to get used to is:

Ordinary - as in "it's a very ordinary day out there" when it's p*****g down!

Elaine M

Bix

Oh.....I shall have to change the way I talk to you then. Ya Yorkshire slapper

Hels

Grouse!! (used mainly in Victoria by '80's generation) - Means somethings really good

'kin oath - short for F*%kin' Oath - meaning Agreeing totally

Dry as a dead dingo's donger - Means "I am really thirsty!"

Thats all of my contribution for the moment as Its 2.48am here

Phoenixuk2oz

Somehow Bix....that doesn't have the same ring to it

Storini

I think my favourite at the moment is the when someone is accused of having "spit the dummy", usually one politician (or sportsman) claiming another has lost his rag. The nearest English phrase is "thrown his toys out of his pram", which is OK, but the Ozzie version is perfect...

Phoenixuk2oz

I think my favourite at the moment is "Drongo" which means dickhead

Yep...certainly used that a few times

MrsDagboy

Drongo is quite mild really, more like idiot or stupid than dickhead. When I was a kid a person would not blink to call someone a drongo in front of the kids (ie its not really that offensive) rather than something like dickhead. Sometimes used in an affectionate manner as well - a bit like dag.

Also agree with Polly, to an Aussie a Mexican is a Victorian - its even used on TV (in cricket commentary etc) as such.

As for the rental car story, apart from the markings on the car that usually denote it as a rental car with any of the larger rental companies, the police would have known it was a rental as soon as they looked at the number plate on DMV.

Phoenixuk2oz

Cheers Drongo