Let's bring back some slang!!!
 

I think it's daft that we don't use a more diverse set of slang.

Some words I want to see used more:


Ducky - Super duper

Honey-fuggle - To cheat/lie

Sockdolager - Decisive blow (or a KO punch I guess)

Miss Laycock - Love tunnel


Anyone have any other good ones?

I've only ever heard of ducky.

I'm still trying to get gaziza my dilsnoofus, into everyday vernacular.

Gams - legs

What a dish - nice looking woman

Mumblers - Australian variant of camel toe

As in, "I can see the lips moving, but I can't make out what they're saying."

Chap = Person
Bloke = Male Person
Lass = Female Person
Git = Annoying Person
Pillock = Annoying Person

I like to say that I have fancy plans, and pants to match.

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

A gas = A person or thing that is entertaining or amusing

"Chum" needs to make a comeback.

Wankers, the lot of you!

True story: When my parents were selling our house in California we had a real estate agent.

Her name: Ducky Grabill (pronounced Graybill).

No shit. She's still doing it - google her.

Not sure if it's really slang or not, but I've been trying to utilize "bollocks" in my vocab.

I never quit saying 'rad'. Mostly in a joking matter, when at work someone would tell me how something was going that I didn't really give a crap about, typical response "Thanks, that's rad!"

Or in reverse when they'd ask me about something I was working on that I knew they were just being polite, or trying to make conversation by asking me about it. "How's that report coming?" "Rad!"

Johnny Law - police

I have used it since I was a teenager.

I've always liked the term "scofflaw" for a criminal. Shame it's rarely used now.

Five finger discount = stealing something
Goverment sponsored artist = drawing the dole (ie. signing on for benefits when unemployed)

Piss Artist = Drunkard

I nearly put w*nker ... but chickened out ... in that vein cockney ryming slang ..

Merchant Banker = W*nker

I still use this also.

Tripendicular = A great thing

"Dude, thats tripendicular."

Favorite valley girl saying.

Bad = cool

Bad ass = really cool

Bad ass mother fucker = a really cool person or a person you don't want to mess with

Taking talents to south beach-Jerking off and putting your thumb up your butthole.

Well, now I know what I'm doing tonight!

I heard south beach can get pretty packed on a Friday night.

Darn tootin'

furburger

I use "Git" almost daily, probably multiple times daily.

WTF. My brother named his first album this (self produced/recorded/released...not exactly a huge commercial success :) ), and I thought he just made it up.

I still use git, bad, bad ass, bad ass motherfucker, and five finger discount off the top of my head.

Ducky I only use sarcastically.

I need to bring dame for girl.

I hear that word about 15 times a day down here. :D


...though not always being directed at me.

Never heard of any of these.

Some Aussie ones:

Shithouse = toilet (originally) or, more frequently, something that is terrible ("This band is shithouse")

Bogan = Hmmm... sort of our version of "white trash" or rednecks I guess. Close to what the Poms call "chavs".

Wanker = Already mentioned in this thread. Very common usage.

I need confirmation that Tripendicular is a word other people have heard of. This is still blowing my mind.

680 google hits. I've never heard of it before though.

I can pretty much name a bunch but they are more urban. I will err on the side of caution and not post them but if people are interested I will post a few.

My daughter's favourite - dag or daggy as in "Oh, dad, you're a dag" :( . Originally a criticism of someone who dresses badly or unfashionably but has become a useful, all-purpose, friendly put-down for someone "un-cool". In fact a "dag" is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as "a lock of wool matted with dung hanging from the hindquarters of a sheep" I get it for both the original and general reasons :rolleyes:

Fair dinkum or dinky-di - meaning genuine

Bloody oath! - that's the truth

Crack a fat - have an erection

Dead dingo's donger - dry (as)

Fair shake of the sauce bottle - our previous PM's favourite saying for being given a fair chance.

Sheep shagger - often refers to someone from New Zealand but is also used for someone that isn't very reliable, a con-merchant or full of bullshit.

To save me a lot more effort click here:

AUSTRALIAN SLANG: PHRASES, AUSSIE SLANG: PHRASES

Cattywampus - something crooked or out of place.
Example:
"Why did he park his car all cattywampus so that it takes two parking spots?"

Moded - a term that used in the 80's to mean you just got put in your place.
Examples:
See Urban Dictionary examples

Trippin - when someone is getting overly concerned or emotional over something.
Example:
"Don't be trippin over the guy who just rode buy in a woman's bathing suit. He's some sort of icon in Austin."

Skunk egg - simply means onion

Fixin (verb) - about to
Example:
"I am fixin to leave after this here football game is over."

Fixins (noun) - some other side dishes or stuff included with a meal
Example:
"This brisket ain't gonna be right if I don't include all the fixins."

Since replaced by po-po

hunky dory=cool,fine only heard it used in Buffalo in the early 80's when I was at Buff State....Not sure if it was used elsewhere

If we're going to bring back slang, we's Gots to do it proper like...

First Jive Dude: Shiiiiit, maaaaan. That honky muf' be messin' mah old lady... got to be runnin' cold upside down his head, you know?
Second Jive Dude: Hey home', I can dig it. Know ain't gonna lay no mo' big rap up on you, man!
First Jive Dude: I say hey, sky... subba say I wan' see...
Second Jive Dude: Uh-huh.
First Jive Dude: ...pray to J I did the same ol' same ol'!
Second Jive Dude: Hey... knock a self a pro, Slick! That gray matter backlot perform us DOWN, I take TCB-in', man!
First Jive Dude: Hey, you know what they say: see a broad to get dat booty yak 'em...
First Jive Dude, Second Jive Dude: ...leg 'er down a smack 'em yak 'em!
First Jive Dude: COL' got to be! Y'know? Shiiiiit.

Pretty sure that one is U.S. wide, perhaps even broader than that.

scratch your neck - when you've been proven wrong

scratch your dirty neck - same as above but you're really digging it in. More so even if you scratch your neck while saying it.

I just found out what cobbler means in England. I will never be able to eat cobbler the same again. Thats probably a good thing tho, I need to stop eating so much junky food.

5 - Police
Shoot me the one - Fight me one on one.
Booty - Something is wack or lame.
Moist - Something that is gay.
Slide - To have sex.
Dolla - One hundred dollars.
Skittles - Pills
Oil - Alcohol

Boondocks = back end of beyond - "Heck why are we going out into the boondocks there's nothing here"

Which one is it?

It's the one that says bad mother fucker.

Bingo!

Excuse me, stewardess. I speak jive.

:frown:

Two which aren't particularly suitable for polite conversation but might explain to Americans I know why I smile strangely at times ...

(there's a restaurant near me called 'Long Doggers' ... always makes me smile to see it :D)
Dogging = to spy on people having intercourse in a public place

(Gotta love that politcal movement - there's a photo from one of the 'tea part movement' campaigns doing the 'rounds' in England of an older lady holding a sign saying "I'm a tea bagger" :D)
Tea Bagger = a man that squats on top of a womens face and lowers his genitals into her mouth

I watched the Aussie film 'Kenny' last night for the first time, and it was absolutely packed full of great Aussie slang.

I think my favourite was "as silly as a bum full of smarties".

What it is, honky! Giddyup.