Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| acca | an academic. |
| acker | an academic. |
| alco | a heavy drinker or alcoholic > ALCOS. |
| alf | an uncultivated Australian. |
| alko | a heavy drinker or alcoholic > ALKOS. |
| arvo | afternoon > ARVOS. |
| arsey arsy | irritable. |
| aspro | an associate professor > ASPROS. |
| backblock | of the backblocks, remote, sparsely populated country. |
| backblocks | bush or remote farming area far distant from city amenities. |
| bagswinger | a streetwalker. |
| barbie | a barbecue > BARBIES. |
| barro | embarrassing. |
| barry | an embarrassing mistake. |
| bastardry | malicious or cruel behaviour. |
| beaut | a beauty > BEAUTS; (adj.) beautiful > BEAUTER, BEAUTEST. |
| berko | berserk. |
| berley burley | nonsense, rubbish; (verb) to scatter bait over water; to hurry, urge on. |
| biffo | fighting or aggressive behaviour > BIFFOS. |
| bikie | a member of a motorcycle gang. |
| billie billy billycan | a metal camp pot. |
| bingle | a minor crash, as in a car or on a surfboard; (unrelated verb) to cut the hair in a certain style. |
| bitser | a mongrel dog. |
| bizzo | irrelevant talk > BIZZOS. |
| blackbirder | a person engaged in press-ganging or kidnapping labourers in the south Pacific region for work on the sugar plantations; a slave trader |
| blockie | the owner of a small property, esp. a farm. |
| blowie | a blowfly. |
| bludge | to loaf; to scrounge. |
| bludger | an idler, a scrounger. |
| boab | short for baobab, a tree native to Africa. |
| boardies | board shorts. |
| bogan | a fool. |
| bogger | a lavatory. |
| bogie | to bathe or swim > BOGIES, BOGIEING, BOGIED. |
| boilover | a surprising result in a sporting event, esp a horserace. |
| bombo | cheap wine > BOMBOS. |
| bommie | an outcrop of coral reef. |
| bonza | very good. |
| bonzer | very good. |
| boobhead | a repeat offender in prison. |
| boofhead | a stupid person. |
| boofy | muscular and strong but stupid. |
| booner | a young working class person from Canberra. |
| boshta | very good. |
| boshter | very good. |
| bosker | very good. |
| bottler | an outstanding person or thing. |
| bowyang | a strap tied round the trouser legs by outdoor labourers. |
| brasco | a lavatory > BRASCOS. |
| bred | one who lives in a small remote place. |
| brickfielder | a hot dry wind in Australia. |
| brinny | a stone esp when thrown. |
| brumby | a wild horse. |
| bub bubby | a baby > BUBS, BUBBIES. |
| buckjumper | an untamed horse. |
| buckjumping | a competitive event for buckjumpers in a rodeo. |
| bullbars | A metal bar or grille fitted to the front of a motor vehicle to protect against damage in the event of a collision. |
| bulldust | a euphemism for bullshit. |
| bullock | an ox; (verb) to work hard and long. |
| bullocky | a bullock-driver. |
| bullroarer | a wooden slat attached to a thong that makes a roaring sound when the thong is whirled: used esp by native Australians in religious rites. |
| bunger | a firework. |
| bunghole | mouth. |
| bushman | a settler or traveller in the bush > BUSHMEN. |
| bushranger | an escaped criminal living in the bush. |
| cakeage | a charge levied in a restaurant for serving cake (such as a birthday cake) brought in from outside the premises |
| carby | short for carburettor. |
| cark | as in cark it, to die. |
| chewie | chewing-gum > CHEWIES. |
| chiack | to tease, deride. |
| chigga | a derogatory term for a young working-class person from Hobart, Tasmania. |
| chockers | full up, packed. |
| chocko | in World War II, a conscript > CHOCKOS. |
| choco | in World War II, a conscript > CHOCOS. |
| choof | to go, vamoose. |
| chookie | a chicken. |
| choom | an Englishman. |
| chuddy | chewing-gum. |
| chunder | to vomit. |
| chunderous | nauseating. |
| chyack | to tease, deride. |
| cleanskin | an unbranded animal. |
| clearskin | an unbranded animal. |
| clucky | obsessed with babies, broody > CLUCKIER, CLUCKIEST. |
| cluey | well-informed and adroit > CLUIER, CLUIEST. |
| cobber | friend, mate. |
| cocky | a farmer whose farm is regarded as small or of little account > COCKIES; (adj.) bumptious > COCKIER, COCKIEST. |
| coit | the buttocks, the backside > COITS. |
| commo | a communist > COMMOS. |
| compo | compensation > COMPOS. |
| connie | a tram or bus conductor > CONNIES. |
| cooee | to make a call to attract attention > COOEES, COOEEING, COOEED. |
| convo | a conversation > CONVOS. |
| cossie | costume, clothes. |
| cougan | a rowdy drunkard. |
| couta | a type of wooden sailing boat. |
| cozzie | costume, clothes. |
| cray | a crayfish. |
| crim | a criminal. |
| cronk | ill; of poor quality > CRONKER, CRONKEST. |
| crook | ill, unfair > CROOKER, CROOKEST; (noun) a criminal; (verb) to bend or form into a hook. |
| crool | to spoil eg chances. |
| dack | to remove the trousers from, debag. |
| dadah | illegal drugs. |
| daggy | scruffy, dishevelled > DAGGIER, DAGGIEST. |
| damper | a simple kind of unleavened cake or bread made, for the occasion, of flour and water and baked in hot ashes. |
| delo | a delegate > DELOS. |
| dero derro | a tramp or derelict, esp. one who is dependent on alcohol. |
| derry | a dislike, as in to have a derry on someone. |
| destructo | a destructive person > DESTRUCTOS. |
| diggable | easy to enjoy. |
| dingbat | a fool, halfwit. |
| dingo | the Australian wild dog > DINGOS or DINGOES; (verb) to act in a cowardly manner > DINGOES, DINGOING, DINGOED. |
| dinkum | genuine; (noun) the truth. |
| disbenefit | a disadvantage. |
| dob | to inform upon, betray > DOBS, DOBBING, DOBBED. |
| dobber | one who dobs, informs upon. |
| doco | a documentary > DOCOS. |
| dodger | food, esp. bread. |
| dogman | a person who directs the operation of a crane while riding on the object being lifted by it > DOGMEN. |
| doona | a continental quilt (orig. a trademark). |
| dorb | a stupid or inept person. |
| dorba | a stupid or inept person. |
| drac | of a woman, unattractive. |
| drack | of a woman, unattractive. |
| dreamtime | in the mythology of Australian Aboriginals, the time when the earth and patterns of life on earth took shape > DREAMTIMES. |
| drongo | an idiot > DRONGOES or DRONGOS. |
| droob | a pathetic person. |
| dubbo | a stupid person > DUBBOS. |
| duckbill | the duck-billed platypus. |
| duckmole | the duck-billed platypus. |
| duckshove | to jump a queue; to cheat; to avoid responsibilities. |
| duckshover | one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats. |
| dunny | an outside toilet. |
| durry | a cigarette. |
| earbash | to talk incessantly. |
| earbasher | one who earbashes, talks incessantly. |
| echidna | a kind of anteater > ECHIDNAE or ECHIDNAS. |
| esky | a portable insulated container for keeping drinks cool. |
| evo | evening > EVOS. |
| exo | excellent. |
| fairyfloss | candyfloss. |
| fang | to drive recklessly[from Juan Manuel Fangio, 1911–95, Argentine racing car driver] . |
| farnarkel | to waste time, mess about > FARNARKELS, FARNARKELING, FARNARKELED. |
| fastie | a deceitful trick. |
| festy | very bad > FESTIER, FESTIEST. |
| fibro | (short for) fibrocement; a shack made of these > FIBROS. |
| figjam | a conceited person. |
| firie | a firefighter. |
| fizzer | anything which disappoints. |
| flannie | a shirt made of flannel or flannelette. |
| flanny | a shirt made of flannel or flannelette. |
| flatette | a small flat. |
| fossick | to search for gold or precious stones in abandoned mines etc. |
| fossicker | one who fossicks. |
| foulie | a bad mood . |
| franger | a condom. |
| frib | a short heavy-conditioned piece of wool removed from a fleece during classing. |
| foxie | a fox terrier. |
| fundie | (slang) a fundamental Christian. |
| furphy | a rumour. |
| garbo | a garbage collector > GARBOS. |
| gidday | an expression of greeting. |
| ging | a child's catapult. |
| gladdie | a gladiolus. |
| goog | an egg; full as a goog means drunk. |
| goanna | any of various Australian monitor lizards; (sl.) a piano. |
| gooley | a small stone; (pl.) testicles. |
| goolie | a small stone; (pl.) testiclesS. |
| gooly | a small stone; (pl.) testicles. |
| greenie | a conservationist. |
| grommet | a young or inexperienced surfer. |
| gumsucker | a native-born Australian. |
| gutser gutzer | a cropper, a heavy fall. |
| hoon | a lout, a yob; (verb) to act loutishly. |
| hooroo | goodbye, cheerio. |
| hornbag | a promiscuous woman. |
| hostie | an air hostess. |
| hutchie | a groundsheet draped over an upright stick, used as a temporary shelter. |
| imshi imshy | (old military slang) go away. |
| jackaroo jackeroo | a newcomer gaining experience at a sheep-station; (verb) to work as a newcomer at a sheep farm. |
| jackpot | (verb) to accumulate stake money in a prize fund. |
| jake | honest, fine; (noun, US) a country lout, a yokel. |
| jeff | to spoil or destroy ruthlessly. |
| jewie | the jewfish. |
| jillaroo | a female jackaroo, a newcomer gaining experience at a sheep-station. |
| jinker | a vehicle for transporting timber, consisting of a tractor and two sets of wheels for supporting the logs; (verb) to transport in a jinker. |
| journo | a journalist > JOURNOS. |
| jumbuck | a sheep. |
| kark | to break down, die. |
| kelpie kelpy | an Australian breed of sheepdog, originally developed from Scottish collies, having a smooth coat of various colours and erect ears. |
| kembla | small change. |
| kennett | to spoil or destroy ruthlessly. |
| kero | kerosene > KEROS. |
| kidstakes | nonsense, humbug. |
| kindie kindy | a kindergarten. |
| kybo | a temporary lavatory constructed for use when camping > KYBOS. |
| lagerphone | a percussion instrument using the tops of beer bottles to make a jingling noise when struck or shaken. |
| lairise | to act the lair (a flashily dressed man). |
| lairize | to act the lair (a flashily dressed man). |
| lamington | a piece of sponge cake, coated in chocolate and coconut. |
| larrikin | a hoodlum, a rowdy. |
| larrikinism | the activities of larrikin. |
| lemony | angry or irritable. |
| littlie | a young child. |
| loosie | in rugby, a loose forward. |
| loppy | a man employed to do maintenance tasks on a ranch. |
| maggie | a magpie. |
| magsman | a conman, a street swindler. |
| mangulate | to bend out of shape, mangle. |
| mary | a woman, esp an aboriginal woman. |
| mateship | the comradeship of friends. |
| matilda | a hobo's bundle. |
| melba | applied to several foods named after Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931), Australian opera singer, such as melba toast, very thin crisp toast, and melba sauce a sauce for puddings, made from raspberries. |
| metho | methylated spirits > METHOS. |
| mickey micky | a young bull, esp. one that is wild or unbranded > MICKEYS, MICKIES. |
| middy | a 285ml beer glass. |
| milko | a milkman > MILKOS. |
| mo | a moustache > MOS. |
| moccies | moccasins. |
| mocker | clothing; (verb) to clothe. |
| mossie | mosquito. |
| motser | a large amount of money, esp a gambling win. |
| motza | a large amount of money, esp a gambling winS. |
| moz | bad luck > MOZZES. |
| mozz | bad luck > MOZZES. |
| mozzie | mosquito. |
| mozzle | to hamper; to hex. |
| mules | to perform the Mules operation on a sheep. |
| mulesing | the practice of removing wool-bearing skin from around the tail of (esp merino) sheep to prevent blowfly infestation. |
| mullock | waste earth or rock from a mine. |
| mullocky | like waste earth or rock from a mine. |
| mushie | a mushroom. |
| muso | a musician > MUSOS. |
| myxo | myxomatosis > MYXOS. |
| nana | an idiot, a fool. |
| newie | a new arrival. |
| nixer | a spare-time job. |
| noah | a shark. |
| nointer | a mischievous child, rascal. |
| nong | a fool, an idiot. |
| nork | a woman's breast. |
| nuddy | a state of nudity, as in in the nuddy. |
| nutso | insane; (noun) a crazy person > NUTSOS. |
| ocker | a boorish, uncultivated Australian. |
| ockerism | boorishness in Australians. |
| offsider | a bullock-driver's assistant. |
| oncus | disordered, bad. |
| onkus | disordered, bad. |
| oscar | cash, money. |
| overland | to drive stock overland from one place to another |
| overlander | person who travels overland from one settlement or place to another. |
| pakapoo | a Chinese lottery with betting slips marked with Chinese characters. |
| parma | a dish of chicken in breadcrumbs, topped with Parmesan cheese and a tomato sauce, and served with ham or bacon. |
| parra | a tourist or nonresident on a beach. |
| perv perve | to behave as a sexual pervert. |
| pigface | a creeping succulent plantwith brightly coloured flowers and red fruits. |
| pillie | a pilchard. |
| plonko | an alcoholic esp one who drinks wine > PLONKOS. |
| plurry | bloody. |
| poddy | a handfed calf or lamb. |
| pokey pokie | a poker-playing machine. |
| poler | one of a pair of bullocks harnessed to a pole; a shirker. |
| poley | a hornless cow. |
| pom pommie pommy | an Englishman. |
| poonce | a homosexual; a flashily dressed man; (verb) to behave effeminately. |
| possie | a position. |
| postie | a postman. |
| potch | inferior quality opal used in jewellery for mounting precious opals; (verb) to thrust. |
| pozzy | a position. |
| prad | a horse. |
| pufftaloonas | a type of fried cake, eaten hot with jam, honey or sugar. |
| puftaloon | a type of fried cake, eaten hot with jam, honey or sugar. |
| puftaloonies | a type of fried cake, eaten hot with jam, honey or sugar. |
| purler | something outstanding in its class. |
| quadrella | a group of four horse races at a meeting for which the punter has to select the four winners. |
| rabbito rabbitoh | an itinerant seller of rabbits for eating > RABBITOS, RABBITOHS. |
| ranga | an offensive term for a person with red hair. |
| rashie | a shirt worn by surfers as protection against the sun, heat rash etc. |
| rathouse | a psychiatric hospital. |
| razoo | an imaginary coin, as in not worth a brass razoo. |
| reggo | a (motor vehicle) registration > REGGOS. |
| rego | a (motor vehicle) registration > REGOS. |
| rellie | a relative. |
| rello | a relative > RELLOS. |
| removalist | a person or company that transports household effects to a new home. |
| resto | a restored antique, vintage car etc > RESTOS. |
| restump | to provide (a building) with new stumps. |
| ropable ropeable | requiring to be restrained, as with a rope; intractable, wild; violently angry. |
| rort | a racket, a lively party; (verb) to commit fraud, falsify accounts. |
| rorty | lively, enjoyable > RORTIER, RORTIEST. |
| rosiner | a strong alcoholic drink. |
| roughie | something unfair; in horse-racing, an outsider that wins. |
| rouseabout | an odd-job man on a sheep station. |
| rubbidy rubbity | a pub. |
| sammie | a sandwich. |
| sandgroper | a pioneer at the time of the gold rush. |
| sanger | a sandwich. |
| schmick | excellent, elegant > SCHMICKER, SCHMICKEST. |
| schoolie | a schoolteacher or high-school student. |
| scozza | a rowdy person, esp one the worse for drink. |
| scratchie | a scratch card. |
| screenie | a screensaver. |
| scunge | a scrounger, a dirty person; (verb) to slink about. |
| scungy | dirty, unkempt, sordid > SCUNGIER, SCUNGIEST. |
| selfie | a photograph of oneself taken by oneself. |
| servo | a service station. |
| sharpie | a member of a teenage group with short hair and distinctive clothes. |
| sheila | a young girl or woman. |
| sherang | a boss, head person. |
| shicker | strong liquor; a drunk. |
| shickered | intoxicated. |
| shikker | strong liquor; a drunk. |
| shikkered | intoxicated. |
| shiralee shirralee | a swagman's bundle; a burden. |
| shivoo | a noisy party. |
| shonky | unreliable, dishonest > SHONKIER, SHONKIEST. |
| shouse | a toilet. |
| shrewdie | a shrewd person. |
| shypoo | liquor of poor quality. |
| sickie sicky | a day off work. |
| sidelevers | side whiskers, sideburns. |
| sik | excellent. |
| silvertail | a wealthy socialite, a social climber. |
| siroset | of or relating to the chemical treatment of woollen fabrics to give a permanent-press effect. |
| skerrick | a minute quantity, a scrap, as in 'not a skerrick'. |
| skillion | an outhouse or lean-to, esp one with a sloping roof. |
| skite | to boast. |
| skol | to down a drink in one go as a toast > SKOLS, SKOLEDSKOLING or SKOLLING, SKOLED or SKOLLED. |
| skyhome | a sub-penthouse flat in a tall building. |
| slanter | a dodge, a trick. |
| slenter | a dodge, a trick. |
| slinter | a dodge, a trick. |
| sliprail | a movable rail serving as a gate. |
| smoko smokeho | a short break from work for tea, a cigarette etc > SMOKOS, SMOKEHOS. |
| smoodge smooge | to kiss or cuddle. |
| snaky | bad-tempered > SNAKIER, SNAKIEST. |
| soapie soaper soapy | a soap opera. |
| sollicker | something very large. |
| sooky | petulant > SOOKIER, SOOKIEST. |
| spag | an Italian person; (unrelated verb) to scratch > SPAGS, SPAGGING, SPAGGED. |
| speeler | a fast horse. |
| sphairee | a game played with wooden bats and a perforated plastic ball. |
| spruik | of a showman, etc., to harangue people in public. |
| spruiker | one who spruiks, harangues people in public. |
| squattocracy | the powerful landowning class. |
| squiz | a glance, esp. an inquisitive one. |
| stickybeak | a Nosey Parker; (verb) to pry. |
| stockhorse | a horse trained to work with sheep and cattle. |
| stonker | to hit hard, to knock unconscious. |
| stoush | a fight, a brawl; (verb) to fight. |
| strine | English as spoken in Australia. |
| stubbie stubby | a small squat beer bottle > STUBBIES. |
| subbie subby | a subcontractor, esp. one in the construction business > SUBBIES. |
| suckhole | a toady; (verb) to toady > SUCKHOLES, SUCKHOLING, SUCKHOLED. |
| sundowner | a loafer or tramp who arrives at a place in time for an evening meal but too late to do any work. |
| sunnies | sunglasses. |
| surfie | a young usually unemployed person who spends much time surfing. |
| swaggie | a swagman, a man who seeks work while traveling about carrying his swag. |
| swiftie | a trick, deception. |
| swifty | a trick, deception. |
| swy | the game of two-up. |
| tacker | a young child. |
| taddie | a tadpole. |
| tarboy | a boy who applies tar to the skin of sheep cut during shearing. |
| thingo | a thing whose name one can't think of. |
| tintookie | a fawning or servile person. |
| tockley | the penis. |
| toey | nervous, edgy > TOEIER, TOEIEST. |
| tonk | an effeminate man; (verb) to bit e.g. a cricket-ball into the air. |
| toolie | an adult who gatecrashes the Australian Schoolies Week celebrations, esp one who makes sexual advances towards students. |
| tooshie | angry, upset > TOOSHIER, TOOSHIEST. |
| towie | a truck used for towing. |
| tradie | a tradesman or tradeswoman. |
| trammie | the driver of a tram. |
| traybit treybit | a name for the former threepenny bit. |
| traymobile | a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc. |
| triella | three nominated horse races on which connected bets are placed. |
| troppo | mentally disturbed from exposure to a tropical climate (orig. on war service). |
| truckie | a truck driver. |
| trugo | a game similar to croquet. |
| tucker | food; (verb) to tire out. |
| tuckerbox | a box for carrying food in. |
| twicer | a crook, a swindler. |
| uey | a U-turn. |
| umpie | an umpire. |
| umpy | an umpire. |
| underdaks | underpants. |
| upta upter | of poor quality, in disrepair. |
| ute | a utility vehicle, a small truck > UTES. |
| vag | to arrest someone for vagrancy > VAGS, VAGGING, VAGGED. |
| vegie | academically untaxing; (noun) a vegetarian. |
| vego | a vegetarian. |
| vigoro | an Australian game for women, with elements of baseball and cricket, played with a soft rubber ball > VIGOROS. |
| wagga | a blanket or bed covering made out of sacks stitched together. |
| walkabout | a period of wandering in the bush by an Australian Aborigine. |
| warb | a dirty or insignificant person. |
| warby | worn out, decrepit > WARBIER, WARBIEST. |
| watersider | a wharf labourer. |
| wedgie | the state of having one's underpants or shorts caught between one's buttocks. |
| werris | urination > WERRISES. |
| westie | a young working-class person from the western suburbs of Sydney. |
| wharfie | a wharf labourer. |
| wof | a fool, idiotS. |
| wokka | as in wokka board, a piece of fibreboard used as a musical instrument. |
| wowser | an obtrusively puritanical person. |
| wukkas | no problems. |
| yachtie | a yachtsman. |
| yacka | an Australian plant with a woody stem and stiff grasslike leaves. |
| yarco | a young working-class person who wears casual sports clothes > YARCOS. |
| yike | to quarrel, fight. |
| yonnie | a child's word for a stone. |
| yucko | unpleasant. |
| yummo | delicious. |
| zack | sixpence, now a five-cent piece. |
| zambuk zambuck | a member of the St John's ambulance brigade, esp one on duty at a sporting event. |
| ziff | a beard, a goatee. |