Tbe Dinkum Dictionary Word Lists EXCLAMA TIONS OF WONDER, DISBELIEF AND ANGER horne on the pig's back kick-over knock-over like a greasy stick up a dead dog's arse like shooting fish in a barrel like taking candy from a baby loaf make short work of no probs no sweat nothing to it picnic piece of cake piece of piss pushover romp horne romp it in shit it in (carrying a brick) snack snap Surprise, wonder, amazement blimey! bloody hell! bloody Nora! blow me down! boy! boy-oh-boy! brother! bugger me dead! by cripes! by Georgel by gum! by jingo! by jove! can you beat that! Christ! Christ almighty! cor! could have knocked me down with a feather! couldn't get over it! crikes! crikey! cripes! curl the mol egad! far out! fart a crowbar! fuck! fuck a duck! 498 soda steal sweet (as a nut) walkover wahz Difficult bugger devil's own job easy as pushing shit uphili with a pointed stick/rubber fork easy as shoving butter up a porcupine's bum witb a knitting-needle on a hot day easy as spearing an ee! with a spoon fair cow fun and games merry old time murder no picnic tall order fuck me elead! gads! gadzooks! gee! gee whiz! glory bel God! God almighty! golly! good griefl good lord! goodness! goodness gracious (me)! gorblimey! gosh! gracious (me)! great balls of fire! great galloping goannas! great Scott! heavens (to Betsy)! heck! hell! heil's beils! hell's teeth! holy Christ! holy cow! holy dooley! holy hell! holy mackerel! holy Moses! holy shit! holy snapping duck shit! hoo-boy! hot-dog! how about that! hullo! hush my mouth! I ask you! I say! 1'11 be! 1'11 be a monkey's uncle! 1'11 be a son of a gun! 1'11 be blowed! 1'11 be buggered! 1'11 be damned! 1'11 be darned! 1'11 be fucked! 1'11 be hanged! 1'11 be jiggered! 1'11 be stuffed! jeepers! jeepers creepers! jees! Jesus (Christ)! ;iminy cricket! jingoes! leaping lizards! lord, love a duck! man! man-oh-man! mother! my! my! my! my word! my-oh-my! now I've seen it all! oh boy! ripper! shit a brick! shiver me timbers! shivers! snakes alive! starve the bardies! starve the crows! starve the lizards! stone the crows! strewth/struth! strike! strike a light! strike me lucky! strike me pink! strike me roan! stripe me pink! stuff a duck! sugar! sweet J esus! too much! weil I never! weil blow me down! well!well! whew! wonders never cease! yikes! you son of a gun! you wouldn't read about it! Doubt, disbetief all my eye and Betty Martin! arseholes! balls! baloney! bull! bulldust! bullshit! bullswool! crap! didn't come down in the last shower! don't come that with me! don't come the raw prawn! don't come the uncooked crustacean! don't make me laugh! fiddlesticks! garn! get away! get off the grass! go on! like buggery! like fun! likely story! my foot! oh yeah! phooey! pigs! pig's arse/bum/ring-hole! pigs can/might fty! pish! pull the other leg (it jingles/it's got beils on)! sure! tell that to the marines! tell us anotherie! that'lI be the day! tbat's a good one! tosh! try another one! wasn't born yesterday! yeah! yeah! 499 The Dinkum Dictionary Word Lists (That wonderful stuff that sticks to one's ribs.) General terms chow din-dins dinnies feed grub monger munchies nibblies nosh num-nums spread tucker Particular foods bangers (sausages) bardie (edible grub) barra (barramundi) binder (cheese) brekkie (breakfast) brunch (breakfast and lunch in the same meal) bubble and squeak (left-over meat and vegetables) . bullocky's joy (treac1e) bum-nuts (eggs) bunghole (cheese) burnt offerings (burnt food) cackleberry (egg) caulie (cauliflower) cheerio (small party sausage) chew and spew (take-away food) chewie/chewy/chuttie/ chutty (chewing-gum) chockies (chocolate) chook (chicken) Anger, annoyance, frustration arseholes! blast! bloody hell! blow it! blow that! bugger! bugger it! bum! cunt! damn-bugger-bitch-bum! darn! dash! drat/drats! . for crying out loud! for fuck's sake! for Pete's sake! for the love of God/Mike! fuck! fuck it! fuck me dead! God! God-damn! God-damn-it! hang it! heck! hell! horror of horrors! isn't that the living end! mother! oh-oh! phooey! phut! pigs! pool poo-bum-bugger-shit! pooh! rats! really! shit! shivers! shucks! stiffen the crows! stiffen the lizards! stuff it! sugar! tarnation! that's got whiskers on it! that's the breaks! that's the way it goes! that's the way the ball bounces! that's the way the cookie crumbles! to heck with it! tut-tut! 500 uh-oh! what the fuck/heck/hell! whoops! whoops-a-daisy! wouldn't it! wouldn't it rip you! wouldn't it root you! wouldn't it rot your socks! wouldn't that rip the crutch/fork out of your nightie! yikes! yoicks! yow! zounds! Angry dismissal bug off! bugger off! fuck off! fuck you! get fucked! get knotted! get lost! get nicked! get rooted! get stuffed! go fly a kite! go jumpt go jump in the lake! go to billyo/blazes/buggery/hell! in your boot! jump on your head! kiss my arse! may your chooks turn inro emus and kick your dunny door down! may your ears turn inro arseholes and shit all over your shoulders! naff off! nick off! nickywoop! piss off! piss off hairy legs! poo to you too! P.O.Q. rack off noddy! run away! scat! scram! screw you! shove it! shove off! sorfl stick it! stick it in your gob! stick it up your arse! stick it up your ginger! stick it up your jumper! stick that for a joke! stick that in your pipe and smoke it! stuff it! take a long walk off a short pier! take a running j,ump at yourselfl take a slow boat to China! take a walk! take it and shove it! to heck with it! FOOD to hell with it! up'im! up you! up your arse! up your bum! up your date mate! up your nose with a rubber hose! (and twice as far with a chocolate bar!) up yours! what are ya! what else did you get for Christmas! you know where you can goi cocky's joy (treac1e) cow juice (milk) cuey/cuie/cuke (cucumber) cuppa (cup of tea, refreshmenrs) dagwood sandwich (very large sandwich) damper (type of outback bread) dead horse (sauce) dish-water (weak tea, coffee or soup) dodger (bread; sausage ) dog's eye (pie) drumstick (leg of chicken) fart fodder (anything that causes flatulence) flake (fillet of shark) floater (pie in gravy) fly cemetery (fruit slice) flybog (jam) goog (egg) googy-egg (egg) grannie (apple) greasies (fish and chips or simiiar oily food) greens (green vegetables) gunk (unsavoury food) henfruit (eggs) husband-beater (Iong bread stick) johnny-cake (type of small damper) junk food (take-away food) lamington (chocolate and coconut coated cake) litt1e boys (cocktail sausages) lobbies (lobsters) lolly-water (Iemonade) loop-the-loop (soup) marge (margarine) marties (tomatoes) mash (mashed potato) moo-juice (milk) mountain oysters (testicles of lambs) mousetrap (cheese) muddie (Queensland mud-crab) SOl The Dinkum Dictionary Word Lists FOOLISHNESS AND LUNACY ----------.--- Expressions of hunger, thirst or satiety belly thinks me throat's cut! chew the arse out of a rag doll murphy (potato) mushie (mushroom) mystery bags (sausages) nana/narna/narnie (banana) parson's nose (tail-end of a chicken) pav (pavlova) reaper and binder (cheese) sammie (sandwich) sandie (Queensland sand-crab) sanger (sandwich) sarnies (sandwiches) sav (saveloy) sinker (pie) smoko (refreshments during a work-break) snag (sau sage) snarler (sausage) snorker (sausage) snot-Iog (custard-slice cake) spud (potato) strawbs (strawberries) take-away (take-away food) tater/tatie (potato) tea (main evening meal) tinned dog (any tinned meat) underground mutton (rabbit) Vegemite (a favourite spread made from vegetable extract) vegies (vegetables) weenies (small cocktail sausages) Fools, idiots or lunatics ass basket case berk bimbo bird-brain blithering idiot blob blockhead bloody galah bloody nong boob booby boofhead bright spark 502 bunny chucklehead chump clod clot clown coot cough drop crackpot cretin dag dead-head dick dick-head dill chew the crutch out of an Afghan . camel-driver's jocks could eat a baby's bum through a cane chair could eat a horse and chase the rider didn't touch the sides dry as a bone dry as a dead dingo's dong dry as a medieval monk's manuscript dry as a nun's nasty dry as a pommy's towel dry as a stone god dry as a sun-struck bone dry as a wooden chip/idol empty famished fill the hole in (one's) stornach full as a bootlbull/bull's bum fuH as a fairy's phone-book/footy final full as a goog full as a pommie complaint-box full as a seaside shithouse on bank holiday full as a state-school hat-rack fuH as a tick full as the family jerry/po/pot full up to dolly's wax full up to pussy's bow F.U.R.T.B. get the munchies hanging out for a nosebag (have) hoHow legs hungry as a black dog my stornach thinks me throat's cut quiet the worms still the worms dillpot dimwit ding dingaling dingbat ding-dong dipstick dodo donkey dope drip drongo droob dubbo duffer dumb-beH dumb-bum dumb-cluck dumbo dum-dum dummy dunce dunderhead fart fathead fruit fruitcake fruit-Ioop fuck-wit galah galoot gawk gig gink git goat goof goog. goon goose great ape half-wit hatte.r hoon jackass jerk jerk-off klutz knucklehead lame-brain log ofwood 10Hy loon loony 1001' lummox meatball me Ion monkey moa moron mug muggins Muldoon mutt mutton-head nana nerd nig-nog nincompoop ning-nong ninny nit nit-wit noddy nong noodle numb-skull nut nut case nutter pea-brain .pinhead poon psycho pud pudding queer rabbit Richard Cranium sap schmo schmuck schnook screwball shit-wit silly sausage siHy-billy spas spastic thick-head thump-wit troglodyte turkey twerp twit viHage idiot wally woodenhead yob yobbo yo-yo zonk Strange or eccentric bird geezer . hard case kook oddball queer bird/card raving idiot scatterbrain slow-coach slow-poke spook wack wacker wag wank weirdie weirdo whacker Lacking in intelligence, insane or silly air between the ears balmy/barmy bananas barmy as a bandicoot bats bats in the belfry batty bent bent as a scrub tick berko bonkers brick short of a load broad between the ears cottonwool between the ears cracked crackers crazy cuckoo daffy dead and won't lie down dead from the neck up dense dingbats dippy doesn't know B from a bull's foot doesn't know whether it's Pitt Street or Christmas doesn't know whether it's Tuesday or Bourke Street doesn't know whether (one) is Arthur or Martha don't pick your nose or your head will cave in dotty empty-headed far gone fucked in the head funny ga-ga gonzo goofy 503 The Dinkum Dictionary RHYMING SLANG The examples Of rnymmg slang in this dictionary represem only a small selection of some of the most common ones _ an emire collection would form another book again! An example of lhe use of rhyming slang in speech is: 'Hey china! Slick yer onkas in yer sky-rockel, grab some rifle-range and get a couple of red-hols - it's your Wally Grout!'. (Translation: 'Hey mate! PUl your fingers in your pocket, grab some change and gel a couple of pots of beer - it's your shout!'.) after darks (sharks) Al Capone (phone) almond rocks (socks) apples and pears (slairs) arislotle (bottle) arra (bottle) babbler (ccok) bag of fruil (suit) billy (bang for smoking mari;uana) billies/billy lids (kids) billygoat (tote: TAB) blood and blister (sister) Bob Hope (soap; dope: marijuana) brisloJs (boobs, tits) butchers/butchers hook (look; crook) Caplain/Captain Cook (look) chinaichina plate/chine (male) comic-cuts (guts) COunlry cousin (dozen) Dad 'n' Dave (shave) dead horse (sauce) dickory dock (clock; cock) dog's eye (pie) dry rots (trots: diarrhoea) ducks and geese (police) eau de cologne (phone) fiddly-dids (quids: dollars) four-be-IWo (Jew) frog and load (road) Germaine Greer (ear) German band (hand) Ginger Meggs (legs) ginger-beer (ear; queer) harn and eggs (Iegs) hammer (hammer and lack: back) hammer and tack (back; heroin) hard hit (shit) hey-diddle-diddle (middle; piddle) 508 hit-and-miss (piss) hoffman brick (dick: penis) horse and cart (fart) horse's hoof (poof: homosexual) r supppose (nose) iam tart (heart) Jimmy Britts (shits) Jimmy Dancer (cancer) Joe Blake (snake) . Joe Hunt (cum) John Hopper (copper: pOliceman) King Richard the Third (turd) Iemon squash (wash) Lionel Rose (nose) Joop-the-Ioop (soup) mallee root (prostitute) Mickey Fritt (shit) Mickey Mouse (grouse) mince pies (eyes) .. mollo/molly the monk (drunk) mystery bags (snags: sausages) nanny-goat (tole: TAB) Niagara Falls/niagaras (balls: testicles) Noah/Noah's Ark (shark) north-and-soulh (mouth) now is the hour (shower) on one's Pat Malone (aJone) on the Murray Cod (on the nod: on credit) onka/onkaparinga (finger) oplic nerve (perve: a look) orcheslra stalls (balls: testicles) Oxford scholar (dollar) piccadilly (chilly, cold) plales of meat (feeI) raspberry tart (fart; heart) red-hot (pot of beer) red-hols (lrots: harness horse-racing; diarrhoea) reg grundies (undies) reginalds (undies, from reg grundies) Rhodes scholar (dollar) rifle-range (change) Saim Lollis Blues (shoes) Sandy McNab (cab, taxi) sausage/sausage roll (goal in VFL) septic/seplic tank (yank) sky-rocket (pocket) soJdiers bold (cold) steak and kidney (Sydney) tea-Ieaf (thiet) this-an' -that (haI) titfer (tit for tat: hat) Word Lists lO and from (pom) tom tits (shits) trams and lrains (brains; drains) trouble-and-strife (wife) Wally Grout (shout: one's turn to pay or buy) warwieks (arms, from Warwiek Farm: arm) whistle and flute (suit) Williamstown piers (ears) woolly woofter (poofter: homosexual) young and old (cold) zubrick (prick: penis) SEX Sexual intercourse and lascivious play afternoon delight any backscuttle balling bang bat on a sticky wicket be good - if you can't, be careful! bed (someone) between the sheets bit bit on the side bonk bump and grind bury the bishop canoodle carryon come across crack it crash on cur! up daisy chain deli ver the goods dip (one's) wick dirty deed dirty weekend do it doggie fashion dud bash exercise the ferret extra-curricular activities feature with (sorneone) feel feel (someone) up finger flash (one's) nasty fool around forbidden fruits fuck fucks like a rattlesnake fun and games funny business gang bang/slash gangie get a bit get a length get carried away get imo (someone's) pants get it get it off with (someone) get off on get off with (sorneone) get one get (one's) end in get (one's) rocks off get screwed get up (sorneone) get with (sorneone) getting any? getting it? give (sorneone) one go all the way go for the growler go in off the red go the grope go through (sorneone) golden shower grope had it hanky-panky have a pasho have a session have it off have relations hide the sausage hole in one how abollt it? hump in and out like a fiddler's elbow in-and-out in-out-in-out it itch jollies jump (sorneone) kick a goal knock knock (sorneone) off knocks like a Mack truck laid lay lay in the hay lie with (sorneone) looking for a bit of skirt lost weekend love bite love-making lover's balls make love make out make whoopee mess around missionary position monkey business morning glory nasty naughty neck nookie on a promise on a sure thing on heat on the con on the make on with one in the bush is worth two in' the hand oomph pash on pear! necklace playaround play footsies with (sorneone) play up pluck (someone's) cherry poke pound the mound 509 The Dinkum Dictionary Word Lists THE CALL OF NATURE lord of the manor/roost (husband) other half (wife 01' husband) the missus (wife) the old ball and chain (wife) the old boy (husband) the old girl (wife) the old lady (wife) the old man (husband) the old woman (wife) trouble-and-strife (wife) woman (wife) produce the goods proposition put the hard word on (sorneone) put the heavies on (sorneone) quickie rasp raspberry dip ride (sorneone) roll roll in the hay Roman hands and Russian fingers romp in the hay root score score a hole-in-one scrape screw shaft shag show (sorneone) one's etchings sink the sausage/sav sit on my face sixty-niner slap-and-tickle slip (sorneone) a length spear the bearded c1am stuff the old one-two throw (oneselt) at (sorneone) tomfoolery tool turn the lights out and play hide the sausage up (sorneone) wh at about it? what for Sexual arousal, erection bar-on boner bring (sorneone) on crack a fat fat Foster's flop fresh frigid digit frisky get it up get the hots for (sorneone) SIO hard-on heat in the meat horn horny hot hot stuff hot-blooded hotpants lovel"s balls on heat on the con on the make pole-vault pOwer of the pussy raise one randy as a bitch on heat randy as a drover's dog randy as a mallee bull rigid digit rod stiff tilt in his kilt turn (sorneone) on turned on tUrn-on wide-on worked up Masturbation beat the meat dicky-whacker flip (oneselt) off frig grow hairs on (one's) palms jack off jerk off jerkin' the gherkin Missus Palmer and her five daughters play the organ play with (oneselt) pull (oneselt) rod .. walloper toss off twanging the wire wank whack off Orgasm baby batter bring (sorneone) off come cream (one's) jeans doves flying out of (one's) arse get off at Redfern gism love juice on the vinegar stroke pearl necklace shoot (one's) bolt/load spoof spunk wet dream Oral sex blow-job cut lunch deep throat dine at the Y eat fur-burger fur-pie give head gnaw the nana go down on (someone) gobbler hair pie head-job mickey-muncher muft~diver muff-muncher sit on my face sixty-niner soixante-neuf suck off tongue-sandwich Contraception be good - if you can't be careful! Dutch cap franger fred F rench letter frenchie Frog gumboot Joop protection raincoat rhythm method rubber the piIJ Homosexuality backdoor bandit bender bimbo bronzer bum-bandit butch camp as a row of tents chocolate bandit doset queen cocksucker cream puff dung-puncher fag faggot fairy fancypants fruit gay ginger-beer have/got counter-sunk shit homo horse's hoof les-be-friends/lesbo/lesol SPOUSE ball and chain (wife) better half (wife 01' husband) boss (wife) cheese and kisses (wife) 'er indoors (wife) ever-Ioving (wife 01' husband) good lady (wife) her indoors (wife) his lordship (husband) hubby (husband) lady (wife) little lady/woman (wife) The toilet bathroom boghouse brasco can comfort station crapper diddy dunger dunny dyke gents lesso/lezzy pansy pillow-biter ponce poof poofter poonce pouffe precious queen queer shirt-lifter shit-puncher shit -stabbel' that way inclined tonk turd-bandit turd-burglar turd-puncher wonk woofter woolly woofter jerry john kharsi la-di-da ladies lav lavvy little boys'/girls' room little house 100 Mary's room men's Women as sex objects all pink on the inside bag over the head job bang bangs like a dunny door in a gale bangs like a tappet bit of arse bit of crumpet bit of fluff bit of skirt black velvet crumpet cunt fluff gash paper-bag job skirt slashing line snatch tail town bike tush outhouse pisseI' piss-pot place where the big nobs hang out powder room privy rest room shithouse shouse throne thunder-box Sl1