Aussie slang

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Marga

Aussie slang

Post by Marga » 16 September 04 12:02 am

Hello everyone! I'm a student from Belgium and I have to translate Australian sentences into plain English, but I can't find all the Australian words in dictionnaries so I wonder if somebody could help me with the following words:

1) fanged and bikey in undermentioned sentence:

This arvo a blow-in fanged it and had a bingle with a bikey. An ambo was called immediately, but unfortunately he karked it.


2) boob tube:

All the blokes are squizzing and perving at her boob tube.


3) crim, cabbie, a bunch of fives

The crim got aggro, gave the cabbie a bunch of fives and got into a barney.


4) Bruce, busy as a one legged bloke, arse kicking contest

That Bruce is busy as a one legged bloke in an arse kicking contest


That's it. Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,
Marga :)

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Re: Aussie slang

Post by dak's Emu Mob » 16 September 04 12:42 am

fanged it: accelerated hard.<br>
bingle: motor accident<br>
bikey (or bikie): motor cycle rider. What the Yanks call a "biker".
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boob tube: a piece of female apparel that is basically a tube of material that is worn on the torso over the "boobs" (breasts).
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crim: criminal<br>
cabbie: taxi cab driver<br>
a bunch of fives: punch; fist (from five fingers)
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Bruce: a (supposedly) popular name for an Australian man<br>
bloke: man (what the Yanks call a guy). Sadly, this one has fallen into disuse in favour of the American slang, guy :cry:<p>
busy as a one legged bloke in an a**e kicking contest: do you really need clarifiction on this one? Imagine how a one-legged man could kick anyone in the behind. :shock: He'd be pretty busy trying to achieve it!
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Cheers,
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Post by ToolkiT » 16 September 04 10:44 pm

Goedendag Marga,

Try a google search on 'aussie slang' and you'll find a few 'dictionaries' (if you can call them that..

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Post by Marga » 17 September 04 2:20 am

Alright, thanks for helping me out! :)


Greets
Marga

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