Aussie Slang: B

"WARNING"

Aussie slang and terms used can some times be a little crude, but to exclude them would leave out a lot of the fun so consider yourself warned.

When placing the content on these pages every effort has been made to keep the slang all Australian or should I say all Aussie.

B & S - Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball:-

Ay, you gunner go to the B & S with me lov!

Translation:- Are you going to attend the Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball with me my dear.

Back of Bourke:-

Bloody hell mate its past the baca -Bourke!

Translation:- Well my friend it is a very long way away.

Bail up:-

I was bailed up at the pub by a couple of blokes the other night and they gave it to me!

Translation:- I was cornered at the hotel the other evening by two men who physically attacked me.

Bail out:-

I'm bailin outa-here-mate!

Translation:- I am leaving here right now my friend.

Banana bender:-

What' up withyou, you bloody banana bender!

Translation:- Excuse me are you upset with me you naughty Queensland person.

Barbie:-

Stick a snag on the barby mate!

Translation:- Please place a sausage on the barbecue for me my friend.

Barrack:-

I barrack for South's mate!

Translation:- I cheer for the South Sydney football club.

Bathers:-

Hang on a mini while I stick on me bathers lov! I can't find the string!

Translation:- Please wait a moment while I put on my swimming costume my dear. I am having a little trouble with the cord!

Battler:-

You know he's a real battler that bloke!

Translation:- The fellow works very hard just earn a living.

Beaut or beauty:-

Struth , he's a bloody beauty cobber! That's one of the biggest fish I've ever seem mate!

Translation:- By golly, he is really fantastic my friend that is one of the largest fish I have ever seen my friend.

Big-note oneself:-

I See Tommy is sprooken off again big not'en him self all over the place, recon I'm as good as him!

Translation:- I see Thomas is at it again telling everyone how wonderful he is, I believe I can be just as good!

Bikkie:-

Giz a bikky will-ya mate, I like to hav one with me cuppa!

Translation:- Pass me a biscuit please my friend I do like to have one with my cup of tea.

It cost big bikkies:-

I brought it at the hardi, crickey it cost big bikkies!

Translation:- I purchased it from the hardware store and it cost a lot of money.

Billabong:-

I caught this yabbie down in the billabong!

Translation:- I caught this crayfish down in the watering hole. Stream, Pond, Watering hole..

Billy:-

Put the billy on mate

Translation:- Please put on the kettle for tea my friend. Teapot or container to boil water.

Bingle:-

I just had a huge bingle in the car lov!

Translation:- I just had a motor vehicle accident or smash the car my dear.

Bities:-

These blasted bities just keep after me!

Translation:- The very annoying small insects keep bighting me.

Bitzer:-

She's a bitzer mate!

Translation:- That dog seems to be a very mixed breed my friend. Or mongrel dog, bits of this and bits of that.

Bizzo:-

I put it in the bizzo mate!

Translation:- I placed the item in the place you recommended.

Mind you're own bizzo mate.

Translation:- Please mind your own business my friend.

Black Stump:-

Crickey that's further than the black stump!

Translation:- Golly, That is a very log way away.

Back of nowhere:-

That's from the back of nowhere mate!

Translation:- I don't know where that comes from it could be from any where.

Bloke:-

He's a funny bloke mate!

Translation:- That gentleman is quite humorous my friend.

Bloody:-

That was bloody hard yakka mate!

Translation:- That was very hard work, my friend.

Blow in the bag:-

I got pulled over by the boys in blue and had toa blow in the bag mate!

Translation:- I was flagged down by the police and was made take a breathalyser test.

Blowie:-

Blasted blowies are driving me nuts!

Translation:- These annoying fly's are driving me to ditraction.

Bludger:-

He's a bludger that bloke!

Translation:- That person always relies on other people to do things or lend him things he is a very lazy man.

Blue or blu'en:-

He can't help himself he's away in a blue!

Translation:- That person has an issue with others he is always in a fight.

Blu'en:-

Blu'en: He's aways blu'en with his misses!

Translation:- That person is always fight with his wife.

Blue:-

Cricky I made a big blue there!

Translation:- I made a very large mistake when I did that.

Bluey:-

I was cracking along in the car and got done by a camera, the bluey turned up today!

Translation:- I was speeding along went through a speed camera and the traffic ticket arrived toady.

Bluey can also mean, Gooday bluey!

Translation:- Hello redhead.

Bluey can also mean:-

Blue cattle dog, so called because of there colouring.

Translation:- A favourite all-Aussie dog.

Bodgie:-

That's a bodgie mate!

Translation:- That item is off inferior quality

Bog in:-

Don't hang about mate, bog in!

Translation:- Please don't just stand there commence eating.

Bogan:-

That bloke is just the biggest bogan!

Translation:- That gentleman has very little pride in his appearance and drinks to much.

Bogged:-

Cricky I've got the blasted car bogged!

Translation:- Well that's bad luck I have stuck the motor car deep in the mud.

Bonzer:-

That's bloody bonzer mate!

Translation:- That is very good my friend.

Boomer:-

That's one of the biggest boomers I've ever seen!

Translation:- That is the largest male kangaroo I have ever seen.

Booze bus:-

Watch out for the booze bus on Smith Street!

Translation:- There is a police vehicle on Smith Street conducting breathalyser tests tying to catch alcohol drinkers.

Boozer:-

Hey luv, I'm duck'en down to the boozer for a couple coooldies wanta come!

Translation:- Well dear I am going down the road to the local hotel for one or two glasses of cold beer, would you like to come along?

Bored shitless:-

That would hav to be the worst movie I've ever seen, I was bored shitless!

Translation:- The movie I just finished watching was one of the worst I have ever seen and it was very, very boring

Bottle shop:-

I'm ducken down to the bottle shop luv ta grab a slab!

Translation:- I am going to the liquor bottle shop to buy a carton of beer.

Bottler:-

That's a bloody bottler mate!.

Translation:- That's excellent my friend.

Bottling, his blood's:-

My mate Bills blood is worth bottling!

Translation:- My friend William is an excellent person he is always very helpful.

Bounce:-

If your not careful mate I'll bounce you on ya head!

Translation:- You should be very careful my friend or I just might hit you very hard.

Brass razoo:-

That bloke hasn't got a brass razo!

Translation:- That man has no money.

Brekkie:-

I'm ducken down for some brekkie luv!

Translation:- I will be heading off to breakfast now my love.

Brick shit house:-

I don't think I've ever seen a bloke as big as him he's build like a brickshit house!

Translation:- I am unable to remember every seeing a man of this size, he is very well built.

Brickie:-

My mate tommy works as a brickie on Satterdi and Sundi!

Translation:- My friend Thomas is employed as a bricklayer on the weekends.

Brizzie:-

Hey guys howabout we head up ta Brisie this Saterdi.

Translation:- My friends let us drive up to Brisbane this Saturday. Brisbane is the major city in Queensland

Brumby:-

Let's go bush this weekend and take a sqizz and stir up the Brumby's!

Translation:- let us go out to the country side the coming weekend and see the wild horses and we might try to upset them a little.

Buck's night:-

Yu guys go'en to Bills bucks night next week!

Translation:- Are you boys all going to Williams male gathering the night before the wedding next weekend.

Buckley's:-

Yuv got bucklies chance in hades of winner that mate!

Translation:- You do not have any chance of winning that one my friend.

Budgie smugglers:-

You goen in fa a swim Tom, Yar wait til I get on me budgie smuggles mate!

Translation:- Are you going in the water for a swim Tom? Yes wiwt one moment while I put on my swimming/bathing costume my friend.

Bull bar:-

I hit that bloody roo last night in me ute. Did't hert the car the bull bar saved me!

Translation:- I had an accident in my utility car last evening I hit a kangaroo. I did not damage the car the big crash bar fixed to the front saved me.

Bundy:-

Time for a couple of bundy's hey mate!

Translation:- I feel it's the moment for a glass or two of Bundy Rum.
The brand name of a rum drink that's made in Queensland.

Bush:-

My little brother Lance is in the Bash again this year 15 bloody years he's be goen!

Translation:- My smaller brother Lance is heading off on the Varity Club fund raiser car club event again this year. He is a 15 year verterian.
The Variety Club of Australia holds an outback (country) car rally every year.

Bush telly:-

You lot unpack the ute and trailer en I'll get the telly goen!

Translation:- You fellows unpack the car and trailer while I start up the campfire.

Bushie: -

I tel ya he's a bushie from way back!

Translation:- I would like to let you know that man has been living in the bush for a long time.

Bushman's hanky:-

Strikmelucky, he's done it again, a bloody bushie!

Translation:- Well what do you know than man has blown his nose for the second time without a hanky.
This works by placing one index finger on the outside of the nose and blowing hard.