Here's a list of some common slang/lingo found in the heartland of Australia. See if you can use some of it in a conversation you have today. Confuse your "mate" and then tell them what it means and challenge them to use it in another conversation. ^_^

Arvo - Afternoon

Back of beyond - Far away in the Outback

Bathers or togs - Swimsuit

Beano - Feast

Big bickies - Very expensive

Biscuit - A cookie (sweet biscuit)

Bluey - Nickname for a redhead

Bonzer - Good or excellent

Give it a burl - Give it a try

Chemist - Pharmacist

Chips - French-fried potatoes

Cobber - Friend

Corroboree - Aboriginal dancing

Crook - Broken, sick, or no good

Daks - Trousers

Dillybag - Small bag for carrying things

Dinkie-die - The whole truth

Dinkum or fair dinkum - Genuine, true

Dunny or facilities or loo - Toilet

Footpath - What the British call the pavement and we call the sidewalk

Goodoh - Can mean different degrees of approval, from excellent to “perhaps”

Hooroo - Goodbye

I’m easy - I’m indifferent, I don’t care

Jumbuck - Sheep

Kip - Bed

Kiwi - New Zealander

Lob - Arrive

Lolly - Lollipop; money; other meanings

Mad - Crazy (seldom means angry)

Mate - Your best buddy or friend

Matilda - Belongings carried by swagmen, wrapped in a blanket

Mozzie - Mosquito

Nark - Spoilsport; unpleasant person

Never never - Outback desert land

Nipper - Small child

No worries! - That’s okay!

Offsider - Follower, helper, sidekick

Old man - Adult male kangaroo

Ripper - Something particularly good

Rum - No good; “crook”

She’ll be right! - Don’t worry

Station - Large farm or ranch

Swagman - Vagabond; rural tramp

Track - Country road

Trunk - Long-distance telephone call

Tucker - Food

Yank - American