American learns Australian slang - do Aussies actually say this?
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“Carrying on like a pork chop” is one of the most common ones. Use it all the time.
I live in Sydney , definitely say 'she'll be right', but we normally tag 'mate' at the end of it
My mum always used "carrying on like a pork chop", it refers to the way it spits and sizzles :-)
I still prefer "on"
It started as carrying on like a pork chop in a synagog.
Always wondered why a pork chop would carry on. Makes sense now.
@@Rhythmattica is just a typo
@@kathleenmayhorne3183 nope. That's new and doesn't make sense.
I use pretty all those on a regular basis. Like when my grandkids ask if they can have icecream for dinner. You've got buckleys chance i say, and then they carry on like pork chops
omg 🤣
I'm 59, and use all of these terms frequently, except for hooroo, because my grandparents, inlaws and older cousins are all gone now, so as much as I grew up saying hooroo very regularly, I haven't used it for a long time now.
Flat out like a lizard drinking, came from the small lizards in the desert and up north during the dry. Small lizards are eagle, hawk and emu tucker, so they must go for a drink very quickly, so they're not in the open long. So they dart down to the water, take 3/4 licks of water, then run and hide for a few minutes, before repeating over and over, until they've gotten enough water. Our Thorny devils (far north and desert) run out into the rain or stand out in the open right before sun up, to catch droplets of dew on their backs, and the spikes on their backs are positioned to guide the droplets into the lizards mouth. So you will see them licking their top jaw very very fast to catch the water before it rolls off onto the ground. They can't afford to lose a single drop during the dry season, so it's a very long tedious task for our small species of lizards - don't wanna be Wedge tail eagles lunch, if it can be helped lol.
I grew up in regional WA, around horse, sheep and cattle stations, and our use of slang was far greater than in the cities. It was used a fair bit in suburbia WA during the 70s and 80s, but not so much anymore.
The fact that we have a large number of immigrants here now, has also had an effect on it's use. Pretty well all my 2 sons friends and work mates are from overseas, so I've noticed that even they're not using our old slang so much anymore, but only when around cousins and old friends they grew up with.
Things change and progress with time, and it seems this new gen z, has it's own slang words now.
Words that, when I hear it, I'm the one giving them a weird look, and asking "HUH"? 😂
I'm a bit the same mate , I'm an old geezer , and much like you don't use as much slang these days , most of the older generation either don't get out much or are pushing up daisies, language does change as time goes on .
Even people's offense levels have changed , in the old days , if you did something dumb you could expect to cop a bloody ribbing about with some choice swear words, and it would be water off a ducks back .
These days the culture has changed a lot from being super low stressed and easy going to one where people at times are so easily offended ,
Even at the football if you give a player a bit of verbal abuse for some reason ..... OMG the horror , it's front page news, in the old days no one gave a shit , it was just part and parcel of the game.
I miss the old days.
You've got Buckley's chance refers to a man called William Buckley. He was an escaped convict who lived with the Aboriginals and turned up 30 years later when Melbourne was first settled. Most people had written him off as dead.
Three chances... Buckles, Fuck all and None.
Yeah, it was considered like a near impossible feat, so not zero chance but next to zero chance
Disputed. Could also be from the department store that was famous in Melbourne, Buckley & Nunn. If you have Buckleys' chance you also have None (Nunn).
Hit the frog n toad; Hit the road.
One for Ronny; One for later on.
Drier than a dead dingoes donga; geewiz it's very dry.
Clapped out; vehicle is running very poorly.
Hooroo
Two words, Don Burke
Aussies will agree.
My Dad who passed a few years ago @ 92, always said that.... and didnt watch Burke..... So I guess it proves it was in the vernacular ..
Also said sometimes... TooDaLoo
My grandfather uses it as a salutation.
Slang is not only location oriented but also generational.
Yep as a Aussie in my 60s growing up in NSW I use these sayings and many others all the time especially she ll be right. Hooroo is probably something even older generations than mine used to say but you still hear it said now and then. There used to be a gardening show on TV called Bourkes Backyard where hooroo became the sign off for the host Don Bourke. My old dad used to use sayings like "thats about as useful as a hip pocket in a singlet" and there were plenty of others around like that which sadly you dont hear anymore.
A lot of these terms come from before WWII. As people of those generations pass away, their slang becomes less common and gets replaced by newer slang. Sometimes slang becomes irrelevant due to changing times. One of my favourites, "A round or two for a pound or two" e.g. pretty much died out after Australia's currency changed from pounds(£) to dollars($). It means to play a game for the chance of a reward. Mind you, £1 in 1965 was a lot of money.
Sometimes people keep the old slang going for reasons of defending culture. The host asks a good question - is it all promotion and no iceberg? I’m not sure coz in South Australia there’s never been much slang at all. Not bikkie, biscuit etc. established with no convicts and a welcome mat for people of all religions.
Buckleys chance comes from 2 sources 1. A old Melbourne department store called "Buckley & Nunn" 2. William Buckley was a convict who escaped from the first attempt to settle Port Phillip Bay (Melbourne's at the top part of bay) in 1803 but escaped and lived with Aboriginals for 32 years before he rejoined with his fellow countrymen but had completely lost his ability to speak english.
You've got no hope - none - Buckley's and Nunn - Buckleys
Pork chops hiss and spit when being fried. Hence the comparison with someone having a hissy fit or being angry.
Hi hi. I have lived in Syd, Melbs and rurally and am 44.
I have heard and used these often in all settings. Except the f spiders thing.... i only learnt about that recently. Never heard that?!
Also, hoodie, selfie, brekkie and avo are total export! You got it from us!
ahhh
Yep - William Buckley was an escaped convict who lived with the aboriginal people west of what is now Melbourne. He was considered “lucky” because he survived for several decades this way, until the second attempt (successfully) to found a colony at Port Phillip Bay. It’s a much longer story, but that’s the gist of it…
4:38 first tripod bump….. waiting for the whole thing to go sideways 😂😂😂😂
my cat is so guilty 🤣
you can even shorten the "Carry on like a pork chop" to just calling somone " A pork chop" Very common with parents and older australians (QLD/NSW experience)
also She'll be right very common in QLD
"She's apples" used to be pretty common as well - means exactly the same as she'll be right.
@@steelcrown7130 Ive said that today! haha
and Cut Mustard!
I say she'll be right every day, and no, I'm not from Queensland
@@shaunstelfox1718 Good for you - and with a bit of luck, she'll be right, no matter what comes our way.
@@steelcrown7130 My late dad (who would have been 100 this year) was a big user of "she'll be apples".
Also if your partner ever gets called a bastard by his friends in a laughing happy term it's a way to say happy too see you. But if it's in a angry tone it's a bad thing
gotcha 🤣
yes, inflection and tone mean very different things :)
Yeah you can also say how ya going cunt to a close friend. I don't use it but would not be offended at all if a friend said it to me.
I have a friend, when I offer a beer, he replies with "You're a smooth-talking bastard, Seth".
@@heywoodjablome5630 that can be a good thing depending how he says it with a smile he is being friendly
I totally say carrying on like a pork chop got it from dad
And you've got Buckley's and mad as cut snake
Have you heard going off like a frog in a sock it means either hyper active or same as the pork chop one
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never heard that!
@@coffeeenut oh and the we're not here to fark spiders apparently originated in the last ten years or so when some random legend Aussie trolled an American say that it was a common saying they didnt believe it and asked the Australian internet community and without batting an eye we all said yes and started saying it because who doesn't like to troll Americans
I used to say "not here to fuck spiders" 25 years ago but it made a bit of a comeback recently.
ahh
Other variations I've heard/used include "not here to put socks on centipedes" and "not here to lick stamps". The spider version has regained some popularity since Margot Robbie used it on the Graham Norton show.
Most common in pubs, I reckon.
As in, someone asks “should be order some beers?”
My friends and I will just straight up call you a pork chop or more like, don’t be a pork chop. It’s definitely still used. Most of these have been shortened or are used instead of swearing, we use swear words as punctuation so they’ve kind of lost their ability to emphasise something but if you use a know ‘slang’ term it is usually to make a point.
oh wow!
I’ve been living here all my life. It’s fun to be in the right country.
Some states in Australia have especially Queensland have a very different slang to other states
so true! i’ve heard queensland is the most extreme?
queensland is not different, just old and full of retirees
@@coffeeenutQueensland is massive. South East Qld probably has more in common with other city regions than Far North Qld.
As a Queenslander I can assure you that all of these slang expressions are used here BUT some more by men, some more by different generations etc.
I just watched an American review of "Crocodile Dundee" yesterday where he was in a NY bar and he specifically used "flat-out like a lizard drinking" and that was made in 1986. He also says "blowing the froth off a cold one" which is one you don't hear so much of these days. Guess Americans and Aussies have been playing "Guess the Slang" word games for quite a while and it never gets old. 😊
I've used most of them this week already.
ahh gotcha!
Buckley 's Chance! Love it!
So many people I know, including myself say "carry on like a pork job" or even just calling my kids pork chops. My favourite sayings are ones with lost history!
Hi Ashley how are you happy Monday afternoon and this was amazing video I enjoy your channel
i appreciate it! happy monday
@coffeeenut your welcome sending love to you ❤️
There was a store called BUCKLEY AND NUNN. You have no chance. Convict William Buckley who ate a number of convicts he escaped with. So if you escaped with Buckley you had no chance. And Tasmania is shortened to TASIE not Tas
If something is obvious, it "stands out like dog balls on a cat", or "stands out like dog balls...".
whaaa
as a born and bread Aussie, I have NEVER heard that one.
sticks out like dogs balls on a moth.
Or dogs balls on a goldfish
Just stands out like dogs balls.
There are books available with the slang word/term and the brief meaning/explanation.
when some lizards drink they lay down flat with all legs out sideways ie flatout means busy or working hard
Another explanation for “ Buckley’s “ is derived from a store in Melbourne “ Nunn & Buckleys “, then you’ve got two chances “ None & Buckley’s “ then shortened to “ You’ve got Buckley’s “. I think that you still see the faded sign in Collins or Bourke.
Use of the expression "Buckley's chance" certainly pre-dates the store, extending the expression to Buckley's and none, quite possibly.
@@cathymoss6400 I will defer to your better Melbourne knowledge.
Like a pork chop, no, I’ve heard it but never used it. I think most of these extras have been added onto, not cut short. One exception comes from the saying, “You’ve got Buckley’s chance of owning a Lamborghini!”
Yeah, nah is only used in certain circumstances. Here’s an example. “I want to see the Taj Mahal one day!” “Yeah. Nah, I want to go to Disneyland.”
you have 2 chances , Bucklys and none
Buckley's an SFA.
@@FromTheGong A BLOODY WHAT?
Always gets deleted comments de deleted (?) by carrying on like a pork chop in reply. Works every time.@@davecannabis
@@davecannabis Sweet f all
"pork chop"used to be a long one, and it has changed slightly. The expression used to be something like "a carry on because of a pork chop in a synagogue", meaning there was a commotion. Then it morphed to "carrying on like a pork chop in a synagogue" which makes zero sense. So it shrunk to "carrying on like a pork chop".
"Flat out like a lizard drinking" refers to how lizards drink. But I've heard it mean "doing bugger all" through to "super busy". Quite often it's just "like a lizard drinking" usually as a response to "You busy?"
When I was a printer at the BHP, we used to print safety posters warning of that troublesome "Shilby". Shilby Right was an attitude that caused accidents - according to those posters. Very common expression where I live.
I have only heard someone use the spider expression once.
Hi Ashleigh, a lot of these are a bit old fashioned and not used much, but they are genuine and not just to trick foreigners. "Ooroo" or "Hooroo" means "Goodbye" or "See you later". My dad used it all the time. Don't hear it that much any more. "Flat out like a lizard drinking": this is one of my favourites. To understand it, you have to envisage how a lizard would drink from a pond. It would be lying on its belly, so would be very flat. I think most people would just say "flat out". Another version that means the same thing is "like a one-armed paper hanger", which refers to someone with one arm hanging wall[paper. You could imagine that he would have to work really hard to achieve this, so it means busy. Yes, people do sometimes say carrying on like a pork chop. I'm not sure where this saying comes from, but one possibility is from a related term "mad as a meat axe". This one is interesting because it attributes the madness to the object (the meat axe or meat cleaver) rather than the person wielding it. I guess the pork chop could be created by cutting meat with a meat axe/cleaver? Another similar one is "mad as a cut snake" and you can imaging that a snake that has been cut with a knife would be pretty mad. "She'll be right" or "She'll be right, mate" is a bit old fashioned. Perhaps a different version that is more common but basically means the same thing is "No worries". The origin of "You've got Buckley's", as in no chance, is most likely a long defunct department store in Melbourne called Buckley and Nunn's. So it is a play on "Nunn"/"none". Yes, there was a convict called William Buckley who came to Port Phillip (the bay on which Melbourne now stands) in 1803 and escaped and lived with Aborigines for about 30 years. So he was a survivor, not someone who had no chance. I think the "Yeahnah" thing is kind of a nice way to let someone down. "Do you want to come to my party on Saturday?" "Yeahnah, that would be nice but I've got something else on." (So maybe they really don't want to go but they are pretending that they would love to, and that would be a "Yeah", but actually, I can't, so "nah"). Lots of worker names are abbreviated: chippie (carpenter), brickie (bricklayer), sparkie (electrician), truck (truck driver).
interesting! thank you
Also, surfie and bikie (sometimes Westie) are commonly used.
Chalkie - teacher . Grano - concreter .
Yes we do
"Luna, come on"...
🐈⬛"Meow" 🤣🤣🤣
Made me laugh!! Xx
she’s an icon
@@coffeeenut She really is 🥰
So a lot of it is archaic at this point, the generation before mine, and my grandparents' generation. It is also more widely used in regional australia, and the further north you go. You'll find people that say all those things in rural queensland for instance.
gotcha thank you!
I'm in my 50s, and I never say 'hooroo' or 'flat out like a lizard drinking' unless I'm being deliberately hokey. I say 'carrying on like a pork chop' all the time 😅 You're right, it doesn't make sense, but slang doesn't have to 😊 As for yeah/nah, I don't remember ppl saying it earlier than 20 years ago. My younger brother started using it, and I at first wondered WTF he meant!
Yes for sure we say carrying on like a pork chop!
I understand you 100% Ashleigh😂 I’m from the states as well (from Nebraska) but I’ve been here in Aus for 8months now on the WHV and although I’ve never really heard of these sayings , the “Nahyeah” “yeahnah” one gets me only because it’s a huge thing in the Midwest just more of a “yea no” “no yea” type of situation. Also too, the fact that you’re from the States and say “Melbin” cracks me up!😂 There’s nothing wrong with it of course, I just think it’s funny lol. Love the videos!
believe me, it's true blue 🙂
Believe it or not, odd as it is because we Aussies are always right about being wrong, Melbun as we say is actually incorrect. The correct original pronunciation is how the American town Melbourne is pronounced in America. Mel-born. Think I got the accent, get what I mean anyway.
@@FromTheGong Oh wow! Ok thank you for the context there that’s really interesting👏🏾. I’m just the standard “Mel-burn” guy myself but that’s good to know that the pronunciation is actually “Mel-born”. I’ve always thought that sounded really funny but again I’m not from Aus so I have no clue😂. Good to know and thanks for that context! 👏🏾👍🏾
I can’t say I’ve ever heard she’ll be right used in a sarcastic manner
True
I guess Australian culture is cheeky and funny. American culture comes across as more serious than us. If we like you, we’ll play with you and sometimes that’s playing with words. It has its origins in British culture so you’ll find a lot of common ground there. There can be a trickster element to it and sometimes it can switch to being mean or even sit on the fence if some isn’t sure about you. I understand it can be hard to ask what we mean because some Australians can be a bit mean on letting you in on the joke. It depends where you are and the context.
thank you!
One thing about languages, is they kind of evolve , and can be different in different locations where the lifestyle might be slightly different. If you live in Melbourne for example, you probably find the way people talk is a bit less slang oriented, even the age of people has some bearing on the way they use the language .
So there are lits of subtle differences in the way people communicate to each other with language.
If you where a melbournian and travelked to queensland you would probably notice a difference in the way slang is used and even the way humour is used in conversing if that nakes sense.
I had an Aunty ( rip) in tasmania , and she had a dustinct sort of cockney accent and rolled her R's .
Language is a wonderful thing 😊.
Another way she'll be right might be used for example ,
That wheel looks like it will fall off .... Nah she'll be right mate !
Literally told my almost 3yo to stop carrying on like a pork chop 2 seconds before it came up in the video.
Breaky I’d definitely an Aussie thing, it is in old tv shows from like the 50’s and 60’s, long before we had much influence from American tv shows. Same with avo, a lot of our slang is travelling to the US now through UA-cam and other online videos as well as shows like bluey and H2O just add water.
If you head inland to more rural areas, you'll hear a lot more use of these phrases.
Some of these are dying out as the older generations die out, and some of them are used in more rural areas. By the way, the way your said avo is really more like our arvo. I wasn't so surprised when you said you used breaky back home but was really surprised that you used arvo ... then you put it in a sentence and it was like 'oh, you mean avo'; lol.
Nice Vlog 😊
thank you!
@@coffeeenut you’re welcome ☺️
Avo, pronounces with a long a, is usually spelt arvo and means afternoon.
With a short a, as in avvo, means avocado.
yeah different vowels
Ashleigh if you've never heard these then you need to get out more...
or leave Melb....both options would be good for you!
i lived in Tas for two years…
@@coffeeenut LOL...I know I've been watching. But hey look we are talking about Tassy...
Ive noticed in a few videos that you don't think we actually tuse these sayings..... Even though you lived in Tasmania, you haven't really been Regional or Outback. Northern Qld etc is full of these sayings.
i can only speak from my own experience, and if i’ve never heard it said, that’s all i can go off of 🤷🏼♀️
@coffeeenut you've just used an American term that's rarely said in Australia and sounds weird to us - "off of".
The "of" is superfluous and the same meaning is conveyed here without it.
I.e. we would say "he climbed off the roof" whereas many Americans woukd say "he climbed off of the roof".
Too right! FNQ particularly!
@@coffeeenut exactly.... So that's why I'm letting you know that YES we do say these things.....
Yeah my mum would say carrying on like a pork chop.
My uncle would always say 'Pass the dead horse' = tomato sauce.
G'day Ashleigh. Mick.D here. I'm 60 and live in Melbourne. Aussie slang is not only colourful and inventive, it can also be short and basic. The most useful word in the Aussie vocabulary is " bugger " it can be used in a variety of ways and have a variety of meaning depending on inflection .if you would like some coaching please feel free to contact me as I consider myself well versed in this subject.. Anyway I can't bugger around with this all day I've got to meet my mad bugger of a mate at the local bloodhouse and get stuck in to the turps. Hope you have a ripper, bloody beauty, bottler of a day and have a grouse time in Godzown.from Mick.D.
These sayings are genuine but are used by older Australians as they are older slang terms. My parents used them all the time and I know them all but I’m in my 60’s. I don’t think even my daughters would know some of these.
ahh interesting!
@@coffeeenut a lot of slang that finds its way overseas is dated, this is universal, timing may vary
She'll be right is used all the time and definitely not sarcastic or mean ❤
Buckley’s chance!? The saying is, ‘You’ve got 2 chances! None and Buckley’s chance!!’
Yes carrying on like pork chop or behaving like a pack of sausages. If a pork chop is cooked it spits an sizzles. No it's a parent thing in my house hold
omg whaaa pack of sausages???
@@coffeeenut yes if you have a few kids an they are fighting or carrying on we say stop being a pack of sausages. Again it's to do with the way they cook . Lol
@@britchesanstitches4624 this may be more related to the British saying " you silly sausage", rather than the pork element of the snags.
No, we’re not trying to throw foreigners off, it’s just that we have so many slang words and phrases to choose from you are not necessarily going to hear the same slang used all the time in situations that are similar.
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Not sure if you talk with Aussies a lot, but the use of slang varies around where you are and who you are talking to. I probably use slang less than a lot of people but still regularly use or hear the ones that you talk about
(h)ooroo is definitely a word that I've used and heard all of my life. Without an H at the start.
Flat out like a lizard drinking - yep common
Carrying on like a pork chop - yep heard and used
She'll be right - I use regularly
Buckley's - yes, very common. You have 2 chances, Buckley's and none. Growing up we used this expression a lot, generally just saying Buckley's. It was supposed to have come from someone who had pretty well no chance of surviving although I've heard other origin stories as well. Like most slang if you grow up with it you know the meaning but not the original context.
Mad as a cut snake - yep. Also reminds me of another that used to be common "Goes like a cut cat" meaning very fast. I have no idea where that came from.
Aussies say whinge. Americans say whine.
If a tradesman says to you, “she’ll be right, mate,” you can be sure his work was just shoddy.
My ex often used the term "carrying on like a pork chop". I'd heard it before, but not aware of the origin. Today is the first time I've heard it since we separated.
Any that I don’t know, I’m gonna assume must be a regional thing or something.
ooroo= not familiar with that one.
Winge= Crying/compaining/acting like a baby
Flat out= yeah I’ve heard that
Like a lizard drinking = ?
carrying on like a pork chop= definitely heard that one a lot as a kid in the 1980s. I forget what it means.
She’ll be right= almost literally “eh, it’ll be fine”.
You’ve got buckley’s = ?
mad as a cut snake = I think I heard that roughly ONCE
Yeahnah = There was a character on South Park who did that word for word but in an American accent.
SEPARATELY? yes. I say “yeah” and “nah” all the time.
Brecky = yes. We say that.
Dont feel bad about understanding Australians. I married a forigner 30 years ago, and we live and work in regional NSW. Every couple of weeks, she asks me about the meaning of some word or saying from her work. Keep in mind she's now lived more of her life here than her birth country and still gets stumped occasionally.
Chuck a pork chop on a hot BBQ and watch it spit, pop, hop and carry on
lovely
When we use arvo, it means afternoon. Avo is avocado.
ooroo means bye
everyone says carry on like a pork chop hooroo just means goodbye. also mad as a cut snake is used a lot, means someone is crazy or nuts (insane) flatout like a lizard drinking very popular saying
in Australia, language is a toy to have fun with
Hooroo! is quite old now. The ‘H’ is pronounced. Each syllable is the same length.
It is a used as salutation: “I have to get going now. Hooroo!”
“See you later. Hooroo!” “Tell your sister Hooroo from her old mate.”
ahh thank you
You’ve got Buckley’s is actually from the old department store - Buckley’s and Nunn. In other words, none - no chance.
Ashleigh did you think Melbourne would be this cold in winter ?
yes! i expected quite a mild winter in melbourne, and that’s exactly what it is :)
“Comparable to the British 'cherio', 'hoo-roo' is used by Australians to say goodbye. The origin of the word seems to date back to 1700s Britain, when it's thought people would use the word 'hooray' or 'hurray' at the end of their day at work or school.”
As a marine biologist I assume you work with other scientists who would use different slang amongst each other to that used by tradies and truckies on job sites and loading zones who tend to hang on to the old slang phrases for longer. That may be why you haven’t heard some of the older phrases. I speak from experience, I worked for CSIRO Fisheries and Oceanography decades ago when they were still in Cronulla in Sydney and my husband was a tradie.
ahh interesting!
Flat out means full bore, full on, no hesitation whatsoever. I don’t know who added “like a lizard drinking”, but I can imagine that in the heat of the outback when the rains come and all the reptiles take advantage of the pools and puddles.
All over the place like a chooks' breakfast braaaa.
The only one I don't use from that list is "carrying on like a pork chop"
ahhh yeah it’s an odd one
Hoo roo, means hello, are you home?
She'll be right! = It will be okay. Is still frequently used.
Buckley's and Nunn was a famous Melbourne department store that began mid 19thC and was eventually taken over by David Jones.
Buckley's is an abbreviated rhyming slang for None.
Yeah, nah/Nah, yeah = I acknowledge that position but I don't agree.
6:46 I tend to use “s’allgood” I think she’ll be right might be more of a northern thing?
i’ve heard that more in the US!
@@coffeeenut I have a lot of American friends, it’s possible that I’ve picked it up from them….
Some of our slang is derived from cockney rhyming slang. As in the "dog and bone" is a phone. You need to sound out the phrase and associate it with the meaning.
Some of the more common ones you'll hear from anyone, but a lot of slang you will probably only hear from guys. Particularly groups of guys. Footy Clubs, cricket clubs, parties, festivals, building sites where there is a mix of all ages. Go and hang around say 10 Aussie guys on the piss and you'll hear heaps of them and plenty you haven't heard before. I am in the male dominated construction industry and they are welll used.
Many of these are not general Australian slang...meaning not many city people say these unless they are really working class. Construction workers, truckies, factory workers.
It’s who roo it means goodbye. I say it all the time.
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I think Americans tend to overthink Australian slang. It is meant to be playful, not some exhausting exercise in analysis.
So, for "flat out like a lizard drinking'; just think of a lizard having a drink at a creek. To get at the water it has to lean its head down. To do that it has to spread out its front legs, which means it's flattening out its body. It's just a play on two meanings of the same word, likening being a person who is 'flat out' (busy) to a lizard literally flattening its body to drink. To really confuse you, if asked if busy, some will just say, 'like a lizard drinking'.
'You've got Buckleys!' has a number of theories behind it, but it was most popularised by a department store called "Buckleys and Nunn' who used a slogan like, "you've got two chances of getting a good deal; Buckleys and none."
'Yeah, nah' and 'Nah, yeah' are more subtle than just 'it means the last word'. 'Yeah, Nah' means "Yes, I hear what you say or want, but I disagree / disapprove' etc. Nah, yeah is the reverse, like a less than happy / willing agreement / approval.
If you want something funny, obscure complex and slightly rude (all at the same time), ask someone to explain what it means to call a guy a 'wombat', and the word play behind it
Koo ee it's been bloody cold at the sparrow's farth
When lizards drink they flatern out. Hins the term, flat out like a lizard drinking.
some you may have missed, ...... dry as a dead dingoes donga, ...cop ya later,...off like a bucket of prawns in the sun, ...silly as a wheel , ...couldn't organise a queue to a country dunny, ..... straight as a dog's hind leg, ....a very old one not used much these days except for people trying to sound Aussie .... Stone the crows, .....theres probably a few more but buggered if i fell like finding 'em
There are a lot of lizards in the hot dry outback, so when a lizard finds actual water there, they’ll hunker down, stretch out, and drink a *lot*. My mum used to use carrying on like a pork chop a lot when I was a kid.
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Hello Ashleigh, Nice to see you've settled in Melbourne, VIC... I'm from Tassie, here on the NW coast in Devonport... I love Melbourne only because my late mother was born there in the burb of Footsgrey...in the Western burbs of Melbourne... As for Strayin Slang's words, I've never used Yeah/Nah...or Nah/Yeah..I think it has to do with the generation gap... I'm 66 a boomer so yes It's not something I say... I'd say yeah for yes or Nope for no... One other thing, please go to an AFL game... That Ozzie rules...You never know you might start Barracking for a team you like...So's long it s not the Wood....
Whoroo my pop used to say that when i visited just as i was leaving. It's just say good bye. You do say the H. Its who-roo.😎
do you pronounce the H?
You can also say oo-roo without the ‘h’.
@@annabelmayo450 I've always heard it with the H.
@@Danger_Mouse3619 I’ve heard both over the years. I’m 73 now.
You have to look at it this way, Australia is like a time capsule, where the English language has been preserved in it's truest form and not been corrupted like in other parts of the world. Hooroo just means goodbye.
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Carrying on like a pork chop - yes, we say it fo sho
"Flat out like a lizard drinking"; the person saying this is letting you know they are going at it (to quote US speech)"Hell for Leather"; or Flat Stick, they're vigorously giving it their all, but the description of "Like a lizard drinkn" is just that, picturesque speech, most of our lizards are low to the ground, so, for them to drink water, they'd pretty much be flat, on their little tummies.
Mind you, our lizars can move like greased lightning too, you would see our goannas in a new light if ever you have the misfortune of having one chase you.
"Stop carrying on like a Pork Chop", again this is only part of the saying, the full phrase will have the "penny drop" for you, it is, "You're carrying on like a Pork Chop at a Jewish Wedding". Imagine the hullabaloo such an item would raise at such a function as a Jewish wedding, and there you have it!
"Mad as a cut Snake", can mean a couple of things, the person referred to is as wildly thrashing about in exasperation and anger/fury as would a snake should you cut it in half with a shovel, or an axe! It can also mean the person is beyond, and bereft of all reason (US, "Losing your Religion") "Lost the Plot"altogether.
Many of these Aussie sayings are fading away with the older generations that spawned them, just as a for instance, if a bloke says to yer, "I'm off to water the 'orses," 'e's not talking about refreshing any equine chums, he's off to the comfort station (Dunny) for a number one. Why Horses? Back less than a hundred years ago Aussies largely got about on horses, at every town (even one horse towns) every so often would be a watering trough, especially outside the front of a Pub. Riders would hitch their nags to the rail over the watering trough and Neddy could slake it's thirst.
The trough is what's being referred to here, as it is not unlike the trough at the base of a urinal, "I'm off to water the 'orses". Younger ockers/Aussies may have heard the expression, but most of the current crop of them haven't, and wouldn't have a clue themselves what watering the horses meant, unless they'd had the expression explained by their gramps or their "Old Man" (their Dad).
"Buckley's and None", is actually based on the historical figure William Buckley, who managed to escape Prison, but his chances of his surviving the ordeal were so slim as to have been no chance at all, yet he did, and hid out with the indigenous people of Victoria. But, should you on one of your sojourns into Melbourne city, and walk up Elizabeth Street from Flinders Street Station, within a five to ten minute walk (from the stn) on the West side of Elizabeth St., you will see an old building that was built that has, in relief, on it's facade the title "Buckley's And Nunn" a popular dept store at one time, so it's name became interwoven with the exploits of Mr., William Buckley.
I have heard "carrying on like a pork chop (at a Jewish wedding)" but only as a later extension and generally only used by, shall we say, rednecks. The "carrying on" is the pork chop sizzling and spitting as it cooks.
Ironically - you were, carrying on like a pork chop about "Carrying on like a pork chop"!!!
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Slang is regional, though it does spread from one region to another, so the locations you've lived affect the slang you've heard and if you made the list it would be different because of that. I feel it's wrong to say "Australian Slang" as it's not universal just like there's no universal Australian accent but rather regional accents. but the Australian accents are similar so when you can tell where in Oz someone is from by their accent then you known you've fully integrated
I've heard all the slang in this video in daily life but I've mostly lived in Sydney and Brisbane. Many Aussies (myself included) will tame down and reduce the slang we use when conversing with foreigners to avoid confusion.
You'll often hear abbreviations of slang used in conversation flat out being the abbreviation of flat out like a lizard drinking, he's being a pork chop being an abbreviation for he's carrying on like a a pork chop which is the abbreviation for he's carrying on like a pork chop in a synagog.
if you hear "fang it, that's abbreviation for "drive like Juan Manuel Fangio"
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