Month: September 2013

kerr-avon:

Oi, A common greeting/helpful phrase to catch somebody’s attention
Mate, A boy, girl, man or woman
Ranga, A person with red hair
Bangers, Sausages
Mash, Mashed potatoes (commonly eaten with sausages, eg. Bangers and Mash)
Bungers and Mosh, A music festival held in Bungendore
Bungendore, A town more bogan than the rest of Australia
Trakky-dacks, Sweatpants.
Fried, A combination of drunk and overheated
Bung, To put (eg. Oi mate, bung that in the oven for me!)
Prawn, Shrimp (we don’t say shrimp, and we don’t cook prawns on the Barbie)
Barbie, Barbeque
Scallop, a delicious seafood
Potato cake, Scallop (battered & fried potato)
Chippy, chip, anything from fries to crisps

Wildlife
Kangaroo, Like a deer, but jumps everywhere. Commonly spotted eating your lawn in the morning or evening
Koala, Lazy-ass but cute, lives in trees & sleeps most of the time (not to be confused with a Drop Bear)
Wallaby, Miniature Kangaroo
Magpie, Aggressive black-and-white bird, commonly found in between you and the place you want to be.
Wombat, Log
Platypus, Cross between a beaver and a duck
Bilby, Cute ass motherfucker
Drop Bear, Extremely aggressive carnivorous creature, similar in appearance to a koala, will hunt and kill anything that moves. The Government refuses to acknowledge their existance despite the death toll (at least 120 deaths are attributed to the Drop Bear every year, plus countless missing persons)
Bunyip, A creature that reaches 10 feet tall when fully mature, bunyips will eat anything. These creatures were responsible for the destruction of our capital city, and have since been rounded up and exterminated. They still exist in the wild, though sightings are very rare.
Spider, If it’s smaller than your hand, we don’t care about it.
Snake, Many of our snakes are capable of killing you, can be found anywhere, including in your house (shudders)